The San Francisco call., 1907-06-21
TENNIS PLAYERS CLASH
FOR TITLES TOMORROW
State Tournaments Will Be
Commenced on the
Park Courts

The annual state championship ten
MS tournaments will be commenced on
the Golden Gate park courts tomorrow
The women will meet at 10 O'Clock In
the morning and the men-at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. These events are the
second in Importance of the year on
the coast and have never been held on
| the public courts before. Last year the
California club courts were used. pre-
Nious to which time the tournaments
had always been held at San Rafael
| The intense heat at the latter place at
this time OF the year is waat cause,f
the association to change the scene Of
action.
The members OF the Golden Gate
Tennis club will leave nothing undone
10 insure the success of the approa cil :
ing events. The public court experts
lave long been anxious TO stage "a
competition OF this kind and they win
do everything possible. to prove their
contention that the courts at the mark
are the best in the state on which to
bring off the championship events
That there will be record breaking
CROWDS in attendance is almost a cer-
tainty, and IL the majority of the spec-
tators are not provided wit h seats the
committee IN, charge cannot claim that
1t was taken unawares. If the COM
mittee does not provide ample accom-
modations the Golden Gate club should
take it upon itself to do So There
are an abundance of benches in the
park and there is no likelihood that
superintendent McLaren would object
to their temporary removal to the
courts. a-@t ese
PRESENT TITLE HOLDERS
The present state Champions are
Herbert Long of San Francisco and
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss of Berkeley.
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state championship event for men was
Instituted five years ago The initial
event was won by George Whitney He
was succeeded in turn by Grant Smith.
Drummond MacGavin, Fred Adams and
Herbert Long.
The first state championship event
for women was held in 1908. The
champions have been Miss Miriam Ed
wards, Miss Ethel Ratcliffe and Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss. The latter has held
the title for the last two years and Is
the present coast and bay counties
champion.
Handsome prizes have been offered
for both events. besides. the two chal-
lenge cups, which must be won three
times. The mems trophy, like that for
the San Francisco championship has
never been won twice by the same
player. Miss Hotchkiss has two vic
tories to her credit and it looks very
much as If she would walk off with
the womens cup for good and all this
year Her most dangerous rivals are
Miss Geraldine Myer and Miss Ida
Mearns.
1t would be difficult to pick the win
ner of the mems event. No PLAYER
stands out enough to make it a fore
gone conclusion that the honors will
go to him. Hope centers chiefly in
Maurice Mclaughlin. the sensational
young player from the park. Since
the Alameda championship tournament
in which he lost to Percy Murdock, Nc
Loughlin has won everything.
With Melville Long, Charles Foley.
Carl Gardner and George James in the
competition. Mclaughlin will have a.
hard row TO hoe. The consensus of
opinion is that the winners of the tour
nament will wrest the title from
Champion Herbert Long.
CLOSE MATCHES EXPECTED
The fact that the numerous experts
are so evenly matched insures close
and interesting contests II the better
players draw in different quarters
some great matches will result.
Play will be resumed next Saturday
at the same hours. The final matches
will be played ON July 3, the mems In
the afternoon and the women's in the
morning. The championship matches
will be played July 4. The women will
meet in the challenge round at 2
o'clock and the men at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
All matches for women will be two