The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
TENNIS EXPERTS PLAY
SEVERAL CLOSE MATCHES
Good Progress Is Made in
the Alameda County
Tournaments

media County championship tennis tour
yesterday. The doubles even
was completed to the finals and eigh
contestants remain in the singles tour
The successful teams =
doubles are made up of San Francisc,
players: Charles Foley and Carl Gard
ler and Maurice Mclaughlin and Georg
lanes. All four are members of th'
Golden Gate and California tenni
clubs.
The remaining players in singles ar,
Reuben Hunt, Harold Getz, F. Guerin
Charles Foley, Carl Gardner, p. B. De
ano, Maurice Mclaughlin and Perc,
Murdock
While defaults were rather numer
ous, the matches played were in mos
Instances close and interesting Their
were several surprises. chief of whicl
was the defeat of former State Cham
pion Fred Adams at the hands of Har
Did Getz, the clever Juvenile from tn
Golden Gate Junior Tennis Club Whil
Adams has unquestionably gone back,
was hardly thought Getz would prov,
clever enough to take his measure. Th
youngster played right up to his form
Of last Sunday and beat Adams in
match that called for considerable
nerve 1t was nip and tuck from star
TO finish, the verdict going TO Getz by
narrow margin.
Another surprise was the easy man
ner in which Percy Murdoch dispose,
Of former Coast Champion Georg
James. The latter has been playing
strong game of late, but made poo
showing against his older opponen
yesterday. Murdock played good tenni
and the outcome was never in doubt
James made a fair showing in the frs
set. but failed to win a game in tn
second.
FOLEY DEFEATS GRIFFIN
The overwhelming defeat of Clarenc
Griffin at the hands of Charles Fole,
was rather unexpected. When they me
ast hard five-set match resulted. Fo
ley proved too strong for his opponen
yesterday and won the match withou
exerting himself
Young Maurice McLoughlin's admir-
srs were rather uneasy after that cleve
had lost the first set in hi
match with Ray Gorrill. The latter
however was outclassed when Nc
Boughlin got fairly started and woi
only one game in the second and thir,
SETS McLoughlin followed up his vie
tory by disposing of Powell easily.
The feature in doubles was the mattel
between Percy Murdock and Reubel
Hunt OF Alameda and George James an,
Maurice Mclaughlin of San Francisco
II was a case of two veterans agains
a pair of youngsters and the latter woi
put by small margin. The match wa
from start to finish and tn
outcome was in doubt until well alon,
in the third set. The victory of Jane
and Mclaughlin put them in the fna
The other seminal match proves
rather a disappointment. The contest
ants were Charles Foley and Carl Gard
ner and Charles Dunlap and Georg
Baker While the former were expectel
to win. their easy victory was some
what of a surprise
SCORES OF THE MATCHES
The matches actually played resulte'
as follows:
Slngles-Reuben Hunt beat X. Gowan. So. "a
Charles Foley beat Clarence Griffin, 6-3, 81
Carl Gardner beat Charles T. EIer 6-3 rs
Maurice McLoughiin beat r. Gorrili, 4-6, 81
so: Percy Mnrdock beat George James. Ga
so: p b. Delano beat Foster, SO, o-l; Me
Loughlin beat Powell. 6-3. 60.
Doubles-H. Murdock and c. T. Eller bea
and Marlowe, GO. g-2; p Mhrdocl
~, Ga: Clinch and Gorrill beat Gott and Sher
wood. 6-3. 20. 6-2: G. Dunlap and c. Bake
beat Otis and Foster. 6-3. 6-1 c. Gardner an,
= Foley beat Murdock and Teller 81, 60.
Semi6nsls-Foley and Gardner beat Dunial
md Baker, 6-4. 6-3: James and Mclaughlin bea
durdock and Hunt. Ga. 81, 6-2-
Only three matches were played II