The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
Edited by
R. A. Smyth
RACKET WIELDERS
FINISH THREE
JOURNEYS

The tennis courts were dry yester-
day. for the first Sunday in many
weeks. and the experts were out in
numbers. Three tournaments that were
started some weeks ago were COM
pleted and play was resumed in a
fourth. The Hammond cup was hnaIIy
disposed of at the California Club.
Gustav Lisser, the ffth-class cham
pion, carried off the trophy and his
name viii be the first inscribed upon it.
Lisser was opposed to David Shanks.
winner Of the second class, in the
finals With the tremendous odds Of
so 10, Lisser proved an easy winner.
Shanks did not play up to his best
form. which was undoubtedly due
to the handicap. Lisser played a sur
prisingly good game and put speed
into every stroke He took chances
at all times and his victory was due
to that fact.
The match was resumed from % IN
the second set, Lisser having won the
first previously by a score of 6-S Lis
ser won the first two games. but by
careful, steady play Shanks pulled out
the set, SIS. In the third and fourth
sets Lisser improved materially and in
neither was he in any danger of los
ing. The complete score was 6-3, 6-S,
6-3. So
The handicap doubles tournament at
the park resulted in victory for
George Baker and Charles Dunlap.
They met n. Martin and Harry Cowell
in the final and Won in four-seS
match. The losers received a handicap
of owe Is and Is and made a creditabie
showing The score was 10, 60, Is.
rs.
The best match at the park was that
between Carl Gardner and Melville
Long and Clarence Griffin and Harold
Gabriel. The former allowed odds II
owe SIS and won two sets out of three.
Long aud Gardner were strong at the
net. their overhead work being un-
usually good. The score was 6-4, 1-S-
So.
After playing one set in the semi
finals with Cowell and Martin, Long
and Gardner defaulted- Having twice
won the cup in competition at the
chance for the park trophy 50 as to
play in the former tournament.
The final match of the frst-class
singles tournament, which was started
at the park about six weeks ago, was
won by Charles Foley from Clarence
score stood two sets all. Foley won
the first four games, but Griffin took
the next four by following in on serv-
ice and taking the net on all Occa-
sions Foley led at 400 in the ninth
game, but Griffin ran the score up to
vantage only TO lose the game Foley
won the next game. taking the set
by a score of 6-4. The complete score
was So. 6-S, 6-S, So 6-4.
Play was resumed in the handicap
singles tournament at the California
Club. Three players remain in the COM
petition. Kenneth MOnteagle reached
the finals, where he will be opposed to
-oTc
Monteagle disposed of George James
in straightssets in the semi final round.
James did his best, but was unques-
tionably overhandicapped. the odds he
gave being owe 40 and 80 3-6- Mont
eagle won by a score of 81, So. Mont
eagle was .underrated by the handicap
ping committee and should win the
game and with a handicap OF 80 So
can hardly lose. He beat Mclaughlin
and James in straight sets, and, if he
meets Foley. should win again. Should
Shanks beat Foley he could hardly be
conceded a chance TO beat MonteagIe
In the other half Shanks put Coast
Champion Melville Long and Charles
Kuehn out of the competition. In his
match with Long. only one set was
played. each having won one on the
last day of play. The deciding set was
close and was won by Shanks BY
narrow margin. Long had a number
of chances to win, but did not play as
we'll as usual. The score was SIS.
kuehn received odds of Is from
Shanks and made poor showing. The
score was 6-1, 60.
An intercIub tournament is being ar
ranged by Thomas Driscoll, which will
bring together a number of veterans
who held the championship titles ten
or fifteen years ago. 1t will be a
scratch doubles event, in which the
Claremout. Lagunitas, Burlingame and
Menlo Park country clubs will be rep
resented by teams. Driscoll. who at
one time held the singles champion
ship of the coast, will play with ]. o.
Tobin for Burlingame. William Tay-
lor. who in his prime was the unde-
feated champion of the coast will rep
resent Men1o Park with Robert Ayre.
Harry Haight. ex-coast champion in
doubles. will play with Charles Hub
bard for Claremont. The representa-
tives OF Lagunitas have not been
chosen. but r. T. Davis probably will
be one OF them
An event of this kind would prove
interesting, as 1t would give the enthu-
siasts a chance to see the champions
of a former decade in action. The tour
nament will be played on the courts of
the Burlingame Country Club in Feb
ruary