The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
SPORTS Seals Nose Out Angels Thrilling Inning Game
JAMES PLAYS BRILLIANT
TENNIS IN TOURNAMENT
Retires Mclaughlin From
State Championship
Competition

The annual state championship ten
semianals in one event and to the
finals in the other on the Golden Gate
park courts yesterday. A majority of
the matches were close and interest
ing. Everything went as was pre-
dicted in the women's event, while in
the mems tournament there were two
surprises.
The defeat of Maurice McLoughlin
4 by George James was unexpected. Nc
Loughlin won the San Francisco cham
pionship easily two weeks ago. In that
tournament he beat James in straight
sets. James turned the tables on his
younger opponent yesterday and won
a closely contested match.
In each of the three sets James had
+ a commanding lead and Mclaughlin
was almost constantly on the de-
fensive. Mclaughlin evened up the
score from S-5 in the first set, only to
! lose it. rs. In the second James out
played the city champion in first part
and led at Al and 300. Mclaughlin
put UP a good uphill game and finally
pulled out the set. SIS. The third set
was repetition of the second. except
I that James won after having been al
most overtaken He led at 81. but Nc
Loughlin took three games in success
sion and led at 800 in the next one.
At this point it looked as if Mclaughlin
would again pull out James played
beautiful tennis at the close of the
Loughlin simply could not even the
score. The loser hardly played as we'll
as usual. while James was at his best.
/ Mclaughlin indulged his opponent with
! the net position. which no doubt en-
/ compassed his defeat. James volleyed
/ brilliantly.
The successful players yesterday
were George James. Melville Long. Carl
Gardner and Charles Foley.
The young ladies who won their
matches yesterday were Mrs. Neimeyer
and Miss Coda Myer. They probably
viii meet in the final next Saturday
afternoon. At the same time the semi
finals of the mems event will be
played. Gardner VS.. Long and Foley
VS.. James will be the matches.
Fred Adams came to life yesterday
and had an interesting setto with Carl
Gardner. The ex-state champion played
in his old time form in the opening set,
which he won. He was outplayed by
Gardner in the next two sets.
Herbert Schmidt's defeat by R. D.
Gatewood was the biggest surprise of
the day. Despite the fact that Schmidt
has had little practice of late and has
always been unreliable, it was be-
lieved that he had class enough to
carry him through the match.
Judging by yesterdays results, Miss
Coda Myer will win the women's tour
nament with ease. She met her most
dangerous rival. Miss Ida Mearns. in
the first round and won without an ef-
fort. Mrs. Nefmeyer played an un-
usually good game in the semiflnals
when she defeated Miss Bessie VAL
leau, but she can hardly hope to beat
Miss Myer in the final. Yesterdays
scores follow:
Mems singles-Carl Gardner beat Fred Adams.
z-e 60, e-3; Melville Long beat Henry, e-1
ca; R. D. Gatewood beat Herbert Schmidt, Sc
Ga, 10; Charles Foley beat George Busch, 6-3
e-3; Clarence Griffin beat Harold Gabriel. OF
6-s; George James beat E. P. Finnegan, 6-3. o.
First round-Gardner beat Getz by default
Long beat Gatewood. 6-9, 60; Foley beat Grif-
fin. Ga, 6-4; James beat Mclaughlin, rs, e-s
Ga
womens singles-Mrs. Neimeyer beat Miss
Anita Meyers. 6-S, 60; Miss valIeau beat Miss
Anita Greenberg. s-e. 81; Miss Jones beat Mrs.
Fletcher. e-1. 6-2: Miss Coda Myer beat Miss
Ida Mearns, go, 6-3.
Semifnals-AIrs. Neimeyer beat Miss valleau.
sc. 6-3; Miss AIyer beat Miss Jones. 81, OF.