The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19
Tennis Titles Soon to
Be Fought For
San Francisco Championship
viii Open the Summer
Season
BY Grant Smith

The tennis experts are already con-
ditioning themselves for the first
championship event OF the year, which
will be played on the California club
courts May 80. The season will be
ushered in with the San Francisco
championship. which title is held by
Coast Champion Maurice Mclaughlin.
Owing to the fact that a number OF
the eastern experts are expected to
play in the coast championship events
at Del Monte in September. the fans
are looking forward to a big year
While the same rumors are afioat early
this year regarding the fasteners, it
seems certain now that concerted &C.
tfon will finally bring. them to the
coast.
After a respite of five or six weeks,
the members OF the, Golden Gate club
will meet in a class singles tourna-
ment next Sunday. AS in the past, the
contestants will be divided into four
classes. Play will be called in all four
instead of having two classes play one
Sunday and the other two a week later.
Owing to the marked improvement
shown by number of the players, a
Redistribution of the active members
of the club has become necessary. E.
?. Finnegan. who won the second class
handily I'm the last tournament, will
henceforth play in the first division.
Paul Curtis. who won the fourth class
cup three times, will in future play in
the third class. Many others have
graduated. including w. G. Knowlton,
Fitz Guerin. NJ. A. Peck and NJ. Levin.
The first class cup has been won by
the following players: Charles Foley,
twice; George James, twice; Fred
Adams, once: Maurice Mclaughlin,
once. Mclaughlin is the present hold
er of the trophy.
The second class cup has been played
for only once and is in the possession
of E. P. Livingston. The third class
cup has been won once each by Herde-
man, Marcus and Schwarz. AS Curtis
has won the fourth class cup three
times, new trophy will have to be put
| up for the class
The reclassihcation Of the more ac-
/ tive players of the club follows:
! First class--Fred c. Adams, ]. A.
+ Code. e. P. Finnegan. Charles E. Foley,
! Carl r. Gardner Harold Gabriel, F. w.
, Guerin. Clarence j. Grimm. Harold
! Getz. George ]. James, w. G. Knowl-
I ton, Herbert Long. Melville Long
Maurice Mclaughlin, Robert NJ Whit
ney
Second class-C E. Allen. ]. r. Ca
| hill. Paul Hardeman, G. L. Hall. Horace
! Mann, w. A. Marcus. M. P. Martin, n
H. Martin, l.. Mcguire, H. I. Miller
| NJ. A. Peck. Joseph Schwarz. George I
Shaw Jr., James Strachan, H. c. Ven
sano.
| Third class-D. Austin, c. Axelrod
F. Bass S. H. Blackshear. j. H. Brack-
EFT, p. Curtis. A. B. Korbel. NJ. E. Lev
| In. c. H. Pearson. G. R. Perkins. G. E
Phillips, c. g. Sparrow, F. T. Stein
! berger.
Fourth class-E. H. Brassei. W
Brown. S. A. Buchanan. Z. NJ. Cameron
r. l. Cunningham. II. T. Curtis, ]. E
Freed, J. T Greenlee, S. F. Hincelot
H. F. Hobson, w. r. jacques, j. John
| stone. e. Leech, ]. E. Levin George
Macdonald. F. D. Maggie. H. E. Teller
R. A Tuffiey, W. G. Welborne. L. j
! Whistler.
The defeat of Coast Champion Mau.
rice Mclaughlin In the Ojai vale.
! tournament last week occasioned con
siderable surprise among local follow.
ers of the game. AS he had beaten thu
same field at Del Monte, with a few
more stars thrown in, his defeat at tn,
hands OF Bundy was entirely unex
| peeted. Bundy is one of the cleveres
players In the south, but he was no
expected to beat the champion. Bundy
In turn, was beaten in the finals b,
Carl Gardner, who. although coming
yet beaten Mclaughlin. Gardner, how
ever. had the satisfaction of beating
the champion indirectly.
McLoughlins defeat was encom
passed, no doubt by nervousness, du,
to playing on strange courts and befor
strangers. Gardner had the advantag,
of several trips to the south. which
enabled him to win where the champion
failed.