The San Francisco call., 1908-09-12
Long Outplays Niles
on the Courts
Former Coast Tennis Champion
Too Fast for the Harvard
Player
By George !. James
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

7 C~A-%'r
DEL MONTE, Sept. 11.-California
broke even with the east in today's
Pacific coast championship tennis
matches Melville Long OF the Califor-
mia lawn tennis club of San Francisco
defeated Nathan W. Niles of New York
in straight sets, GO, 6-4.
In the first set the former coast
champion went right into the lead.
taking the first five games, and it
looked as though he would make a
runaway match of it, but he dropped
the sixth game on his own service
@fter having it point-set twice. Niles
won the next game on service. Long
retaliated in athe eighth, which gave
him the set.
Niles played better tennis in the sec
ond set. In the first eight games each
player lost on his service three times.
which brought the score to 4 all. Long
broke trough Niles'S service in the
ninth game and won his own. giving
MIN the set, Cd, and the match.
Throughout the match Long kept
his opponent on the back court and
scored most of his points by sharp
NOlleylng. Niles service did not bother
Long in the least, the latter making
numerous clean passes with a fast un-
derhand drive.
The outcome of this match has caused
rejoicing in the San Francisco contin-
gent, and it goes to prove that the
coasts top notchers rank well up
among the best 10 or 10 players of the
=, Irving c. Wright of Boston defeated
Simpson Sinsabaugh of Los Angeles in
straight sets. e, 6-4. Wrights cut
Tor the man from the south. Sinsa-
baugh played well. but his service was
weak and this gave Wright quite an
In the ladies' singles. Miss Golda
Myer won from Miss Dora Rogers of
Los Angeles, 6~2, 6-L This match
was closer than the score would indi-
cate, many of the games going to deuce
May Sutton won from Miss Palmer with
the loss of but one game in two sets
Mrs. y. Q. Bruce won from Mrs. Hun
ter without the loss of a game
The mems and ladies' singles will
be completed TO the semifinals tomor-
row. In the upper half of the mems
event George J. James of the Olympic
club viii play Wallace Z. Johnson of
Philadelphia Irving c. Wright will
meet w. Hunter; In the lower half
AAlphonso Ap E. Bell viii be opposed by
Tom Bundy,. and Charles Foley of the
Olympic club will cross rackets with
Melville Long.
In the ladies' singles Mrs. Farquhar
VIII play Mrs. Bruce. and Miss Golda
Myer will have Miss Ida Mearns for an
opponent.
Among the interested spectators at
the courts today was George Wright
Wright, and himself a noted Philadel-
phia cricketer nearly half a century
ago and one of the earliest tennis play
erS. Summary:
Mems singles: Third round upper half
George J. James won from II. Pyburn, e. Ga:
w. L. Johnson won from baron Won Schneider by
default; Irving C. Wright won from Simpson
Slnsabaugh, 6-2, "a; H. Hunter won from H.
Rogers. 6-l 6-3.
Third round. lower half-Alphonso E. Bell won
from c. Wayne by default; Tom Bundy won from
Lieutenant KenZie. 6-1. 6-1; Charles Foley won
from DR.. Lovegrove, 6-2 6-3; Melville Long won
from Nat Niles, 60, Ga.
Ladies' singles: Preliminary round-Mrs B.
o. Bruce won from Mrs. Hunter. 60 Go: Miss
Coda Myer from Miss Dora Rogers e-2
6-1; Miss Ida Mearns won from Mrs Martyn
g.. Go.
First round. upper half-Miss Hotchkiss won
from Miss Niemeyer 60. GO; Miss May Sutton
won from Miss Palmer. 6-1, 60