The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
Miss Hofchkiss Wins
SpaIding Cup
Berkeley Girl Easy Victor and
Melville Long TAKES Mems
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By Grant Smith

Miss Hazel Botchkiss, the clever lit
tie tennis player from Berkeley and
holder of the state championship title,
won the first annual championship OF
san Francisco yesterday. The tourna-
ment was played on the Golden cate
park court and Miss Hotchkiss won
IL with ease. At the same time Mel
vile Long won the mems tournament
for the same tue on the California
club courts and thereby earned the
right to challenge Maurice McLaugh-
lin, the present champion
All of the best players in the bay
counties participated in the women S
event and Miss Hotchkiss once more
demonstrated that she outclasses the
remainder OF the players in this part
Of the state. In the finals she was
opposed to Miss Annabel Vodden of the
Golden Gate club. The latter at times
drove beautifully, but was no match for
the expert from across the bay. Miss
Hotchkiss went through the tourna-
nnent without losing more than two
games in any set Her name will be
the first inscribed on the Spalding cup,
which is a three time trophy. The
scores follow:
Preliminary round-Miss Ida Mearns beat Mrs.
Herndon. 60, 6-2; Miss Hazel Hotchkiss beat
Miss Bessie Gully. so, 60; Mrs. Neimeyer beat
Miss a Meyers, 6-l e-8: Miss Speskn1an beat
beat Miss FronfeId. Ga 80
First round-AIiss Anita Greenberg beat Miss
Neimeyer. o. 81: Miss Valieau beat Miss
speakman e-3, sc; Miss Annsbel Yodden beat
Miss Coda Myer, ca, 4-6. 81.
Seu1ifnals-Miss Hotchkiss beat Miss Green
berg. 60, e-l; Miss Wooden beat Miss Valleau,
Finals-AIiss Hotchkiss beat Miss vodden, e-i,
The final match of the mems tourna-
ment proved a great disappointment
After the two red hot semifinal
matches Of the morning il was expected
the final match would prove close and
interesting AS was expected Mel
Vile Long and Carl Gardner came to-
gether in the finals. Gardner was in
poor form and tired from his exertions
in the forenoon and Long scored an
easy victory.
Gardner made a stand when the score
stood 60 and 81 against him, but the
best he could DO was TO even up the
score at 5-5. Long ran out the set 7-5
and took the third set, SIS. The win
ner played a good, steady game, but
won more on his opponents errors than
on his own cleverness.
Both semiinal matches came near
resulting in a surprise. 1t was thought
Herbert Long and George James would
fall rather easy victims TO Carl Gard
ner and Melville Long respectively,
The last mentioned players both lost
the first set and Gardner had the closest
kind Of a call. The third and deciding 6
set went TO him by a score of 81. NJ
Long beat james 3-s. 6-1, Ga and Carl
Gardner beat II. Long 12-14, 6-2. 81.
Herbert Long had a driving streak
and il was well for Gardner that be
was al his best. Even at that he had
TO play to the last ounce TO win. James
like Herbert Long, went into his match
with Melville Long knowing that be
was expected to lose. He put up q
stubborn fight and gave the tourna-
meut winner an anxious hour or so.
The challenge match between Melville
Long, the tournament winner, and
Maurice Mclaughlin, the champion, will
be played at 2:3o o'clock. II looks to
be e toss up between the two, and a
five set match viii probably result