The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
Last Big Tennis Event
Of Present Season
Men and Women Experts VIII
Compete for the Bay
Counties Titles
By Grant Smith

-. Ihe sn1ual bay counties champion
si(ij.aennis. tourna naent. 1ae+ last cham
.pdonship event ~ the year. VIII be
.ssain1lezced. on The Golden Gate park
courts TO-DAY with the playing OF the
Nornens singles. EIeE2n' Of the best
players In The vicinity Of San Fran
cisco wili particip&te, and while the
f.es5iit As q foregone conclusion. the
to1lrnaEoent. hererthejess, should be In
-terssting: Il s alnost a cer-a3nty. that Miss
sszel Botchkiss' former holder of+the title and
present. stste saaFp40l.: VII win the tQurna-
T1eus- ard sberesy .esra..the right: TO meet Mss
s5oida Neyef n the chslsenge mstch. The bal
5nca Of the- CONTESTANTS ere evenly mdiched
and possibly one " Two OF them may MAKE
sosie trouble 7or KISS Botehkfss.
Miss HOtebkiss WI first. meet Mss Ids
3fes ms who Is one ~ The strongest Of the park
flssers: Miss NesT1s has rot been playing as
vel IS formerly While there H. little oe no
5sisnca s0f her beating rae. Berkeley expert she
should make Il interesting foT her II sac sR-
sH-6i;e- lie mems singles event probably win
resolve isself- into smother contest for suprem-
Hcy: belH-eep Me4yihe Long End Maurice No
I50g6i1n.. 1Ee former VIII have 40 wade Through
4 nm se4 ,,f clever players before ne REACHES
re- present 5ofdeTof the tfrie Long regained the
coast elf6npEDnship gtle from Mclaughlin at Del
slcAte and Is almost as anxious 10 take ne Day
c0snt3ee title from him AnotheT victory Tor
The coast. chsmpson; woad entrencb him more
1rnly 10 FIRST. place ard -dispe any doubt as 10
bis superiority over Mel 4DCgblhn-
While McTOuEhiin Is TOO good sportsman
- make excuses for bis defeat ST Del Monte,
his many admirers, cisirn that strained back
we responsible fer HIS downfall, That ne was
iotkereds by t1s "a. the lake. stages OF the
match there can be- doubt. and II is 10 be
lleped .gat lie VIII have recovered entirely be-
FORE be is called upon" TO- defend his title 10
the BAY counties championship. This afhictioD
has been VITA McI.CusllLl olf and on for some
fIme. and many are Inclined 10 believe that it
- "a result of .the. peculiar rNV-sg service he
has been using-- il. this be the ease the eN-
ciT8mpf0H viii be , long time recovering lf he
eTef- does. ArLougllin hiss = wonderful. future
rusess he develops an silment of permanent
nature and II IS qo. be Hoped The long rest be
wiz enjoy after the cgufng tournament. viii
lake all she stiffness and soreness cut Of him.
He has had i0ng siege sf tennis and q letJp
.TgSiIld co him world -sf good.
The only entrants 10 singles who hgiire TO
mako sBy trouble Ter IQig are Carl Gardner,
George James, Charles Foley snd Herbert Long.
con the form displayed In the Del Monte TOUR
usmeut 1long shCuld experteno2. little oHncuIty
-in winning from these players
While There sre y teams entered IN tho doubles
al o5tclsssed by Iahes and Aiei.0ughlini who
figure 10 win the .tQurna ment' .eas1iy- The only
seam that locks 10 have 4 chance is Herbert
Long and Fred Adams. The coast champions arc
rnost sure 10 meet Carl. Gardner and Mel
vile Long, 1he present hay eountfes champ ions
in doubles The latter. uG6e z :podE showing AZ
Del Monte hut Still think they ean beat Nc
Inughlin aud james. Tie coast -chaEfions, VINO
hsTe twice won tAat title ana therefore feel
fhst they are; tho .ci0ss. - :eSpect 10 prove
their supremacy Office more ano: ngUre that
they VIII be returned eazx v-in2ors.
The men st .toufglaliients, sDth. doubles and
singles, VIII be c1alnsueed- tozDQrrow morning
The Berkeley club wiz he strongly repre-
sented in both doubles and singles, bur has
littie hope Of. winning either title II viii
send over the Lede1Tnan, HQtehkiss and AcSWaiu
brothers AInbzoses Gorril and Ratcl4n.