The San Francisco call., 1908-09-19
Eastern Team Beaten
in Challenge Match
Coast Championship i'm Tennis
Doubles Remains i'm San
Francisco
By Carl Gardner
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

DEL MONTE, Sept. IS.-San Fran
cisco made clean sweep of the Pa
cific coast tennis championships in
mems singles and doubles and COM
pleted the rout OF the competing east
ern players today. when Maurice Nc
Loughlin and George James defended
their titles successfully against the
challengers, Nathanfal w. Niles and
Irving c. Wright. Regardless of the
outcome Of the challenge match tomor-
row between Champion Mclaughlin
and Melville Long for the singles title,
all of the premier honors will remain
in the Golden Gate City. Robert
Strachan of the Golden Gate Junior
club is expected to defend his junior
championship of the coast successfully,
so that honor also will remain with the
san francisco clubs.
Mclaughlin and James scored their second vic
tory Tor the challenge cups with comparative
ease. Each of the competing teams was Grip
pied TO slight extent, Mclaughlin suffering
from a strained back and Wright still showing
the effects OF slight attack of rheumatism The
easterners started of with rush. winning the
his service. which bothered Niles and Wright
considerably, their return stroke generally being
a deep lob James and Mclaughlin changed
their style after the third game, playing safely
and placing and taking the chance OF killing
a BAN only when the right opportunity was
Nles, wright ana James each won
on service, bringing the score TO 90 In favor
OF the fasteners. Here the Californians steadied
down and by deep lobbing and smashing ran the
twist service. after losing the advantage Me
Loughlin lost the twelfth game with the score
giving Niles and Wright the 6rst t set. as rs 95. anu
- James and McLonghlin got into their stride in
tRe second set using their ground strokes
anderhand drive James was STEADY % in his o1er s1.
NEO fnfyff LII. rt-iz
champions were in the lead at 90, but the
fasteners broke in upon McLoughlin's service
and won their own, which brought the score TO
81. James won the next game On his service,
losing but two points. Score, Ga.
Set went TO the champions without the loss
Of game, and in the fourth Niles and
Total score-5,7. Ga, Go. s-2 ~ A''
won the ladies' doubles Championship, defeating
Mrs. Ethel Bruce and Miss Florence Sutton In
the finals. 62, e-s. Miss Ryan played very
the fast strokes of Miss May Sutton, formed a
combination that was too strong for the other
Robert Strachan, the junior singles champion.
playing with Byron Batkin, won the junior
in the finals in straight sets. 60, IS. 10 The
phenomenal playing of the young champion and
his midget brother was the hit of the tourna-
ment
The junior singles competition was completed
TO the final round. Charles Rogers OF Los
Angeles will meet Robert Straehan of San Fran
cisco tomorrow for the championship. Straehan
defeated Rogers last year, but the latter is
playing better tennis and an interesting
match is expected Rogers represents the
south and Strachan the north.
Miss May Sutton, winner OF the ladies'
singles tournament. will meet Miss Florence
Sutton, ladies' coast champion. 1901 for the
title Miss May Sutton has two wins on the
present challenge cup and If successful tomor-
row viii come into permanent possession of il.
Maurice Mclaughlin will be called upon to
defend his title in the mems singles against
Melville Long. the winner Of the tournament,
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Summary:
Junior singles, first round, upper half-Fred
half-Robert Strachan won from John Strachan
ca, 6-3; Walter Voorsanger won from A Oys-
ter. 6-1, 6-1; Eddie HUI won from r. Regal
63. e-3
Second round, upper half-Byron Batkin won
from William Johnston. 6-3, 90: Charles
haIf-Robert Strachan won from H, Fuchs, 6-3
60: Voorsanger won from Huf, S-6. 81.
Senifnals. upper half-Rogers won from Bat
kin, 90. 10 Lower half-Strachan won from
". Voorsanger. 6-1. 81.