The San Francisco call., 1908-09-14
Eastern Tennis Experts
Not Unbeatable
By Grant Smith

The first weeks play OF the annual
coast championship tennis tournaments
brought the mems singles and doubles
events 10 the semiinals and has
given the fans an opportunity 10 set 2
line on lhe three visiting eastern ex-
pe-ts. While all three have been sue
cess1ul thus far IL both events. with
The exception of Niles IN the singles.
the form they have SHOWN has hardly
come up le expectations Their chief
stock IN Sraoe appears 10 be their
steaoiness. Ihey seem 10 depend more
On their opponents errors TO win Ihal
on ace winning strokes Their head
work IS excellent, bUt they lack me
aggressiVeness Of the local experts
lne latter 90 not LOOK q stroke or TWO
ahead with the idea OF working an
opponent out OF position, as The visit
ors CO. but rather depend upon their
speed 10 carry them through The
easTerners seldom orlye ana almost
- continually resort 10 chopping and cut
King ia tae back court At the net
they have a tendency TO cut the balls
or sharply with half speed rather
than use The hard smash IN vogue here
nere-
While the essterners have held their own
against the local experts thus far the con
teu down before Aeiy9asllln- Buncy ana Long
RE iar1er player easily disposed q Mics. who
Is probe bly, lhe strongest II the visiting cracks.
Niles r. outranked by wright bur TIE latter
las lost 10 Niles several times since the
ranking WAS made As wright ranks number
nine il the east the best players heera5outs
undoubtedly would be placed inside the srsr
Ten
PRAISE FOR MeLOUGHLIN
George A. Wright, father Of Beals and IrF-
In cssToioB WcTorr6ltu's game ana So
curing The week that Mclaughlin probably
world b. ranked among the nrst five players
~ tie country. Wright also said that be
would 90 s long distance 70 Sc match
between Mclaughlin and LErned, the national
..lsredi men 81 the country lis opinion car
ries considerable weight de considers Ae-
L1uzhli. easily TIE best player here asd ez-
pecSs 10 see him retain his coast cham
P-s-s - sssSsisissl matches. which win Re PLAYED
cprher eTenly matched contestants IN the
singles Johnston ana Wrighi I've OF 5he east
erDerE VII oppose one another II the semi
finals. Willie both have Won their matches
quite hsndiy. * IS expected that Wright viii
dispose q his tesmmate- Johnston took care
of Carl Gardner and George James last week.
End his stTle appeals more 70 the l4cal fans
mar thsr q tie other two visitors However
in lhe eastern form o. both. Wright figures
Tie other seminal match wiz bring to
Melville Long q San Francisco Ills leoks
10 - tight fl and il would be difficult
-eTestIeat Sorrn and a victory - either would
occasion % Surprise majority Of those VINO
1s = - = oDsrie "a eifFer Ir or Brn5r
VII meet EcLoaghIn IN the Challenge match
It Is possible thst Wright has been loldile
back and has something up his sleeve but
On what be has shown thus fsr he hardly fig-
uref % 5eat Bundy or Long
DOUBLES COMPETITION
u tie cosbles the fasteners are conceded
s mach better chance They VIII meet Bundy
and Ei1ss bsufh n the semifnsls and are Likely
70 strike rheir hardest match right there
I. the other seminal ms tch Long ana Gard
ner VII oppose Bell and Freeman. The lat
ter slth0zgh they have twice beid the coast
championship are not formidable they
sd n - little Il eTDeC-el
Gardner and Long have played good doubles
together n the past but sfe not reliable.
The remaining four teams appear 10 be evenly
matched erd opinion seems % be evenly d.
dtSec as 70 the ultimate Winners
Play VII Be continued in the ladies' events
today and as Miss Nay Sutton is playing
vel as ever. the result OF the coupetI-
ton Is q fO-egone conclusion she win surely
win the singles and With Miss Ryan FOR 2
partner she stands a good chsnce Of taking
the doubles The mixed doubles tou-1sr raent
VIII be stared today and should be sn inter
ektlng event.