The San Francisco call., 1909-06-13
BEST TOURNEY OF
YEAR OPENS ON
SATURDAY
An TIE Cracks viii Be Out to
Compete for Champion
ship HOncrS
By GRANT SMITH

The ninth annual tournament for the
mpionship OF the state win com
uenoe on the courts OF the Hotel Ra-
fael at San Rafael next Wednesday.
There will be mems singles and doubles
and women's singles Play viii be re-
suned in the tournaments Thursday
and Friday and the challenge matches
In the mems events win be held on
Saturday. The challenge match OF the
women's singles viii go over until
5aly 5. as Miss Hazel Hetchkiss. the
present champion, win participate In
the national championship event at
Philadelphia and VIII not return until
the end of the month
with only four days IN which 70
complete three events and two chal-
lenge matches and with only two
courts az their disposal the tournament
committee viii have to keep the con-
testsnts on the jump from dawn until
dark. All matches viii be two sets
out or three except the finals and chal-
1enge matches, which win be three out
-of FIVE.
The winner of the mems singles Will
be called upon TO play Maurice Nc
Louehlin the present champion. in the
challenge match in the challenge
match Of the doubles Mclaughlin and
George James. the present champions,
VIII be opposed to the winners Of the
tournament.
Besides the challenge cups which
must he won three times by the same
players TO become their permanent
property there win be suitable prizes
ro- .1,a r.-fDDore and ,.,D-o,- M l., tho
various events. Entries viii close at
p. IN. tomorrow and must be sent to
Dr. Sumner Hardy at 406 Sutter street.
An entrance fee OF 81 VIII be charged
players in each event. Spectators viii
he admitted free during the qualify
ing rounds. but an admission fee Of
so cents viii be charged for the finals
and challenge matches. The commit
tee in charge of the tournament is COM
posed OF r. Tracey Crawford, chair
man; E. P. Finnigan and Melville Long.
The first state championship tourEa-
ment held in 1902 was won by George
F. Whitney The 1903 tournament was
won by Grant M. Smith, who took the
title from Whitney by default In 1904
Drummond MacGavin won the tourna-
ment and beat Smith In the challenge
match. MacGavin defaulted in 1905,
the title going TO Fred Adams. winner
OF the tournament. In 1906 Herbert
Long won the tournament and beat
Adams in the challenge match. Mel
vile Long took the title from his
brother in 1907, winning the challenge
match easily. Last year Maurice Nc
LOughlin won the tournament nd beat
Long in the challenge match
more than one year. Up TO two years
ago the San Francisco championship
had gone to a different player each
year until Mclaughlin successfully de-
Tended He scored his third win in
the city championship last month, and
u is quite likely he viii be successful
ct san Rafael and put an end TO the
long list Of losing champions.
Mclaughlin looks 10 hold the players
herea bouts safe. not excluding Coast
Champion Long Thomas Bundy of Los
Angeles has twice beaten Mclaughlin
in the southern part Of the state and
II the state champion loses his title
The southern California champion VIII
probably relieve him Of il. Mclaughlin
IS in great form AT present. and unless
Long suddenly comes 10 life. or unless
Bundy shows better form than he has
IN this part Of the state. the champion
Is ln little danger OF losing his title
Bunoy VIII be accompanied by Simp-
son Stnsa baugh and the pair Will make
a strong bid for the doubles title Nc
won the coast championship and are
the present champions of the state.
should win again II they play to their
best form.
10 the women's singles Miss May
Sutton. former champion OF the world.
VII no doubt have things all her own
way She win surely win the tourna- =
ment and meet Miss Hotchkiss in the
challenge match. The latter is one of
The cleverest players in the country
ana she IS constantly improving
there are some who expect to see her
beat the former champion OF the world
The handicap singles tournament
commenced on the park courts la ST
sunday viii be completed today
The second round matches viii be.
Nens6no t15) Us. the winner of the
BRYANT 800 Ellsworth 900 match +:
Johnson lowe 3-6) VS.. Noorsanger
t2-6): +. Jacob 900 vs.. the winner of
The MacBDyle tI5) Robinson 1907
match. Sparrow (15 go VS. the winner
of the Marsh (l5 $50 -Schwarz f3-e1
snatch. Rose (owe I5D US. the winner
n The J. Strachan $50 Robbins CI51
match. BOnifeld as 1-6) rs Orrett
t5aD. WauerStein (30) IS Still C10e
Allan tscratch) VS.. ). Levin 900.
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