The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02
MELVILLE LONG Is
BEATEN BY
JAMES
Defeat of Coast Champion Is the
Surprise of Alameda County
Tennis Tournament
By Grant Smith

Play was resumed yesterday in the
Alameda county championship tourna-
ments on the courts of the Berkeley
tennis club. The singles event was fin
ished down to the semihnals. the four
successful contestants all being from
this city. They are Carl Gardner.
Robert Strachan. Maurice Mclaughlin
and George James.
The doubles tournament was COM
pleted to the finals in one half and
the Semifnals in the other. Coast
Champions Maurice Mclaughlin and
George james qualified for the finals.
where they will meet the winner OF
the seminal match between Carl
Gardner and Melville Long and E. P.
Finnigan and DR. r. ID. Lederman. The
latter will no doubt be beaten by Long
and Gardner and the two strongest
teams hereabouts will once more night
it out for the honors.
The surprise of the day was the de-
feat of Coast Champion Melville Long
at the hands of George James, a former
holder of the same title. Tine cham
pion played TO his late form, which
has been poor. while James had excel
lent control of his speed and put up
sIashing game.
The former champion established
big lead in the first set, but had little
to spare at the end Long pulled up
from rs to As. but fell down in the
tenth game which went to James
The second set proved much closer
and UP to the very end Long looked
winner. He broke in on James service
in the ninth game. which gave him
lead of 81. He had won all his serv-
ice games up to this point. but fell
down and lost the tenth game. Once
on even footing, James ran the set out
very quickly
The elimination OF Long from the
singles makes Mclaughlin look about
a sure winner and also robs the event
of considerable interest 1t was ex
pected the two leading players or the
coast would come together, but Long in
his present condition would probably
not prove as formidable as James.
The singles matches yesterday were
all one sided. and OF the eight actually
played not one required the full three
sets. With the poorer players elm
mated the remaining matches should
all prove close and interesting
Mclaughlin and Herbert Long fur
nished good match in singles which.
if one sided, at least was not lacking
in class Long played excellent tennis
at times, but Mclaughlin proved much
too strong for him.
Robert Strachan and B. Batkin al
most upset calculations in the doubles
and incidentally caused Gardner and
Long to worry some
The two youngsters from Golden
Gate park put up great game ana
won the second set cleverly. This
was the only match in doubles that
proved at all close.
The Murdoch brothers. Percy and
Hamilton, two veterans. met James and
Mclaughlin the doubles and after
falling TO win game in the opening
set made an excellent showing In the
second set. When the score stood "a
against them they led at 1918. but
McLoughlin's service proved too strong
for them
Both tournaments will probably be
finished next SATURDAY. The doubles
will be disposed of in the morning.
while the finals of the singles will
come up for decision in the afternoon.
Yesterdays scores follow
SingIes-First round: Paul Harde-
man heat w. III. Radcliffe by default
A j. GOwan 81. 81: r. Gorrill beat
r. j. Young by default Ge0rGS lanes
beat Fl. F. sheldon 81, 6-5i Maurice
Mclaughlin beat Or. T. ID. LederInah
SIS. 60; Robert Strachan beat Paul
Hardeman-S-1. 81
Berry 6-S. ST. Strachan beat GorriH
81 81; Mclaughlin beat Herbert Long
90, 60; James beat Melville Long
ga rs
Doubles-FIrst round: r Strachau
and b. Batkin beat p. Freeze and J. {.
Berry 81, 6-S; Murdoch brothers beat
Curley and Herndon by default
Second round: E. p. Finnigan and
Dr. I.ederman beat o. Young and r. j.
Young by default; III. Long and D +
Powell beat Hotchkiss and Gorrill SIS.
6-4
Third round: Mclaughlin and James
beat Murdoch brothers SO. Ga Gard
ner and M. Long beat Strachan and
Batkin 6-3 4-6. SIS.
observation-disclosures and James
beat H Long and Powell SIS. 6-3