The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
McLOUGHLIN AND
JAMES WIN
DOUBLES
Victory of Coast Champions Is
by Narrow Margin i'm ffFe
Alameda Tourney
BY GRANT SMITH

The concluding rounds of the Ala
media county championship tournament
played on the Berkeley courts yester-
day furnished one OF the best matches
seen in the bay counties in years. Only
three matches were played. two in
doubles and one in singles.
The finals Of the doubles proved the
stellar attraction and resulted in a
match worth crossing the bay 20 sec.
Coast Champions Maurice Mclaughlin
and George James won. but only by the
narrowest possible margin. They beat
Carl Gardner and Melville Long and
they were forced to the limit to win a
hairline decision. The champions
played a great uphill game and pulled
out the match after losing the hrst
two sets.
1t was grand match from start to
finish. but the real fight came in the
fifth set after Mclaughlin and James
had made it sets ALL The complete
score was 1912. Sc. So. SIS. rs.
In the first set each player won on
service until the tweuty-secOnd game.
which James lost. The winners were
point set three times before winning.
Long and Gardner played every
thing 10 James in the second set and
soon had him on the run. They won
this set handfly James got his second
win and in the third and fourth sets
handled everything that came his way
nicely Mclaughlin also increased his
speed and the champions by fast work
at the net took two sets in a row
The hfth and deciding set proved a
repetition OF the first set except that
It did not go so long Each player won
broke in and took the set rs. The
losers put I'D great fight, but even
with the big lead gained at the start
were not clever enough to take the
measure of the premier team OF the
coast McLoughlin and James came
from behind in splendid shape and
their victory was well earned.
The semifnal match between Mau-
rice Mclaughlin and Robert Strachan
hardly came up to expectations. Stra-
chan form throughout the tournament
chance against the former champion
and would play him TO a standstill.
Such, however. did not prove to be the
case rs McLoushlin won IN straight
sets. The score was e.. SIS
In the semirinals Of the doubles Long
ana Gardner beat Doctor LederTnan and
L E. Finnegan. So. Is.
The seminal match between James
and Gardner VIII be played next Satur-
day afternoon. The finals will be
played one week later. as McLoughlfn
He will meet the winner of the Card
ner-Janes match in the finals.
Ihe handicap singles tournament of
the junior club begun on the park
courts yesterday resulted as follows:
preliminary round-Curley lowe S0l
beat Bull Q5l BY default; Pritchard
lSO) beat Smith (owe 800, 81, 81:
Coryn beat Marsh by default. r. Stra-
chan beat Evans by default.
First round-Johnston lowe 4Ol beat
Hun (scratchl, 81, rs; Kellar
ll5 3-6) beat Herndon lowe 15), SIS
81. 81: Baird (3-6) beat Brunn (15)
50, 6-2; CurIey beat Prttchard. SIS.
81 81; Strachan Especially beat
Levinson, 6-1, SIS. rs. Grif7ths
$50 beat Mighen G5 $50, So. 2-s.
81; Greenberg lowe $50 beat Hud-
son (15 3-6). 6-2. So
Second round-kellar beat Johnston
6-2. 81: Curley beat Baird SIS
6-t; Grifhths beat Greenberg. 10-s.
ssmifnals- -curley beat KeIIar. So.