The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Tennis PLAYERS TO
CONTEST FOR CUPS
Sixteen Teams Enter for Tour
Hanenf on Golden Gate
Park Courts To-day

A handicap doubles for the Direct
ors' cups viii be played on the Golden
Gate mark courts today. The cups are
at present in the possession of J. r.
CahiIl and W A Marcus. who won the
last tournament of the kind. The
trophies have been won twice by
G,rerin brothers. The handieaps have
been rearranged and the matches
should prove even closer than usual.
In the last tournament the Guerin
brothers were placed 5-6 back of
scratch instead of SO as on the occa-
sions when they won the cups In to-
days event they viii again play from
owe 3-6 and stand an excellent chance
to score their third win. They were
100 heavily handicapped in the last
tournament. as they were easily dis
posed Of in the early rounds.
As a penalty for winning the last
tournament so easily Ca-hil and Mar
Gus will play from 2-6 above scratch
instead of 4-6 as in the last tourna-
ment In the finals they beat b. Bat
kin and f. p. Finigan with ease. The
latter will again have the position Of
honor, playing from Is back of scratch,
the same as in the last tournament.
The only other teams playing from
back Of scratch besides the two al
ready mentioned are Rose and Voor-
sanger and Easton and Curley. Both
win owe I-6.
Sixteen teams entered tOday's event
and were drawn as follows:
Guerin brothers (owe 3-6) vs. E.
NJ. Berendt and L. :. DeVine Us 4-6) :;
II. u. Lawrence and i. r. Felchlin 500
Us. n. Ross and J. Johnston Us $50 /;
vs.. J.. r. Cahill and w. A. Marcus (2-6); /;
n. Rose and w. NOorsanger (oWe 1-6)
vs.. F. c. Adams and n. Levin (scratch) !;
J. SchWsrZ and A. II. Still (4-6) VS.. j. +.
Easton and c. J. Curley lowe l-6); W.
l. Phillips and f. Coryn Cl5 40 Us. A.
NJ de Vail and r. A Orrett Q5 4-6)
Dykmans brothers G5 5-e) VS.. j. \;
Code and T. Bass (5-6(; b. Batkln and
r. 2. Finigan lowe 15) VS.. Ii. Pyburn
and N. A. Peck go.
Announcements have been sent out
by the San Francisco golf and country
club for an exhibition doubles match
10 be played on their court at Ingle-
side today at 2.30. NJ H. Long and
Ma urice Mclaughlin, who represented
America in the international matches
recently held in Australia. will be on
one side of the net while George James,
coast champion, and Charles Foley,
former coast champion in doubles will
be on the other side Of the net While
neither team viii be at its best, both
will furnish some high clSss tennis
and give the spectators a good exhibit
IiOn. There is revival of interest
among the enthusiasts at present and
the match today will no doubt bring
more recruits to the game. If the
members of the club show sufficient in
terest additional courts win be laid
out.
A handicap doubles tournament will
be played on the California club courts
next Sunday. The tournament COM
mittee originally planned to hold the
event today. but when they learned
that arrangements were already un-
der way for a similar event at the park
they postponed the tournament one
week TO avoid conflict. In case of
rain today il is likely the California
club viii so over for two weeks. The
tournament viii be for two cups pre-
sented to the club 10y the Lederman
brothers. The last event of the kind.
which was finished two weeks ago.
proved a great success and an even
larger entry list is expected for next
Sundays event.