The San Francisco call., 1910-01-30
DRY COURTS BRING
OUT TENNIS FANS
Maurice Mclaughlin LiH7berinq
Up for Entry i'm Coronado
OurHameHt

The little spell Of dry weather during
the week brought the local tennis play
ers out strong. and the courts both al
the park and the California club pre-
scented a lively appearance. Maurice
McLoughlin and Melville Long. who re-
Gently returned from Australia. were
ouf limbering up. but did not extend
themselves. Mclaughlin has over a
week in which TO get into shape for
The Coronado country club tournament.
and should be IN good enough shape
TO successfully defend his title
The Coronado tourrament, which is
Tho fifth annual event of the kind. will
commence February and end Febru-
airy p Last year Mclaughlin won the
singles and with Carl Gardner. formerly
~ this city. also won the doubles The
Women-s singles was won by Miss May
S-Etton. Both Miss Sutton and Nc
LouEhlin VIII defend The challenge
matches VIII be played on the 18th
In the first annual tournament at
Coronado. Miss May Sutton won the
women's singles and Grant Smith won
The mems singles. Smith. with Percy
MurdOck Of Alameda. also won the
doubles. There IS no challenge match
in tie latter event. Neither Miss Sut-
tom nor smith defended the following
year. and the cups went to Miss Flor
ence sutton and Thomas Bundv both
NJ Los Angeles In 1908 the singles
cups were again won by the same two
players. Last year Miss Nav Sutton
scored her second win. while McBough-
Iin had his name inscribed on the men s
-up for the first time. These two
trophies are about the handsomest and
most expensive ever contested for on
the coast.
IT is expected Mclaughlin viii score
his second win this year, but he will
have 70 be At his best TO do so. Thomas
Bundy. who has twice won the cup
VIII participate, and as he has beaten
Mclaughlin more times than he has
lost 70 him. the Newport fnalist will
have 10 play his best game to win. AL
though Mclaughlin beat Bundy at
Coronado last year, the Southern Cali
fornia crack beat him at Chicago on
the eastern "trip. Bundy is almost sure
TO win the tournament. in which case
they viii again come together in the
challenge match. Another victory for
Bundy viii give him the cup perma-
nently
It is almost a certainty that Miss
May Sutton viii score her third and
dnal win on the cup. She will meet
either Miss Florence Sutton or Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss in the challenge match.
but neither one figures to win on past
performances. Miss Hotchkiss and
Miss Florence Sutton viii no doubt
have a battle royal, and as they have
divided the honors IN their last two
meetings Il would be q difficult matter
10 pick the winner. Miss Hotchkiss and
Mclaughlin viii play together in the
mixed doubles, and look TO have an ex-
celIent chance TO beat the crack teams
from southern California.
At the California club today the three
class winners Of the class singles event
completed two weeks ago viii meet in
= playon under handicap conditions.
The first match viii be between Rose,
winner OF the first class. and Bilienthal
the second class winner The latter
viii receive a handicap Of Is and owe
90 3-e. Ekberg. the third class winner
will meet the winner Of this match in
the finals Ekberg viii play from 30
above scratch.
At the park today the fourth class
rlavers viii meet in a class singles
event. and the doubles tournament COM
menced about six weeks ago viii be
Completed. Three teams remain in the
fstror. In the semiinsis Finnigan and
Rstkin lowe ; 2-s) will meet Peck and
Snsrrow G5). The winning team will
piay Marcus and J. Cahill t4-s) in the
finals,