Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-20

Many LADIES ENJOY THE FINE PLAYING on TIL
BACHELORS coURTs-woRK OF SOME OF TIL
CRACK PLAYERS OF THE COUNTRY
Eleven matches were played yesterday in
the tennis tournament that IN in progress or
the courts Of the Bachelors, Club, at the corner
of 18th and p streets, and such progress wa,
made that the finals in the more important
series should be played today IL there is con.
tinuation Of the fine weather that has con.
tributed so much to the success 6f the tourna-
ment so far. There seems to have been nc
abatement in the public interest in the sports,
a. the attendance yesterday was quite as large
~ on the former days, being composed very
largely Of ladies. The clouds that obscured
the direct rays Of the sun had a beneficial in
fuence on the play and kept the men going at
more lively pace than on the day before.
wooDwARDs FINE PLAY.
The first match of the day was q genuine
surprise to the crowd, resulting in the defeat
of Borden in the open single tournament.
Woodward was the victor. playing game that
surprised even his most sanguine admirers He
appeared to be in the best Of condition and
played a careful, swift game that completely
nonplussed his antagonist Borden found his
placing of little or no avail. as his man was on
the spot in all but half dozen cases. Wood
ward was like a wall to the returns of Borden,
and his own play was accurate and hard enough
to make his winning but a matter OF time. In
the first set he won the first four games and
then Borden won a game with rush. This
exhausted his luck however, and Woodward
won the next two games and the set by means OF
long patience, the scores Of these final games
being very close. In the second set Woodward
began BY winning three straight games and
Borden took the fourth one 1t looked for the
moment as if he had show for the set, but
Woodward won the next game and took too
long lead to be caught. Borden won the
sixth and Woodward the seventh and eighth.
The score of the match was 81, 60, in favor of
Woodward
ANOTHER PRETTY MATCH.
Another interesting ma :ch had been begun
in the meantime between V. G.. Hall and
Wright for place in the final round. 1t was,
perhaps. tn, prettiest tennis that has been
seen on the courts so far this year. Hall, how
ever, soon showed himself to be the more accu-
rate player of the two, and his placings were
nearly always effective. Wright did some re-
markable lobbing and pulled himself out of
several very bad places in this manner. The
game was not notable for its close net play,
majority of the balls passing two or three fee
above. In the first set Hall had matters pretty
much all his own way, winning by the score Of
So. but in the second set Wright put on some
extra force - his serve and by means of hard
driving at times and wonderful amount of
head work in his game won by the score of Ga.
The early part of the third and final set seemed
to be close enough to put the outcome in
doubt, and the men won alternately on their
serves. Wright. however. seemed to become
somewhat distress ID through mis- hard work,
and weakened in the latter part of the set,
which was won b. Hall, 6-3.
WOODWARD PICKS Up.
This left but oas set to be played in the third
round. that between Woodward and E. A. Hall
for place in the finals to meet V. G. Hall for
the championship and the prize. but this was
not begun until most of the spectators had
left. Ii was so late that it could not be i'm
ished on account of the darkness and at the
conclusion Of the play the score stood one set
for Hall. = 8. and tie second set tied, So This
will be continued today. Woodward lost val
liable ground by his play in the first set, which
was not up to his standard. He seemed to
fear the drive shots of his antagonist and this
unnerved HIM He improved as the set pro-
crossed, however, and pulled out TO very
good showing. In the second set he made
remarkable exhibition of playing against odds.
bringing the score to a tie at 5ran after Hall
had won i've to his one. ...-- -...
THE DOUBLES.
Good progress was made in the open double
matches, both prelim., y series and all but
one Of the first round of matches being played
of. In the preliminaries Woodward and Bor-
den beat Wooten and Sheibley. SO, e., Ga.
Wright and Billi1gs beat Metealf and Brown
6-3 6-l- In ths first round Woodward and
Borden will play the ,eter brothers today and
the winner will play the Hall brothers. they
having defeated Clinton and Goodfellow 6-2
Ga In the lower ion of the score list
McCavley an DaJ!i 70 beat Shields and Blair
in the first ro1i9 =, e., c., and Wright and Bill
hngs beat the McPh son brothers. 6-l, 40. rs
The play Of the locIi team against Wright and
Billings in this match was a surprise to the WIS.,
hey NM nm ND " faa,,
that seemed at one time destined to carry of
for them the honor of meeting McCawley and
Davidson in the second round 1t was quite
dusk when the match was decided.
DISTRICT SINGLES.
The drawings for the District singles took
place just before the play began for the day
and resulted follows: Preliminary round.
Chambers vs.. r. s. Chiffon; first round. winner
of preliminary W. N.tcalf: Steele Vs. Painter
Thompson vs. SHIRLEY; Davidson Vs. Wood
ward The commIs defaulted Chambers
that player not appearing until il was too late
having misunderstood his directions In the
first round Chiffon easily defeated Metcah, g.
Ga, Ga. Palrter beat Steele, 10 8, 62- Thomp-
son beat Sheibiey, Cd, So, Cd. The match
between Davidson and Woodward will take
place today. In the second round Chiffon and
Painter starte1 their match. but could play but
one set, which Chiffon won, sc. This tourna-
ment is open to all District men who were not
beaten by another District man in the open
singles-
THE CONSOLATION
was also begun, being open to District men
who were beaten in their first match in the
open tournament The drawings took place
yesterday afternoon and gave the following
schedule Of play: Preliminary round. Steele
agt- Chambers, the winner to play Brown. the
only man in the first round; Clark agt Good
fellow. and Parks agt Collamer. Play was be-
gun In Chambers beating Steele, 6-2, "a.
NoN-wINNERs.
There is still another drawing to be made for
non-winners, to be open to all men playing in
the open singles who have never won a prize
and who have not selected to play in the con-
ISOLATION rac.- There was some difficulty about
making the d wings yesterday owing to an I'M
certainty on tn part of the committee az 10 one
or two Of the mems records. The drawings
VIII take place today, and play will be begun
THE DISTRICT DOUBLES
are also yet TO be drawn, being open to Dis
trict teams that have not yet been beaten by
other Districs teams. Those that are certain
to be eligible for this tournament are Metcalf
and Brown. Chiffon and Goodfell wv, the Nc
Pherson brothers and probably McCaxley and
Davidson. together with the winner OF the
match between Woodward and Borden and the
Peter brothers.
NOTES.
On all sides are to be heard favorable COM
ments on the play Of Oscar Woodward who no,
only beat Borden yesterday, but also put IN