The Washington herald., 1908-05-27
GOULD LINCOLN WINS
Beats Cake in Middle At
lantic Tennis Tourney.
VISITORS CAPTURE SINGLES
Match Only One Car
ried 20 the Last Set-Deis Wins
Philadelphia, by Making Strong
Finish-DOubles Prove Interesting.

With the less expert players eliminated
In the first round and the survivors for
the most part in their best form, the
second round IN the singles OF the Middle
Atlantic States tennis tournament yes
terday was marked by faster and stead
ier play than Mondays sets.
A player who showed rare form in
both the singles and the doubles was
J. Paret. Of New York. who had an
easy time with H. c. Bridges in the sin
giles. winning 60. 6-3.
The surprise OF The afternoon was
sprung when G. G. Lincoln. a well
known local player. who has not been
In good condition this spring. defeated
the Veteran Cake, who ranked fourth
on the lineup of the city team, and was
geenrally expected TO run down close 20
the finals. Lincoln, however. played a
steadler game from the start, finishing
ahead by rs. Sc. 6-S
Among the notable victories OF local
talent over the large number of eut-of-
town entrants was J. H. Deis' clean
cut defeat of r. L. James, Of Philadei-
phia. The visitor had his opponent %
on the second set, but Deis came back
with a flourish, capturing the match by
winning seven straight, and totaling
6-S 10. Both men gave q mastery ex-
hibition Of net playing, and formed the
center Of attraction for the spectators.
n. w. Hills n Winner.
Gilbert Kelly, contrary to expectations.
after MS performance the day before
against II. Q. Sheridan, failed 20 survive
the second round. r W. Hills. who. like
Kelly is a left-handed player. won the
match. Ga. Ga
Four of the matches in the first round
were played off yesterday The results
follow: II. c. Bridges beat r. Mason,
60 rs; J. Mullln beat f. Hyatt. S.
60. and w. c. Hrl won from W. P.
Cresson by default
The results Of the other matches in the
second round were: ]. Mullin beat w B.
Wood. Sc. 6-1: J. II. Ballenger beat W
c. HilL Ga Ga, and J. G Davidson
beat J. P. Roman, 6-2. 6-3. The striking
feature OF the singles was the ease with
which the victOrs won in nearly every
case. The only match carried 10 the
last set was that between Lincoln and
Cake.
Atkin, a Philadelphia player who has
long string of victories 20 his credit
playing with Parkes. Of New York. found
tough proposition in Duvall and Graves.
in the doubles. The former won out
largely on loving, which marked their
play In all sets.
one OF the prettiest exhibitions or the
afternoon was furnished by the team
work OF j. p. Paret and J. c. Davidson.
who beat WhitlOck and Graves, 6-5, 6--1-
The playing was so fast in these two
matches that Parl1es and Atkin were
able 10 meet Wood and Parten. their op-
ponents. in the third bracket. The former
again won this time BY SO, 6-L Paret
and Davidson could easily have COM
pleted their third round but for a delay
between games.
Kelly Shows Form.
Kelly showed TO better advantage in
the doubles than in the singles. Playing
with BaIIinger, he beat Down and Cres-
son. 6-I. O.
From the form shown so far. It looks
as II either Johnson and GlazebrOOk.
winners in the doubles on Monday, or
Paret and Davidson would survive in the
finals to meet Doyle and Doyle. win
ners in last years tournament.
Playing will be begun to-day I'm the
consolation rounds Of the singles. and
regular play in both this round and the
regular doubles and singles will start
at 2:S0 o'clock. Players failing TO report
at that time will be declared losers by
default.
Seldom before has tennis tourney in
this city attracted such a representative
list Of players. The entries include play
ers from North Carolina. Norfolk Rich
mOnd, Va, Philadelphia. Germantown,
New York, and Princeton University.
The presence of so many cracks has
served TO eliminate the entries Of many
mediocre players and has raised the
standard OF play accordingly. Interest
in the event is manifested by the large
number of spectators. who came and
went all the afternoon.
The tournament will continue until
Saturday when the winner of the singles
viii meet Connie Doyle. the present
champion OF the Middle Atlantic Associa-
tiOn for the title