Evening star., 1909-06-08
CHEVY CHASE TENNIS
TOURNEY CLOSES
Society Turned Out to See the
Final Rounds of Ex-
citing Matches.

Society turned out in force yesterday
to witness the concluding matches of
the most successful tennis tournament
ever held by the Chevy Chase Club.
The Marine Band was there and made
the day more enjoyable one for both
the spectators and the contestants with
its interpretations Of the latest popular
songs.
Eight good matches were played, which
included the finals and challenge rounds
Of both the mems and mixed doubles. and
the semi-finals and final rounds of the
mems consultations.
The best match of the day. and the
only one in which the title holders re-
tained their titles, was in the mems
doubles. when Doyle and Doyle defeated
r. H. Palmer Of New Jersey and DIR.
L. w. Glazebrook Of the Chevy Chase
Club.
Wonderful Playing.
This match brought out some really
wonderful playing. which was fast and
furious from beginning to end. The
Doyles. Connie" with his terrific speed
and Harold with his ability Of placing
the ball, made a combination which was
hard to beat. and which easily outplayed
its opponents yesterday. Or. Glazebrook
played in fne form. lobbing the ball to
perfection, and playing a strong and
steady game throughout, Palmer. his
partner, who needs no Introduction to
local circles, had already played three
seemed a little tired. He did not play
up to his best form. although his game
was good one, showing occasional flash
es OF speed which took his opponents of
their feet.
The Doyles started off strongly. win
ming the first game easily, but were de-
feated in the second. They came back
strong in the third, but were again oe-
feated in the fourth. making the score
appeared to be about evenly matched. and
the play was unusually fast on botf
sides. The champions then settled dowr
and took the next four games, which
gave them the first set, 60.
Second Set Brilliant.
The second set was by far the best OF
the three and time and again the crowd
was brought to its feet by plays of the
hair raising variety. The Doyies won
the first game Of this set, and then came
one OF the fastest games Of the tourna-
ment. Glazebrook and Palmer played
the Doyles to a standstill during this
game. After it reached deuce, neither
side was able to score successfully, the
points alternating from one to the other
until the challengers finally won after an
exceedingly difficult play by Palmer.
Both the fifth and the seventh games
were deuce ones and brought out play
ing of the highest order. Doyle and
Doyle finally won this set which was a
deuce one. by the score of rs
The third and last was an interesting
one. At. this period Of the match the
Doyles were at their best and seemed
invincible. for although Palmer and
Glazebrook played as If their lives de-
pended on the result. they could not
overcome the superior playing of the
champions, who won GA.
The summaries showing how the points
were scored in the games are:
First set
PsK's Psner and and PGsIs Sls.ebiool IS
Second set
Fsner RGEs and and dssssrool
PsE1s Psn.r and and pS{s sIass5iooi =
Surprise Here.
The next best match OF the day and
one that had the crowd keyed up to a
high pitch throughout was that between
mer and Miss Evans of Alabama and
was quite a surprise as the Turtle Palmer
combination came out the victors As
Johnson ranks high among the first ten
players in the United States and as his
partner, Miss Evans. was for several
years the ladies' champion of Virginia,
where she formerly lived, this couple
were looked upon as sure winners. and
their defeat was surely all upset of dope.
Both couples played excellent games,
the ladies taking fully as important parts
as their partners. The men appeared
to be about equal. although Palmer was
steadier in pinches. Miss Turtle was
rather nervous at the beginning of the
match. but gradually gained confidence
in herself and played very good game.
making several hard shots and difficult
that would be hard to have improved
upon. Her serve was unusually strong
and her defensive work was al times
nothing less than wonderful. Time after
and was always on hand when needed.
The victory of Palmer and Miss Turtle
seemed to meet with favor among the
spectators, as they clearly outplayed their
opponents The card for this match is
as follows:
First set-Turle and Palmer. : 3 42 3 4
Evans and johnson. 5 5 o46 o 487
2421-
Eecond set-Turle and Palmer 714253 3 4
4 40
Evans and johnson, 4s5512 IA.
This Was an Easy Victory.
Another good match. which was char
acterized by good play. was in the final
round of the mixed doubles, when Palmer
and Miss Turtle defeated H. E. Doyle and
Miss Barry in two straight sets. by the
scores of 7-5 and 81. The losers played
strong game in the opening set. but
seemed to tire in the second and were
easily beaten.
The Palmer -Glazebrook- -James-Hills set
was hummer and was watched with
considerable interest. 1t was begun Sat
urday evening, but had to be postponed
on account Of darkness. Four sets were
necessary In order to decide the winners
James and Hills played strong game
but the veterans were just little
stronger and took the match.
r. w. Hills defeated Wood In the mems
consultations in impressive style.
At the conclusion OF play DIR. L. w.
ella zebrook, chairman of the tennis COM
mittee. in q few chosen words of con-
graduation, presented the well earned
trophies to the winners Of the finals in
each event. the winners OF the challenge
rounds and to the runners-up. DR.. Glaze
brook himself was presented with
beautiful hand-carved paper cutter by