Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-29
DISTRICT TENNIS
PLAYERS IMPROVE
Exciting Battles Assured in
Tourney for Remainder
of the Week.

| much better gallery was on hanc
to cheer the players Oh yesterday after.
noon when play was resumed in the Dis.
! tr1ct tennis championship tourney at the
Bachelors courts than on the opening
| day
| Despite the chilly weather. good prog
r:ss has been made, and the matches
nave been run off with such regularity
| that but one remains to be played in the
second round. This will be decided to-
day, and the third round will be played.
The mems consultations will also be
started and the mems doubles will be
continued
nave now been eliminated. from today on
pected.
But one match in the mems doubles
was decided yesterday. but this one was
easily the feature of the day judging
from the attention it attracted In this
nlatcb Hills and E. P. Grosvenor rather
easily defeated the F1ournoy brothers,
tne scores being 81 and e. The
match was interesting, nevertheless. and
the losers played a much better game
tnan the score would indicate, several
o1 the games running into deuce. Their
anAiety TO win caused them to lose
many points, their principal fault being
DlA'eS W hccp the Ddu IN the
court. Hills and Grosvenor are both ex-
perlenced players. and displayed good
teamwork as well as Individual play.
Ihey are very likely pair, and are pick
ed by many to win their event in the
tournament.
Mclean Defeats Leech.
In the singles. Mclean and Leech
played an interesting match. the former
finally winning two hard sets, 6- and
81. AS the scores show. both men were
about evenly matched. but Leech weak
ened at critical points.
Although H. F.. Doyle is not in the
tournament, another member of the fam
NY looms up as dangerous substitute.
in his brother Louis l. Doyle. who easily
won his match against Slater Cd and
g.
Hills defeated Dunlop in their match,
which: although not close. was interest
ing; Dunlop is comparative youngster
and has not had much experience. He
plays In good form, however. and should
rank with the best of them In a year
or so.
The management has decided to make
Saturday the gala day of the tournament,
and in addition to pulling of the finals
on that day. will probably have Wallace
r. Johnson of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, the present intercollegiate cham
pion of the United States, on hand to
-
Doyle. the present District and middle
Atlantic states champion. johnson Is
ranked among the best ten players in
the country. having defeated most of
our best men, among them being Mel
vile H. Long. the California champion,
who is picked for the all-American team.
The Summaries.
The results Of yesterdays play are rs
follows:
Mems singles first ro,nd-Cnlton defeated
Shearman. by default: Davidson defeated Morr
gan, by default l.. !. Doyle defeated Slater.
"a and GO; Mclean defeated Leech Ct and
Ct; Steele defeated Sheridan by default. Sec
ond round-Colton defeated Davidson, by default
Mclean defeated Britton, Ga and Al f.natch
will be completed today: Lincoln defeated Muel-
Ter, 80 and t-4: Cahe defeated Lerch, 60
and 6-3: Rockwell defeated Peter, CO and
90; Hills defeated Dunlop, 6-3 and g.; Cor
don defeated Steele, 6--3 and Ct.
Mems doubles, first round-Hiils and E. l..
Grosvenor defeated Flournoy and Flournoy, 6-1
and 60.
The matches on the card for today are:
Mems singles, second round-L l. Doyle vs..
Bates, Mclean Britton match to be completed.
Third round-Colton vs. winner Doyle Ba ties
match winner Mclean BrittOn match w. Lin
coin. Cake Rockwell Mills vs. Gordon
Mems doubles, first rOund-Finlley and Rock
we'll vs. Hendrick and Plant, Mueller and Fischer
Heath and Ierch, Gordon and Dies vs. Col
ton and Sherman. Mclean and Britton vs. Dom
and Cassells, Lincoln and Graves VS. Newbold
and Wilson.
Mems singles, consolatIons-Shearmanv vs. Nor
gan, Slater VS.. Tolman, Chapman vs. Leech,
Howard VS.. Dom, Fischer vs. r. Flournoy. ].
Graves VS.. c. Graves, Buckingham VS.. B. Flour
noy, Sheridan Cassells.