Evening star., 1909-06-17
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
TENNIS TOURNEY
Few Hard Matches Played and
Many Defaults De-
veIoped.

/ A very small crowd was on hand when
! play continued at the Bachelors
courts yesterday afternoon in the Middle
| Atlantic States tennis tournament. but
| the few who were there saw some mighty
| good tennis.
A great many matches went by default.
and this the only disappointing
feature of the tournament. The matches
that were played, however, were up to
the general high standard and proved to
be very interesting and at times, eX-
citing.
The feature Of the day was the match
in the second round of the mems doubles.
when Howard and Graves defeated Hills
and Deis. The result of this match was
a surprise in every sense of the word, as
Hills and Deis were picked by all of the
wise ones sure winners. This match
was begun Monday. but had to be called
on account of rain. with the score stand
ing Ga in the first set in favor of the
Hills-Deis combination, and a in the
second.
When the match was resumed yester-
day Howard and Graves, by excellent
tennis. won four straight games, which
gave them the second set, 6-4 In the
last set. which meant the match, both
sides played as if their lives depended on
the result and every point was a well
| earned one. AS Hills and Deis were The
runners-up last year those present
thought that the last four games had
warmed them up and that they would
strike their stride and easily capture the
next. Here is where the surprise came ine
as they were defeated by the score of
63, in set replete with spectacular
plays and long rallies.
A Good Pair.
A great deal of credit is due Howard,
who with his swift and accurate serve
gained many a point for his side, while
his net work was of the gilt-edge variety.
Graves. his partner, had back-hand
twist serve which was puzzling and had
his opponents guessing. Both lobbed
we'll and often, in this way keeping the
other side back from the net, and giving
Howard a chance to work his way up.
where he scored frequently with some
effective voley strokes.
Deis and Hills displayed good team
work, but their play was not near as fast
as that of last year when they played
such a great game. Deis had a good
cross court shot which was hard to handle
and which won many points, while Hills
long suit was his speedy serve.
Howard and Graves also won the finals,
Torok and de Struve defaulting. This
pair will meet the Doyle brothers in the
challenge round tomorrow afternoon,
which will be the gala day of the tourna-
ment. At this time the much-talked-of
match between c. B. and ii. f. Doyle. in
the challenge round OF the singles. will
be decided. as will the finals In the other
classes.
Exciting Match.
Another good match yesterday was that
between Miss Barry and Miss F.. Smith.
the former winning in two straight sets.
Thie wa ct
eral times the crowd was brought to it's
feet by long rallies of rapid play. Miss
Barry is picked by great many to win
the tournament, in this class In the
other two matches played Miss Doolittle
defeated Mrs. Horne rather easily. and
Miss +. Smith captured two out of three
sets from Miss Smith.
The summaries for yesterday are as
| follows:
Mems doubes-Flrst round Hoffman and Gore
defeated Morrow and Hendrick: by default; vor
nard, by default; Pilson and Brown defeated
Martin and Gin. by default. second round
hoffman and Gore by default: Mercer and TO
Howard and Graves defeated ed Hills and ''G Deis
| 4-6. "a. Ga. Semi-tinals-Torok and de Struvs
a"a by boy
fault. Finals. Howard and Graves defeated
| TOrok and de StrNyc, by default.
Ladies' singles-First round-MiSs Doolittle de
| featcd Mrs. Horne, 6-1, 81; Miss Barry de
| fcated Miss f. Smith, 6-1, 6-3. Miss l. Smith
defeated Miss Sanders, 4-6. 6-1, 81.
The matches on the card for today are
as follows:
| Ladies' singles. second round-Miss Doo-
little VS.. Miss Barry; Miss F. Smith VS.
| Miss Doyle; winners to play the finals
The matches which are scheduled for
tomorrow, which will end the tournament
are:
| Mems singles, challenge round-C r.
Doyle VS.. II. E. Doyle, for the title.
! Ladies' singles, challenge round-Miss
Marie Winner VS.. winner of the finals for
! the title.
Mems doubles. challenge round-Howard
| and Graves VS.. Doyle and Doyle, for the
title