Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
FAST TENNIS IN
DISTRICT TOURNEY
Connie Doyle Plays Wallace
Johnson in Exhibition
Match Tomorrow.

Yesterday play at the tWentN-Hrs'
annual District championship tennis
tournament at the Bachelors courts was
by far the best that has been shown il
the tourney to date. Good progress has
been made with on pOstponements. and
those who are now lett in it are the Dis
trict's best, the poorer ones having been
eliminated in the earlier rounds.
A good gallery was present and each
match came in for it's share of appla use
The two matches which were the center
of attraction. however. were those in the
semi-final round between Gordon anG
Cake and l.. l, Doyle and Lincoln.
In the former Gordon continued to play
the remarkably accurate and headv game
which has characterized him throug hout
the tournament and outplaycd his op-
pOnent in the first set, taking it by "a
At the beginning of the second act, Cake
found his game and by speedy, consistent
driving took game alter game until the
score stood 81 in his favor. AT this
point it looked as if he would be the vic
tor but Gordon pulled himself together
and put up an exhibition of nervy. uphill
work which tied the score at 5-all. The
next four games were the most closely
contested of the match and arernated
until Gordon by aggressive work wor
two successive games and the match.
In the Doyle-Lincon match, the former
won two straight sets, 6-3 and 60 This
match attracted more attention than the
Cake-Gordon one and brought out some
wonderful plays by both men. They both
played steady. sure games, with occa-
sional speed rallies which brought the
crowd to its feet. Doyle was more sue
cessful in reaching the net, where his
overhead placing was the feature of the
match Lincoln played lobbing game
rarely ever leaving the base line. In the
second set he changed his style of play
using great deal o. speed This change
of pace fooled Doyle for a while. and
allowed Lincoln to get two out of the
first four games.
At o'clock today. l.. l. DOYLE and Cor.
don will meet in the finals.
me best match in the mems doubles
was in the second round, when Gordon
and Dies defeated Mclean and Britton
ii and IL The first set of this match
was extremely intei esting and the result
was in doubt until the last game had been
played. Considering that Gordon and Dies
rank among the best players in the Dis.
trict, Mclean and Britton, who are by far
the youngest pair in the tournament de-
serve great deal of credit for their good
showing. Both appeared nervous, and
their anxiety to win lost them MANY
points. The winners played a strong game
and will bly, be heard from again
Lincoln and Graves in the semi-finals to-
day.
The buckingham match in the
opening round of the consultations was a
good one, three sets being necessary in or
der to decide the winner. This game was
fast at times and was featured with long
rallies.
Cassells' defeat by Steele was a surprise
the winner outplaying him from the start
Women's Singles.
Three good matches in the women's sim
giles were decided. the closest being the
one between Miss S. Dufour and Miss
Florence Smith. Three sets were required
in this match, Miss Dufour finally getting
hard-fought victory, 3-6, 81 and 10
Today the finals of the mems singles
the sem!-finals of the mems doubles, the
first and second rounds of the mems con-
solutions and the second and semi-final
rounds of the women's singles will be
played.
Tomorrow will be the big day, when, in
addition to the challenge rounds. c. B.
Doyle, the present District and middle
Atlantic states champion. will play an ex-
hibition match with Wallace F. Johnson
the University of Pennsylvania playes
who recently won the national intercol-
legiate championship. The match will
start at 3 O'Clock sharp
The Summaries
The summaries for yesterday are as
follows:
Mems singles-Third round-L. /. Doyle defeat
ed Cotton, 60 10 and Sc; Lincoln defea ted
Mclean. Ga and GO.
Semi finals-tordon defeated Cake, e. and
60; L. l. Doyle defeated Lincoln, 6-3 and e.
Consultations = First round = Tolman defeat ted
buckingham, 4-6. Ga and Ga: J. Graves de-
defeated Howard, by default: Leech defea ted
Morgan. by default: Steele defeated Cassells,
81 and 6-;s.
Ladies' singles-First round-Miss Marie Wilmer
defeated Mrs. Cover, 6-1 and 81: Miss S.
Doolittle defeated Miss F. ellis. Go and go;
Miss Dnfour defeated Miss Florence Smith. 80,
60 and rs.
Mems donbles-Second round-Hills and E. z.
Gr0syenor defeated Mueller and Fischer. 81
and G-l: Findley and Rockwell defeated NiebeI
and Draper. 6-3 and IS: Gordon and Dies de-
ted Mclean and Britton, o. and CT Third
round-Hiils and +. l.. Grosvenor defeated Find
ley and Rockwell 6-3 and 60.
The matches on the card for today are:
Mems singles-Final round-L. l. Doyle vs.
Gordon.
Mems consultations First round Dom VS.
Slater. Peter VS.. Chapman, Cotton vs. Fischer
Second round-J Graves Il. Flournoy Ieech
VS.. Steele, Toman winner Dom s. alter latch
winner Peter Chapman match vs. winner Cotton
Fischer match.
Mems doubles Semi-finals- Gordon and Dies
VS.. Lincoln and Graves.