Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18
A[T|MORE TENNIS
TEAM LANDS ON TOP
Wins Seven Out Of Twelve Matches
From the Local
Racqueters.
FRED COLSTON OUT
PLAYS CONNIE DOYLE
Harold Doyle Easily Beats Wagner.
Victory for Spencer Gordon
Over Fisher.

Before an unusually large and enthusi-
astic gallery the all-Washington tennis
team went dow in defeat at the hands
of the Monumental City representatives
yesterday afternoon at the Chevy Chase
courts, the final result being seven lost,
four won. and one tied. This defeat,
which came in the nature of surprise.
takes away any possible chance that the
local team may have had of overhauling
the Norfolk representatives, who are now
leading by a good margin. and forces it
To take last position with Baltimore.
The best match of the day was that in
which Conrad Is. Doyle. the local and
middle Atlantic states champion, was
pitted against Fred c. Colston, the latter
winning after three hard sets OF the most
dazzling tennis, &c, 10 and Cd. Col
ston has worked his way up in the tennis
world until now he is ranked among the
best. his official ranking for the last year
being thirteenth Only last month he
reached the semi-tinal brackets before he
WAS forced out in the National Champion
ship tourney at the Newport Casino, so
Doyle's defeat is by no means e disgrace
nor does il take away any credit from the
local man.
Doyle started of like a winner: N fact,
III the early stages OF the game he showed
better form than he has yet displayed
This season. capturing the opening set IN
the easiest sort OF fashion. Co!ston
had more than he could handle IN the
local lads service, and Doyle won his
serve in every game in this set The
speed displayed by both men was phe-
nomenal and long rapid rallies were IL
order throughout the match and the
gallery was brought to it's feet time and
again by some spectacular shot Or re-
turn.
1t was in the second set that things be-
gan to look more interesting. At this
stage of the game Colston began to solve
Doyle's service, which, although fast was
very cratic He hit his second ball as
hard as his first. and though he double
faulted frequently, he made many clean
aces, which came in particularly handy
IN tight places. 1t was not until the third
game that the local man was able to
tally, and after this point the games al
ternated until the score was five ALL from
which point Colston settled down, and
after the hardest and fastest kind of
play he managed to annex the next two
and the set.
Colston led the third set all of the way,
and although his opponent managed to
capture tout games ii could easily be
seen that the Baltimorean had more re-
serve force and that he was Doyle's mas
fer. Both men were unusually strong
overhead. Doyle'S passes from his back
hand side were at times remarkable and
his successful use of this stroke gave
him many points. The card for this
match is as follows:
First Set.
Colston ..-......-2 = > 32-24-2
Doyle .:..........4 1 6 4 4 1875
Second Set.
444e 4o1a4 49,
2eG4 23 414 o-ss-5
Third Set.
coiston ....5 4 : % / $50
Locals Win Here.
The next best set, which was, by the
way. the first local victory. was that be-
tween Harold e. Doyle and Basil Wae-
ner of Baltimore. Doyle winning bv the
score of 6-3 and "a. In this match the
local man played rings around the Mary
lander At the net or deep court-in fact
In any position whatever-Doyle OUTLAY
ed Wagner: To Wagner's credit it must
be said that he played for all he was
worth to take set. but he was never
wi,nlh Mailing Mailing distance. There were times
When wagner forced things, but Doyle
was his master and seemed to be able to
gel points whenever he pleased
In the last match played in the singles.
spencer Gordon surprised even his most
loyal followers by defeating Clarence
Fisher in their match, %, 81 and 6-4
Although Gordon has played in nearly ali
oi the intercity matches, yesterdays was
ms first victory. Fisher is a youngster
who is coming fast. In fact many think
him TO be the second ranking player of
Inc Baltimore contingent, so his defeat
at the hands OF Gordon is all the more
credible for the local man. Yesterdays
match witnessed a change of style In
Gordons play and many think that this
change was responsible for his win
heretofore he has been content to play
@nyr.
1t was noticeable in this match that he
took all kinds OF chances, placing the
ball to nicely or driving it to the far
corners. Both OF the first two sets for
deuce ones. In the opener, twelve games
being necessary before a winner could be
decided upon, and In the second, sixteen
After losing the first. Gordon settled
down TO hard work. capturing the first
three games or the second. Fisher over
took him and finally passed him, but
could not retain the lead. After five-all
was reached, both men seemed to be con-
tent TO play safe. sacrificing speed for
accuracy. Gordon seemed to excel at
this kind of game and after the score
had alternated from one to the other
several times, he managed to Hand the
necessary number of games to give him
the set He kept UP his winning streak
in the third and last, capturing il after
ten fast games.
The old reliable P. H. s. Cake was the
right man in the right place" in his
ca and 6-1. Cake has won all of his
matches in the intercity series. and hopes
TO go through them with a clean slate.
The only other Washington victory was
that In which Louis I. Doyle defeated
Robert Loundes. The winner played his
usual steady game and after losing the
second est managed to take the third and
the match. His accurate placements
were responsible for any number of
points as he found many a loophole for
passing shots and his steadiness in fast
play made his victory possible
In the other single matches the Balti-
more lads were victorious, Curran Har-
vey defeating a. ". Howard Warren
Magruder winning over Norris Mclean
and II. b. Davis taking Moorehead's
measure.
Doubles Popular.
or all the matches played, the doubles
seemed TO appeal 10 the spectators, and
\. the gallery showed more appreciation
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