Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-07
DOWN TO THE FINALS
District Tennis Tourney Goes
Over Until Next Tuesday.
WARM SEMI-FINAL GAMES
lizard Triumphs Over Cake in Bril-
liant Battle, and Howard
Beats Mclean.

Beats Mclean.
Some of the best tennis which has been
seen since the beginning of the tourna-
ment was shown yesterday afternoon at
the Bachelors tennis courts, when the
, final round of the District championship
tourney was reached. Owing to the fact
that the all-Washingon team, composed
of great many of the entrants of the
tournament, is scheduled to play the Nor
folk team at Norfolk tomorrow afternoon,
the finals and other unfinished events
will be postponed until Tuesday after
| noon. as the team will have to take the
evening boat at 6:45 and, consequently.
will not have time for the tournament,
Which lasts until dark. The team will
be composed of the following-named
players, who are named in the order of
their ranking: Conrad B. Doyle, Harold
e. Doyle. w. B. lizard. Louis 1. Doyle,
A. w. Howard, P. II. s. Cake, n. W.
! Mclean, John Britton and l.. A. Fischer.
In the doubles the men will be paired in
the order given, Mr.. Cake remaining out
and his place being taken by LOUIS A.
Fischer.
fhe semi-fnal rounds furnished some
unusually brilliant sport and the large
gallery In attendance had any number of
opportunities for applauding The best
match of the day was that in which w.
b lizard trlumphed over F. II. 8. Cake,
three of the hardest kind of sets being
necessary before the winner was decided
upon, one of them, the second requiring
twenty games. The style of play of both
men was very similar, lizard having lit
tie the best Of the serve proposition Both
covered lots of ground and handled the
hardest sort of drives and smashes with
accuracy and Judgment. lizard lost the
ond Cake took four out of the next
five games, giving him score of 5-all.
At this stage of the game, Cakes friends
could see nothing but victory for him,
and indeed it looked as if the veteran
would win rather easily, but the old
adage there's many slip twixt the cup
and the lip struck home with a sickening
thud. when lizard, playing a beautiful up
hill game, took five straight games and
the set, 10. On numerous occasions
Cake was within but a single point of
winning. but that point was not forth
| coming, as lizard played perfect game,
giving the veteran hardly any chances to
score. The card for this set follows:
lizard ........2 8 ) 4 4 49,
Cake ........4 l 4 8 :; 1 2 2-37-5
The second set was case where
Greek met Creek, neither side losing
an opportunity to score. After the score
reached 5-all, ten more games were nee
essary before Cake finally managed to
both players played careful lobbing
game, being content to sacrifice speed
for accuracy. Long and exciting rallies
occurred frequently, and time and again
the gallery was brought to it's feet by
some spectacular shot or return. The
men played as if their lives depended
upon the result. and 1t was only after
the most brilliant playing that Cake was
able to land it.
The card for the second set is as fol-
lows:
lizard
65O5344325 543422442-72- 81
Cake
43435225473 6476-11
The third and deciding set found lizard
playing at his best, while Cake was pref
ty well used up from his exertions in the
previous set. This set had occupied about
an hour and the pace had been heart
breaking and had taxed the veterans
vitality to such an extent that his weak
ness was perceptible, and it could be
seen that the younger man would win.
which he did, the card being as follows:
lizard 44614 AZ +29-6
Cake. D: 4 i 1-1S-2
In the other match in the sem-final
round Albert w. Howard defeated n. W.
Mclean in straight sets. 6-3 and g..
The winner displayed his best form. Nc
Lean being unable to handle his service
with any degree Of certainty, and at
times being literally buried under his ter
occasional flashes of speed. but as a
whole Howard outclassed him. Howard
was very successful from the back court.
At rare intervals his sallies to the net i
resulted in sharp clean VOlleyS, frequent
iy for a ldll, but as his back court game
was winning there was no necessity for
adopting other tactics. The loser showed
a much improved game in the second set,
at one time taking the lead, but this
proved to be but flash in the pan,
Howard soon overtaking him and finally
winning out.
Mclean won over c. A. Barnard in the
third round. 1-6. 81 and 81. This as
an odd match. in as much the loser in
each set allowed but one game.
Barnard used himself up in the first set,
and Mclean had little or no trouble in
anneXing the second and third
Several good matches were decided in
the consultations. the most interesting
being that in which Schenck defeated
Tracy. 4-6, 6-3 and g. This victory
places him in the semi-final round. Ais
bury who defeated Boyles, % and ca,
being his next opponent.
The summary for yesterdays play fol-
lows:
Mems singles. third round " ". Mclean dc
Semi hnal round Albert W. Howard defeated
Norris ": Mclean; G-' and -; W. + lard
defeated ii. {: Mclean. ir.; by default; L. l..
se'nud dF round. IT, xishiry defeated W. +.
I.oyl,s. G. /: and Ct: Il. II. Schenck defeated
r. C. Tracy. g. 6- and s. A. j. Gore de-
feated T.. l.. Neibc d and e.
Mems doubles. preliminary r"und-F. IIoltz
man and John Britton defeated l.. A. Fisher
and b. II. Green. 6-l and ID: Baird and Std
ham defeated II. e. and W. d. Mclean by de-
fault
The contestants have been given per-
mission 10 make arrangements among
themselves i'm the consolation events to
plav them off as soon as convenient, but,
as stated above. the finals and doubles
will be postponed until Tuesday after
noon. The remaining matches in the
consultations are as follows
First round-J. II. Parmalee vs.. ii. I.crch.
Second rOund-A NJ. Chesley vs.. winner of
Lerch- Parmalee match.
Sem-h round-C l.. Alsbury vs.. B. II.
Schenck
Lack CnamhS and fMentX-tMO more of