Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-31
SURPRISE IN MIDDLE
ATLANTIC TOURNEY
Homer Deis Defeats Spencer
Gordon in Finals of Mems
Singles.

| SllUIcS.
! The surprise Of the tournament was
given the large gallery in attendance at
| the middle Atlantic states tennis cham
pionships, which were being decided at
the Bachelors courts yesterday. when j.
/ Homer Deis won the finals in the mems
singles, defeating Spencer Gordon three
| out of four hard sets, Ga, 4-6, 6-1 and
6-3.
| There was no fiulle about this victory.
the winner playing the better game and
deserving to win. On past performances
Gordon was picked to come out on top, as
he was considered the better player. be-
ing exceedingly fast and steady. Hereto
fore Deis has been looked upon as very
steady player, though not a speedy one,
but yesterdays performance shows that he
has lots more speed and ground-covering
ability that he has been given credit for
The first two sets were the best Of the
four, the opener going to Deis. while his
opponent landed the second by the same
score. In the first. after the score
reached four-all, Gordon came within one
point Of tying it up on three different oc-
casions, and it was only after the hard
est kind of work that Deis captured the
/ necessary two games.
| In the second Gordon had just as much
| trouble winning as had Deis in the pre-
viOuS one. Throughout the match both
men played similar games being content
to lob the ball from the back courts until
| an opportunity presented itself to gain
| the net. when they would take advantage
of .any openings left by their opponent
and shoot the ball back out Of reach.
At the beginning of the third set Deis
appeared to get stronger while his OPP
ponent, who seemed to be overanXious,
got weaker, and although at times he dis
| played flashes of his best form, they did
not last long enough to avail him any
| thing, and he was defeated in this set as
| we'll as In the next. Throughout the en-
| tire match Deis put up really brilliant
many difficult shots with such apparent
| ease that for the first time in his career
he appeared to outclass Gordon. This
afternoon at o'clock Deis will meet
for the title, and if he plays to anything
like his yesterdays form. an exceedingly
close and exciting match should result.
Miss Winner a Winner.
Another match in the singles which
proved to be of unusual interest was that
in which Miss Marie Winner Of this city
| won the womans title by defeating Miss
Hildegard Turtle Of Brooklyn. n. Y, Ga
and Ga. AS the score indicates, these
| players were very evenly matched, Miss
Winner getting the final decision on &C
| count of her superior ability on all-around
| play, she being able to play a good sure
| game at both net and back and to cover
acres of ground. Her opponent was weak
on bacl-hand shots, and Miss Winner
| was quick to take advantage Of this
| weakness, making Miss Turtle use this
stroke as much as possible. They were
about equal on the serve proposition. get
ting the ball over the net with speed and
accuracy. But one double was made dur
ing the whole match, Miss Turtle being
the guilty party.
In the first set the visitor captured the
first two games before Miss Winner knew
what was happening. She lost the next
two, however, which evened matters w,
and after dividing the next four games
the local player settled down and took the
remaining two and the set. The next and
last set started off exactly like the pre-
vious one, only in this one Miss Tur!e
took the first three instead of two. Miss
Turtle took one more a little later, and
with the score % in her favor play was
called on account Of rain. AS it proved
to be but passing shower. after about Il
half hour intermission the game was con-
tinued. The rest seemed to have done
Miss Winner good, for she captured four
straight games. thereby winning the
match and tournament. The card, in
games, for this match is as follows:
FIRST SET.
WINE Winner ...... . : : ! -
SECOND SET.
T Miner . ::..:: ! / ; o IA
Spectacular Doubles.
The most interesting match of the day,
| as we'll as the most spectacular one. was
that in the mixed doubles in which Miss
Turtle and III. r. Doyle won over Miss
Winner and Ralph w. Hills in the final
round. This was a "corker.' and the
gallery was on its toes all of the time
applauding brilliant plays made by one
side or the other. Doyle played one of
the most brilliant games Of his career,
taking part in almost every play and
making any number Of seemingly impos-
ible shots and recoveries. There was no
style Of play at which he did not excel,
getting everything that came his way and
u whole lot that did not come his way
and that he had to go after Miss Turtle
supported him in fine shape, playing a
very good game. Her service was a little
off color, as she had q good many doubles
charged up against her Her back court
work was splendid and she easily atoned
for her poor service by starring at TINS
kind Of a game. Hills also did well. dis
playing excellent form and allowing moth
ing to get away from him. AT times. he
shared equally with Doyle i'll the honors,
but at critical points the singles titie-
holder was the steadier, getting stronger,
If anything. Miss Winner played her best
game, always being on hand when
needed.
OF the two the first set was the better,
twelve stubborny fought games being
necessary in order to decide the victors
The Wimer-Hills combination received
6ying start. taking five out Of the first six
games. 1t loked like big day for them,
for even the most ardent admirers of the
Turle-Doyle combine began to lose hope
for the match. This was just flash in
the pan" however. for although MISS
Turtle and Doyle lost the first. they had
very little trouble taking the next two
and the tournament.
DurirN this match. a small-sized gale
blew over the courts, which made the
play all the harder, and which. of course,
was responsible for both sides losing
many points. Doyle had a serve which
kept the other side guessing all OF the
time. This counted good many points
for his side, as he managed to get the
first one over with clock-like regularity
and his opponents could do very little
with it. He and his partner gave pretty
exhibition of team work. although they
had very little on Miss Winner and Hills
u-hn no ofrh