The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-24

With President Taft to present the tro-
phies and cups to the favored winners.
and the United States Marine Band to
lend an air of festivity TO the occasion.
the deferred events were run off at the
Chevy Chase Club yesterday afternoon.
and the third annual invitation tennis
tournament came 10 an end. Tempting
weather brought out Washington society
in force. and with the galleries well
filed there was no lack of appreciation
for the display Of championship tennis
which marked the entire afternoon.
Two contests of Importance were sched-
uled. Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Mahan met
Messrs. c. B. and II. E. Doyle in the
challenge round of mems doubles, and
Miss Turtle and Mr.. Johnson were matched
against Miss Winner and Mr.. Hills in the
mixed doubles. Both contests were pro-
ductive of snappy tennis. the first especial
ly so. except for Mr.. II. f. Doyle's con-
tinued serving of double faults. In the
latter contest. Miss Turtle and Nr. John
son won two out of three sets.
Champion TOuchnrd Ill.
Many expressions OF sympathy were
AAtoAA AoA WI. Atol sc AbANAAehANr NA+' -
confined TO his room in the bungalow
with serious attack Of throat trouble
Mr.. Touchard had not been feeling his
best for some days. and exposure 20 the
rainstorm Of Sunday while motoring, de-
veloped n high fever. Dr. D7bney was
called in yesterday morning, and per-
formed q slight operation. The patient is
resting well now, and expects 70 be able
TO leave for his home IN New York City
within a few days When the time came
for the presentation Of the cups Presi-
dent Taft had the trophies won b. Mr..
Touchard brought over 10 the bungalow,
and they We're presented by the Chief
Executive 10 him IN his room. Mr. Taft
congratulated Mr. Touchard heartily on
his victory. and expressed sincere wishes
that he might be soon recovered.
President Gives Cups.
It was nearly O'Clock when the Presi-
dent came IN from the links. where,
despite the heat Of the afternoon. he
played two rounds with Gen. Edwards
and Capt Butt The table on which
were gathered the various prizes was
placed near the first court, near the gall
lery and when Mr. Taft walked over
from the bungalow he was greeted with
hearty applause. He stopped several
times to greet acquaintance. among them
Nj. and Mrs Gilbert II. Grosvenor. Mrs.
Robert Roosevelt and Rear Admiral
Dillingham;. With a few weu-chosen
words, he presented the cups to the fortu-
nate recipients. congratulated each 81 the
effort they had made, and expressed his
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next year.
With the task Of defending their title
10 the Halliday Cups. the Doyle brothers
came on the courts to meet Johnson and
Mahan at o'clock. The local pair won
the toss and gave the serve 10 their op-
pcnents. This put the New York-Phila-
delphia combination al once on the ag-
gressive, and they pushed their advan-
tage through five games. The aext three
seesawed, but things had gone too far
for the Doyles 10 recover. and the set
went 90. The next set show them be-
ginning 90 crowd Mahan and Johnson
for points and Il was only after ten
hard-fought games that the latter won.
Ga. The third should have been pretty
tennis. had IT not been for H. L. Doyle
COnunuduy giving points away by dOu-
bic faults. His brother seemed very
weak on his returns. losing many strokes
by net and the set and match went to
Mahan and Johnson rather easily. Score
by games for the three sets:
FIRST SET.
Doyle ard Ooyle............... l Il
SECOND SET.
Doyle and Doylc......... 0 { 4 o.
NIahan and Johnson. 2 IS
THIRD SET.
DOYLE and Doye............ 0 ? 6 2 ? -
Mahan and Johnsoo........ 8 4 ; 4 &C
After a short interval. to allow Mr..
Johnson rest. the mixed doubles for the
Pan-American cups were put on. Here
Miss Winner and Miss Turtle took most
of the work. Mr.. Johnson was in no
shape for another hard contest. and Mr..
Hills only warmed into shape in the last
set. The score by games went as fol-
lows:
FIRST SET.
Miss Turtle and Mr.. Johnson. 0 50
Miss Winner and Mr.. Hills. 42i4 Il