Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-04
BIG TENNIS TOURNEY
District Championship Starts
on Bachelors Courts.
CAKE WINS BEST MATCH
Young Mayfeld Surprises the Spec
tators by Defeating John Bridget.
Mclean Beats Parmalee.
AXE WINS BEST MATCH

A large and enthusiastic gallery was
on hand at the Bachelors courts yes
terday afternoon. when the annual Dis
| trict champions ship tennis tournament
was gotten under way. Despite the
| fact. that there was strong wind.
which swept over the courts and at
times interfered with the play. there
was some unusually high-class tennis
shown and very good progress was
made the first round being nearly COM
pleted.
The best match of the day was that
in which p. II. S. Cake defeated A. j.
Gore after three unusually fast and
brilliant sets, g, As and e.. With
the exception of the second set in which
Gore was the victor, the veteran had
little or no trouble in taking the games
at critical points. although each point
was a hard-fought one. and several
times 1t looked as If Gore would hnaliy
win out. 1t was Cakes superior Steadi-
ness that gave him the victory, as he
seemed to tighten up in pinches and al
WAYS manage to land the final count.
Most Of the games went TO deuce, ana
II was dark when Gore finally lost out.
This match was full of long. rapid raj
lies and each player pulled off some
really wonderful. plays. Cake was un-
usually accurate. and his back-hand
strokes were working perfectly, while
Gore played a fast game. but was at
times rather erratic. Many look for
Cake to win the tourney. and II yester-
days play may be taken as criterion
his chances appear to be unusually
bright.
A Big Surprise.
One. of the surprises Of the day was
the victory Of ]. P. Maydeld over John
.a@YI &c or1Ur oh fifteen
wears old, and this Is his first tourna-
ment. Connie Doyle picked him out
as a conner. and coaxed him into en-
tering the tournament. and he was muGn
pleased at his showing In his first match.
Young Mayfield played like veteran
throughout and time and again the gal
lery was forced to applaud some prllnan!
shot or recovery. The first set required
twelve games before the winner could
be decided upon, Mayfield running the
score up from 5-3 to s all. and then, by
some exceedingly clever playing, taxing
the next two games. The last SET was
rather close. but the youngster always
managed to keep ahead He covers
lots Of ground and has q strong serve,
and should certainly develop into good
man when he gets his full growth and
strength.
The Parmalee- Mclean, match was also
a good one. Mclean finally landing 1t
after three sets. SO. 81 and 6-3. Par
malice started off like winner. taking
the opener rather easily, but after NC
Lean got warmed up to his work he had
lust as little trouble taking the next two.
Al Howard's victories were very pop
ular ones. In the first round he dis
posed Of A. M. Chesley, the Y. NJ. c. A
crack, Ga and 6-3, and IN the second
round he very easily took Boyle's meas
ure, 81 and 81.
It has been decided not to hold either
the ladies' singles or the mixed doubles.
The Summaries.
The summary for yesterday is as fol-
lows:
Mems singles. nrst round-A. ". Howard de-
feated A. II. Chesley. Ga and 6-3; w. f.
Boyies defeated william Doyle BY default: EZRA
Gould defeated B. H. Schenk. 60, 81 and
7-6: F. Holtsman defeated B. Lansb1ren. 80
and 81; NJ willis r. defea des.s e T. Ais
Traeey. "a and 8-2: w. B. lizard defeated c:
L. Neibel. 81 and 60: F.. ]. Bates defeated
B. @. Fleufnoy. 6-3 and IS: John Britton de-
fe.ted II. F. Lerch; 81 and e-s; W; 2; Me- Me
ca: ]. p. Mayheld defeated John Bridget.
rs and Ga: Louis A. Fischer defeated ID. d:
Gresory 60 and 81: p. II. 3. CAKE deIeated
A; ): Gore: 81 - e. 3d. Ie..,a defeated ". F.
BoyIes. 81 Gnd'6-1.
The matches on today's card are rs
follows:
Mems singles. Arst round-A. Y. Leech. IT,. We.
n: y. Mclean. H. C. Mclean Vs. C. A. Bar
Second round-Ezra Gould W. r. Hoffman.
b. B. Green ". w. B. lizard. +: J. Bates ys.
John s.itss3 s w: D. eoI e 8. e Cake. ''''