The Washington herald., 1910-05-29

The first of the five intercity tennis
matches with prominent clubs Of other
cities engaged the attention of Wash
ingtOn tennis enthusiasts yesterday aft
ernoon at the Chevy Chase Club Phil
adelphia being the opponent against the
locals cracks, and clean. snappy play
marked every contest Of the schedule.
Society did not pass up the opportunity
10 spend a delightful afternoon in the
country. and the gallery was a well
filed and appreciative one. Many stay
ing over the evening. more than 125
playing the part Of host and guest at
dinners and teas. Among those who gave
dinners at the club were President Glib
son. Clifford Crawford, Capt. Edwards,
Admiral Dillingham;. Mrs. Thomas Moves,
Mrs Stewart. J. d. Fuller. MT. Wheat
ley, Dr. Clayton. Capt. Lay. and Capt
Lone The card for the day was made
Up Of two events-singles and doubles.
DOyIeS Win i'm Singles.
Among the Philadelphia players here
arc Carpenter. Townsend. Tilden. Regis
Ter, Crozier. Brown, and oliver. The sin
giles proved rather a disappointment 10
The Washngtonians. as the Quaker City
players only let three matches out OF
their hands. The Doyles. # goes without
saying. were victorious. and Howard
pulled out to the good after three hard
sets. winning the last only after twenty
four games.
In the other matches no particular con-
tests stand out as remarkable Core gave
oliver something Of a tussle. and Cor
James to defeat Deis required three sets
at 20. g., and 6-L
In the doubles the visitors again
trimmed the local players by winning
three out of the four games. making I'm
all eight points for the Philadelphia
team and three for the Washington team
The Tilden-Jones combination had little
trouble disposing Of Gordon and Deis I'm
two sets. Score. e. and 6-l. The local
pair played their best game but were
handicapped by unfamiliarity with each
others play. as they had never before
been carded together in doubles The
Philadelphia team. moreover had close
net return that was especially difficult
70 either pick up or get back over the
net
The match between the Doyle brothers
and Carpenter and Register proved
clean walkaway for the former. they
winning out In 6-1 and O. AS mat
ter Of fact the only feature of the con-
test lay in one-sided play. no matches
being closely contested and hardly a
losers score went over three i'm any one
set during the afternoon. Summaries.
Sngles-C. Doyle defeated Carpenter /
81. ca; IT, Doyle defeated IT, Town I
send, 60. 60; Tflden defeated Gordon, /
6-i, 6-l. 6-3; James defeated Deis. 2-6. /
So, 81; Register defeated Grosveuor. /
SIS, - 81: Crozier defeated Hills. 6-L /
6-3; Howard defeated Brown. So G-3. /
13-l1; oliver defeated Gore 2-6. Ga. G-3. /
Doubles-Doyle and Doyle defeated Car /
penter and Register G-1, e; TiIden and /
James defeated Gordon and Deis O., /
6-1: Crozier and Oliver defeated Gros- .
venor and Hills. Go. O.. Brown and .
Townsend defeated Howard and Gore. /
&C, 1O-12. 6-l
President on Golf Links.
For fear that our esteemed contempo- /
rary in the morning newspaper field 7.
comes out to-day with President Taft" 4
IN black headlines. Witnessed the Inter /
city Tennis Tournament" we wish to .
state explicitly that the Chief Executive /
was not spectator Of the matches. he 1
condning his attentions for the afternoon |
TO the golf links.
The intercity tennis matches did not .
hold entire sway at Chevy Chase yester-
day. a typical golfng weather brought |
out on the links President Taft. Secretary
Meyer, and Capt Butt also quite a
crowd Of other people.
Professional Golf Next sunday.
a handicap medal match was arranged
early i'm the afternoon. and several scores
were turned I'm. Next Sunday will see a
little stir in local goldng circles, when
Willie Anderson. of Philadelphia. four
times open champion. and Gilbert Nichols.
OF Wilmington, Del, come down for a
day Of play at the Chevy Chase links. |
Professional George Sargent viii make I'D
one of the Washington pair. with one Of
the Chevy Chase amateurs 20 back him
Up. There is a rumor that there will be
a little 500 side bet up. but whether or
no. there is sure to be a large number Of
local enthusiasts out to watch the play.
Sargent is rapidly rounding into form
calculated to carry off the open champion
ship at Philadelphia two weeks hence.
The tournament will be played on the
links Of the Merton Cricket club and
Mr.. Sargent spent several days there last
week familiarizing himself with the