Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-26
TENNIS TOURNEY ON
Twenty-Third Annual Event
AuspiciousIy Started.
HAS RECORD ENTRY LIST
All Rut Two Matches Gotten Out of
the Way in the Preliminary
Round.
HAS RECORD ENTRY LIST

With a record entry list of nifty and
with ideal tennis weather, the twenty
third annual District championship tennis
was most auspiciously
launched yesterday afternoon at the
Bachelors tennis courts, all but two
matches being gotten out of the way in
the large preliminary round and the first
round having been broken into.
An odd feature of the days play was
that of all the matches decided but two
called for three sets, in all the other
cases the winners having good margin
A great many of the matches were much
closer than the score would indicate,
however.
The best match of the day was that be-
tween ..Waddy' Wood and ]. Howard,
tho former coming out with the big end
If the score in a hard-fought three-set
match, 90, 1O-S and e. These men
seemed to be about evenly Matched ana
the large gallery was much interested IN
The result. Wood did not receive very
good start, with the result that he lost
the opening set, 81 He came Dack
in the second. however, and after elgn-
teen hard-fought games mad been played,
several Of them being deuce ones, ne
gained the decision in this set. On sew
eral occasions Howard was within
single point or the set, which Wouid nave
also given him the match. but he was un.
able TO get the deciding point because OF
Woods Steadiness at critical stages OF the
game The second set seemed to nave
tired Howard more than 1t did wood, and
the latter took the third and last without
much trouble. Wood owes his victory TO
this mountaineering ability and his good
placements. as his opponent was his equal
AT all other phases of the game. having a
little stronger service, if anything.
The n W. Mclean j. L. Parmalee
match in the preliminary round was a
good one. despite the somewhat one-sided
annearance of the score. Although Nc
/ can was declared the winner, CD and
60. some unusually high-class tennis
was shown by both sides, and the matcn
brought out some OF the best playing OF
the day. Both men play speedy game
and in some of the long rallies which
featured this match the ball went bacn
and forth SO fast that it could hardly
be followed by the eye. Mclean was
unusually accurate In ms returns. ano
scored most of the decisive points, but
Parmalee displayed an excellent article
| of tennis and ran many of the games tC
deuce before he T. ally lost them
Neither Conrad b. nor Harold F.
Doyle is among the entrants in this
wears tourney, but, from the game put
| nm nv him yesterday afternoon in his
| match with G. 4. Barnard. Louis
DOYLE looks to have good chance to
| keen up the good name Of Doyle and
| bring the championship back to the
family Preside. 1t will be remembered
| that in the 1909 tournament. Connie
/ and Harold dropped out in order that
| some Of the others would get chance
at winning and Louis proved the dark
| horse" and won the title. Tennis fol-
/ lowers are now wondering whether
| history will repeat itself.
j In his match with Barnard yesterday
/ DOYLE had the easiest kind Of a time
| winning by 60 and 60. His one
| weakness seems to be his service
| which, although accurate. is not very
| puzZling and gives his opponent ar
! advantage At ground covering ant
| returning the ball he is an adept, ant
| with the good tournament practice III
| is now getting he should he at his bes
| when the higher rounds are reached.
The only other players who are con
:, sidered seriously are J. L. Mooreh cad
/ p. Fl. S. Cake. Lee McClung and Spencer
Gordon. All Of these players had lit
tie or no trouble in their matches yes
| terday and seemed to be at their best