Evening star., 1911-06-04

Touchard. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4 8 4 o 7-6
Doyle. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3 2 81
Throughout the match Doyle drove the
ball into the net 43 times to Touchard' s
%: he sent it over the back line 81 times
to his opponents 81; out the side lines 70
times to Touchard's 81; he passed his op-
ponent 33 times and was passed but ID
times, each was aced 8 times. and Doyle
scored on 6 scratches to Touchard's none.
Doyle had 10 double faults charged
against him while his opponent was
charged with but 6.
The women's event also took well. Miss
Rotch and Miss Winner battling for the
honors in the class. the former getting
the better Of the argument in straight sets.
6-3 and 10. Miss Winner played an ex-
cellent game, and the result does not by
any means show the relative strength of
the two players, as although Miss Rotch
won she did not appear to be much bet
ter than her opponent. Had Miss Winner
been more on the offensive, and had she
used her speedy fOrehand drives. the re-
suit might have been different. as on the
few occasions she did adopt this style Of
play she won the games. Miss Rotch
uses her head all the time, and she out
guessed Miss Winner on several occasions.
She was particularly good on her back
hand strokes, playing them from the base
line with telling effect. Miss Winner was
equally good with her back hand. but. as
was said before, she could have gained a
lot more had she depended upon her
speedy forehand returns to pull her
through. Miss Rotch had a very speedy
and accurate service. but Miss Winner
seemed to take to 1t like a duck does to
water. having little or no trouble in re-
turning 1t. She took an unexpected
brace in the last inning. which caused
her followers to sit up and take notice.
but after tying things up and keeping the
score around the deuce mark for a few
games. she finally gave in and Miss
Rotch was declared the winner. The card
for this match is as follows:
FIRST SET.
Miss Miss R9ten; Mime, d$sLs
SECOND SET.
Miss Miss MI%sr Kgtes: 49, SsL5
The other match Of the day was the
finals of the mixed doubles. Miss Rotch
and COnnell being rather decisively de-
feated by Miss Winner and II. E. Doyle,
60 and 6-3. The somewhat easy victory
Of the local pair proved to be popular
one. While Miss Winner played splen-
did game, and was on hand when needed.
most of the credit for the victory should
go to her partner. who played one OF the
best game Of his career. Doyle used
fine jurgment, displaying forcing tactics
throughout the match. which compelled
the opposing players to get out of posi-
ton and then cross-courting the ball to
the alleys with sharply played shots
which left no opportunity for return.
His reverse english service was very
puzzling, and neither Miss Rotch nor
Connell could handle 1t with any degree
of certainty, this pair losing many points
on that account. Doyle proved himself
to be a good court coverer. being tall and
agile, and seeming to anticipate the shots
very little to do. as he and Connell did
most Of the playing.
In this match the ladies appeared to
be about equal. both being accurate in
their returns and making very few mis-
plays, but, as has been stated before, the
men did most OF the work. and so they
had very few chances Connell did some
very good work. but he was no match
for Doyle. the latter outplaying him at
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