Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
! that they couldn't see it or placing it
! nicely where 1t couldn't be handled. The

nicely where 1t couldn't be handled The
only game which went to the Britton-
Mclean combination was the opener, their
opponents taking the next six straight.
The last set was a little better than
the one previous. Britton and Mclean
having pulled themselves together some
what. They could not stand the strain
and were compelled to give up losing the
last set and with 1t the match. 6-3. Cor
don did much toward winning this last
set for his side. as his opponents resorted
to lobbing. back-court game. and it was
at this style of play that the former
Princeton champions work stood out.
Throughout the match his back-court
work had been one of the features, and
in this last set he seemed to Guido him
self. handling everything with the great
est of ease and confidence. He and Cor
don make a very good team. the former
being splendid net player and being
very steady and reliable. The card for
this match is as follows:
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Second set
Gordon and Graves
81 4,c24 24e 4-so-1o
! ! 2443 6 4 4o4 o1 1-5s- 8
GsEaS" anna anna S SsEssn tjis9
Fourth set
Gordon and Graves. $3.50 $50 s4s
Britton and Mclean. . ] 3 o 6 2-2S-3
The only other match of the tourna
ment to be decided was that in the final
round of the mems singles. consultations,
when Albert NJ. Chesley defeated G. *.
Sinclair. e.. 81 and 6-3.
Chesley's victory was not unexpected.
as it was not thought that Sinclair was
quite as good as his older and more eX-
perienced opponent. Sinclair is by years
the youngest entrant in the tournament
and he deserves a great deal of credit
for the mastery way in which he has
worked his way up to the final rounds.
He has a great future in store for him.
Because of his tender years and mex
perience, he is apt to go up in the air at
critical stages. and this is largely the
cause of his rather bad defeat Of yester-
day. as it could he seen from the first
that he had a bad attack Of stage
fright and that for this reason he was
not able to do himself justice. He dis
played enough at times to show that he
knew the game and had lots of ability,
and these are necessary qualifications.
Experience will come with practice.
Chesley was steady throughout and made
very few careless shots. He covered lots
of ground and seemed to be equally
strong both at the net and the back
court. Sinclair had a good, speedy serv-
ice. and also covered lots of ground, but
his unsteadiness cost him points time and
again when he would get to the ball and
then slam it out of the court altogether
or into the net.
This tournament was voted by all to
be the most successful ever held by the
Bachelors Club. The fact that the Doyles
did not compete was regrettable, but 1t
really proved to be a good thing for the
game as it made the tournament more
of an open one. and those who went in
knew that they had a chance of winning.
Heretofore the Doyles had been conceded
everything in sight, the players knew
that they had no chance of winning. and
consequently either did not enter at all
or entered and played in that mechani-
cal, don t-care-manner which took lots
of the interest from the game.
The women's event is rapidly filling
up and some good competition should
result when play begins Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock Entries will be re-
ceived right up until the time of begin
ming.