Evening star., 1911-05-31
MANY MATCHES PLAYED ON
CHEVY CHASE CLUB COURTS
Harold E. Doyle Defeats ]. Upshur Moore
head in the Feature Contest
Of the Day.

set. 80. and winning the first three
games in the second. but McClung would
not be denied. and. displaying that steadi-
ness and never say die" spirit which
won the Chevy Chase championship Tor
him. he captured six straight games.
was nip and tuck" first one player lead
ing and then the other When the men
hit the sail mark they were playing
an even game and 1t was simply aues-
winner has always been noted for his
| sticktoitiveness. and he captured the next
two games from the ex-Honolulu cham
pion, taking the match.
| Connie Doyle Wins.
Two other matches which attracted a
great deal of attention were played in
the singles and consolation singles. re-
spectively, Conrad B. Doyle easily de-
feating Spencer Gordon, 6-3 and Go.
and p. H. s. Cake proving his superior
ity over n: w. Mclean. .e2 and 60.
Doyle played like house afire," simply
toying with Gordon in the first set. and
then settling down in the second and al
lowing him but five points in the en-
tire set. Cakes defensive work was OF
the "stone WALL variety in his match,
Mclean being unable to pass 1t at ALL
That Doyle is likely to cause an upset
Of dope, as was predicted IN Tuesday 9
Star. was made evident when he ana
Touchard played a practice match yester-
day afternoon. the local man being aneae
darkness. the score being 2-6. Ga and
30. When 1t is taken into considera-
ton that Doyle had been playing nearly
all day. while the metropolitan player
was fresh, ii looks very much as IL ne
has an excellent chance to be returned
the winner in the challenge round.
The women's singles have drawn the
best class of entrants of any previous
local tournament. Heretofore Miss Marie
Winner has been the leading player, but
this year there are two who have proved
their superiority and one who appears
to be equally as good. These players
are Mrs. Gunner. who took the miooie
Atlantic states title from Miss Winner.
and Miss Holmes, who Is here from New
York to play the mixed doubles with
Touchard, and who is also entered in
the singles. The other player should
need no introduction. She is Miss Editn
Rotch, present national champion, with
doubles. and former national champion IN
the mixed doubles. Miss Rotch, who is
here from Boston. is the present Massa-
chusetts champion. and in addition has
been the champion of Pennsylvania and
several other states. and has reached the
semi-finals in the national championship
singles on three different occasions. She
defeated Miss Doolittle yesterday after
noon rather easily. 60 and 81. in the
first round She played a splendid game.
covering lots Of ground and making her
returns with a certainty that could not
be denied. Her placements were accuracy
themselves. while her service was rather
speedy and very puzzling. She SHOULD
bracket.
The Summaries.
The summaries for yesterday are as
follows:
Mems singles : Preliminary round. Everett
Townsend defeated George Lewis by default
seasi s9ePsit rernsens a 81 and s1 oS John o BriteS
sres'e Bates defeated M 4. T J. Gore. 6s and IS: B.
HillEer defeated F. A Morgan; ;,',. S2 and s.s; %;
rs. Second round. Conrad b. Doyle defeated
Spencer Gordon. 6-3 and 60: H. f. Doyle de,
seased uPsnus MSofehssd St II,.ms SS snd
isaSa. ss and ~ 4 ss Cotton ss,;sa Ssfes.. ss
defeated D. -HiIIyer e-l and 81. Third round.
fault; W. D. Wilcox defeated L. A. Fischer.
Ga, 40 and rs.
sashson defsassa H. e. sheridan by de-
fault, IT,. First POUND L., T, H; S. Cake defeated y
Holmes defeated Miss Switzerland, 81 and
G-3; Miss NJ. Sewall defeated Miss Hinckley.
Rotch defeated Miss Doolittle. 6-2 and 6-1.
Mems doubles = First round. Mcciung and
Moorehead defeated Morgan and Morgan, 60
and Is; Britton and Mclean defeated TED Lewis VII,
Grosyenor defeated Fischer and Gore. 6-4 and
62: Godfrey and Wright defeated Hillyer and
Davidson, 60 and 60: Doyle and Doyle de-
| feated Leach and Sheridan. 60 and 6-2: Cor.
! don and Connell defeated Dom and Graves. 60
and 6-2.
Today's Card a Good One.
Today's card is an unusually good one
| most of the poorer players having beer
weeded out by this time, leaving only thu
| best. In the mems singles the semi
finals will probably be completed and thu
| finals reached, while the same holds goot
| in the women's event. Play will be con
tinued in the mems doubles. the bes
match being that in which Gustav F
Touchard and Freddie" Colston, the lit
| tie Baltimore crack who has been rated
ninth In the official ranking for 1911, will
| figure, their opponents being HELEN and
Blair. This match is called for o'clock
The mixed and women's doubles will alst
be gotten under way. For the mixed
doubles Touchard has brought Mis-!
Holmes from New York and this pair ex
poets to reach the final brackets, although
II. E. Doyle and Miss Winner should pusf
them hard. The matches scheduled fol
this afternoon are as follows:
Mems singles. third round-Lee McClunf
VS.. NJ. A. Cotton. John Britton VS.. G. p
Parkes. Semt-hQals-Conrad B. Doyle VS.
w. D. Wilcox.