Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-13
M'cLUNG Wins SET
Beats Grosvenor Out, 8 to s,
in Yesterdays Piay-0ff.
LADIES' DOUBLES FAST
Work Of Miss Chew One of Biggest
Features of the Tour
nament. -.
-ADIES' DOUBLES FAST


vailed. for some reason or other the
of the Chevy Chase Club was at a stand
es being decided. -.-
Much interest was centered in the Nc
lClung-Grosvenor match in the final round
of the scratch event In the mems singlos,
which had been called on account Of dark
ness Thursday evening. and which was
/ completed yesterday afternoon. When
the match was stopped McCluns had the
advantage. the score being 4-12. 6-S.
4-6 and &C. and all that was necessary
for him to do yesterday was to take
two more games. which he did, captur-
ing the last set and with it the match.
Sc.
Both men showed up we'll in yesterday s
play, the games being close ones. 1t was
speed against accuracy. and accuracy won.
although 1t must be said that McClung
did have some speed. and that he was
there with the fast work on several oc-
casions Throughout the match Grosvenor
used speedy chop drive. but McCiuns;
though his returns were slow. placed
them cleverly and usually took the point.
During the match Grosvenor netted far
too many volleys, and his hard drives
flew out or netted oftener than they
reached their goal. The former Yale
foot ball star was steadiness personifed.
he has been showing he should be able to
give Moorehead. who Is by the way
picked by many of the tennis experts to
repeat, a long run for his money. This
match, which will be decided this after
noon at o'clock. should be "corker'
and worth going a long way to see.
Ladies' Doubles Good
Aside from the McClung-Grosvenor
match. the battle between the Misses Gre
BILE (minus u 15) and Miss MaoMurray
and Mrs Stead (plus n 15) in the semi
final round Of the womens doubles was
the most interesting Of the day. the
former pair winning two out Of three
hard sets, 20, 60 and 10 The Greble
pair put up an unusually good game.
After losing the opening set. they set
tied down. and by steady and careful
work managed to take the second by the
same score that they had lost the first.
Both ladies were in unusually good form.
Miss NJ. Greble doing some especially
good work for her side. Miss A. Greble
had a good service. and she was lucky In
getting her first ball over the net fire.
quently. The winners displayed excellent
team work, and this feature Of their play
was largely responsible for the victory.
The third set was by far the best OF the
three and at one time 1t looked as II the
MacMurrayStead combination would win
out. as the score was to 2 In it's favor,
but their opponents would not be denied.
and, after tying things up at all, they
continued their winning streak, finally
winning the set, Is. Miss MacMurray
played the best game for the losers
Throughout the tournament the splendid
work Of Miss Chew has been attracting
no little attention. In her match yester-
day afternoon with Mrs. Bell. In the semi
final round OF the women's singles.
scratch. she won with the greatest ease.
them being love ones This victory places
her In the finals. In addition. she has
reached the finals In the handicap event,
playing from scratch, and she and Mr..
finals in the mixed doubles. To date. her
playing has been the feature Of the won-
ems events.
The summaries for yesterday are as follows:
match between Lee Mecnnk and f. p Gros
score. 14-1s. ss. As and SO
Miss c6es aesesssa Ms Bell and sS
Mems doubles, handicap-Second round-Mor-
:;a .as @'tssn a. Pg; - By ssfss Nes ss%
fnal round-Donn and Brown tscratch) defeated
and doaSes pSi 1 and
Murray and Mrs. Stead tpi I 4 IS. sHs, So
and IS.
Such slow progress was made yesterday
afternoon that the tournament will not
be brought to an end until Monday or
Tuesday Although the finals or semi
finals have been reached in each class
but the mixed doubles, several of the
players have worked their way up in
more than one class and of course. would
not be able to play them all the same
day. McC1ung. for instance. is still in the
running in every class. His match with
Moorehead this afternoon In the chal-
lenge will prevent him from playing in
the other classes unfit Monday. The card
for today's play is as follows:
Mems singles. scratch-Challenge round for the
title and navy cup. Cpshur MOorehead will
defend his title against Lee McClung
Mems singles. handicap-Semi final round
Cuthbert B. Brown lminus y 49, vs.; Lee Nc
tleheld (minus Is, in the final round.
WOmen's singles MISREPRESENTATION round
Miss Chew (scratch' vs. Miss H. Downing
scratch. winner to meet Mrs. Brooke tscratchJ
women's singles: scrateh-Fiual round-Miss
Mixed doubles. Aandicap.First rounding,
ens st and ss 90 n: Nj,
Downing and Dom tscratch! VI: Miss Allen and
Long (plus y 49,. Miss Lawson and Wilcox
(minus ISL vs.. winners Of Grebie and McCluns'
Bell and Stead match.
Mems doubles handicap-Second round-Ellis
and Pejacsevieh scratch, W. Low and Long
(plus 1Sl. Semi,hnal round--Cassels and Hack
EFT (scratch1 w. winners Of Ellis and EeJacSa.
Women's doubles. handicap-Semi-A final round
Misses Chew and H. Downing lminus v Isl ".
Misses Sargent and A. Downing ,plus v l5,.
FINAL round--siisses Greble tminus u Is, vs..
winners at the Chew and H. Downing Sargent
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