Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-14

to the furthest corners of the courts,
with sharply played shots that lett no OPP
portunity for returns. gave him many
points and had McClung running most of
the time from one side of the court to
the other. Before McClung could solve
this style of play he had lost this set
and also the fourth. both by the scores
of GO. The cards for these sets are:
THIRD SET.
McClung. $500. ! 4 ? 4 ! 3 =
Moorehead..--. d -
FOURTH SET
McClung. 1890. 3 )! ) ;
Moorehead. . ) . Is
The fifth and last set was the best
Of the day, and brought out some OF
the most brilliant tennis shown here
during the tournament. The 1act that
this one set was of so much Importance
seemed to instiE life into both men. and
nothing was overlooked by either in the
way of openings in the defense OF the
opposing player. Both men must have
covered miles of grSund in this set. ana
some wonderful returns were made by
each of seemingly impossible shots. TO
q certain extent speed was sacr1hced
for accuracy. neither player wanting 70
take any big chances. Both were con-
tent to lob from the back court. the
idea being to work their way up 10
the net, from which point or vantage
they could make kill or pass on
one side or the other of their opponent.
McClung showed up unusually strong
in his backhan1 shots throughout the
match, and he was splendidIy accurate
and severe over head. Moorehead mad
the challenger somewhat puzzled Win
his service. McClung not being able TO
handle it with any degree OF certainty
at all. and losing many points IN his
failures to make returns while moore
head did not have the slightest trouble
in handling Meetings..
1t was not until the tenth game was
reached that the real battle began.
first one player forging ahead ana
then the other. On any number OF Oc-
casions it looked as il the match would
be ended. but the opposing player al
ways managed to stave off defeat until
the fifteenth game, when, with the
score 81 against him. McClung. with
superhuman efforts. managed to take
three straighe games. and with them
the match At it's conclusion both
men were cheered to the echo. The
card for the fifth set is:
McClung-
44Oa: 454 2445 1 80
Moorehead-
44O24 5413 14227 42 3 f. s
Another good match was that in the
mixed doubles. handicap, Miss A. Down.
ing and Dom (scratch). by their VIC
tory over Miss Chew and Cotton (minus
i5). reaching the final round. The re-
suit Of this match was quite surprise.
as the Chew-COlton combination had
followers. The scores were e., o. and
10. On several occasions in the last
set the winners were in danger. but
each time they managed to settle down
In time to prevent any calamities.
Misses Chew and Downing Win.
The only other match played was in
the women's doubles. handicap. Miss
Chew and Miss Helen Downing (minus
h, ,ne-half 15) defeating Miss Sargent and
Miss ADJOINING fplus one half 15), 6-1,
s-6. The first set was a walkover for
the winners. but in the second they had
20 extend themselves to the limit to win.
. Miss Chew played an excellent game
,:Tor the winners. making several spec
shots. She was well supported
= by her partner. who was ALWAYS on
. land when needed. and who contributed
several points TO her side by her speedy
esarviceG which was extremely hard for
The losers TO handle
The summaries for yesterday are:
= Mems singles. scratch challenge round
Tor the title and the Navy cup. offered
os0 orHer Secretary Of the Navy New
oerrS4sLee McClung, challenger. de-