Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-10
WOMEN PLAY TENNIS
Seventeen Entrants to Contest
for District Championship.
OPENING MATCHES GOOD
Defeat of Miss Doyle by Miss Baker
Came as Surprise
to Experts.

With an entry list OF seventeen, almost
a record for a womens event in local
tourney. play in the District championship
tennis tournament was begun yesterday
in the women's singles. This event, il
will be remembered. was postponed be-
cause of the small number of entries
which had been received when they orig
inally closed. Several courts have been
reserved for the ladies at the Bachelors
Club. where the matches are being de-
cided.
Several good matches were played yes
terday, the best being that between Miss
A. NJ. Doyle and Miss Eva Baker, In the
first round, the latter winning in straight
sets, e. and 6-3. To those who have
not followed the game closely Miss
Doyle's defeat came as quite a surprise.
as she was generally picked to be one OF
the strongest contenders for the title, but
a glance at Miss Bakers record viii show
that ION past performances everything
pointed her way. A few years ago she
was one of the best woman players in
the city, and while at college she won
the championship. She dropped out or
the game for a while, but IL is a well
known fact that in tennis IL a player has
once been a good one he can get back
to his best form in a very short time.
This proved to be her case, and any one
watching her game Of yesterday would
have thought she had been playing con-
tinuously for years. She and Miss Jamie
Doolittle, who has been the runner-up a
number of times, look to be the probable
winners, with Miss Baker the favorite.
In her match with Miss Doyle. Miss
Baker gave a splendid exhibition OF the
game. She covered a great deal of
ground, her service had lots of sting to ft
and she was as steady as a clock, maxi
ing very few misplays. Miss Doyle put
up a good game, but she was simply out
classed. She also covered her court well
and kept her opponent on the go all OF the
time. but she was not as steady at cr1ti-
cal stages Of the game, and nearly al
ways lost the final and deciding points.
The closest match of the day Was that
between Miss Lois Corsan and Miss Re-
becca Love. three sets being necessary
before the winner could be decided upon.
Miss Corsan finally gained the decision.
the scores being 6-3, 20 and 6-3. IN
this match the players appeared to be
about equal, the winner being a little
stronger at the finish. Both of these play
ers put UP similar game, lobbing from
up to the net for a kill, and each was
equally successful. Miss Love looked to
be in a fair way to win the last set, as
she captured the first two games, but
we'll timed squirt by Miss Corsan evened
things up and finally gave her the de-
cision.
The summaries for yesterday are as
follows:
women's singles. preliminary round-sfiss Jan.
ME Doolittle defeated Miss Elsie Bunting, o"
and 60 First round-Miss Lois Corsan de-
feated Miss Rebecca Love, 6-3. 2-6 and 6-S;
Miss May Lowell defeated Miss Airline Dufour.
90 and 60: Miss Eva Baker defeated Miss
A. NJ Doyle, Ga and 6-3.
The following matches in the first round are
scheduled for this afternoon and several In the
second will also be played:
Miss Maude Sewan VS.. Mrs. p. N. Neibel.
Had inf frf M = me -
yesterday and win be completely Miss Rachel
SewalI VS.. Miss Enid Holden, Miss Elizabeth
VS. Miss Olive Love. and Miss Madaline Davis
VS.. Miss NJ. Harrison.