Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-29
TENNIS SLOWS Up
But Few Matches Played in
Tourney Yesterday.

Yesterday seemed to be an off day in
the District championship tennis tourna-
ment which is being played at the Bache
lors courts, as but few matches were de-
cided, but nearly all of those which were
played We're important ones.
AS such small number of matches
We're decided yesterday. it will now be
| impossible to bring the tournament to
close tomorrow, as was originally plan
ned. Should the weather permit this aft
ernoon viii finish the finals in the mems
run off tomorrow But little progress
has been made in the other two classes
the mems singles, consultations, and the
mems doubles-the first rounds not hav
ing been finished in either c,ass.
Louis j. Doyle continued his triumphal
march toward the final bracket by de-
feating j. h. Graves in their match in
the semi-final round of the mems sin
giles. 81 and g.. This one-sided score
does not give a true idea of the relative
strength of the players. although
Doyle conclusiveiy proved that he was
Graves superior in nearly every style of
play, he was not as much better as the
figures would indicate. and al times the
match looked exceedingly close, Graves
losing time and again by a small margin
of one or two points.
Throughout the match Doyle displayed
great headwork. catching his opponent
ny uOlHS the uUeApecIeu- Tie SeeIIitu ~
have perfect control of both pace and di-
rection and counted any number of times
on We'll directed shots which landed with
in few inches of the outside lines
Graves played a very good game and
showed up we'll overhead but he was
outguessed and outseneraled and lost
many points on Doyle's accurately placed
shots which gave him no possible chance
for a return. Both men made sensa-
tional plays more than once, which
hrn
large and enthusiastic gallery. This vic
tory puts DOYLE in the finals, his next
opponent being the winner of the Nc
Chung Britton match.
Another good match was that in which
Lee McCluns defeated "Norrie'' Mclean
in two out of three fast sets, Is. 6-i
and Ct This match between the two
"Macks was an unusually interesting
one and some very brilliant tennis was
shown Mclean was somewhat erratic
and lost several points which should have
been his by his ragged work at critical
stages of the game McCluns. as
usual. was steadiness personitied. He
went about his business in his methodical
way, showing nothing f1ashy. but always
being there when occasion demanded
Mclean is still a youngster and has
lots of ability, but when playing with a
steady, deliberate player like McCluns,
who takes advantage OF every "lp-up
made by his opponent, he does not snow
up at his best. McClung played the back
court most of the time, but he was just
as good AT the net and he counted as
many points in place as in the other
Mclean seemed to have weakness on
backhand strokes. and his opponent was
quick to take advantage of it. After
losing the first set, McCluns got busy
and took the next two ana WIN theiN
the match This victory placed nm IN
the semi-finals with John Britton as ms
opponent.
In this match he again looked like the
winner. but it was called ON account or
darkness with each player having a set
to his credit McClunc took the opening
set e but lost the second, 10 lie
was coming fast and had the third been
PLAYED he probably would have taken IT,
as he won four out of the last hVe games
i'm the second. Britton having him 5-love
i'll the early part of it,
Fayorites won in the doubles, A. J. Gore
and l.. /. DOYLE easily defeating "Waddy"
Wood and Hornidge. Go and 81, and
Spencer Gordon and ]. X. Graves having
lust as little trouble in disposing of Dew
lin and Brosseau, winning two sets by
the score of Il.
Gore and Doyle play we'll together and