Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-31
CHALLENGE ROUNDS
Will Be Played in Tennis Tour
ney Today.
DOUBLES FEATURE PLAY
Biddle and Touchard Win From
Graves and Gordon-Play
Doyles Tomorrow.

OF the Chevy Chase Club was begun at 10
o clock and continued until dark. Many
matches were gotten out Of the way and
out Few remain on the card. The finals
IN the women's singles and men s doubles,
the semi-finals in the mems singles and
the second round of both the women 8
and mixed doubles have been decided.
The feature match of yesterday was
that which decided the winner Of the
mems doubles, Gustav F. Touchard and
craig Biddle defeating John X. Graves
ana Spencer Gordon, ga. 60 and 81,
ana thereby winning this years tourna-
ment with the right to challenge the
Doyle brothers for the title. which carries
with it the new cups which have been
provided by the club. The Doyles won
this event for the third time last year, so
the trophies offered in previous years are
now their permanent property.
Inc local pair put up an excellent
game, and the match furnished lots of
excitement and gave the largest gallery
OF the season many opportunities for ap-
pause The visitors play very we'll to-
gether, and probably could have won by
a greater margin had they cared to
push themselves, but they knew that
they were the better pair, as did every
one present, and SO did not extend them
selves except on certain occasions when
It was necessary. This applies more to
Touchard than it does to Biddle. The
latter put up his best game, which is an
unusually strong one. He is a big fellow,
about six feet tall. and has an unusually
long reach which made 1t almost i'm
possible for his opponents to lob over his
head. He has splendid stroke, and his
service could hardly be improved upon.
Touchard did not let himself out except
on one or two occasions, but when he did
he showed some very brilliant shots. He
scored many points by doing the unex-
pected. catching the local pair running
away from the ball or on the wrong foot
time and again. or pulling them out of
their positions and then shooting the
ball in the opening thus created.
The losers put up good fight. but were
simply outclassed. Graves has a good.
strong service and is good at overhead
play. and he made any number Of good
plays throughout the match. Gordon
of last year. Then he was too careful,
being afraid to take any chances. but
this year he is sacrificing some OF his
accuracy for speed and is taking more
chances. with the result that his game
is improving all the time.
The first set was the best Of the three.
The winners captured the first FIVE games.
during which the local pair scored by
six points and 1t looked very much as IL
all was over, but the Gordon-Graves COM
bination suddenly picked up and took
the next four. bringing the score up to
a, but this was the best they could do
and they lost the next game.
Although several of the games were
deuced in the next two sets, Touchard
and Biddle took them in rather rapid
order. The card FOR the match follows:
Touehard and Biddle. 421s2 4-s5e
r 7 ou and Biddle s-se-s
Third set
Gordon and Graves. 800 / 4 I'LL
Tho mems singles also brought out
some good tennis, Conrad B. Doyle and
Craig Biddle winning matches in the semi
final round against Walter Taylor and
George A. Gordon. respectively.
The match between Doyle and Gordon
in the lower half was not particularly
as Doyle outclassed the New
Yorker by such a big margin that many
how he managed to reach the
final rounds. The score, 81 and 6-1, is
a good comparison Of the relative ability
OF both men.
That in the upper half, between Taylor
of Norfolk, and Biddle of Philadelphia,
was much closer. and some excellent ten
mis- was brought out. The first set, call
ing for sixteen games. was certainly
hummer" and when The Norfolk player
finally took it at 81, after the advantage
had shifted from one side to the other
several times, he was cheered to the
echo. The next two sets went to the
Quaker City player, 6-3 and Go, but
they were good sets and were much closer
than the score would indicate. as a great
many of the games were deuce ones,
which Taylor lost by but point or so.
The players appeared to be about evenly
Both have good, true serves,
and cover the court equally well. Biddle
had little the better OF 1t in placing. and
this is largely responsible for his victory.
as he scored many points on well directed
shots just out of Taylor's reach. which
gave him no possible opportunity of re-
The first round of the mixed doubles
probably decided the championship of
this class. as the two best pairs entered
met, Miss Eva Baker and Harold E.
Doyle defeating Mr.. and Mrs. Touchard.
2-R, "a and 10. Mr.. Doyle, coupled
with Miss Marie Winner. is the present
champion In this event, but Miss Winner
is out Of town. SO Mr.. Doyle paired up
with Miss Baker.
After winning the first set. 60, it
looked very much as If the Touchards
ran the score of the second to Al before
the local pair could get going. The
latter played as If their lives depended
on the result and were rewarded by final
iy overtaking their opponents and pass
ing them. winning the second set. Ga.
The third and deciding one was just as
close as the others, twelve games being
necessary before 1t could be decided, Miss
Baker and her partner again coming out
on top 1t was a beautiful match and
was much appreciated by the gallery.
MSS Baker was as much better than
Mrs. Toucnard as her husband was bet
ter than Mr.. Doyle, which just about
evened matters up. Going on the prin-
ciple that "a chain is only as strong as
it's weakest link the Baker-DOyle pair
directed most of their shots at Mrs
Touchard, and this is largely responsible
for their victory.
Miss Edith Rotch of Boston, the pres
ent holder of the Grosvenor cup, offered
to the winner of the WOmen's singles by
Gilbert H. Grosvenor, is not expected to
defend her title this year, with the re-
suit that Miss Eustis by her victory over
Miss Baker In the final round of this
class yesterday will probably win the
by default. Miss Baker
who is the present middle Atlantic states
champion. put up splendid game, but
her opponent proved to be the better
niayer, and for this reason won
The summaries for yesterday follow:
Mems singles Semi final round-Craig Biddle
" Philadelphia defeated Walter Taylor Of Nor
folk. 10. 6-3 and 60: Conrad b. DOYLE de-
;eated G. A. Gordon of New York city, 81 and
Ct.
ton defeated Mics Eva Baker. 6-1 and Ga.
Mems douhles-Sncond round-Craig Biddle and
Gustav +. Touchard defeated c. r. Reynolds and
lett johnson defeated Norris ". Mclean nn and and
partner, by default. Semi-hna round-Craig BID
die and G. f. Touchard defeated F.. r. Crosye-
nor and j. U. Moorehead 81 and 81; John X.
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