The Washington herald., 1912-10-03
FEATURE MATCH
WON BY. PH, S.CAKE
Veteran Player Of Bachelors Club
Forced to Extend Himself to De-
feat Il. L. Mapes'at Tennis.

Fourteen matches were decided yes
tcrday afternoon in the twenty-fourth
annual District championship tennis
tournament. held on the courts of the
Bachelors Club IN woodley Park, and
while no extra sets were required, good
tennis was seen in nearly every con-
test. With the exception of one un-
finished match. the f1rst round was COM
pleted in the mems doubles and the
third bracket finished in the mems
singles Three matches were played in
the first round OF the mems consola-
tons.
P. H. S. Cake, a veteran of the
Bachelors Club. and II. L. Mapes fur
nished the feature OF yesterdays pro-
gramme. and after being pushed to his
limit Cake finally won out, g., So. Six
games were deuced In the opener when
the players were warming up for hard
battle Mapes almost took the second
set by his splendid side line shots, but
Cake strengthened In the pinches and
saved himself from defeat Cake. how
ever. lacked his usual speed. Mapes was
especially good at the net.
The match that attracted the most at
tention in the doubles was that In which
John Britton and Norris w. Mclean
defeated Dudley Morgan and NJ. Tum-
bull by 81 and rs. The losers had
a chance to win the second set when
they held the lead by to 8. but Nc
Lean steadied down and won continu-
ously by his terrific service.
H. E Doyle and Lewis Fisher took
p. L. Treanor and A. J. Gore into
camp TO the tune OF a. and 60. Had
Gore not persistently taken so many OF
the return shots the losers would have
made a much better showing. At times
Treanor could have handled the balls
much better than did his partner
Treanor won many points by his snashes
W. F. Holtrnan was defeated by
Spencer Gordon in the third round OF
the mems singles, the score being 6-
and rs. In the second set over half
Of the games were deuced before a win
ner was decided. Hoffman played a
steady game and was accurate at all
times Gordon won by his speedy serv-
ice. The summaries:
MEMS SINGLES
Second round-JOhn X. Graves defeated ". d.
Dunlon by 6-. 6-s and s-1
Third round-Spencer Gordon defeated W F.
Hoffman by % and rs. John X. Gares de-
teatcd G. T. Sinclair by s-S and 3-3 Twill be
fP1Gsd H1st ,t t0a.y day ~, r. oha.n c asea,.a D
H. L. Mapes By g. and So.
MEMS DOUBLES.
Preliminary round-H L. Doyle and Lewis
FISHER ddeated II. h. Bentley and c. 7. Sinclair
by so and 60 T. J. Shearman and Kitch de-
fested Lee McClung and partner by default Horn
idge and HELEN defeated A. Y. Leech and A.
Leech by So and l0-s Louis I. DOYLE and Al
w. Howard defeated Deskin and Dove by IS and
50 John Britton and Norris W. Mclean de-
feated d. Morgan and NJ. Tumbun by 81 and
70. II. Z. Doyle and Lewis A. F1sher defeated
A. ]. Gore and ?. L Tre.nor BY - and 50
MEMS CONSULTATIONS.
First round-Arthr HELEN defeated A. Z. Lewts
by so and 81 A. NJ. Chesley defeated P. L.
Treanor by 60 and 81. r. II. wesghtmAn de-
fsated p. l. McIAchlan by - and 81.
Play will continue this afternoon at 80
o'clock. when the semi-finals will be de-
cided in the mems singles. the second
round started in the mems doubles, and
the preliminary and first rounds finished
In the mems consultations. The card for
to-day follows:
MEMS SINGLES.
Sinclair Graves match. c. 7. Chapman vs. p. n.
S. Cake.
MEMS CONSULTATIONS.
Preliminary round-C. HerTIe v, B. Davidson
ir. DR. d. NJ Green vs. r. s. Day. A. Y.
Leech. IT.. w. II. h Bentley.
First round-Sam Herrick J. D. C. Howard
Cook Hornidge.
Second round-Arthur HELEN u A NJ Chester
MEMS DOUBLES
First ruund-Doyle and Lewis Fisher Vs. Shear
man and Kitch. Hornidge and Arthur HELEN vs.
l. J. Doyle and 4. W. Howard. John Brittnn
and y. ". Nolan vs. winner Il F1ournoy and
f1ournOy- Hillyer and Davidson match T. J. shear
man and kitch w. Hornidgp and Arthur Heilen