Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-12
TITLE
Wins Chevy Chase Clubs Ten
mis- Championship for 1912. .
BEATS WILCOX 3 STRAIGHT
Earns Right to Challenge Lee Nc.
Chung for the Navy
Cup.

J. Upshur Moorehead won the 1912
championship Of the Chevy Chase Club
yesterday afternoon, when he met and
defeated w. d. Wilcox in the final round
Of the mems scratch singles. 63. 6-1
and 6-3. BY this victory he earns the
right to challenge Lee McClung. the title
holder. for the title and the Navy cup,
which goes with 1t.
This match was Moorehead's all the
way. The big fellow appeared to his
best advantage and was never threatened,
although at times his opponent showed
flashes Of form which kept the match
interesting. A brisk wind was blowing
over the courts and it seriously inter-
fered with the play. This proved to be
quite an advantage for Moorehead, as his
superior strength enabled him to get the
ball over the net easier than his oppo-
nent, whose strokes often fell short when
the wind was at it's worst.
AS has been the case in all OF his
tournament matches, Moorehead depend
ed largely on his terrific driving and his
speedy service to bring him victory, and
he had very little trouble in coming out
ahead yesterday. Wilcox proved to be
very accurate in his placements and
strong in overhead play, but he could
not Withstand the fusillade OF shots di-
rected at him by his stronger opponent.
He weakened somewhat in the second
set, but regained his form in the third.
In this set the best tennis Of the match
was shown. Several long and exciting
rallies cropped out and a number of extra
good shots were pulled off by either one
or the other of the players.
Another important match was gotten
out of the way when Cuthbert Brown
(minus 1a 3O) defeated +. c. Head
(scratch) in the semi-final round of the
eli SQfS holm
sary before decision could be made.
Brown displayed the best form he has yet
shown, being fast and aggressive and
using good court generalship. Head has
been a consistent performer in all Of his
earlier matches and yesterdays was no
exception to the rule, as he appeared at
his best, but he was simply outplayed
He showed quite a little speed and COW
cred his court nicely, but his opponent
had the happy faculty Of being able to
hit the ball where they amt" and this
is in large way responsible for his de-
feat.
The best match in the mems doubles
was that between Moorehead and Wilcox
(minus 3O) and Fuller and Townsend
minus u 15) in the second round This
match was started Friday. but had to be
postponed on account of darkness with
the set score tied at 1-all. The third
set was decided yesterday, the first
named pair winning it and with it the
match, 6-S, 81 and So. The closeness
of this match came quite as much a
surprise to the winners as it did to the
followers OF the game who had ''doped
out an easy victory for the MOorehead-
Wilcox combination.
Although Moorehead had just previous
ly beaten his partner in the singles, Will
cox showed up every bit we'll as he in
this match. He was strong and ac-
curate overhead and could always be de-
pended upon to do the right thing. Both
OF the losing players put up good games
md exsy
IN but few points of victory. Toward
the last. in their efforts to win. they sacri-
need accuracy for speed, and in their
anxiety to win they lost many points by
siamming the ball either out of the court
altogether or into the net. Had they
played a more careful, waiting game,
they might have gotten away with
victory.
BY defeating Mrs. Moorehead in the
semi-finals of the women's singles, Miss
Katherine Dennison won the lower half
or this event. This match was very
close and 1t was only after the hardest
KIND OF work that Miss Dennison was
able to land the decision After taking
the opening set. 60, she seemed to tire
out, with the result that Mrs. Moorehead,
who seemed to be getting stronger, tied
Things up with a victory in the second,
Cd. The third set found Miss Dennison
going at top speed again, and after the
hardest kind Of fight she finally gained
the decision, 6-3.
me summaries of yesterdays play are
as follows:
Mems singles. handicap Semi final round:
Guthbert Brown minus u 800 defeated f. c.
H Mad, L s,a:,s Ga and and 71 B..
Moorehead defeated w. d. Wilcox. 6-3, 6-1
Miss Katherine Dennison defeated Mrs. ]. Up
shur Moorehead e. 80 and 6-3
and Littleheld minus = Io) defeated Boyd and
Courtney scratch, by default. Second round:
and hsn mna mns r. 10 dse sss
Moorehead and Wilcox minus sO) defeated
and Sc '
The best match of. the tournament will
De held tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
O'Clock, when J. Upshur Moorehead. this
years winner, Will meet Lee McClung in
the challenge round for the title. Nc
year and the latter is out to regain his
lost laurels. Each player has a host of
friends and an exceedingly interesting
match should result. The complete sched-
ule for tomorrow's play follows:
Mems singles. scratch-ChaIlenge round: Lee
at $3.50 O'Clock.
Mems singles. handicap-second round: w.D.
Semi finals: Lee McClung minus 800 VS.. winner
Of Singles. "ss faiehFIna round Miss
A. Greble vs. Miss Katherine Dennison.
er mens doubles na Ma m round
Lttlefeld tIninus u 15,; Du Bose and Land
30,.
Play will also be started tomorrow in
the mems singles, consola tons; mixed
doubles, handicap; women's doubles,
handicap; and women.s singles, handi-
cap; the drawings in each of these classes
to be made just prior to commencing
play. The following entries had been
received up to a late hour last night:
Mixed doubles; handicap-Miss Marion Oliver
and r 81. Brooke, Miss Shepard and Mr. Spen-
GER, Mrs. J. F. Myers and r. II. Low. Miss N.
Grebls and 4 Stead: jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. +. B.
Poe Miss Dorothy Williams and J. Little, Miss
A. Greble and W. d. Wilcox. Miss X. Dennison
and p. 8. Jackson. Miss Marjorie Smith and
Ghamcey Hackett, and Mrs. McGammon and
Fleming Newbod
Women's doubles, Municipalities A. and NJ.
Grebe. Misses Marjorie Smith and Katherine
Dennison. Mrs Moorehead and Miss II. Kent,
Misses Du Bose and Leupp. and Misses Dorothy
Williams aud G. Britton.
Womens singles. municipalities Mildred
Greble. Katherine Dennison, Marjorie Smith
Lenpp, Dorothy Williams. Catherine Brtfon,
Mary McCauley, Marion Stevens, Henrietta
Fitch and Mrs. ]. U. Moorehead.