Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-10
BEFORE THE NETS
Good Progress Made in Chevy
Chase Clubs Tourney.
DOWN TO THE SEMl-FINALS
Moorehead and Wilcox Win Fea.
ture Match in
Doubles.

1OOd progTcSS mas beSn mace In the
Chevy Chase Clubs closed tennis tourna-
ment. now being decided. and yesterdays
play brought every class up TO tho semi
finals. The recent rains have left the
courts in rather poor condition and they
were unusually slow yesterday. which.
together with the brisk north wind which
ing an impossibilty.
Notwithstanding these unfavorable con-
ditions the few faithful ones who
journeyed out to the club yesterday and
witnessed the match between Moorehesd
and Wilcox tminus :o) and Brown and
Hills minus l5) i'm the first round OF
mems doubles felt more than repaid for
their trouble This match, which went
TO the former pair. "a, 30 and O.. was
one OF the best ever played there, in
point of interest. From the very first 4
could be seen that the pairs were evenly
matched and all of the other courts were
deserted almost as soon as play was
started.
Hills and Moorehead put up the strong
est game for their respective sides. but
each was ably backed UP by his partner.
The first set, calling for sixteen games.
was certainly a thriller. and the gallery
was kept keyed up to high pitch most
of the time. The losers captured the
opening game. lost the next two. and then
took the fourth. making the score 4-all
and from this point on IL was anybodys
set. the advantage shifting FIRST 10 one
side and then to the other. Hills and
Brown finally managed to take two sue
cessive games. which gave them the frst
count.
In the second set Hills and Brown were
twice within a point of winning. With
the score 60 in their favor and 1870 in
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-Moorehead combination to tie things
up at deuce. Hills and Brown captured
the next point, but fell down again and
then lost out entirely when their oppo-
nents finally passed them and took this
set 10
The winners started off like house
Aires in the third and deciding set,
running the score up to 81. Their oppo-
nents came right back. however, and by
playing a forcing, uphill game. took the
next three and started on the fourth, but
this proved to be but a dying effort.
and they fell back into their old ways
again and lost out. 6-4.
Throughout the match the wind played
havoc with the ball, carrying il several
feet out of Its course on several occasions.
None OF the players could put forth their
Der Of balls which would ordinarily be
good were blown out. The winners put
up an unusually strong overhead game,
and Moorehead with his side lawford
stroke as very. eHecllNe. HIS lc1t-nanQ
service puzzled his opponents and gave
his side many points on clean aces.
The doubles events give faster action
and seem to be more popular than the
singles, and another match in this class
which was decided also attracted lots OF
attention. In this one. Newbold and Ham
minus " 15) defeated Clayton and Stead
(scratch). So and 81. This was also
close and the winners could not be picked
until the last ball was sent over the net.
The surprise of the day came In Dudley
Morgan's victory over the veteran, K. w.
Dom, in the first round of the mems
handicap singles. Morgan, who is q men,
Der OF the Georgetown University tennis
team, displayed unexpected strength and
won his match on merits, the score being
"a, Is and 6-3.
|. After taking the first set Morgan ex-
perienced a slump. which gave the second
to his opponent. He pulled himself to-
gether again in the third and had little
trouble in annexing it, and with il the set
and match. He showed lots OF speed
throughout the match and was fairly ac-
curate. He covered the court well and
made several brilliant plays which
brought applause from the gallery. Dom
played well, but his opponent played bet
ter and deserved the decision.
BY his victory over 'Waddy" Wood
in the scratch singles. J. w. Calvert
reached the semi-finals and he and
Moorehead will meet this afternoon to
fight il out for honors i'm the lower half.
Moorehead should win, however, as he is
now going at his best, which Is saying q
good deal.
But two matches in the women's sin
giles were decided. Miss Hinckley defeat
ing Miss Leupp, Sc and 81. and Miss
Lppitt winning over Miss Williams, 6-3
and 60 In the former match the first
set seemed to be too much for Miss
Leupp, as Miss Hinckley won as she
pleased in the second, while Miss Lippitt
seemed to completely outclass her op-
in ho la Sf- aQd
The summaries for yesterday are as
follows:
Mems singles handcap-First round W r.
Ham scratch, defeated W: B. Wood scratch.
Is. s-S. second round: E. G. Head &c Sscrstch;
Mems singles. scratch-Second round: ]. W.
Calvert defeated W. b. Wood, 6-3 and 80; W.
Women's singles. scratch-First round Miss
Hinckley defeated Miss Leupp. SO and 81;
Miss Lippitt defeated Miss Dorothy Williams.
Mems doubles. handicap First round: New
snr stead Hsm And Csyso%
and Wilcox minus 80, defeated Brown and
Hills tminns I5,. 10. rs and Ga. second
Hume and Low tplus II 49, e-3 and rs.
The seml-fnals have been reached in all the
classes now. and 4 is expected that the finals
may be decided tomorrow Today's card:
weor maas sd ca T9end D.
Second round: Lee McClung tminus 3o VS. W.
f. Ham tscratch: Dudley Morgan tminus "a Is,
VS.. winner Of Wflcox-Calveu match: c. r.
Brown tmnus II 30) r. II. Low (plus u l5i
Seminnals: Z. q. Head tscratch) VS.. winner
OF Brown-Low match.
Mems singles scratch Semi-fnal round: J. o.
W. L. Littiefeld.
Women's singles. scratch-First round: Miss
Stevens VS.. Miss ]. Oliver. Second round. Mics
NJ. Greble VS.. Miss Hinckley: Miss E. GrebIe
VS.. winner Of Stevens-Oliver match Miss Denni-
son VS.. Miss Lippift. Semi fnal round. Mrs.
Moorehead VS.. winner of Dennison- IippItt
match. Sft
MEMS doubles. handicap-First round. Dom
and Lttiefeld minus u 15) vs. Boyd and
Courtney tseratch). Second round: Grosvenor
and McClung tminus BOZ VS. Morgan and Morgan
minus y 49,; Newbold and Ham (minus L. Is,
winner Of Donn-Lttleheid- Boyd Courtney match:
Fuller and Townsend fnlinus !, Isl VS. Moor,
head and Wilcox tminus 800. Semi-fn round.
DuBose and Land tplus n 49, VS.. winner of
Moorehead- Wiicox-FulierT Townsend match.