Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
BIG SURPRISE IN
THE TENNIS TOURNEY

Another Of the many surprises which
annual renewal of the District champion
ship tennis tourney came yesterday after
noon when Miss Enid Holden and r.
Hernidge won the District title in the mix
ed double. Miss Eva Baker and c. T.
Chapman being their opponents in the
final round. The score of both sets was
g.
In order to reach the finals Miss Baker
and Chapman first had to dispose of Miss
Doyle and Doyle. these two pairs having
an unfinished match to complete. When
play was called Thursday each side had
a set, "a. The third and deciding set
or yesterday was really one of the
feature ones Of the tournament. Four
teen hard-fought games resulted before
the Baker-Chapman combination was able
to get decision by winning enough con-
secutive games. Each side was within
a point or so of the set on two three
occasions and had it been able to get
theSe points would have taken the match.
but every time the opposing side was
able to take a point and thus make the
count revert to deuce again.
In this match in the finals Miss Holden
and Horndge had just a shade on their
opponents the clOSenesS of the scores
just about indicating the difference.
Hornidge came back to his own again in
this match. after having experienced a
slump which has lasted for several days.
His work could hardly have been i'm
proved upon and it is chiefly to him
that his side owes it's victory. Miss
Holden. who is one of the leading wom-
an players of the city, did all that was
expected of her and handled the few
balls which came her way with great
skill. HOrnidge covered so much
ground that the opposing side could
not get many to her. although 1T spent
most of it's time trying to.
Miss Baker did not show up quite SO
well as usual at times but, as a whole.
her work was tiptop. Chapman covered
a great deal of ground and played a
brilliant game, but was outplayed by
his opponent
At the end of the fifth game in the
opening set Baker and Chapman were
Hornidge- Holden combine did some
Of it's best work. it picking up sud-
denly and taking four of the next five.
three of these going to them points
to 1.
They kept up their good work in the
early part of the second, allowing Miss
Baker and Chapman but one point in
four of the first six games played.
They lost the next game and then kept
their opponents from scoring single
point in the next two games. The card
for this match follows:
First set:
Miss Holden and Hornidge-
4 rs 452 1876
Miss Baker and Chapman
2 474 1 3 4 1-3O-
Second set:
Miss Holden and Hornidge-
4 E32-6
Miss Baker and Chapman
o 0 o O-19@
Miss Elizabeth Bryan. by defeating Miss
Alma Dufour in the upper half of the
semi-final round, placed in the finals and
will meet the present title holder, Miss
Eva Baker. this afternoon In the final
round, the score in this match being Ga,
3-6 and 10. all of the three sets being
good ones.
The tennis scene will shift this after
noon to Columbia, it's first open tourna-
ment opening today.
The summaries for yesterday follow:
Mixed doubles. semi-fnal round-Miss Baker
and c. T. Chapman defeated Miss 4. NJ. Doyle
and Louis /. Doyle, ca, 40 and So.
Final round-Aliss Enid Holden and II. Horn
idge defeated Miss Eva Baker and c. T. Chap
man. Ga and e..
Women's singles. semi final rOund-Miss Eliza
beth Bryan defeated Miss Alma Dufour, e.,
SO and IS.
The tournament closes this afternoon
when Miss Bryan and Miss Baker meet
in the final round of the women's singles.
This match will carry with it the cham
pionship for another year.