Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-04
GORDON IN F|NAL|GET WAGE ADVANCE
Victory Over Graves Gives Him
Distinction.
To Meet to Play for Tennis Cham.
pionship on Bachelors
Courts Today.

As was predicted in The Star at the
beginning Of the tournament, Spencer
Gordon will represent the upper half in
the final round of play for the District
championship. now being decided on the
Bachelors courts, his victory of yester-
day over John K. Graves placing him in
this round, which will be played this
afternoon. He will have as his opponent
c. T. Chapman. who. by virtue of his win
from p. H. 8. Cake, will represent the
lower half.
Both of yesterdays matches in the
semi-finals were unusually interesting
In the match between the two Chevy
Chase players. Graves and Gordon. the
last-named won Go and 6-1. This was
q closer match than the scores would in
dictate, however. and was replete with
long rallies Of rapid play. Many Of the
games went to deuce, and almost every
point was a hard-fought one. Gordon
seemed to be the steadier of the two. and
to this he owes his victory. Graves COW
cred his court well, and had Gordon on
the go all of the time. The latter con-
tinued playing the class OF tennis he has
shown throughout the week, and deserv-
ed to win, as he was unusually success
full In scoring the final and deciding
points.
Result q Surprise.
The result of the other match in the
semi-finals seemed to come as quite a
surprise to the large gallery which was on
hand, but a glance at the work of Chap
man during the week will show that he
has been going at top speed. In working
up to this match he defeated Albert NJ.
Chesley. B. c. F1ournoy, H. E. Burton
and D. Hillyer, and in every case he won
handily. Cake put up his usual brilliant
game, but Chapman seemed to have his
every action. Chapman was very sue
cessful in getting to the net, and 1t VISA
from this point of vantage that he scored
most Of his points. If his work Of yester-
day may be taken as criterfon-and
those who have followed his work say
that this was his usual game-the match
between him and Gordon should be very
close and he has an excellent chance OF
winning out.
1t was the everchanging doubles which
seemed to attract most Of the attention.
The best match in this class-that be-
tween Harold e. Doyle anu Louis A.
Fischer and r. Hornidge and Arthur Hell
len-was not finished, darkness putting a
stop to the play, with each side having a
set to its credit and the third and decid-
ing one standing 6-all. The wise ones
had figured 1t all out in this set for the
Doyle Fischer combination to win hands
down." AS things turned out, 1t was one
of the closest kind of affairs and the ia
vorites looked to be in danger of being
defeated on numerous occasions.
Hornidge Is the player who put up
such a stiff fight in the singles with Lee
McClung and came very near defeating
him. AS he showed In this match, he has
a service which is almost impossible to
handle and he owes many points its use,
as neither Doyle nor Fischer could ham
die 1t with any degree of certainty. He
and HELEN play well together and look
to have an excellent chance of winning
this afternoon when play is resumed.
Fischer was the busy boy of the match.
as HELEN and Hornidge naturally kept
the ball away from Doyle as much as
possible. and played, Fischer as the weak
est link In the chain. He acquitted him.
self very credibly. although his partner
scored the most points for the side. The
match was called with the Doyles hav-
ing won the opening set, 10. and lost
the second, 40. The third was tied up
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