The Washington herald., 1912-09-29
MCCLUNG WINNER
OYER HORNIDGE
In Twenty-fourth Annual Tennis
Tournament, q. S. Treasurer
Wins Feature Match.

After four days rest on account OF
rain, play in the twenty-fourth annual
District championship tennis tournament
was continued yesterday afternoon on the
courts of the Bachelors Club in Woodley
Park. when the preliminary and first
rounds were nearly completed. Forty
racketers are entered in the mems sin
giles, which is a record for a District
tourney.
Lee McClunG, Treasurer OF the United
States, captured the feature match of
the day when be took r. HOrnidge into
camp 10 the tune of SO, g. and -.
In the third set Hornidge was leading
by one game. the score being +S. Nc
Chung won the next two. making it q
in his favor. McClung won the eleventh
game and had his opponent 40-love on
the last game.
Another close one was that in which
Dudley Morgan defeated John Cook,
three sets, two of which calling for extra
games, being necessary before a winner
could be decided. Morgan took the first
one and had the score So and 4o-love in
the second. but grew careless and almost
lost the match by II, as his opponent
took the set. Again in the third was
Morgan leading 10y good margin. only
TO allow his opponent to overtake him.
He pulled himself together again in time
to take this set and save the day.
Spencer Gordon. who is generally
picked to win the tournament. had little
or no trouble in taking B. Davidson. jr..
into camp, 6-1 being the score for both
sets.
The veteran, p H. S. Cake, is out
again and is putting up one Of his best
games, and he is looked upon as the
man most likely to come out on top OF
the lower half. He met and defeated Al
Leech yesterday, 6-4 ana g. Summa-
ries:
MEMS singles, preliminary rvund-waltrr d. Dun
lop defeated P. L. McIAcha- 80 and So; c. 7.
CHAPMAN defeated Albert VI. Chesley, IS, "a
and -: NJ. NJ Trumblll defeated h R. Bentley,
IS and 81.
FYrst round-Louis A. Fischer defeated n. ".
FIournoy. 81 and g.: Ice McClunE defeated r.
HOmidge. So. -. and IS; Spencer Gordon de-
feated B. Davidson. il. 81 and 81; G. I; SIN
<ir defeated ]. c. Howard. "a and 80; Dudley
MT2 an defeated John Cook, "a. 81, and -;
A. 4 Lewis defeated F. c. Jones. By default ID.
HilIyrr defeated C. Herrle, 6-3 and 80; P. H s.
Cake defeated A Y Leech, j.. A. NJ. Mapes de
feated A HELEN, O.. S-6 and s-6.
Play will begin tomorrow afternoon at 80
O'clock and continue until dark, the following
matches being carded:
Mems singles, preliminary round-John X. Graves
TS Albert W. Howard. d. NJ Green ~ r. 5.
Day, Clarence A. Barnard vs. Cart. Wilson. b. O.
F1ourroy I'd. A. b. Dutton R. II. Weghtman vs.
H. L Burton.
First round-Sam Herrick vs. ". F. Hoffman.
Walter d. Dunlop IS. winner Of Barnard-Wlson
match, c. 7. Chapman winner OF FlourIoy-
Duttou match. NJ. NJ. Turnblll vs. winner OF
Wei-htman- Burton match Morris W. Mclean vs.
p l. Trearor A. J. Gore John Britton, this
latter match to be completed.
second round-Lee McCung Spencer Gordon.
e. T. Sinclair vs.. Dudley Morgan. A. Z. Lewis vs.
d. Hillyer.
The drawings for the mems doubles
and mixed doubles will be made Tuesday
night, and play in these events will start
on Wednesday. The wornen's singles
have been postponed until Monday, Oc
tober 7, and entries will be received up
until that time.
The tournament which was to have
started at the Columbia Country Club
tomorrow has been postponed until Sat
urday, October Il, in order that the two
might not conflict, and entries for this
tourney will be received by A. Y Leech,
chairman of the tennis committee, up to
Friday night, October s.