Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-01
TOURNEY FOR DOYLE
Connie 0utpoints BiddIe in
Chevy Chase Tennis Finals.
PLAYS TOUCHARD TODAY
If New Yorker Wins the Coveted
Army Cup, It Is His
Property.
PLAYS T0UCHARD TODAY


annual Chevy Chase tennis tournament
| yesterday afternoon but what was lack
| ing in quantity was easily made up for
in quality. as the contests which were
played We're certainly good ones. In the
mems singles. Conrad B. Doyle. the local
| crack, won the tournament and the right
| to play Gustav F. Touchard, the New
| York wizard of the game. for the cham
pionship and the Army cup, offered by
Gen. John A. Johnston, Commissioner of
| the District Doyle already has a leg on
the cup and Touchard has won it twice.
Should the latter successfully defend his
title this afternoon at $50 o'clock, when
the two meet. the trophy will become his
| permanent property.
Darkness called halt to the match be-
tween the Doyle brothers and Biddle and
Touchard In the challenge round OF the
mems doubtless with the set score TO l
| in favor of the local pair. 1t will be
concluded this afternoon just prior to the
challenge round of the mems singles.
Miss Edith Rotch of Boston. holder OF
the titlA in the womens singles, Will
be unable to compete in the tournament.
so Miss Eustis, another Bostonian. has
been declared the winner by default
| This gives her the custody Of the 0ros-
venor cup for year, and she will be
called upon to defend 1t in next years
tourney.
The Doyle Biddle match was the fea-
| ture one of the afternoon and those who
| took 1t in were certainly given g. treat,
as some excellent tennis was shown. The
scores, So, 6-S. Ga and 6-3. show
about how evenly the players were
matched.
| Doyle never showed to better advan-
| tage than in this tournament. His serv-
| ice, which many experts declare is the
equal Of that Of any player in the coun-
try. Is speedy that it is hard to fol-
low the ball with the naked eye, and he
very rarely ever fails to get the first
ball over. He puts just as much on the
second ball. with the result that he
scores almost one-fourth of his points
\ on clean aces
| He showed no weakness in yesterdays
\ match, and, as Touchard Is not going at
his best, Doyle should come out on top
| in this afternoons fray.
Biddle also played a beautiful game.
and he showed but few faults. His serv
| it has not quite as much sting to 1t as
that of Doyle. it Is just about as accu-
| rate and is hard to handle with any de-
| gree of certainty. Both men played the
court well, each covering acres Of ground
and being equally strong on both their
| fore and back hand strokes. Biddle shows
up well at the net, although he can also
play good game at the back court when
necessity demands 1t.
1t looked very much as IL the Phila-
delphian would take the very first set, as.
after dividing the first six games he
| captured the seventh and eighth. max
ing the score 5-3. The next, which, had
| he won it. would have given him the set.
| was deuced and he was within point
| of it on three different occasions, but
| he could not land it, Doyle taking this
game and the next, and thereby tying
things up at Sail. His opponent won
chance to go out but again Doyle tight
ened up and held him safe, going out
| himself on the next two games. The
card for this set was:
PiSdis. 1isss44ssaa 1885, s-sS-s
same score that he lost the first. Doyle
should have had this set. as he had
the score. 80 at the end of the first
seven games. Four of those which fol-
the tables on him. and was just as
stingy with his points in this set as
Doyle had been in the opener. and by
playing a beautiful uphill game, he man
| The card for this set follows
b bSsls a4ss 60 stsss isss
At the end of the eighth game of the
second set, the score stood 4-all. and 1t
looked to be anybody's game. as the out
games of his life. and Doyle had all he
could handle. He rallied and won two
out Of the next three. which gave him
this set, Ct
| The fourth and deciding one was an
odd one, the players winning by streaks.
DOYLE taking the first three. Bidde TAX
ing the next three, and Doyle taking the
next three. two Of which were deuced.
| Throughout the match. any number of
sensational plays were made by one or
the other of the players, and it was
replete with long. exciting rallies of bril-
| liant tennis. Time and again the gallery
was brought to It's feet on the return
of a seemingly impossible shot. Doyle
had a side Lawford cross-court ball. which
Melted him many points. as he was
able to place it with telling effect. es-
| pecially when critical stages Of the game
/ were reached. The card for the third
and fourth sets is as follows:
| Third set
B DOYLE 1850. as4s2442l.. - e
! Fourth set
DOYLE .......... ST.
Biddle ......... 2-23-:
In the challenge round of the men.
| doubles between Conrad B. and Harold
| F. Doyle and Craig Biddle and Gustav F
| Touchard, the national doubles champion
was put in somewhat new position fol-
him-that of playing second fiddle
Touchard was decidedly off form, S,
much So in fact. that the Doyles PLAYED
him instead Of Biddle in the last tive
sets. He has not played anywhere neal
to his best form In any of the matche:
in which he has taken part in thi,