Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

ponents caught them many times on
easy lobs over their heads. as they raced
up to the net. Whitehead played the
better game of the two, although his
partner was close second, and made
many sensational shots. The match was
one of the best of the tournament to date:
The winners will no doubt reach the final
bracket. and the match of Saturday be-
the title should be worth going long
way to see.
The result of the Biddle- Harold E.
Doyle match came as quite surprise
looked for the local man to gain the de-
cision and none expected him to be de-
feated by such large score. From the
moment he appeared on the court 1t
and he fell down many times on shots
that he usually handles with the greatest
of ease. After losing the first set. Go.
many thought it was "all over but the
gether and the second could not have
been better one. after he once got
started.
With the score 81 against him. he
overcame the lead and tied things up at
deuce. 1t looked very much as If he
would finally win out. but he fell down
badly on two shots in the twelfth game,
which gave the match to his opponent:
Biddle plays very careful game and
has combination of speed and accuracy
which makes him a very dangerous play
er. his shots are we'll placed and have
lots of sting to them.
The semi-final round of the women's
singles was completed, with Miss Eustis
and Miss Baker as winners. The winners
will meet this afternoon for the honor
of meeting the present champion. Miss
Rotch of Boston. Miss Bryan put up
splendid game against Miss Eustis. taking
the first set in 4e She weakened
somewhat in the last two, losing 81 and
60 Many Of these games were deuce
ones. and were lost because of her fall
ing down at critical stages of the game.
Miss Pellew forced Miss Baker to ex-
tend herself to the limit in the first set
of their match, fourteen games being
called but she was not IS strong as her
opponent and seemed to be exhausted
when the second set was started, with the
result that Miss Baker took it rather
Several good matches in the other
classes were played. but none in which
any upsets of form occurred.
The summaries for yesterday follow:
fesea ldrrI ana bd9 n a.
bert W. Howard defeated A. J. Gore. SIS and
s-1 Fourth round Walter Taylor p, defeated
feated Harold F.. Doyle. 10 and 70: George
A. Gordon defeated Albert W. Howard. 81
Women's singles-Second round: Miss Bryan
defeated Mrs Moorhead BY default ,1,1 Semi final
81 and 60: Miss Baker defeated Miss Pei
lew. SIS and 81
Mems doubles-First round: Craig Riddle and
Gustav +. Touchard defeated Walter Taylor
and Hugh G.; Whitehead, o. and 80: J. NJ.
Carlisle and w B. Wood defeated F.. w. Dom.
tr.. and Chauncey Hackett. ; g. SIS and 81:
J. h. Graves and Spencer Gordon defeated J. b.
Spencer and r. S. Hume. So and 60. Sec
ond round: f. T. Grosvenor and J. u. Moor
head defeated G. \. Gordon and r. W. Hills.
6-4 and 81: J. n. Graves and Spencer Gordon
defeated ]. " Calvert and W. b. Wood. e.
and 6-3.
Womens doubles-First round: Misses Holden
and Dufour defeated Misses Doyle and Murray.
81 and 81: Misses Greeley and Pelew de-
feated Mrs. Moorhead and Mrs. Bell. &c and
g. Second round: Misses Eustis and Smith
defeated the Misses Sewell so and rs.