The Washington herald., 1912-05-31
CRAIG BIDDLE
DEFEATS Y. TAYLOR
IN Chevy Chase Tennis Tourna'
msnt-DOyls Brothers Defend
Title To-day.

fourth day IN the tennis tournament now
being held on the courts Of the Chevy
Chase Club. The entire day was taken
up with matches. and great progress was
made In the different series.
The women's singles and the mems
doubles were brought TO close, and the
semi-hndl round In the mems singles was
played, while the women's doubles and
The mixed doubles played through the
s,ccnd round.
One of the best matches OF the day was
seen when Craig Biddle defeated Walter
Taylor, the plucky little player from
Norfolk in the semi-fnals. Taylor set
a fast pace at the start Of the game, and
before the Philadelphian could settle him
self down to steady playing. rung the
first set from him. Biddle, however,
found his gait In the second set. and with
his slashing overland drives and his
clever backhand work, proved too much
for the Norfolk man, and won the game,
T-9, 6-3 60
G. A. Gordon failed to make the show
ing against Connie" Doyle that Ohis
friends were lool1ingi for. Gordon has
been playing excellent tennis since the
beginning OF the tournament, and has
succeeded in defeating his men without
much difficulty hitherto, but was help
less yesterday in the hands Of the local
man and the best he could do was to
get one game in each set.
Miss Eustis handily defeated Miss
Baker In the finals Of the women's sin
giles Miss Eustis put up a strong, steady
game from the start and though she
weakened slightly in the second set was
at no stage of the game in danger Of
losing her contest.
An excellent game was played in the
women's doubles with Mrs. Touchard
Holden and Miss Dufour. The first pair
We're pushed hard by the fast playing OF
their fair antagonists. and the game was
ever in doubt until the last point was
lost and Mrs Touchard and her partner
emerged the victOrs.
An thS mixed doubles were interesting,
but the game that stood out from the
others was the stubbornly contested
games that Miss Baker and H. E. Doyle
wgenched from Mr. Touchard and his
excellent coworker, Mrs. Touchard This
game was fun of excitement. Mr.. and
Mrs. Touchard won the first set by their
exceptional good team work, but the
local players gradually regained the lost
ground and by hard playing won the
two remaining sets, winning the game
by 80. Ga, Is.
Washington tennis enthusiasts will have
an opportunity to-day to see what prom
doubles that has been held In the vi
entity in recent years when Craig Biddle
and Gustav Touchard meet the Doyle
brothers this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
in the challenge round. Connie" and
his brother. II. e. Doyle, are the present
title holders in the doubles, while the
playing Of Biddle and Touchard has been
wonderful, although they have not had
an opportunity yet to show their best
work.
A hard struggle will also be seen
to-day when Craig Biddle meets Con
nie'' Doyle this afternoon at 3 P. NJ. to
decide the finals. Both men have shown
rare form, and although Connie is
generally picked as the man TO meet
Gustav Touchard in the challenge
round, he will have no easy task in
disposing Of the Philadelphia man. The
challenge round will not be played until
saturday afternoon.
II has not been decided when Miss
Eustis, the winner in the wOmen's
singles, will meet Miss RoteI, the present
holder OF the Grosvenor Cup, in the
challenge round, as word has not been
received here regarding the arrival Of
Miss Rotel in this city to defend her
title.
The summaries:
MEMS SINGLES.
Srmi-fnaI r1und-Craiz BddIe defeated Walter
TsyIrr. 70. 81. 90; {. B. Doyle defeated G. A
Gordon. 81. 81
WOMEN's SINGLES.
Finals-Nliss Eustis defeated Miss Baker, 81
q.
MEMS DOUBLES
second roUnd-CTaig Biddle and G. Touchhrd
defeated c. Il. Reynolds and B. c. Dunn. 80
G. Ssmi-fiual round-Craig Biddle and G. Touch
ard defeated Z. r. GrosTenoT and J. V. Moorhead,
6-L q; :. h. Graves and S. Gordon defeated r.
r. Poe and Hallett johnson. 50 80. Finals
craig Biddle and G. Touchard defeated J. K.
Graves and : Gordon, Ga, ga
WONlEN's DOUBLES.
Second r0und-Miss Greely and Miss PelleW de-
fcated Mis- DcnnisLn and Miss GrCble, 81, 80;
Mrs Touchard and Miss Fitch defeated Miss Hol-
den and Miss Dufou. 81. 81. rs.
MIXED DOUBLES.
First round-Miss Eustis and G. A. Gordon de-
fuatcd Z. W. Dom, r.. and Miss Dennison. 81.
50; r. W. Hills and Mrs.e BrGn defeated Mr..
and Mrs. Volck hy default; Miss Baker and H.
T. DOYLE defeated Mr.. and Mrs. Touchard IS,
81 T-5 Second ro,1nd-Mrs. Murray and A. ].
81 u-e: Nlr. and AIrs. Mo0rhead defeated Miss
Smith and c. Hackett 6-3. ~; Miss Baker and
DOYLE defeated Miss Doyle and L. A. Doyle. 6-3,
So: Miss Eustis and G. A. Gordon defeated Miss
Bryan and z. W. Hills, 81, 81
The pairings fof to-day follow:
MEMS SINGLES.
Final rcund-Craig Biddle Ts. c. B. Doyle.
MEMS DOUBLES.
ChaIIcngs round-Craig Biddle and Gustav Touch
ard v. {. B. Doyle and H. Z. Doyle.
wOAIEN'S DOUBLES.
Ssmi-hnal round-AIis Eustis and Miss smith Va