Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-07
TENNIS STARTS UP
Annual Tourney of Chevy
Chase Club Begins Well.
LARGE GALLERY ON HAND
Mems Singles, Scratch and Handi-
cap and Women's Singles Open
ing Play.

The annual spring tennis tournament OF
the Chevy Chase Club was started yes
terday afternoon. and despite the some
what threatening weather a large gallery
was In attendance Four aeroplanes
| landed at the club while the matches
were going on, and these in a large meas
ure shared attention. the matches being
stopped on numerous occasions in order
that the players could watch the bird
men" in their flights.
The Marine Band was on hand and
every one seemed to be in a good humor
Ralph w. Hills who recently returned
from Persia. where he went as an assist
ant to w. Morgan Shuster. made his first
appearance In a tournament since his re-
turn, and this match proved to, be tho
feature one Of the day. He was defeated
In a fast three-set match by w. D. Will
cox in the first round of the mems sin
giles. scratch, 80, SIS and e. being the
final score. This was an unusually good
match. Wilcox proxed to be q much bet
ter player than he was last year and he
put up q splendid game, being very accu-
rate and showing a fair amount of speed.
Hills showed that he was somewhat out
Of practice, but he displayed flashes Of
his oldtime form, which kept the crowd
guessing. as 1t never knew when they
were coming or how long they would last.
Hills captured the opening set rather
to tell on him. as his opponent came
back" little too strongly for him in
the second, and after fourteen hard
games gained the decision. SO. The
third and deciding one was Wilcox's all
the way. He kept Hills chasing from
one side Of the court to the other on
well directed cross-court shots, which the
big fellow found almost impossible to re-
| turn. and took six out Of eight games.
Lee McClung, who won both the scratch
and handicap events in this tournament
last year. displayed his old-time form in
his match in the first round of the handi-
cap event. defeating E. Morgan, Ga and
Morgan ng 1,s Is , one of Of the the younger
put up yesterday was Of the highest or
der. his veteran opponent being pushed
| to the limit in order to gain the decision.
The the first h,cS could be
points from McCiung each game and If
teen from Morgan every other game,
had put the mon on an even footing
and that q battle royal would result.
his opponent got his hand" in. and
after that the advantage shifted from
one side to the other. The winner played
his usual careful game, planning every
proved manner. He does not appear to
be fast. yet he always manages to be
where the ball Is at the proper time
His opponent played one Of the best
ground. always being on hand when
needed. was exceptionally strong over
head and had a stroke which puzzled Nc
Chung not little. In his anxiety to win,
however. he lost himself. many points by
either driving the ball into the net or
out Of the court altogether. The last
set, q deuce one requiring twelve games,
was probably the closest Of the day. each
player being within a single point of
winning It on several occasions before
McClung finally took It,
The surprise of the day came in the
frst round Of the mems scratch singles
when d w. Dom. jr.. was defeated by
w. L. LAttlefield. 81 and Go. Dom
was picked as a sure winner in this
match. and the easy fashion in which he
was defeated caused the gallery to sit up
and take notice. and Littlefield will be
watched closely in his remaining matches
The longest set OF the day came in the
match between E. c. Head and s. Jack
son, in the first round OF the handicap
event. The former turned up the winner.
81 and 81. The first SET requiring six
teen games before the winner could be de-
cided upon. proved to be too big a strain
on Jackson. and Head had no trouble at
all In taking the next one.
But one match was decided In the wom-
ems events Miss NJ. Greble defeating
Miss Margery Smith. 60 and g. In the
first round of the scratch singles. Miss
Greble played a splendid game. and de-
served to win. although her opponent dis
played good tennis in spots. Miss Greble
had a very hard. accurate service. which
gained her many points, and In addition
she covered her court we'll and mussed
but very few strokes.
follows:
Edward ". Dom. jr. minus y 15,. defeated r.
Hamilton {minus u 15.. 6-3 and 81.
t.crsteh, So and =: +. 9. Head scratch,
Msns singles. serseeS
Moorehead defeated Cuthbert Brown. "a and
81 and Ga: ". b. wilcox defeated Ralph W
Hills, 80. So and So.
Grebie defeated Miss Mareery smith Is and
| 81; Miss Dennson defeated Miss Dp Bose by
default.
| that 1t has decided to postpone the
| women's singles, handicap. and the mixed
doubles until next week. these events
being scheduled to take place May Ii
| and a.
Today's program, weather permitting,
will be a good one. One of the best
matches Of the tournament should result
when j. Upshur Moorehead and Edwin
w. Grosvenor meet in their match in the
second round Of the scratch singles Each
II
Moorehead winning 1t from Mr.. Gros-
yenor In 1910, only to lose II last year
to the present champion. Mr.. McC1ung
Both men are now at their best and de-
terrnined to regain their lost laurels, and
a match worth going a long way to see
is anticipated.
In addition to the mems doubles, which
will be started today. the following
matches are on the program:
| Mems singles. handicap: preliminary round
c. B. Brown (minus y 30) vs. F. B. Poe (plus
FIRST round-w f. Ham tscratch) vs.. W. b.
Wood iscratch): w. d. Wilcox (nfnus 30) va. J.
w Calvert (scratch): Il. W. Dom, jr. fminus
| u l5). VS.. Dudley Morgan tminus n 49,; W. P.
/ Iittlefeld (minus l5l winner Of Brown-Poe
match: T. H. Low tplus u 1b) W. J. Upshur
| Second round-Iee McClung minus 30) rs.
winner OF HARDWOOD match; p. c. Head
| (scratch) W. f. +. Wright (minus 4 49,.
| Mems singles. scratch: nrst round-F. B. Poe
vs. w B. Wood r.. Hamilton e. Morgan
Second round-E. p. 0rosvenor vs.. J.. Upshur
Moorehead: W. L. Lttleheld winner Of Ham,
| ilton- Morgan match; e. G. Head vs. w. d.
Women's singles scratch-Miss Leupp vs. Miss
Hinckley; Miss H. Oliver VS.. Miss 4. Greble:
| Miss Stevens vs.. Miss J. Oliver: Miss Lppitt
VS.. Mrs. Don CssSels; Miss Wood Va. Mrs. ]. U.
Moorehead.
second round-M,ss n. Greblc VS.. winner Of
Leupp- Hinckley match: Miss Dennison vs.. win
ner OF Lippitt- Cassels match Miss Shepard vs..
winner Of Wood Moorehead match.
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