Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-17
NJ CLUNC SURPRISED
Pushed to Win From Bates in
Tennis Tourney.

The first annual tennis tournament of
the Columbia Country Club will probably
be finished this week. such good progress
having been made yesterday that the
semi-final round of the mems singles, the
preliminary and first rounds of the men s
doubles and the first round of the mems
singles. consultations. have about been
completed.
The best match OF yesterday was also
the biggest surprise. r. j. Bates pushing
Lee McClung to the limit in their battle
in the third round. G-4 and 6-i being
the scores. McClung won. but Bates
stiff fight Is i'm reality a victory for him,
as not even his closest and most optimis-
tic friends expected him to show the
class he displayed yesterday.
The match was close from its BEGIN
ming. the first two games of the opening
set calling for % points. McClung taking
the first. 81. and losing the second, -
Bates took the next rather handily. maxi
Ing the score 81 In his favor. McClung
Is noted for his nerve and his ability to
come back and he gave a good demon
stration here by allowing bis opponent to
take but one of the next six.
In the second the United States treas
urer won the first three games before
Bates knew what was happening. the lat
ter taking the fourth and losing the fifth.
sudden brace gave him the next two,
making 1t 4-3. McClung. This was all he
could do in this set, as he lost the next
two. and with them the match
Throughout the two sets Bates good
work on the back-cOurt line was much in
evidence. and he was very successful in
keeping McClung. whose long suit is at
the net. back, too. McC!tng Is a player
who plans every shot, and never over
looks bet. believing that a point at the
beginning of game counts just as much
as one at the end. He was, however, a
little more careless than usual in yester-
days match. and Bates profited by quite
number of his slips. AS whole. ne
played a very good game. while Bates.
whose ranking Is not particularly high,
never looked better. and showed q wonder
full Improvement over his last perform
ance.
The card for the match follows:
FIRST SET.
sats. - 49, ssi-f
SECOND SET.
Bates '...............a io4 ! .-2oI3
This victory placed McClung in the
semi-finals. and he and ii. l.. Mapes will
fight II out this afternoon for the honor
of meeting Harold f. Doyle. the winner
of the upper half. in the finals.
Good Matches in Doubles.
Many good matches in the doubles
were gotten out Of the way, one OF the
best Of the day being that between Lundy
and Mapes and Fischer and Gould In the
second round. the first named pair win
ming. S-6 and 60. The first set calling
for fourteen games. was a hummer, -
each side being within a point or SO of
winning 1t on several occasions. but each
time the opposing side was able to score
the next point. and thus gain a longer
lease on life. Finally. at the twelfth
game with the score 6-alI, the I.undy-
Mapes combine took the thirteenth. and
then overcame a two-point lead in the
next and took it. thereby gaining the de-
cision, So. Fischer and Gould seemed
to have shot their bolt in the first. for
they were comparatively easy in the Sec
ond. losing ii 6-2.
Another good match in the doubles
was that between Leech and Leech and