Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-30
TENNIS TOURNEY TO
FINISH Up TODAY
Down to Semi-FinaIs and Final
on Chevy Chase Club
Courts.

II present plans materiaize today will
see the end of the closed Chevy Chase
tournament. which has been on the card
for the past two weeks. Play was con-
tnued yesterday afternoon. and with the
exception of the mems singles. consola
TONS which were just drawn, the semi
final or final rounds have been reached
in all of the events which have not been
completed.
Mrs. Moorhead and Mrs. Laughlin have
reached the final round in the women s
singles. but by mutual consent will not
play until tomorrow afternoon.
Gordon and Graves minus 10, who
are generally picked to win the mems
doubles unless they run up against some
good pair which has too generous a
handicap, won their match in the semi
finals yesterday when they defeated Dun
lop and Morgan tscratch). This was one
of the best matches OF the day. three
hard sets being required before the vet
eran team was declared the winner.
a. Ga and 4-6. The handicaps. which
made the Gordon Graves combination lose
it's first point in each game, almost proved
too much for them. both Dunlop and
Morgan are very good players; in fact,
Dunlop was the runner-up in the singles
event. After winning set !, Dunlop and
Morgan gained a slight lead in the sec
ond, but the older and moro experienced
pair soon tied things up and finally took
the set after ten hard-fought games. The
third and deciding one similar to
the second. the younger pair being rather
unsteady at critical stages of the game
| and allowing Gordon and Graves 10
| finally beat them out.
| The mixed doubles handicap. was
brought to the final round when Miss
| Downing and Land tplus T. :W defeated
Mrs. and Mr.. Newbold 1plus y 3M in the
second round. and then defaulted to Mrs.
and MIR. Moorhead minus 15) i'm the
| semi-finals. This throws Mrs. Lawson
| and Wilcox tminus 15) and Mrs. and
| Mr.. Moorhead same handicap together
| in the final round.
| The wings in the consultations of
| the mems singles We're made yesterday,
| and two matches i'm this class We're got
| ten out of the way. w. G. DuBose de-
| feating II. S. Howard in the first round
Cd and Sc. and +. w. Dom. jr. win
ming from J. w. Calvert in the second
round, Ga and g.. Both Of these
matches were good and brought out some
very keen competition, fourteen games
| being necessary in the last set of the
Dn'ose- Howard match. Dom had ar
easier time of it i'm his match with Cal
vert. but this is due to the fact that he
is playing much improved game and
never looked better than he did yester
day.
The summaries follow:
| DuB0se defeated III. :. Howard. 81 and st
Second rnund-E. W Dom, jr.. defeated join
w. Calvert. "a and 60.
Mems doubles handicap: Semi final round
Gordon and Graves nninns iol defeated Dunlol
and Morgan tscratch,. 4-6. 64 and Ct.
Mixed doubles. handicap: Second round-Alis
Downing and Land ,plus y 30, defeated Mrs
and s.r Newbcld ,pius y 3et. O.. 10 ant
t.
Sem-fnal round Mrs. and MIR. Moorheat
minus -, defeated Miss downing and Ian.
plus y 20, 10y default.
The Chevy Chase team will play an
nterclub match with the Baltimore
Country Club team on their courts to-
morrow afternoon. There will be six
matches of singles and three of dou-
bles. The personnel of the visiting
team is not known. but the local team
will be composed of the following
Spencer Gordon, Capt J. Y. Moorhead
Walter Wilcox, John Graves. Cuthbert
Brown. Ralph w. Hills and Walter
Dunlop. Gordon and Graves, Moorhead
and Wilcox and Dunlop and Hills or
Brown will pair up in the doubles.
Marine Band Music. Chevy Chase Lake
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