The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-01
Tennis TITLE
CAPTURED BY
CONNIE Doyle
Local Man Defeats James in
Challenge Round Of Mid
die Atlantic Tourney.
THREE SETS DECIDE
Final Mixed Doubles Won BY Miss
Baker and Mr.. Chapman in
Splendid Match.
THREE SETS DECIDE
BY JACK KELLER.

A new name will be engraved on the
handsome silver cup emblematic of the
MiSdle-Atlantic tennis championship
that of Conrad B. Doyle. OF the Column
bia Country Club. In the challenge round
played yesterday on the courts Of the
Columbia Country Club Doyle met R. L.
James, of Saratoga Springs, last years
winner of the title, and by virtue OF
winning three straight sets of whirl-
wind tennis became the Middle-Atlantic
champion
The match was scheduled to start at
O'Clock, and at that hour quite a large
Esllery bad assembled to watch the
tennis stars battle for the title. James
got off with a rush. taking the first
game forty love. This was his only win
in the opening set, however, as Doyle
caught his stride and began playing in
the brilliant manner which characterized
his game throughout the match.
The second, third, and fourth games
of the set were taken by Connie" in
rather easy style but James put up a
pretty fight in the fifth, and had ad-
vantage twice before losing. The sixth
went to the Columbia player. James
winning only the first stroke. In the
seventh game Doyle took the first stroke,
but James came right back. and soon
had the count forty-fifteen. A splendid
rally by Doyle, however, brought him
straight through with the game and the
set, 81.
second Set.
In the second set James recovered
somewhat and gave Doyle more Of a
battle Though Doyle took the set, O.,
James opposed him strongly, four of the
games being advantage games. The first
T. haz-
him forty-thirty, Connie displaying
great accuracy in the placing of his
drives. James easily took the second,
love game, but was quite weak in his
opposition 10 Doyle in the third.
The fourth and fifth were both advan-
tage games. In the fourth James put up
a remarkable exhibition. making the
game deuce. after Doyle had il forty
love. and only lost through Doyles won
derful smashes. The sixth Connie" won
handily, James gaining only the first
stroke The seventh, an advantage
game went to James, the New Yorker
coming from behind with a vengeance
when Doyle had the count forty-ffteen.
James presented no difficulty in the
eighth, though, giving Doyle the second
set.
The third set started with Doyle show
ing his best tennis, and James lost the
first game in short order. Doyle could
not quite solve the New Workers. serv-
ice in the second game, and the count
was evened. Smashing returns of
James Iobs landed the next game for
DOYLE but James made the games two
all, taking the fourth in easy fashion.
James Forces DOYLE
The next two, advantage games, were
really wonderful exhibitions of tennis.
In both affairs James forced Doyle to
show the best he possessed. The Sara
tosa Springs player had advantage twice
in the sixth game, but Doyles accurate
placing was too disconcerting. Doyle
simply romped away with the eighth.
In the ninth game, though, James I'M
covered a good drive to the side of the
court and took the contest after Doyle
had made il a deuce game. James also
rushed Connie" in the final game OF
the match. but the Washington man was
not to be denied. and with the score
forty-thirty against him, Doyle came
through in great style with the set and
the match
In all his play Doyle displayed great &C
curacy in placing his drives and was
exceptionally strong in his service.
James attempted to do considerable lob
ping, but the vicious way in which Con
ME- met the ball on these occasions
practically made the play useless.
The scores for the match follow: