Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
ONLY STARS REMAIN
Chevy Chase Tennis Tourney
Getting Down to Class.
HOT BATTLES FROM NOW ON
Victories of Fred Inman and Eva
Baker Were Exciting and
Warmly Contested.

Such good progress was made i'm the
Chevy Chase tennis tournament vester-
day afternoon that practically all of the
poorer players have now been eliminated
:! and only the best remain. In the men g
| singles. Charles NJ. Bull jr, of New York
| has reached the semi-final round and he
will probably be called upon this after
| noon to fight it out with the winner of
the Harold f.. noylc-George linn match
/ to see who will represent the upper half
| in the finals. The finals i'm the women S
:, singles have been reached and will be
played today, the winner OF this match
also getting the title. The semi-finals
| of the women's doubles has been reached
and the preliminary and first rounds in
:! the other classes have been practically
| completed.
Some Of the best tennis of the tourna-
! ment was shown yesterday and there
| were any number of three-set matches.
Both the mems and women's singles fur
nished good matches when Fred G. In
man of New York defeated Spencer Cor
don and Miss Eva Baker won from Mrs.
: Lawson of Cincinnati.
/ The Gordon-Inman match was easily
| the best of the day. and it was a very
| important one I'm the tournament as both
players considered among the best
1 entered. The metropolitan player won.
S-6 and O.. lie plays a hard. driving
| game, and uses his head as well as his
! arm. His service is one of his strong
| points. and he had Gordon completely
puzzled trying to figure 1t out throughout
| the whole match. although toward the
latter part the local man was handling 1t
with greater confidence. Gordon played
| one of his best games. and in the first set
looked as good his opponent. He
! started off by taking three of the first
| five games. He lost three and then came
back with the next three making the
count 6-5 in his favor. He could not
keep up the good work. however, with
! the result that the visiting player cap
tured the next three. two of which were
deuce ones. In set two lnman started
around the local man, taking the first
, five games. He let UP little and drop
ped two. but captured the eighth. which
gave him the set and match. The card
| for this match was:
FIRST SET.
G '%"sm s-:o-s
SECOND SET
Gordon s-$;-s
Women's Singles.
The other match, which attracted all of
the large gallery while it was being de-
cded, was that in the semi-final round
of the women's singles. when Miss Eva
Baker. the District title holder, defeated
| Mrs. Lawson. the only of-town en-
| trant in that class This match was a
| splendid one and the two players were
SO evenly matched that the result was
i in doubt until the very end Mrs Law
| son plays an unusually strong game and
seems to be better on, her back hand than
/ on her fore hand strokes. She has a
hard service. is very accurate and dis
plays good judgment in placing her
| shots. This was a hard combination for
Miss Baker to beat and many who have
| watched the visitor play did not think
| that she could do 1t, but she proved to be
\ equal to the occasion and won out after
/ three grueling sets. Ga, 3-6 and G-3.
!, She played her usual brilliant game, 60
| ing to the net but seldom and depending
| on her back court lobbing game to pull
! her through.
| Easy for Johnson.
]. Wallace Johnson had no trouble in de-
+, feating Freddie Holtzman and he will
meet r. L. James this afternoon, the
! winner Of this match TO play Fred c.
| Inman in the semi-finals.
/ Because of the fact that the action is
| much faster in the doubles than in the
| singles. these classes took well yesterday,
and some very close and exciting matches
| resulted. In the first round of the men S
| doubles Gordon and Graves came very
near going down in defeat at the hands
! of L. !. Doyle and Barber, three sets be-
ing required to decide the winner. Cor
| don had just finished hard set with In
man and was probably pretty We'll played
out when he started. Doyle and Barber
/ took the opening set, Sc, but lost the
/ next, 3-6 In both sets they played the
| experienced Chevy Chase pair to a stand
still. but in the third and deciding set
Barber who has been playing but two
years and who was in his first tourna-
ment, blew up and practically lost the
), match for his side.
I Thirty-fOur games were necessary in
the ls-Carlisle- Heaton- Bingham match,
the Hills-Carllsle combination winning
after three of the hardest kind Of sets.
10. 81 and 64 Brown and James de-
! feated McNulty and Devlin by the same
count
But one match was decided in the mixed
doubles, Miss NJ. Smith and c.. NJ. Bull,
| jr.. defeating Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle In the
| preliminary round, G-3 and G-S These
two couples were really much closer
matched than the scores would indicate.
as every point was hard-fougllt one and
many of the games were deuce ones. In
!, the second set the Carlisles looked dam
gerOus and 1t would not have caused
much surprise had they a. any moment
them put up good games and luck cut a
big figure in the final score.
| Summaries.
! The complete summaries for yesterday follow:
! Mems singles. first round-Albcrt J. Gore de-
| feated w. Y. Lake by default. Second round
George Zinn OF Montpelier. Vt. defeated Chaun
| cey Hackett. Go and Go: r. L. James OF
| Saratoga Springs defeated Albert ]. Gore. 1-i
| and e.; Wallace johnson OF Philadelphia, de
round-Charles NJ. Bull jr.. OF New York de
| feated Louis l. Doyle, 6-3 and 60: T.. c. In.
man Of New York defeated Spencer Gordon. st
| and Go.
Wonen's singles. first round-Miss Lppett de-
| ted Miss +. Smith by default. Second round
! Miss Marie Winner defeated Miss Lippett 81
| and e.. Semi-fnal round-Mss Eva Bake,
| defeated Mrs. Lawson of Cincinnati, e., st
/, and 6-3: Miss Marie Winner defeated Miss
| Mum. 6-1 and Ga:
| Mems doubles-First round Graves and Gordon
defeated L.. ]. Doyle AMI Barber. SC 40
and Go: +. q. Inman and G. NJ. Bull. jr of
/ New York defeated Baird and Stidham 90
and CO: Leech ard Lcech defeated ODoylc
| and Morgan. 20. G-3 and G-3; Hills and
/ l