Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-19
BAD FOR NET GAME
Weather SIackens Up Play in
Columbia Club Tourney.
DOWN TO THE FINALS
Conrad Doyle and Spencer Gordon to
Meet Once More for
Championship.

Weather permitting. today will be the
best in the second annual tennis tourna-
ment of the Columbia Country Club, as
the finals in two classes. and what will
undoubtedly be the best match in a
third, will be decided. In the mems
singles, Conrad B. Doyle and Spencer
Gordon will meet for the title. while
Miss Eva Baker, last years champion.
will meet Miss Alma Dufour for the
title in the womens singles. Immedi-
ately following the Doyle-Gordon match
will be played the semi-final match to
decide the winner Of the upper half of
the mems doubles between Connie"
Doyle and Paul Treanor and Spencer
Gordon and j. Upshur Moorehead.
The best match on yesterdays card
was that between Gordon and Moore
head and Mayfield and Richards in the
third round of the mems doubles, the
Chevy Chase pair winning 6-1, 4.6 and
the two youngsters who trimmed
'Waddy" Wood and Freddie Holtzman
Wednesday. played exceptional games.
and many thought they would Tsa win in out out
the same lobbing game which proved
so successful against Wood and Holtz-
man the previous day, and 1t was the
consensus Of opinion that they would
have won out yesterday had it not been
that they were playing with another
and more lively make Of balls, and be-
they had practically given away the first
set, because of the many points they
lost by overlooking. Both of them have
this lObbing. back-court game down to
seemed to have gotten used to the balls
and were playing their shots to the best
advantage.
In the third and deciding set Gordon
and Moorehead received a good start and
won the first three games. the youngsters
taking the next two and dividing the sixth
and seventh making the count 3-4 against
them The next, which was the key to
the match in that 1t would either allow
them to get even or would put their oppo-
nentS within game of the SET was a
deuce one in which the advantage shifted
from one side to the other, the older and
more experienced players taking it. and
then ending matters by also capturing the
ninth. Friends PONY team" claim that
to even be able to push such a pair as
Moorehead and Gordon-both members of
the all-Washington team-is, in a sense. a
victory for the youngsters, as this is their
first tournament.
Spencer Gordon and w f. Holtzman
furnished a good match In the semi-final
round of the mems singles, the former
winning out In straight sets. 81 and 6-3.
Holtzman showed much better game
than was expected and he kept Gordon on
the jump all of the time. the match being
much closer than the scores would indi-
cate, as Hoffman lost the match BY
inches" giving Gordon point after point
on returns which went out or failed to
clear the net by the smallest margin.
Hoffman showed lots Of speed. proved to
be great court coverer and had a good
stroke. and the match was replete with
long, rapid rallies. OF the eight games In
the opening set exactly half of them were
deuce ones, while three of those in the
second set called for extra points Gordon
is playing at his top form and did not
show weakness, but ii is questionable II
he will be able to give Doyle close
| match this afternoon, he does not take
kindly to Doyle's style of play.
Because of the fact that many of the
players are not reporting on time for their
matches many defaults have been regis
tered, the consultations suffering more
than any other event five defaults being
made yesterday.
The summaries follow:
Mems singles semi final round-Spencer Gordon
defeated w. h. Holtznan. 62 aud 6-3
Mems doubles first round-Morgan and Morgan
defeated Pyle and bingham. Is; 10 and e.
Kelly and Connolly by default.
Third round-Gordon and Mayfeld defeated
Richard and Mayield. 81. "a and 6-s
Frey defeated X. W. Patterson by default; a
b. Hcaton defeated H. II. button by default:
Kcy defeated ae ss
Branch. ss. "a and s.: Albert J. Gore
TreansT dafeaiea aea an@ and
default.
The committee hopes. weather permit