Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-15
SURPRISE IN TENNIS
Charles Bull Defeats Fred In
man in Finals at Chevy Chase.
plays CONNIE DOYLETODAY
WindUp Of the Woman's Doubles
Also on the Closing
of Program.
PLAYS CONNIE DOYLETODAY

Figuring on tennis matches is like try
ing to beat the races. 1t can't be done
Another upset of calculations occurred
In the Chevy Chase tournament yester-
day afternoon in the final round OF the
mems singles event when Charles NJ
Bull, Jr., was returned winner over Fred
Z. lnman, 10. Ga, 81 and CO. Like
| Inmans victory over Wallace johnson
In the semi-finals, Bulls win In the finals
| came as quite a surprise to the large
gallery which had braved the threatening
clouds to see the match, as Inman was
| supposed to be the better player. But
this was simply one more time that the
dope went wrong, as Bull won on
merit and slightly outplayed his oppo-
nent at all times.
| Bull did not have walk away" how
ever. as the match was a hard-fought
one and lnman was always within strik-
| ing distance. The men played very
each working his way to the net and
| from which vantage point scoring on well
/, directed passes or on kills. In this Bull
was much more successful and it is to
this and to his ability to cleverly
pass Inman as he was running up to the
net that he largely owes his victory Bull
showed himself to be a much better
player than he has been given credit
III, Oul III ILLS RESPECT lie out pore out
the reputation brought with him that he
never played his best until pushed. He
was certainly pushed yesterday and he
| responded by playing the best game he
has shown SO far in the tourney.
Inman looked just as good as he has in
any OF his matches, but was simply
beaten. His opponent did not outplay
him SO much, but seemed to have just a
i shade on him in steadiness at critical
| stages and he won by that slight margin.
| Inman's service which is considered one
| of his strong points. did not seem to wor-
ry his opponent in the least, as he
| handled it with confidence and was able
| to place the ball just about where he
wanted 1t on his returns.
Inman Off Best.
At the beginning Of the match Inman
jumped into the lead by taking the first
! three games. his lelt-handed lawford
stroke being more than Bull could handle,
| but the latter gradually got on to it. and
| after that did not have much trouble with
! it. The players divided the next four
| giving Inman a 81 lead-one which
| every one thought was sufficient to easily
! give him the first set. as up to that time
| he had been cu:playing his opponent 1t
was at this point that Bull showed that
| he is never beaten until the end for a
sudden squirt on his part, which brought
out some wonderful tennis on both sides
of the court, gave him five straight games
and the set. 1t was a beautiful piece of
work and almost every point brought out
long and rapid rallies. 1t is interesting
to note that of the seven games Bull won
in this set five of them were deuce ones.
Although the second set was not a
deuce one, 1t was just as interesting as
the first The games Of this set seemed
to run in pairs, the first four being d.
vided, then Bull jumping into the lead
by taking the fifth and sixth. only to be
tied up again at 4-all when Inman took
the next two. Three points were all that
fell to lnman in the next two and he
lost them, md with them the second set.
Bull lost his first set when Inman cap
tured the third. After breaking even on
the first four games. Inman made it 81
by taking the fifth and sixth, but when
he lost the next three it looked as IL it
was all over but the shouting. He man
aged to pull himself together just in
time, however. and a pretty squirt gave
him the next three and the set.
Final Set Close.
The final set was a much closer one
than the 60 score would indicate, as
three of the six games played were
deuced ones and every point was hard
fought one and brought out all of the
resourcefulness of both men. Bull seemed
to be favored by Dame Fortune and was
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