Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
TOURNEY NEARCLOSE
DOYLE AND TREANOR WIN
Columbia Country Clubs Ten
mis- Event Finishes Matches.
Defeat Gore and Burton for Title
in the Doubles at Yester-
days Tournament.

in the Doubles at Yester-
days Tournament.
Quality rather than quantity seemed
to be the plan at the Columbia Country
Clubs second annual tennis tournament
when play was continued yesterday aft
ernoon, as but few matches were decid-
ed. all of these being important ones,
however.
The semi-final and final rounds of the
mems doubles furnished some OF the best
matches seen in Washington in a long
time. that in the semi-finals In which
Albert J. Gore and Harry Burton de-
feated Louis i. Doyle and H. w. Barber
being the better of the two, although not
as important. The other match was for
the championship. Conrad B. Doyle and
Paul Treanor winning from Gore and
Burton, the winners of the other match.
In the semi-final round for honors in
the lower half Gore and Burton won
over Doyle and Barber in straight sets.
6-3 and 81. Although both Doyle and
Barber are good players and appeared
to be at their best. neither of them could
played the best game he'has ever shown.
and whose work was largely responsible
for the victory. Gore pounded the ball
back with his deadly lawford stroke
made mistake, everything he attempt
ed going through as planned. His serv-
ice was swift and true, and he covered
more than his share Of the court. yet the
opposing side could not pass him, try
what they might. Burton. who is an ex-
champion of Iowa, is a good player, and
has shown good form in the tournament,
but he did not have many opportunities,
due to his partners brilliant work. Hc
proved to be on the job when needed.
however, and deserves credit for several
sensational gets, which had all the ear
marks of being points for the other side.
The match was replete with long rallies.
and the winner could not be foreseen
Win Opening Set.
Gore and Burton won the opening set.
although many of the games were deuced
ones and the match was closer than the
score would indicate. The second was
the better of the two and as Doyle and
Barber were fast getting on to Gore 8
game, had they won this set-and they
came very near doing it several times
they would have had an excellent chance
of taking the next Twice they won the
odd game after the set had been deuced
and the same number of times they were
overtaken. Gore and Burton going ahead
on the fifteenth. On the sixteenth, which
proved to be the deciding one, the Doyle
Barber combination was leading 4O-love
when the other side, on a series of bril-
liant shots which gave them no oppOr-
tunity to return. scored five successive
points and with them went their chances.
Paul Treanor proved to be the star
in 10 oh in " hp
and Connie Doyle defeated Gore and
Burton, 6-3. 60 and 81. The opposing
side played Treanor from the very start,
as he was the weaker of the two, but
after the first few games which he need
ed to find himself, he showed that he was
more than able to hold up his end and
he played practically the whole game. so
successful were Gore and Burton in keep
ing the ball away from his formidable
partner Although Treanor has been
he has been coming fast. and those who
witnessed yesterdays match believe that
he is there He had an exceptional
service. proved to be equally strong with
his fore ande back hand strokes, and
played one of the steadiest kind Of
games. In addition to this, he used q
speedy lawford stroke with telling effect
and rare judgment. Comics game needs
no introduction and when he did get In
the play he did all that could be ex-
pected of him. He and Treanor have been
practicing a great deal together and they
showed great teamwork and were un-
usually successful in pulling their 0p-
ponents out of position and then smash
ing the ball through the openings thus
made. Because of their speed their OPP
ponents were kept on the back court
most of the time and they often sneak
ed in points by we'll directed lobs which
just cleared the net and caught them
asleep.
The match with Lou Doyle and Barber
in the semi-finals seemed to have taken
most Of the starch out of the GOre-Bur-
ton team. and neither man played up to
the standard set by him in the early
match, Gore especially, showing the ef-
feet of the grueling battle.
At the beginning it looked as if the
match might be close. as. after Doyle
and Treanor had won the first game, they
lost the next three This made things
look rather dubious, as Treanor was still
an experiment but when he found him
self a little later 1t was all over but
teen straight games. lost one and then
took three more, which gave them the
matcf. the card for which was:
FIRST SET.
GORE Goy.e and i%H Bur es"o... sS-s
SECOND SET.
Doyle and Treanor .-...... aasseaa aS q
Gore and Burton. y y wv
THIRD SET.
Doyle and Treanor 5-.9I6
Gore and Burton. ........ 4 ) o 4 2 ) 3-i9-l
Miss Eva Baker. fer the second time,
will have her name engraved on the
trophy in the women's singles, as she
rather easily defeated Miss Alma Dufour
in their match in the final round OF that
event e. and so. Miss Baker stood
head and shoulders above any Of the
other entrants In this class and her
victory was no more than was expected
Miss Dufour played her usual good game
but she was simply outclasscd. as Miss
Baker, who is the present District and
middle Atlantic states champion. Is now
playing her best game and will undoubt-
eddy repeat In the District championships
tourney next week.
In the womens singles, Mgs. Charles
H. Gordon won out, Miss Wilma Michael
being the runner-up. This match was
closer than the Baker-Dufour one, as
matched, but Mrs. Gordan proved to be
the steadier at critical stages Of the
game and this superior steadiness Is
what gave her the victory. the scores
for which were, 6-3 and 6-S.
The only other match played was In
the mems singles, consultations. I. T..
Chapman defeating A. II. Morrow In the
semi-final round. 6-3 and g.. This
victory places him I'm the finals, where
he will probably meet Albert J. Gore.
Gore has only reached the third round OF
the Sheppard Morgan match in the semi
finals These matches will probably be
played tomorrow, at the convenience OF
the players.
The Summaries.
women's slng'es-Final round for champion