Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-22
DUNLOP |! Wins 0UT|
Bests Brown in mi-FinaIs Of
Chevy Chase Tennis Tourney.
MATCH H0TLY CONTESTED
Mrs. Loughlin Defeats Miss Grebb in
Exciting Game in Won
ems Singles.

BY defeating Cuthbert B. Brown in
the semi-final round. Walter D. Dunlop
reached the finals Of the mems singles
event yesterday afternoon. when play
was continued In the closed Chevy
Chase tennis tournament The scores
for this match were 6-3 and 81.
Brown is playing better this year
than ever before and showed some .ex-
cellent form yesterday. Dunlop. who
is ranked a little higher. had all he
could do to land the victory. as the
match was much closer than the scores
would indicate, every game being a
hard fought one in which luck cut a
conspicuous figure.
Browns serve was not as hard nor
as accurate as that of Dunlop, but
he did his good work in covering the
court and with his stroke-a hard
cross court ball. with little bounce.
Semi Finals Today.
Spencer Gordon and Walter D. Will
cox will meet today in the semi-finals
to decide the winner Of the lower half
Gordon will probably win and he and
Dunlop will fight it out tomorrow for
the honor of challenging j. Upshur
Moorhead for the title
The best match in the women's singles
went to Mrs. Laughlin (scratch. when
she defeated Miss M. Greble (plus k-1O,
in the second round. Ga. 36. 80. The
result of this match was in doubt until
the last point was scored. The handica ps
placed them on an even footing and II
made them both go at top speed from
beginning to end. After breaking even
on the first two sets. Miss Greble took
the opener Of the third. but Mrs. Laughlin
n q ovsyss of foir he
finally won 1t, and with it the match.
An Interesting Match.
Miss Du Bose and Miss NJ Smith (minus
15) won an interesting match from Misses
Allen and M. Greble tscratch) in the
preliminary round Of the women's doubles
three sets being required before the win
ners could be determined. They won
the opener. which was a very close
one 6-4but fell down badly on
the second. losing Is Their setback
proved to be only temporary, however.
and the third went to them. go.
The Summaries.
This afternoons play will probably
bring every class up to the finals.
The summaries for yesterday follow:
MEMS SINGLES (sCRATCH.
Second round-Walter D. Wilcox defeated o.
B. Hartman. 81. 81; W. c. Watts defeat ted
Third round-Waiier G. Dunlop defeated
Thomas Fisher SO and so; Cuthbert B.
Brown defeated J. l. Karrick. 60 and 60;
Walter d. Wilcox defeated W. C. Watts by
default.
Seminal round Walter G. Dunlop defeated
Cuthbert B. Brown. 6-3 and Ga.
wOMEN'S SINGLES tHANDICAP,.
First round-Mrs. Lawson tminus IS, defea ted
Miss Do, Downing lplus : - by; default; MRS.
" 15). 2-6. 90 and 6-3.
Second round-Mrs. Laughlin tscratch) defea ted
Mrs Lawson (minus 15) defeated Miss Hunt
tplus 49,. 60 and So
MEMS DOUBLES 1HANDICAP).
First round-Simmons and Wood tplus 49, de-
feated Fisher and Karrick tpus 1S). 6--3 and
81; Clayton and Langhorne tpius I'D defeated
Fuller and Newbold (scratchD, 6-3 and 6-5.
wOMEN's DOUBLES (HANDICAPj.s
Preliminary roufid-Misses Du Bose and Smith
tminus '15y defeated Misses Allen and Grebie
tscratchD. -6-4, Ia and 2.
(plus " ISL defeated Mrs. Moorhead and Mrs
Langhorne (plus y 15), Ga and 60: Misses
Du Bose and Smith minus 49, defeated Miss
Hunt and partner tpus u 15) by default: Misses
Anderson and Barry trlus y u, defeated Misses
Semi-fna round-Mrs. Laughlin and Nuns
(minus 15l defeated Misses Anderson and Barry
lplus " Is, by default.
MIXED DOUBLES tHANDICAP).
First round--Miss Du Bose and Graves (Hinus
15) defeated Mrs. Laughlin and Hackett tplhs
y 3O), 4-8 60 and Ga Miss Downing and
Land (plus y 30l defeated Miss Jones and Maj.
Low (plus " 30,. 6-3 and 60.