Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28
CAN'T STOP DOYLE
Connie Once More Wins Dis
trict Tennis Championship.
DEFEATS SPENCER GORDON
Large Gallery Witnesses the Inter-
esting Contest Between the
Cracks.

| O1dChS.
as has been predicted from the first,
.oirad q. Doyle won the District tennis
title yesterday afternoon. when play in
| the twenty fifth renewal OF the event was
continued on the bachelor courts at
Woodley Park, Spencer Gordon being the
runner-up. Although Doyle and Gordon
nave net any number of times. Gordon
played him harder game I'm yesterdays
match than ever before, the score being
Go. Sc and c.
A gallery Of fully three hundred was
on hand when play was called. Gordon
winning the toss-up and electing TO serve.
This first set was the poorest of the
three. Doyle showing wonderful form. and
running away with it, The first game
was the best Of any. it being deuced.
Doyie gong out on two of the ONLY
three double faults charged against Cor
doh service III the whole match Cor
don took but five points in the next Ave
games. but the sixth was deuced before
he lost out
In the second set Gordon showed yast
Improvement. and played almost as good
game as his opponent. His only ap-
parent weakness is his service. Gordon.
ike Gustave Touchard believing thar tho
game should be won after the serve and
paying Very little attention to this phase
Oh H. HIS strong Lawford stroke was
working well. and he covered his court
as Wei as he ever has. Doyles service
was much In evidence. while his chop
stroke proved to be unusually hard for
Gordon to handle well, the latter being
able to return it. but not to do much
placing. AT one time in this set Gordon
was ieadlnS, -, and when he and
Doyle each won he was % but he
could get no closer to victory. as DoyIe
tied him up at q all and then went out.
scoring two aces in the last game.
Looked Bad for Gordon.
Things looked bad for Gordon in the
third and deciding set, when DoyIe AL
lowed put single point in each of the
hFst three sanes, but he showed signs of
ihahlhs TINS set interesting, too by TAX
ing three OF the next four games. This
was the best he could do however nc
poSIe uGntened up again and took the
next two. the last of which was a deuce
one winch Gordon came very near taking.
as he was within n point of il on two
different occasions
rieures on this Match show that while
Doyle aced Gordon nine times to Cordon,s
none. ne was charged with six double.
'O'e''' 90 heehiiiSt IoTuOn three The
latter passed Doyle twelve times. lbs,
nineteen points by driving into the net
twenty-three points by driving over thu.
back line and sixteen points on balls out
the side or the court, Doyle scoring
thiriy-nine passes and losing fftv-four
points on poor returns, twenty-six in Tho.
net sixteen over the back line and
twelve out the side. The card for the
match was.
First set
Go fioi go
i second set
aS;,ls5 - 5
Third SET
1 GSSioi #: 49,
Exciting Doubles.
Ihere were two exceptional matches in
the mems doubles. Doyle and Herber,
Shannon winning from Gordon and John
Graves, and Lou Doyle and Horace A
Barber beating Dudley Morgan and BAL
lard Moore, both winners going to the
seini-fnals by virtue of their victories.
| The L. Doyle-Barber- Morgan Moore
match was the better of the two and for a
while II looked as If the younger team
would win. and they took the frs, sol,
Z p
CURED sixteen hard-fought games. bu.
| noyle and Barber finally won it, after
Morgan and Moore had several times been
within point Of taking ii. which would
\ have given them the match. The third
/ set was also good, but the experienced
4 players had all the advantage and thew
won out, 81
1 IN the other match Connie" Doyle and
Herbert Shannon won in straight sets but
oil hav had had 4 \. =
tight. the score being Ca and o.. Shan
non has been playing the net game but
i TWO seasons. and consequently is not d
/ finished player. and Gordon and Graves
Were keeping him busy throughout the
entire match. Connie getting but few
chances 10 get in the game Shannon
showed that he had lots of nerve and
played very steady game, making sew
eral good plays. but had he not been
| coupled up with such good partner the
result would have been different. for
1 Connie" jumped into the fray nsore than
once and pulled his side out of a hole.
The second set, which was the better of
the two. was a 'Zig-zag' affair, first one
side going ahead and then the other.
/ Doyle and Shannon almost ending matters
on the twelfth game. With the score 6-5
and 1910 in their favor. Gordons second
| ball dribbled over the net and sawed him
a double fault which would have ended
matters right there.
Down to Finals.
The final round has been reached In the
womans singles. Miss Eva Baker and
woman's series. Miss Eva Baker and
last bracket by winning two matches.
Miss Baker disposed Of Miss Desha Al
len in the second round. 6-1 and 6-2. and
| of Miss A. NJ. Doyle I'm the semi-final
round g.; and Go Her victory over
Miss Alien was expected, but il was
thought that she would have harder