Evening star., 1915-05-15

chairman Wilcox and the remainder of
the Chevy Chase Clubs tennis committee
worked liked the historic Trojans yester-
day, and finally got the open tournament
under way at o'clock. Once started.
splendid headway was made, every one
of the twelve courts being used. The beau
tiful day and surroundings drew out quite
a large gallery. many handsomely gowned
women occupying chairs or benches to
the east of the first court.
Several out-of-town cracks failed to
show up as expected. Gustave Touchard
being among the number, although tine
committee held out hopes of his coming
up to the last moment. There are many
tournaments in progress. or pending.
around Philadelphia and the metropolitan
district. which doubtless kept several of
the notabIes in the tennis world away.
Pell and Bull have notified the committee
that they will run over to defend their
title in the mems doubles next week, and
but for prior engagements would play
through the entire tournament. Leonard
Beekman arrived at the last moment. He
and Irvin Wright of Boston are about
the only experts from out Of town.
The feature match Of the afternoon
was the defeat of Irving Wright by
Connie" Doyle. The battle was eX
tremely hard fought and exciting
throughout. The men play much alike.
using the chop stroke with effective
results. The overland work of the
local man probably was the best. as
1t carried more speed and landed safe
ly oftener than that of the visitor in
the same line. Doyle is In prime con-
dition and all his movements denoted
confidence in himself.
At the opening of the match Doyle
had some difficulty in finding himself
and the first set was won by Wright
woke up the gallery with their splen-
did shots and when Wright finally
captured the set he was given hearty
applause.
The second set found Wright reserv-
ing himself and Doyle going at top
speed, with the result the latter won
out by the score of to 2. Doyles
victory was warmly applauded. as he
is great big favorite with the local
players.
veloped in the third set, and the gallery
simply went wild when the local man
finally won out by the score of 7 to 5.
After going so fast in the second set,
Doyle showed slight lack of his usual
vim. just what Wright had been reserving
himself for. and in quick order the score
stood 5 to love in the latter's favor. Many
of the people around the court were be-
moaning the hard luck of the local man.
and simply pulling tons Of weight for
him to get going. Then came the turn,
and Doyle was once more his true self
Set after set came his way through bril-
liam overland smashing that Wright found
impossible to solve. and as he overcame
the apparently safe lead almost the entire
gallery sank back in the seats with signs
of relief
With the score all even at fives, Wright
was evidently puzzled by the splendid
staying powers of Doyle. and tried every
way to get away from him. Chop strokes
and lobbing followed one another in rapid
succession, but Doyle had recovered his
form. and returned with clever pre-
cision many balls that looked to be i'm
possible to reach.
Several times Wright made the mis-
take Of lobbing at time when Doyle
was waiting for him, with the result
that fierce overland smashes carried
into safety. AT the wind-up it did not
require an expert to discern that Doyle
had beaten Wright strictly on form
When the final stroke came that de-
noted Doyle the winner the nd-clap-
ping, cheering and yells of delight car
ried quite a distance.
With Wright out of the way it seems
Doyle should win the championship
once more, although he will have hard
matches with Beekman, Gordon and
Bundy. If they last long enough to
cross his path
President Gould of the Dumbarton
Club suffered elimination in his first
match. Gould Lincoln. who has been
out of the game for some time, making
a strong come back and defeating him
by Go, If, 6-4. Lincoln is a men,
ber of the Dumbarton Club. and his
friends were hearty in their congratu-
lations over the victory.
Harold Doyle, a brother of the Dis
trict champ, was another of the
local cracks to play into the second
round. He won his match in the first