Evening star., 1915-06-13
DEPARTMENT TENNIS LEAGUE.
Navy Out in Front, Not Having
Lost Match-War Second.
HOW THEY STAND

But two of the three scheduled
matches in the Departmental League
were played yesterday afternoon, that
between Justice and War being post
poned because of wet courts. The sun
dried them up considerably later. how
ever, and the second and third matches
were allowed to be played when their
scheduled time rolled around.
In the first match played, Treasury
pulled up into the first division oy
taking all five from Interior. Three of
the five were close and called for the
third set, but depsite this, the Money
Counters looked much the better. The
fight between De Motto and Armstrong
of Treasury and Pipes and Cliff of In
terror, who were playing as No. /
teams, was the best of the match. The
first set went GA in favor of the
former, but the Interior pair rallied
and took the second. The third and
deciding one was in doubt until the
very end, when De Motto and Arm
strong finally won out. No. teams
also furnished quite match, Pierce
and Valaer for Treasury, and Frye and
Colville. for Interior. being very even
ly matched, each of the three sets go
ing to Ga. Superior teamwork and
steadiness at critical stages of the
game is what gave the Treasury pair
the margin.
Commerce and Labor State could not
have been better matched than they
were when these two teams took the
courts for the wind-up, and it was
not until Crago and Phelps had trim
med Decker and ONeill in the last
match that the winner was known. In
four of the five matches. there was
advantage. Labor-State drew "hrst
blood" when it's No. l team. made up of
Skinner and Shepard. beat Commences
best pair-Bates and Edwards-by
6-o and 6-5. This match was anybodys
until the last and in each set on several
occasions either one team or the other
was within a point of winning it be-
fore the deciding point finally was
made.
But the feature match was that be-
tween Crago and Phelps, Commerce,
and Decker and ONeill. Labor-State,
and on 1t much depended, as at that
time the other four had been completed
and the score was 2-all, with the La
bor-State pair leading this match, AZ.
AS the Labor-State pair was going at
top speed. it looked very much if
it would win out, but for no apparent
| reason both Decker and O'Neill sud
while Crago and Phelps rallied, caught
them and finally won out, Ga.
The summaries follow:
TREASURY, 5: INTERIOR. o.
Treasury Ode Motto and Armstrong; defeated
Interior pipes and ClifU. by 50, 3-6 and
G-3.
Treasury (Pea rman and Remey) defeated In
nd sea S0n 3 snd
terior lBeadle and Brown. by 81, 1-6 and
6-5.
! Treasury tBuell and Haas defeated interior
| fWelk and Andrews. by e- and 50.
Treasury pierce and valaep defeated In
| terror frye ard Colville,. by 81, 40 and
lG4.
| COMMERCE, 3; LABOR STATE, 2
Labor State 'Sknner and Shepard, defeated
| Commerce Bates and EdwardsJ, by 6-5 and
IS.
| Commerce 1Rose and Harmon defeated Labor
State decker and O'NeillJ, by 5-6. 6-5 and
| G..
Commerce fCrago and Phelps defeated Labor
| State Decker and O'Neilp, by Sc, 6-a and
! G-.
| Labor State CNettleton and Schnare) defeated
Commerce tTracy and Erwin, by 8-5, 5-6 and
| 6-3.
Commerce fMerica and Wtmer) defeated
Labor-State Rhoemsker and Moore, by 6-1 and
6-4.