Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-23
LEWIS AND MORGAN WIN
Defeat Hancock and Louis DOYLE in
Tennis Doubles for District
Championship.

George Lewis and D. D. Morgan yes
terday afternoon won the District ten
! mis- championship in doubles in the final
! match on the Dumbarton courts. de-
| feating John NJ. Hancock and louis l.
Doyle in a four-set encounter, G.
IS, 81. GO. The old story of base
| line play versus the net game was re-
told, with the usual result in favor of
| the net players. Lewis and his partner
possessed the necessary speed to take
the net from their opponents, and once
| there Lewis smashing. on which he was
good yesterday, laid away the point.
Lewis played the best individual game
of the quartet, and was admirably back
| ed up by his partner, whose singing
cross-court drives frequently won the
! point outright Morgan's service was
going particularly strong all through
the match, and he aced Lou Doyle sew
| eral times. Doyle was far below his
usual brafny game, and made many
errors which he would never have per-
petrated had he been at his best. His
volleyfng in particular, on which he
| counts to drive his opponent from the
| net. was sadly at fault yesterday.
Hancock and Doyle Off Form.
Had both Hancock and Doyle been in
their best form yesterday it is doubt
full If they could have beaten the other
team, for playing a strong offensive
game and smashing and driving with
accuracy and speed the younger pair
were not to be denied. They won the
| first set at 6-2,>le in the second al
| 81 only to have Doyle and Hancock
pull it up to all and drop the next two
games to be behind at sets to love
The veteran team won the third set and
after the seven-minute rest interval
Morgan won four Of the first FIVE games
| in the fourth set to lead at Al. Han
cock and Doyle then took a game but
this was their last effort, as the young
er pair won the next two games to
settle the match. The point score:
FIRST SET
Lewis ar. and Morgan
SECOND SET.
5 bsyls h Msass9
Doyle 4 Hancock 4 4 4 442s 794 49,
FOURTH SET
beyis a and nSsssR $
S. H Herrick will meet J. Y. Under
wood in the final of the mems consola-
ton singles. Herrick defeated H. F.
Cash in the semi-final, while Under
wood won from P. A. Baldwin of the
Chevy Chase Club.
Miss Gardner Bell and Miss Elizabeth
Hills will meet in the final round for
the woman's single championship, at 2
o'clock this afternoon 1t is thought
probable that all the matches remain
ing in the mixed doubles can be run off
this afternoon. Summaries:
Mems doubles-Final round for District cham
pionship-George l.. Lewis and Dudley d. Nor
gan defeated Louis !: Doyle and J. NJ. Hancock,
60, IS, ST, 60.
Mems singles. consolations-Third round-J
Y. Underwood defeated H. c. Armstrong, 6-3
6-3; Sam Herrick defeated W. X. Wilson, Co.
So. Semi final round.J Y. Underwood defeat
feated Fl. +. Cash, 81, SO.
Mixed doubles-First round-Mrs. Gardner Bell
and Chew defeated Miss Snow and Day, so,
10; Miss Blair and Lewis defeated Morgan and
mariner by default; Miss Atkinson and Herrick
defeated Miss Allison and Smith by default
semi-final round-Mrs. Bell and Chew vs. Miss
Blair and Lewis (called during first set with
at 3 ALL.