Evening star., 1916-06-28
DOYLE WAKES 'EM UP
George N. Church Surprised by
Fury of Comics Attack.
MATCH GOES THREE SETS
Large Gallery Watches Wonderful
Play Of Washington Man in
National Tennis Tourney.

| CLEVELAND, June 2S.-Georse NJ
| Church of New York. holder of the
western. northwestern and a couple of
state tennis titles, was put out of the
running in the fifth round of the ma :
tiona1 clay court championship tourney
| yesterday at the Lakewood Tennis
Club courts by Conrad B. Doyle of
Washington. The New Yorker, who
was looked upon by many followers
of tennis as the likely winner of the
tourney, was defeated two sets to one
at So. rs. Ct. causing one of the
biggest upsets of the season.
1t was not case of Doyle catch
Ing Church off form, The west Side
Iennis Club man played at his best, but
ms pest was not quite good enough for
Doyle. The latter, although he has
been a strong player for years. has NOT
been very well known to tennis en-
thusiasts throughout the country be-
cause he has done most of his playing
own hreside LIS
Rallies Fast and Furious.
The display of tennis In the Church.
Doyie match has seldom. IL ever, been
paralieied on clay courts Doyle had
played steadily and well In his early
,u.n uuha matches, but had shown nothing
Ihe tne form he brought out against
Church- The New Yorker made Doy1s
nsnt Tor everything all the time and
me result attests, Doyle was eouai
~ .he occasion. The rallies were So
aho,, ana furious that a gallery of
sed away to look at any Of RI. cas
tests on other courts. " '"e con-
enai victory puts Doyle in the se,ni-
tana Ina round station also reached yes
PitssburSSS ] S Nsw W,1li1m Yn 8: McEllroy Of
hma Sharies g. Garland. another Pits.
ourSher and holder Of the Indiana stse. !.
ttte. tnd McEilroy and Doyle will clash
wfnn.r neitS w y. Garinnd will meet the
Knox match. w. d.
,is iDoyie vertably chopped himself to
victory. At every opportunity he mt
nn.s,hs,, th1 unaerspin on the bali that he
to get enough Of it to bother cbnrnh
he started the match with a rush tbat
vas even more surprising than his ui-
Innate victory Church started service
ing game was on a ball that inst hera
~ went out of bounds when Dovle was
trying for the corner. The Washino.
Ton player gave the onlookers a taste
remainder of the match in that Sama
He passed Church on the latter's fors-
nano with surprising ease.
Three Games in a Row.
The Capital city man followed the
game by winning three more in a row.
and In his run of four lost only four
points. all Of them on his own errors.
Doyie became little wild in the next
two games. and lost them both by driy-
ing the ball into the net or out OF
bounds There was little wonder that
ne found the net as often as he did. for
he continually played the ball Just as
low as he possibly could. For the most
part the sphere was skimmine over the
barrier with little more than a hairs
breadth to spare. Church tried hard
could do nothing against the steady
fast work Of his rival
Just how we'll Doyle covered the court
IN thae nrst set can be judged by the
tact that the former Princeton star
Iailed to count up a single ace NV
placement. As a matter of fact Dovie
himself made only three placeme ents,
but he did not have any great AMOUNT
OF need for them. His service. the most
severe seen during the Tournament
forced Church to make q numhar ~
errors. as did his low chop drivss To. q.
washington man scanned able to pull
Church out OF position Whenever he
wanted TO: and frequently had Church
al tangled up trying to make returns
New Yorker. Has to. Work Hard.
Church managed to carry off the sec