The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
Crimson Tennis Team Finds
Pick Of Washington Easy in
Matches at Chevy Chase.
WIN TWO In THE SINGLES

Yesterday afternoon on the Chevy
Chase courts in an interesting match
between a picked Washington aggre-
cation and the Harvard tennis team
Connie" Doyle came very near add
ing the name of r. Norris williams.
last years national champion, to his
already long list of victims of ma
tional repute. He has defeated such
men as Wallace johnson, Gustav
Touchard, Charles NJ. Bull, Fred In
man, Richard J. Palmer and Frederick
c. Colston, and Williams escaped yes
terday by an eye-lash.
The Washington team did not do
quite as well as was expected. as IL
was only able to win two Of the seven
matches played, both of these vic
tories coming in the singles.
OF course the Williams-Doyle match
was the main attraction, and IL was a
"corker." going the full three sets.
There was a small gale blowing over
the courts and 1t affected the play
considerably. but despite this both
players appeared to be at their best.
Williams has beautiful form and a
variety of strokes which he manages
to use to the best advantage.
His service is rather deceptive and
while it does not look to be particu-
larly hard to handle it is very ef-
fective. Doyle's stroke was working
well and his strong point-his serv-
lce-was good when he got the ball
over. but the wind seemed to affect
him more than it did williams and he
practically lost the match on account
of double faults. making fifteen of
them to his opponents eight.
After winning the first set, Ct,
Doyle started of the second with two
wins and was leading most of the
time. At the end of the sixth. he was
two games ahead, and when they di-
vided the next two it looked as II he
was sure to win, as he needed but one
more game, while Williams had to
take two. The set was finally deuced
and although the local man twice
had the vantage game. he wasn't able
to take the next. and he finally lost
out, 6-S. The third and deciding set
was the poorest of the three. In the
second game, Doyle forced Williams to
win by making five double faults. He
started serving with two, ran the score
up to deuce and then scattered the
other three at inervals, while the ad-
vantage was shifting from one side
to the other. After that Williams
seemed to have things his own way
and won by 6-3. The card follows;
sinEteSs
FIRST SET.
Williams .............. 3-24
Doyle .................. o 2 % 2 40 $3.50
SECOND SET.
williams.. ! tt:::t2tt - t-t2-s 4:
THIRD SET
Williams ................. 47452 2 So 4-a-s
Doyle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 0 5 2B-3
The two Washington victories were
scored by II. c. Breck and J. Ballard
Moore over G. Colket Gamer and Titus
Rand, respectively. Breck has recently
come to Washington from California and
he brought quite a reputation with him.
In yesterdays match, he more than lived
UP to it. He has probably the speediest
forehand drive OF any player in the city;
he is a wonder with his back-hand. and
his service Is almost as fast as Connie"
Doyles, and lots more accurate as he
invarisble gets his first ball over. Gamer
ranks close behind Williams on the Har-
ward team and the fact that Breck beat
him shows that he is a player of more
than ordinary ability.
The Doyle brothers did not look so good
in the doubles but this was no doubt due
to the fact that Harold Doyle has been
sick for the past three weeks and is not
entirely we'll now. williams played with
Ffaffman instead OF Gamer, and the two
put up a very good game, the former
carrying his weaker brother along. At
the beginning, it looked as If the local
pair would win out as they were leading
So at the end of the seventh, but at
this stage the Harvard men rallied and
took the next five. Again in the next
set. the DoyIeshad tewo-game lead
when they started off with two wins. but
they were again the victoms of a rally
and when the smoke cleared away. their
opponents had taken the set and match
by winning six of the next seven. The
card follows:
Doubles.
FIRST SET.
William and Pfaffman-
4l431 5444 4 +-c-7
Doyle and Doyle
o4254 6I2l.2 2S-5
SECOND SET.
Williams and Pfaffman-
2s444 s-a-s
IIl2s 4.SSl-S
The summaries:
singles-Harvard. ;; Washington, .
r. Norris williams Harvard. defeated Conrad r.
Doyle Washington, BY 4-S, s-6 and 6-3; ]. Bal
lard Moore Washington, defeated Titus Rand, Hsr-
Eand by ~ and -; II. &. NJ. Kcleher, Harvard.
defeated ]. NJ. Hancock, Washington, BY 81, 6-3
and 6-S; J. S. Pfanman, Harvard, defeated ID. D.
Morgan, by IS and 6-5: Henry c. Brerk, Wash
inEton defeated G. Colket Gamer, Harvard. BY Sc.
o-6 and 6-l
Doubles-Haryard .; Washington o..
R. n Williams and J. s. Pfsfmap, Harvard, de
feated Harold z and Conrad B. Doyle Washing
ton, tS Is and e-3; c. G. Gamer and Titus Rand,