Evening star., 1916-08-27
COLUMBIA IS WINNER
Defeats Departmental Tennis
Team, Six Matches to Three.
BRECK OUTPLAYS L. DOYLE
Tracy and Cotton Win Feature Con-
test in Doubles in Beating Leech
Brothers.

Owing to the fact that the Chevy
Chase Club was unable to put repre-
sentative team in the field yesterday
afternoon in its sheduled match, in the
Washington Tennis Association, with
Dumbarton. the latter team agreed to
postpone the contest a week and per-
nit the Chevy Chase players to gather
a team which will do them justice. All
the men ranked better than No. on
the Chevy Chase list of players We're
out of town, and as Dumbarton did not
care to win a hollow victory over the
weakened team the match was put off.
The Columbia Country Club team did
not encounter a great deal of opposi-
ton in it's match with the Departmental
League players and won by the COM
Portable margin of six matches to three.
capturing four of the singles and two
of the doubles. The doubles was fea-
tured by the marathon contest between
the Columbia pair of A Y. and e. O.
Le=ch versus the Departmental team of
Tracy and Cotton. The latter pair won
the first set at S. but dropped the
second at 3-S Then the long session
was inaugurated. Tracy and Cotton led
at 4-2. but lost the next two games.
The lead then Seesawed between the
two teams until the Departmental play
ers broke through the service of L. o.
Leech and won the final set at l0-s.
From the way Lou Doyle started
against Henry c. Breck it looked as if
the middle Atlantic doubles champion
might have warm afternoon, but
Doyle. after leading in games at 81.
slowly faded before the forcing shots
of the former Californian and sue
cumbed in straight sets at 6-3, 6-3.
Brecks drive, which seems to have
his first appearance on local courts,
came over so fast that the versatile
Doyle could do little with it, and the
service of Breck broke
so high that Doyle was unable to do
much more than chop 1t back.
Horace Barber and E. o. Leech had
a great battle, which was won by the |
former in straight sets at SIS, 6-3.
Breck and Chapman defeated Doyle |
and Barber in a pretty match in the |
doubles. in which Breck showed some |
great tennis. making two particularly |
difficult gets" in his backhand corner. !
Doyle, who is better in doubles than in /
singles. played brilliant game. but |
the tremendous drive of Breck from the |
base line tells the story of the battle.
It is doubtful If National Champion /
BILLY" Johnston has more speed on /
his far-famed drive than Breck always
displays when his ball is hit right. and I
it is not very frequently hit wrong.
Slater and Graves of Columbia de-
feated Remey and Clark rather easily /
at 60, Cd. Summaries.
COLUMBIA COUNTRY CLUB, @; DEPART
MENTAL LEAGUE, 5.
Singles-Breck. Columbia. defeated Doyle.
Departmental, 6-3, 81. Barber, Depart
mental defeated e. o. Leech, Columbia, S-6.
6-S Chapman. Columbia. defeated Day. De-
partmental. 6-3, So. Tracy. Departmental.
defeated Slater, Columbia, 1-6, 6-, 60.
Bates Columbia. defeated Remey Departmental.
Go O.. Graves, Columbia, defeated Clarke, |
Ga, 60.
Doubles-Breck and Chapman. Columbia, de-
feated Doyle and Barber, Departmental, 6-,
6-2 Slater and Graves, Columbia, defeated
Remey and Clark. Departmental. 60. 64.
Tracy and Cotton. Departmental. defeated
Leech and Leech. Columbia. SIS. 3--6. l0-S.