Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
DOYLE FIRST DISTRICT MAN
ON AN ALL-EASTERN TEAM
Local Tennis Crack Is Member Of Aggrega-
ton That Plays Stars of the West
altos Angeles Next Month.

ern tennis. Doyle believes that he VIII
play No. 3, ahead of Pell.
Church and Throckmorton: on &C.
probably will have the edge on All
the other members of the eastern team.
having been playing tennis regularly since
the middle of December, when they
left for the Philippine Islands. They
now are in Honolulu. but will arrive
in Los Angles in plenty of time TO
thoroughly acclimate themselves 10 tne
changed court conditions In All the
rankings of the team, necessarily nn-
official, Church is picked to play at
No l. Last year was his best season.
notwithstanding his defeat by Doyle
in the clay court. as he defeated
Maurice Mclaughlin in the national
and went TO the. semi-fnal.
Throckmorton won the Chevy Chase
tournament. the Maryland champion
ship and the Junior title. besides de,
feating Kumagae in New Jersey. Pell
was not ranked in the first ten last
year but he. is the possessor of the
best and certainly the most famous
backhand in the country. However.
it is said that he has developed this
department of his game at the expense
of his forehand and his serve is not
one of the crashing. swerving variety
famous. nor is it like Doyle's-the
Kind that shoots along the ground
and is very difficult to handle on .
hard surface.
Johnston to Face Church.
William NJ. Johnston of San Fran
cisco, national singles champion in 1915.
| is to play No. l for the westerners
| and will face Church. Throckmorton, at
| No. for the eastern team, probably will
play Clarence Griffin, Johnston's doubles
| partner. No. s. in the national ranking.
| Doyle probably will oppose Strachan.
and Mclaughlin. the comet whose
| attempt at comeback last year was
nfpped by Church, will cross rackets
with Pell.
The first day of play, March 9. will be
occupied by the singles matches, and
on this will likely hinge the hopes of
the east very likely, for the strong
doubles teams of Johnston and Griffin.
present national doubles champions.
and the former championship team OF
Mclaughlin and Bunday are rather too
| strong for pair picked from the east
who have not played together enough
| to inculcate in their play the essentials
of doubles teamwork.
Doyle and PeN will arrive in Los
Angeles Saturday night which VIII al
| low them five actual days of practice
| before the matches start. However. il
| is probable that on one of the days
there will be no tennis played
Doyle's trip, according to him. will
occupy only twelve days. leaving him
eighteen of his thirty days vacation
| for the clay court and the national, in
| both of which he intends to compete
| this year. This schedule excludes the
| local tournaments entirely. AS a mat
! ter of fact, Connie does not intend to
play in the events held here
| Last year Doyle was Beaten in the
Chevy Chase tournament by Throck-
i morton won the middle states singles
title, and. with Breck. the doubles title.
| He was beaten at Southampton by
Richard Harte. the Harvard star. and
! 1T Forest Hills by Behr. He went to
| the finals in the clay court. meeting de-
| feat at the hands of Willis +. Davis.
He did not play in two of the local
events. the Columbia Country Club in
vitation and the District championship.