The Washington herald., 1918-09-03
HOST PLAYERS
ARE FINALISTS
Cedric Major and Arthur
Sweetser, of Dumbarton
Club, Win in District
Tennis Tourney.

It's a case OF heads ! win, tails
you lose" with the home club as a
result Of yesterdays play in the
mems singles event for the District
tennis championship. as the final
round will show two Dumbarton
Club players-Cedric Major and
Arthur Sweetser-facing each othel
today
Major reached the final round by
victories over the Edgar brothers.
disposing OF r. 3. Edgar in the
Fourth ami G. Edgar in the semi
finals. while Sweetser found his way
to the final bracket by beating
era goe and Hancock. in the fourth
and semifinals respectively. Both
ally strong players and a battle
royaI should result when they get
together this afternoon.
Major is favored by the wise ones,
as he is at his best right now as is
attested by his recent work on the
Connecticut State championship when
he reached the finals only to be beaten
by L. z. Mahan for high honors. Both
are out-of-town men with tennis repu-
tations. who are in Washington on
war work.
No upsets in form were registered
yesterday. one OF the closest matches
being that in the third round. when
G. Edgar won from Thad Benton, 81.
Go, 6- Benton took the opening set
which was a deuce one. after trailing
most OF the way, but he lost the Sec
ond. Edgar obtained an early lead in
the third and deciding one, and again
Benton rallied and almost overlook
him. but this time he kept up the
good work long enough to get the de-
cision.
Several matches in the mems
doubles were also gotten out of the
way. Davis and Rowe beating Hixon
and Knapp in the preliminary round
in the closest of this class. The los
ing pair took the opening set, IS,
and had several opportunities of TAX
ing the second which was also a
deuce one, calling for sixteen games.
but they lost out when the Rowe
Davis pair finally took the second
and third sets.
All Of the doubles matches were
hard-fought ones. a majority calling
for three sets. The summary:
SUMMARIES.
CO. IS; Hancock defeated KinGnGn, 81
60; Puinton defeated Fischer. e.. SO. -
Edgar defeated Benton, 81. t-3. -
Fourth rcund-Sweetser defeated Crasoe. 60
81: Hancock defeated Seller, IS, IS; 6
Edgar defeated Purinton. 81. g.; Major de
feated r. B. Edgar, s+, 60
Semifnas-Maior defeated G. Edgar, 60
s-I: sweetser defeated Hancock. 60. 81.
DOUBLES.
Preliminary round-DaVis and Rowe dcfeate,
HiHsOn and Knapp, 81. 81. 6-3
First rUund-Cragoe and Phelps defeated Ben
| ton and Pncs by default; Miller and DolmaI
defeated Butler and Damaru, 6-3. -, 81
| Owens and Dagnsult defeated Masteller am
Geer Ga. +6. 6-3; HoweDStein and Mimi,
defeated Davis and Rowe. 0-s. IS. 50
Second round-Hsrriston and Herrick defeate
CrSsoe and Phelps. 6-3. SIS; Miller and Dol
man defeated Owens and Dagnault. 81. 0-t
6-l; Riley and Baird defeated Edgar and I'd
gar by default; Doyle and Seller defeated Han
cock and White. e-4 80, 6-3
The consolAtions were drawn yesterday an
will start today. follows:
O'Brysn vs. Greene. Geer rs. DsmAru, God
frey vs. winner Of Geer and Damaru, Miller ys
Dolman. PHELPS rs. Graft. Ewing Us. Burke
Dodge vs.. GsseI, Howenstein vs.. Miller, Jane
vs.. DUNN, Baird rs. X. Smith, Flournoy ':
Rowe. Rynberk vs.. Gore winner Of Rynberk an
Gore rs Butler. Sullivan vs.. Harrington.