The Washington herald., 1918-08-28
CONNIE DOYLE DEFEATS KING,
CHAMPION OF WESTCHESTER
William Tilden VIII Be Lo-
cal Players Opponent
IN Tournament Today.


rad B. Doyle. the great eutstroke
player from Washington. was
among the twenty-five players who
survived the day on the turf courts
of the westside Tennis club this
afternoon in the great national
championship singles slawn tennis
tournament. Doyle came through
by defeating George King. cham
pion OF Westchester county. In the
third round. by a score Of s-3, s-3.
6-3.
Doyle. essentially a clay court
player. gets the opportunity to play
on turf only once q year. but with
every day of the tourney there u q
marked improvement in his game,
his shots getting cfisper and his
finishing of points more decisive In
each succeeding match.
King is a speedy hard-hitting young
man. with fine voileying game. but
Doyle always held command today
his playing being very accurate as he
shot the ball through the smallest Of
openings. King attempted to nullify
the vicious cut OF his opponents
strokes by rushing to the net to take
the ball on the full volley. but Doyle
craftily played short into fore court
to draw his opponent in close. and
then lobbed deep to the base line,
catching King far out Of position. The
westchester champion did well to
take three games in each set.
Tomorrow Doyle will face his
hardest test. and il he survives this
match there is no telling how far
out toward the final bracket he will
go. for William T. Tilden 2nd, of
Philadelphia, National Clay Court
champion, will be the Washington
stars opponent Tilden has not
been defeated this season and is
generally picked to win the title.
but Doyle promises to force him to
the limit tomorrow. and IL will be
interesting to watch the struggle
between Nthe spectacular. hard,
smashing Philadelphian and the
master Of the cut stroke from
Washington.
Among the other favorites to ad-
vance this afternoon were Ichiya
Kumagae. the japanese expert;
Walter 7. Hayes. the Chicago wiz
ard; Beals Wright, the famous in
ternationalist. and Walter Merrill
Hall. Middle States champion, all of
whom are in the lower half Of the
draw with Doyle. This list of names
will serve to show the hard path
that faces Doyle, IL he hopes to
reach to the seminal round, where
kumcEae looks like a candidate for
one of the brackets in that round.
Ichiya Kumagae, the great little
player from Japan. showed unmis.
taxable signs today that he is re-
gaining command of his stroke, in
his match against George W. Wight
man, OF Boston, whom he defeated
at 6-S. g.. So. Kumagae went into
fore court frequently to finish on his
points by severe smashing and sharp
volleying and he was hitting closer
to the lines than at any time in the
last two weeks. Tomorrow he will
probably face Beals Wright. the for
mer internationalist. who Is liable to
force the Oriental champion to un-
cover his best game.
Robert LiHd-l7y Murray, the Cali
fornia meteor" went into the third
round by default today. his oppJnert.
Lieut.. H. c. VI. KelIeher, having been
- recalled to duty at the last moment.
Murray. keen for practice. took on
Frederick B. Alexander, the noted
Davis cup stsr. for one closely con-
tested set and then got In some more
work with Nathaniel W. Niles and
Lieut. S. Howard Voshell The Pa
cific Coast star is rounding into form.
but IL remains to be seen whether he
VIII get working at top speed in time
to meet his most formidable ouponents
later in the week
William T. Tilden. End. had another
easy match today. defeating Chan
ming G. Burrows at 81. 6-3, 6-3 The
national clay court champion only
showed his hand occasionally against
Burrows. and then his speed Of foot
and his rare volleying flashed brill
liantly
voshelI will hear watching in this
tournament. He walked straight
through his match with Harold D.
Bretz. Of Boston. today by a score Of
6-s. 50 81. playing the same hard
hitting overhead game that has won
MIN fame and titles on the courts
before this Tomorrow afternoon he
takes on Vincent Richards. the 1G-
year-old national doubles champion.
Richards played sterling tennis In
disposing of Frank T. Anderson. the
Junior Metropolitan champion, by a
score Of 81. 6-3. 5S. his low volley-
Ing from Just inside the service court
lines being too much for his opponent.
Ralph H. Burdick and Walter T.
hayes' the Chicago pair. won their
matches today without difficulty in
straight sets. Burdick defeating A. H.
Chapin. jr.. at 6-3. 81. 81, and
Hayes eliminating E. H. HendIick-
sen at 81. So. So. Burdick faces
Nathaniel W. Niles. of Boston. this
afternoon. and Hayes opposes Walter
Me. rill Hall
The feature match for tomorrow
aftFrnrCn Will Re as follows. La u
m, p. Il PsH vs.. r Lindley Murray;
n W. Niles VS.. Ralph NJ Burdlck: 3
p. IL. Frederick B. Alexander VS.
Har'.'d y Tn "e'.morton; 40 p. m.
William T. Tilden VS.. Conrad B.
Doyle. and 5 p. M. Beals C. Wright
vs.. Lindsey DunhaTn. All to be play
ed on the grand stand enclosure
courts. The national Junior and ma
tional boys championships will start
at 1:30 o'clock with sixteen players In
the former and eight in the latter