Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

| opponents had enjoyed
| In the play at Southampton and in
| the national singles Doyle won four
| of six matches played against OPP
| moments of high caliber. At South
ampton he defeated Theodore Pel
ranked at No. 10 last season. falling
before Willis Davis, who was beaten
! in the final by Charles B. Garland.
Notable Victories.
In the nationals. Doyle scored three
notable victories before losing to X
Lindley Murray. the 1918 titleholder.
His victories came over 5. Howard
Voshell. No. in the 1918 list: Cecil
Donaldson and Frank T. Anderson,
two of the leading junior players of
the country. Voshell had been figured
by many experts as the dark horse
in the national singles.
Donaldson and Anderson. whom
Doyle beat in straight sets, surely
will rank the first five junior players
of the country this year, and prob
ably will be two and three on the
list respectively. An example of their
strength is shown in the fact that
it took Vincent Richards five sets to
defeat Donaldson and four hard ones
to put out Anderson while the
Yonkers youth was on his way to
retaining the national junior singles
title.
Probable Ranking.
Both of the men who defeated
Doyle surely will be among the first
ten 1t is an assured fact that Cham
pion William NJ; Johnston Of San
Franeisco will id be Nc No pn, and %s,t that
the runner-up for the title, will be
next in line. Murray. who con-
quered Doyle in the nationals, likely
will be placed at No. 3; Davis. who
beat Doyle at Southampton, Will be
further down the line, probably sew sew,
be No. 4. Charles B. Garland No. 5,
Ichiya Kumagae, the japanese star,
No. s; Wallace Johnson No. 8. with
Doyle and Watson Washburn round
ing out the list. This. of course,
is taking it for granted that the
Australians. Gerald Patterson and
Norman Brookes, will not be ranked.
johnson Is Lucky.
Despite the fact that Johnson
reached the semi-finals in the ma
tional singles and won a set from
Johnston before being put out in that
stage, he is certain not to be among
the first five. johnson got all the
breaks of the draw. the only players
and Walter Merrill Hall, veterans
who in turn sent Charles B. Garland
courts.
Jack Dudley, former junior cham
pion of the District. playing for
Swarthmore. made. a fine showing in
the intercollegiate championship sin
giles in the tourney decided during the
past week at Haverford, Pa. Dudley
reached the semi -finals. where he
was put out by Kirk Reid of Cornell.
who in turn sent Charles B. Garland
won the title In the semi finals Dud-
ley made Reid travel the full three
sets. the Washington man taking the
first one.
Playing at his best. Dudley is an
exceptional player but mis- game has
liant or poor in streaks. His service
is a good illustration Of this. II the
first ball gets over or stays In 1t is
a wonder: but the second, II 1t does
not complete a double fault. is soft
for his opponent Dudley should
take whole season and practice
nothing but control.
When S. NJ stellwagen won the
District tennis singles championship
Dumbarton Club courts he was the
fifth player to get his name inscribed
on the Evening Star cup. which must
be won three times for possession.
Ballard Moore of Chevy Chase Club
won in 1915. the first year the trophy
was in competition. Capt. p. v. Van
Vliet, jr., was the winner in 1915; Louis
/. Doyle in 1917. and Cedric Major car
ried Off the honors last year. Van
Vliet went into the Army as a lieu
tenant directly after winning the
title. He saw service overseas, be-
ing badly gassed. and now is sta
toned in New York. Major, who was
here in war work. belongs in Gotham.
There are some who still favor the
plan Of allowing only one ball in serv-
ing in tennis. which was first advocated
by the late Anthony Wilding as a
means of speeding up the game. At
the time the suggestion was made
Maurice Mclaughlin answered the
Australian by saying: ITO hold a
server to one chance would reduce
by half his speed and his placement
work" Such a restriction surely
would make a player 80 careful as to
greatly slow up his game.
More than s55.o0O was taken in at
the gate at the West Side Tennis Club.
Forest Hills. Long Island. during the
national matches. This exceeds by
about $4,000 the recent set in the
LAWS cup contests III 1Slf. IN winch
the Australians carried off the honors.
In winning the national singles
title. William M. Johnston of San
Francisco played twenty-six sets. He
lost only five of them. one to G. A. l..
Dionne. two to Gerald Patterson. the
Australian: one to r. Lindley MUIR
ray. the 1918 titleholder. and one to
Wallace F. Johnson in the semi
finals. He won 148 games to go and
took seven matches. William r. TIL
den of Philadelphia. the runner-up,
played twenty-five sets and won one
by default He lost seven sets and
won six matches, scoring lis points
to his rivals 50.
The victory Of the American
racketers over the Australians in the
national singles and in the team
matches shows what would have hap
pened if the United States had en-
tered a combination in the Davis cup
competition this year. Gerald Pat