Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-08
EONNIE DOYLE, STILL AT TOP,
ENTERING 18TH TENNIS SEASON
Won Title in His Second Year Before
b Nets and Never Since Has Been
y - Beaten by Local Racketer.

Connie Doyle, who won the middle
| Atlantic singles honors and with
( Fred Harris. the vermonter. now To-
Gated in Washington indefinitely. took
I the doubles championship. is Compel
! ing in tournaments for his eight
i zenith season.
I, ut is not hard for me to remember
the year in which 1 played in my first
! championship tourney" said Doyle.
ut was when the seyenteen-year To-
i. Gusts were here last, in 1902"
And, strange to say. Doyle was born
! in 1855, year in which the locusts
also paid a visit.
Doyle did not win his first tourney.
the District championship, but he did
&reach the final. in which he was de-
feated by Frank Geohegan, who lost
to John c.. Davidson in the challenge
! round. However. the next year
Doyle won over Geohegan in the final
round and took the title away from
Davidson. Since that time he never
has been beaten by a local player,
and has scored many victories over
the ranking racketers of the coun-
try, both here and elsewhere.
Paul Treanor, who won the Sd
Army title and who is competing in
the interallied games in Paris this
month, is the only native Washingt ton
player, except his brother. "Ror'
Doyle. who ever gave Connie run
for his money" Treanor came mighty
! close to beating Connie in the middle
Atlantic tourney three years ago. but
Doyle rallied and won out, Just as he
did over Harris on Wednesday. Only
very few local players have ever
won a set from him. and they consider
1t quite an honor to do that well.
: Comics ten-year-old son, Fred, Is
the future tennis hope of the Doyle
IL ,Nla Il a I ora n
: for a boy of his age. but is not as
!, keen about the sport as future great
should be.
Harold Selden, former high school
champion. who, with L. /. Doyle.
reached the semi finals in the middle
Atlantic doubles, is a junior lieutenant
in naval aviation He Is at present
stationed at the field in Anacostia.
tSeIden enlisted as a COB about two
years ago.
F. Conger. former Williams College
star, who played in the singles and
doubles of the middle Atlantic tourna-
'ment, has taken a position with the
shipping board and emergency fleet.
and is playing with that team in the
Departmental League He is a player
! of way above the average ability, and
gave Fred Harris, runner-up for the
singles title. a tough battle in
fourth-round match.
Miss Lyle Hayes, runner-up to Miss
Margaret Noes for the women's mid
Die Atlantic honors. shared in the win
ming of the western mixed doubles
championship in 1915. She is from
Kansas City. Miss Hayes will play in
western Journeys this summer, but in
tends to be here to compete in the
District title events at Dumbarton
Club in September.
Three regular scheduled matches
and a postponement are listed in the
Departmental League this week.
Tuesday Interior and Commerce, tied
for second place, will meet at the
bureau of standards at o'clock, while
Interstate and Smithsonian will clash
on the Municipal courts at 4:45:
Thursday Navy and Treasury will
meet at the bureau of standards at 6
O'Clock in a regularly listed match.
and Justice-Trade and Smithsonian