Evening star., 1920-06-01
'BR|T0NS T0P[AY
BALTIMORE TEAM
Yencken-Page Meet Charest-
Sweeney in M. A. Title
Doubles Today.
BY w. H. HOTEL.

Maj. Arthur Yencken and C. P.
Page of the British embassy and c.
NJ. Charest and William Sweeney of
baltlmore will meet in the final of
'he sectional doubles championship
OF the middle Atlantic tourney on the
Columbia Country Club courts this
afternoon at o'clock
me British ambassador and Lady
Iedoes watched the Britons as they
, ssoleu Two victories yesterday and
applaudGd the good plays of all the
tended in both matches. but won in
each because they were steadier than
tneir opponents and for the reason
mat the latter was the superior to all
; IN placlng the ball for points in the
trying spots. They defeated AL Min
! nlng and A. Buynitzky in the second
round after four sets. and were sent
me unit or hve to put out Capt. A. J.
Sore and Douglas Hillyer in the semi
nnai after winning the first two.
Cnarest and Sweeney came within
an ace of being beaten by ]. Ballard
moore and Arthur HELEN in the sec
ond round in five-set match that
Tor IT'S closeness and spasmodic, bril-
liant tennis exceeded any PLAYED in
the tourney so far
me Baltimoreans led at two sets
to one. and the fourth stood 5-3
their way when the Chevy Chase team
railied and won out at 7-5 by taking
.s .our stralght games In the fifth set
the Monumental city pair ran into a
81 lead in quick order. Then Moore
and HELEN pulled themselves to-
gether. taking five games in a row
ana leading 6-5 and 30-15 when the
Haltimoreans took a turn at rallying
and captured the three needed games,
allowing the losers only two more
points.
In the semifinals Charest and
Sweeney won in four sets from owen
Howenstein. and Ed Dowd, allowing
only one game in the three they won.
The local pair took the second at
s-6 and played much better tennis
IN the others than the scores would
indicate, many games being deuced
repeatedly.
Rapid progress was made in the
mems singles. in which forty-eight
players were bracketed. There were
will be continued this afternoon. En-
tries in the women's singles will close
tomorrow a noon and play will start
three hours later.
Yesterday's Summaries.
SECTIONAL DOUBLES.
Yeneken defeated A. Minni1 and a. Buynitsky.
william Sweeney defeated Arthur HELEN and
J. Ballard Moore, 1-6, Ga, 6-2, 81. S-6.
Sem1-hnal r0und-Graves and Yencken de-
feated Albert J. Gore and Douglas Hillyer.
e, 8-2. O-6. 3-6, e.: Charest and
Sweeney defeated Owen Howenstein and E.
Dowd, 60, 6-S. 60. 81.
MEMS SINGLES.
Preliminary round-J. Ballard Moore de-
feated Ezra Gould. by default: Harold Selden
defeated r. S. Burwell, 6-2, 6-3: Preston
Mayfeld defeated J. d. Skinner, Go, 6-2
Douglas Hillyer defeated J. b. Robinson, 81.
50; Maj. +. A. Noyes defeated e. B. Eng
lish. 6-3, 9-7: Louis A. Fischer defeated
J. Dowd by default; W. E. Foster defeated
J. A. Magee. by default: Cecil Dowd defeated
H. e. Burton. 3-6. Is, 6-3; l.. W. Bates
defeated L. A. White. 4-6. 6-3. 6-3: Sam
uel Herrick defeated F. A. Schmidt. by default !;
eEi. 81: J: T: Graves, tr. defeated G.
feated Jack Dudley. by default: Spencer Cor
F. Price defeated R. II. Pison, jr., 6-1,
6-1.
First round-T. J. Mangan dfeated F. r.
Sedgley. 6-1. 6-l: P. Frizell defeated E. O.
Leech. by default C. N. Charest defeated T.
G. Benton, 6-1. 6-1: Moore defeated Selden,
Go, 6-2: Noyes defeated Fischer. 60.
6-1; Foster defeated c. Dowd. 6-1, 1-6.
81: Bates defeated Herrick. 6-3. 6-2;
Sweeney defeated Heaton, 6-1. 6-1: Graves
defeate BallinEer. Is, e; Price defeated
Gordon. 6-3. Sc; C. b. Doyle defeated D.
J. velasco. 81. 6-2; Fred Conger defeated
y. P. Gardner. 60. e.: W. n. Davis de-
feated Owen Howenstein, 81. 6-3; A. Min
nix defeated A. J. Gore. by default
GO; Davis defeated Minnix. rs, 6-4.