The Washington herald., 1921-09-27
BIG SINGLES MATCH
TODAY MAY SETTLE
NET CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner of Dudley Char
est Joust Expected to
Lead Field at Finish.
By GORDON sHAND.

There Is a strong possibility that
the tennis singles championship Of
the District will be settled on the
Dumbarton Club courts today.
Though the tournament Is still in
its early stages, Jack Dudley and
Clarence Charest. generally rated
as the two strongest players in the
upper bracket and regarded BY
many as the best two in the entire
field, will meet at $3.50 today In the
third round.
Charest advanced to the third
round by winning as he pleased
rom Don Dudley. but Jack Dudley
was forced to the limit to snatch
a 6-l, 2-6, Ga victory from II.
II Burgwin. The Swarthmore boys
usually sharp net game was sadly
off yesterday, and Burgwin's re-
inarkable court-covering ability, to-
gether with absolute steadiness ami
some uncanny recoveries of 'Dud-
ley's volleys. lost the second set
for Jack and had him badly scared
IN the third.
Another favorite-J. r. Baliin-
ger. of the Holmead Club-was
forced to his utmost yesterday. His
opponent was ]. d. Elliott, who
carried him to Sc in the first set
and 6-3 in the second.
Tom Mangan and Pete Knapp
indulged in a base-line duel, but
the Dumbarton mans cannon ball
service and smooth working strokes
gave him a G-3 decision in both
sets.
Other than these the days
matches were drably commonplace.
Today, though the Dudley-Charest
clash is the magnet that will draw
one of the largest galleries of the
tournament, there are two o" three
other third round matches which
should be worth watching.
A. o. White, the Holmead cap
tain, will mix il with his clubmate,
J. r. BalIinger, in. the upper
bracket. In the lower Al Gore will
meet a brother Dumbartonite in
J. L. Purinton. There is intense
rivalry between this latter pair. and
the battle should be hard fought If
nothing else.
q. Play was commenced yesterday
in the mems doubles and women's
singles. Gore and Charest looked
particularly good in their match
with Elliott and Cox. These two
| skrewd court tacticians form =
smooth working combination and
\ will be hard to beat.
Yesterdays results:
Mons Singles.
| First Round-W. s. Holt defeated c. len.
uings. -6. 6-l, 60; Don Dudley defeat.
ed Capt. Shepley by default; Dudley Nor.
gan Defeated Capt. johnson, e-2; 8-3;
Mai. LAMA defeated W. Richardson, Sc
IS-S. g.; Y. r, Miller defeated John Dea-
con by default; ]. Bryn defeated Hinton by
default; c. A. Herter defeated A. L. Field.
I6-1, 6-1
Second round-A. o. white defeated VIII
feated J. d. Elliott, Sc, 6-3: R. 3.
6-2s Jack Dudley defeated H. II. Burg
win.~6-2. A8. Ga; C. Charest defeated
Don Dudley, 81, 60; Tom Mangan de,
feated a. L. Knapp, 6-3, 6-3; Thad Ben
ton defeated Stanley Carr. g.. e.; John
Myers defeated Maj. Lanzs. SO, 6-3; r.
]. Konkel defeated r. r. Miller. 6-2, 6-S
J. L. Purinton defeated J. Bryn. 60. 60.
Mems Doubles.
Preliminary Hound. Dudley and Yen
cken defeated Head and Johnston, 6-1,
l6-1.
First Rourd-Charest and Gore defeated
Elliott and Cox, Go. CO.: Fenton and
Hills defeated Jennings and Robinson,
l6-2, 6-3.
women's Singles.
Preliminary ROund-Mrs Ellis defeated
Miss BeckhRm by default.
First Roun-Mrs. Norment defeated Miss
King, 81, 60.