Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11


The mixed doubles title was con.
coded to Miss Waketord and Paul
Harding. who defeated Elsie Jansen
and Joe Rutley, 6--1. 6-2, in the
semi-flnals and received a default in
the finals from Corinne Frazier and
Bob Elliott OF Baltimore, as Elliott
was forced to leave town before the
lower bracket was completed.
Singles Match Thrilling.
The Cottman.Krucoff match, de
spite the intense heat, was full OF
snap, both girls exhibiting q brand OF
tennis rarely seen among local racket
ers Of the fair sex. Miss Cottman's
forceful chop drives, placed we'll In
the back of the court, and her skill
full court generalship were fine to
witness. She covered court so easily
that she scarcely seemed to be max.
ing an effort, and her remarkable re-
Coveries when Miss krucon drew her
completely off the court with well
timed shots startled the gallery re-
peatedly.
The Washington girl. with less ex.
perience back OF her, put up a coura-
eeous fight to defend her iaurels. She
showed complete mastery over her
forehand drives, which she placed at
difficult angles, croSs-court and down
the line, taking advantage of every
opening that presented itself. But
Miss Cottman was too wary to offer
openings except when forced to do so
by a particularly brilliant shot from
Miss Krucoff's racket.
Miss Cottman opening the match on
her service, drew first blood when she
captured the Initial game. Miss Kru-
coff retaliated by taking her own serv-
Ice. Through the seventh game each
girl repeated her first performance.
winning on service. In the eighth.
with the game score standing 4---8 in
Miss Cottman's favor, she succeeded in
breaking through the local stars serv-
ice for a SIS lead, following this by
winning the next game and the set.
District Girl Falters.
4 The second set opened with Miss
Krucoff serving. This gave her a
slight advantage, which she made the
best of through the fifth game, lead
ing at 2--1 and 3--2. But Miss Cott-
man evened affairs at this point and
again broke through for a lead on the
seventh. Miss Krlieoff's strokes lost
some of their sting in the eighth and
ninth games, which Miss Cottman
captured, to give her the match and
title.
Washington was spared the loss OF
a third title to Baltimore racketers.
who claimed both the mems and woIn-l
ems singles this season, by the de-
seisive victory registered by MfHrywiH
Wakeford and Luise Kelley over the
Cottman. Beebe team in the Anal dou-
bles encounter, which followed the
play for the singles championship.
The D. c. team won the first set at
6-2, proving steadier in the long raj
lies which featured the play. In the
second set the Baltimore pair tight
ened, and by virtue of Miss Beebe's
clever backcourt placements and Miss
Cottman's occasional sn1ashes, evened
the score at A..
It seemed that the visitors were on
the point of turning defeat into vic
tory at this point, but Miss Wakeford
succeeded in scoring on her own
service in the ninth game, giving her
team the edge once more.
Miss Cottman. obviously tired after
her singles match, was unable to
place her first service in the court,
and the local pair breezed through the
tenth to win the match, GO, Ga.