Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-01
ON THE TENNIS COURTS.
Some Excellent Playing in the Local
Tournament.

Tennis players have had occasion to discuss
the weather good deal lately. Not only has
the playing been stopped but the frequent
rains have made havoc with the courts. Nearly
all the courts are what are known as dirt
courts, that is clay well rolled and topped with
light covering of sand The driving rains of
late have filed the smooth surface of the courts
with gullies and gulches. and the floods sweep
ing across them have deposited beds OF mud
and made other changes and alterations which
are unknown to the rules laid down for the care
and maintenance of tennis courts. When this
happened the first time, there was not much
complaint and the damage was repaired The
second attack of the elements upon the tennis
grounds, as 1t involved the integrity of the sur
plus always maintained by tennis club, was
the occasion of an indignation meeting. But
when the third followed and then the fourth
and nearly every day another rain storm, grim
despair seized the tennis players. They are
now resigned to fate, whatever it may be- and
If there is going to be another food they still
have enough interest in the game to hope that
there will be space enough in the modern
Noah's ark for tennis court.
THE LOCAL TOURNAMENT.
1t is hardly necessary to state that the rains
have interfered with the series of games ar
ranged between several of the tennis clubs
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to date have been played. According to the
schedule, eleven games were to be played from
the 10th OF May up to the LIST of June. OF this
number eight have been played. The scores
are as follows: Bachelors beat the Racquet g.
3; 6, 3. Capitol beat the Bachelors 4. 6: G. A;
6, 2; Capitol beat the Racquet 6, 5; 6. /. West
End beat the Tanglewood &, 4; 6, 4. West End
beat the Columbia 6, 2; 6, 0. Tanglewood beat
the Columbia G, /; 6. O. Racquet beat the
Ianglewood 6, 2; 6, 4. West End beat the
Capital l, 6; 6, /; g.; 4.
So far the West End club heads the list, hay
ing won three games and lost none. The Cap
ltal won two, lost one. The Bachelors won
one, lost one. The Racquet and Tanglewood
have both lost two and won one. The Column
bia have lost one and won none.
THE PLAYING.
Az the games are played both on the home
grounds and on the grounds of the other clubs,
the playing suffers somewhat on account of the
players being unfamiliar with the grounds. but
as this disadvantage Is common to all clubs it
IS a case where honors may be said to be easy.
The series of games thus far have resulted in
benefit to all the players, and has been marked
by great deal of good playing
One Of the best played games was that on
Tuesday last. Messers. Cram and McBorden
representing the Capital club, met Messrs.
Woodward and Davidson of the Bachelor club
1t required three sets to decide the contest the
Capital club. The next day the same represent
tation of the Capital club played Messrs Boag
and Byrnes, of the West End club. and were
neatly taken in by the latter the score being
6, l; l. 6; 4, 6.
The games in this series will be continued
until the 22d of June, and the club winning the
greatest number of games will be champions of
the league.
THE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT.
The arrangements for the tournament of the
Southern lawn tennis association are COM
pieted. Play will begin at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning on the grounds of the Bachelor club
at the northwest corner of 18th and Z streets
Ample accommodation will be provided for
spectators, and the executive committee of the
association will see that everything is done to
provide for their comfort. The entries will
close on Monday. and it is thought that the
tournament will be one of the most interesting
ever held. Mr.. Edwardes. of the English lega-
ton. who has splendid tennis grounds on Con-
necticut avenue just south of Dupont circle.
has informed the committee that they can
make use of his courts if the occasion should
arise. They are the finest courts in the city,
and in the event that the rain renders the other
courts unfit for use, the Connecticut avenue
courts. which are harder and in better condi-
ton, can be used