The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-18
TENNIS.
tournaments of District Players and of the
Southern Association.

tournaments of District Players and of the
Southern Association.
The following circular has been issued by
Mr. II. w. Spofford, secretary and treasurer of
the Southern Lawn Tennis Association: "The
fourth annual tournament for the championship
of the South ern Lawn Tennis association will
be held on the grounds of the Baltimore Cricket
Club, on Tuesday, June 3, 1890, and following
days. The entries will be limited to members
of clubs belonging to the association, and will
be 50 for singles and 50 for doubles. There
will be suitable first and second prizes in both
singles and doubles, the winner of the first
prize in singles to play Mr.. A. H. 5. Post for
the championship Of the S. L. I. A., and the
silver pitcher he now holds, which must be won
three successive seasons, Mr.. Post having won
it twice. In addition, the Baltimore Cricket
Club will offer consolation prize, to be played
for by those players beaten in their first match
in singles The tournament will be governed
by the rules of the National Lawn Tennis Asso-
ciat'on Entries must be made to Mr.. H. w.
Spofford, Meridian Club, Washington, D. e.,
and will close on Saturday, May 81, at IL NJ. :"
The event, however, which is now uppermost
in the tennis circles of Washington is the ap-
preaching tournament for District players to
begin on Wednesday next at $3.50 P NJ. The
scene of the contests will be the Bachelors
Club, atSeventeenth and streets. The contests
will be the closest ever held here, as during
the past year new recruits have been added to
the lists, many of whom will make themselves
known during the tournament.
Mr.. Boag, who was the runner up in the finals
last, has returned, and his play during the past
two days shows that his hand has not lost its
cunning Mr.. Woodward and Mr. McCawley
will be the most formidable rivals to be met,
and one or the other is looked upon as the win
ner of the District championship. Woodward
is IN line form now and his game was
our most graceful player, and has the repu-
tation of being one of our most reliable men.
Borden, while not so graceful in action, is a
stubborn antagonist, and closely contests every
point. Davidsons swift service, which he
counts oftener than he loses, and his swift re-
turns to the base line make him a strong COM
petitor in the District race. At present only
four doubles are known-Woodward and Nc
Cawley, Davidson and Borden, Boag and
Byrnes, j. NJ. Borden and Wooten Within the
ensuing two days, however, the double lists
will be largely augmented, as Metcalf, Spoford
Chiffon, Peter, and Tobin have not yet paired
Sheibley will not play in doubles, as he has the
active management of the details, which in it,
self is no small undertaking.
word in passing about Mr. Borden 1t is
not beyond the true state of facts to say that
the present standing of the Bachelors Club and
its well-known position the leading tennis
organization of our city is in a large measure
due to Mr.. Borden's effort to make it such. He
has worked night and day to this end, and to-
day the Bachelors Club and its accoutrements
will compare with any tennis organization
in the country. No pains or expense have
been spared to give the players suitable prac-
tice ground, and this they now have. The only
thing lacking is a suitable cub-room with lock-
ers, where the players can prepare themselves
comfortably for the game in which they all
take such delight.
That the grounds on Wednesday and follow
ing days will be the scene of tennis gathering
never before witnessed in Washington is fore
| graduates the Bachelors Club on their pros
| perty and prowess in the tennis world.