Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-23

Apathy In Tennis Circles Over the Gamss
This Week.

| This Week.
| As announced in TIE STAR on Saturday play
| in the open tennis tournament, under the aus
| pices of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association,
will begin tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock on
| the grounds Of the Bachelor Club, 18th and P
streets. Owing to various causes it is apparent
that there is not the same degree of interest in
this tournament as has been the case in former
years. As far as any one here knows today
there will be no entries from other cities, al
though the time fixed for the close Of the en-
tries does not expire until IL o'clock tonight.
1t is, Of course, possible that some of the
players from other cities who il was supposed
would enter will do so before the time runs
out. However, no one connected with the as
ISOLATION under whose auspices the tournament
is to be given has any knowledge of what is the
intention of any player from abroad The off,
GERS of the association and the executive com
mittee have made no effort TO interest any one
The secretary, s. B. Sheibley, however, has sent
out the usual notices and in some instances has
written personal letters, but with this exception
no effort has been made by any one to
arouse interest in what ought to
be the most important event in the
tennis season in this city. 1t is, of course pos
sible that good delegation of players from
other cities may be here in time to play to-
morrow, but if they are it will not be because Of
the personal effort Of the tennis players of this
city.
There are several reasons assigned for this
evident lack of interest on the part of tennis
players here. 1t is said that the season has
been SO late that the players have had but few
opportunities for practice. 1t is also urged
that the Bachelors Club were at sea in regard to
courts, as their grounds had been sold during
the past winter and the space was needed for
made for the use Of aportion Of the old grounds
at the corner Of 18th and P streets, and here the
tournament will be held.
The fact of it is that there has been lack of
push and enterprise displayed in the manage
ment. This istless way Of running tennis
tournament can have only one ending which
will be somewhere in the ground.
The most successful tournament ever held
here was the outcome of the personal work of
Mr.. Thomas P. Borden. He is not member Of
the executive committee and holds no official
position in the association. 1t happens that
this year he has gone to Europe, and it seems
that there is no one to do what he did 10 well
last year. The secretary, Mr.. Sheibley, who
has always been an efficient worker such &C.
customs, has this year been laid up with sick
ness. With these two men out Of the way,
although neither Of them were members of the
executive committee, there was no one to do
anything and the consequence is that whatever
arrangements have been made have sort of
made themselves.
If this tournament ia failure it can Justly. in
large part, De attrlDuted 70 inc negligence ana
lack of interest on the part of the association.
The officers Of the association are as follows
John c. Davidson, president; A. H. L. Post,
Baltimore; s. B. Sheibley, Washington; execu-
tive committee, Eugene Greenway, BALTIMORE
r. B. Brown, Washington j. E. Smith, Will
mingtOn Del; Chas. L. McCawley, Washington.
Up to noon today the only entries received by
the secretary were as follows: Singles-R. B.
Goodfelow and Marven Thompson Of this city,
A. NJ. Agelasto and NJ. A. Agelasto of Baltimore.
DOubles-Goodfellow and Thompson of this
CITY.