Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-20
B EHIN 1s%a THE ETs
Active Preparations for the Tennis Season
an This City.
What is Going On in the Clubs Where
Those Fond of the Game
Are Found.

Contrary to the dismal prognostica
of the past year or SO, tennis appears to be
on the upward slope and not on the ware,
at least here in Washington. Last Friday
evening the members of the Bachelors
Club got together for its annual meeting
and elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Ormsby McCammon; vice president
John G. Davidson; secretary and treasurer
Horace H. Wescott, and members OF the
board Of governors, John c. Clay, H. B.
Needham and w. L. Mcpherson, and the
officers ex-officio. The courts have had
laborers at work on them all this Week.
and this year all five courts will he In
thorough condition instead Of three, as
formerly. The club house, fences and
other minor details have been looked To-
and on Monday next regular practice will
begin.
So far two tournaments have been pro
vided for by this club, the first OF which
will take place in about two weeks, ana
will be opened to club members only. Be
tween the Goth and 31st of May the Dis
trict tournament, open to all corners IN
Washington. will take place, ana TINS is
expected to develop some cracks, who may
run up against some of the big men later
ON.
This year the annual tournament of the
Southern Lawn Tennis Association Will be
held on the courts Of the Gainesville Ccun-
try Club. few miles out of Baltimore.
From present expectations this contest
usual, and this is especially the case In
regard to the local men. Washington Will
probably be represented by Davidson, clay
and Goodfellow of the Bachelors. and Geo
ghegan and Shields of the Orient Athletic
Club.
The principal interest will center in the
contest over the bowl presented by the
Bachelors. which ]. Gordon Parker OF New
York won at the meet in this city last
summer.
Clay and Goodfellow are constantly i'm
proving their game. Goodfollow has only
one fault. He does not, as a usual thing,
go to the trouble to get himself In the
best of form. Parker will not. how
ever. be the principal antagonist. as sew
eral Princeton College men. resident Bal
timoreans, are likely to enter. as will also
A H. S. Post, Pennington. Piper. the Johns
Hopkins crack, and several other we'll
known men.
Work of Preparation.
Capitol Hill .has been always known as
one Of the homes of tennis ever since the
game became generally played in this city,
and its trio of cracks Frank Geoghegan,
John Shields and Henry P. Blair, are
known not only to the lovers of the game
in this city, but in other places where
they have taken more than one prize.
Geoghegan is the star of the set, and is
considered one of the best players IN
Washington. This year, however, his fell
low members of the Orient Athletic Club
consider that ,he has excellent chances TO
become the champion of the city, and this
opinion Is concurred in by many we'll
known authorities in this city on the game.
Instructor Simr1s Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
makes the announcement that he will have
both the n0and grounds to compete IN
tennis tournaments this year. Work will
begin next week at Association Park and
by the first of May it is expected that the
net will be up the courts lined and the
players at work. AT present no definite
plans have been made as to the holding of
a tournament but this will probably take
place in the early summer. Leupp Is
good all-round player, and is the Christian
Associations rnainstay.
Instructor John Crossley of the c. A. c. Is
getting Columbia field down in fine shape.
and he hasn't forgotten to put some touch
es to the tennis courts. While the wearers
of the winged arrow do not give much time
to tennis. still they have some Of the best
players in the city or their rolls. Charley
Clark is their representative in this line
of sport. and better one it would be hard
to find Clark is veteran at the game,
and, while not the equal Of Geoghegan or
Davidson, he always pushes both of them
close and plays hard, steady game both
at the net and from the back line. He has
the facility for hanging on like crab, and
for that reason Is dangerous antagonist.
Others Of the c: A. G;'s men are Butter
hardly ever seen on the c. A. c. court.
One reason for this is that until the last
year the club mas had no available grounds.
but now that it possesses several fine
courts 1t is expected that several promising
men will be developed
At recent meeting Of the tennis en-
thusiasts of the Young Mems Catholic Club
the following officers for this year were
elected: Charles ]. Began, captain, and A.
j. Schwartz secretary and treasurer The
membership of the tennis club is limited
to twelve members of the club at large
but as there are only few vacancies in
the membership at present it is expected
that these will be filled before the playing
season begins. The court is in tip-top con-
tn do
good playing this year. Rev Mr.. Scott of
Gonzaga College, crack player has been
elected an honorary member
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