Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-12
TENNIS TOURNAM EMIT
For the Championship of the District of
Columbia.
Events to BE Celebrated I'm the
Doubles and SinEles-Champion
DavidsOn's Hard Battle.

Final arrangements are being completed
this afternoon for the ninth annual open
lawn tennis tournament for the champion
ship of the District of Columbia, to be held
on the courts of the Bachelors Lawn Ten
mis- Club. located on NJ street between 18th
street and Connecticut avenue The tour
nament is to be conducted under the direc-
ton of the Bachelors Lawn Tennis Club, a
member of the United States Lawn Tennis
Association, and will begin tomorrow after
noon at o'clock.
The events to be contested include sin
gles doubles and a consolation match. For
the singles there is an "all-comers' 4"
prize and a suitable first prize. The run
ner-up'' is to get second prize. The winner
of the singles will be called upon to play
Mr.. John c.. Davidson. the present cham
pion of the District The conditions gov
erning this match prescribes that the
championship trophy must be won three
times to become the absolute property OF
the winner. 1t has already been won twice
by Mr.. Davidson. An entrance fee of Sl.50
is Charged in this match.
In the double, suitable first prizes are Of
fered, the ''runner-up" to receive second
prize. An entrance fee of 81 is charged.
A match for a consolation prize will also
be played, open all beaten in the first
| match played in singles.
The matches will be the best two out of
three sets, finals three out Of FIVE. All
vantage sets. The games will be played
under the rules of the United States Ma
ticnal Lawn Tennis Association and play
| VIII begin promptly every day at 3 pm.
| The tournament will continue through the
remainder Of the week. Entries will close
! this evening, and they should be addressei
to Horace H. Westcott, secretary, Bache-
| lors' Lawn Tennis Club, S,S 18th street
| The committee in charge of the arrange
mentS for the tournament consists of
| Messrs. John c. Davidson, William l.. Nc
| Pberson, j. c. Goodfellow and w. p. Met
| calf.
| Up to a late hour this afternoon the en-
| tries received included ]. c. Goodfellow, T.
| A. DTisco1l, j. c. Davidson. F. Geoghegan
| Clarence Wilson. T. c. Wilson, w p Met
calf. Ralph Hill. II. Spofford and NJ
| thompson. Several entries from among
| the students of Georgetown University,
| however. are expected this afternoon
| Ihose to contest in the doubles will prob
ably be Driscoll and Goodfellow Wilson
| and Wilson, Davidson and Metcalf. and
| Geoghegan and Steel. Toban and McMa-
non are possibilities in both the singles and
| doubles.
Driscoll. who is the champion tennis
| payer OF the Pacific slope, is expected I,
| give Davidson hard tussIe for the cha
pionshlp trophy. The Wilson brothers are
| harvard students, and are conceded to bs
| young men OF exceptional skill with tn,
| racquet All the others entered are mer
VINO hav= earned enviable regulations
| Inc championship trophy is a handsom,
silver bowl. valued at 500. which was pre-
| Sented by the bachelors Club in 1884 Th,
other prizes have not yet been selected bu
| thev are TO he as handsome as can he pro
| cuieu Win the money available A small
| ADMISSION lee Will he charged persons de
| sHihs 10 witness the tournament