Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24
THE CROQUET SCORES
Results Recorded in the Annual Tournament
of District Association.
Close Scores Made by the Leaders
Make Hard Work for Guessers
championship HOnOrs.

The annual tournament of the District
of Columbia Croquet Association; so far as
the first ard, in all probability, the sec
ond divisions are concerned, will be thing
of the past after this evening. The games
i'll the first division will surely be cleared
up by tonight's play. while the games in
the second division, with the exception OF
one or two members who came in late will
also probably be played off. The third di-
vision will finish its games next week or
the same courts.
The score today presents some interest
ing changes 1t shows conclusiveiy that
the championship hCnors lie between Wah-
ly and Daryea, and there is every likeli-
hood that the title will rest on the out
come of the game betw cen these two eX-
perts that IS to be played this evening at
o'clock. AS the score now stands, each
has won eight and lost none Duryea has
Williams, the player who defeated Strong,
yet TO play besides Wahly, while Wahiy
Eas for his othe: &C ntestant Bean, player
whom he is rea Scnably sure of defeating.
In this way Wahly has a slight advantage
over Duryea in that he has the weaker
player to meet in his remaining game. The
game between Duryea and Wahly should
attract conside rable interest aside from the
fact that it will, in all probability, deter
mine the championship, as both are in
splendid form and are this year playing the
games of their lives. The contest will un-
doubtedly be a most scientific exhibition OF
the art of how to play modern croquet.
Strong, Bryant, Sisson, Veasey, Avery
and Harris have all finished their games.
Bean has three yet to play, Holden has
one and Williams has two unpayed games
Wahly and Duryea each having two to
complete their record These will all be
played late this afternoon and tonight, and
the outcome will be watched with more in
terest than has yet attended a croauet
n q ANT tn h 10, -
stands, Strong Is not to have even the I'M
divided honor of third place. as he stands
at tie with Bryant, each with seven won
and three lost Strong has not been play
ing up to his best form in this tournament
and his friends look to see him retrieve
himself in the remaining games to be play
ed with Duryea in the Van Wickle badge
series.
Scheduled for Monday.
In the series Duryea and Strong are tied,
each with two games won. The remaining
games of the seven will not be played until
Monday, as the wind blowing today made
long shots almost impossible as it COM
pletely cleared the courts of sand and al
lowed the balls to roll too much at will
The games will be started at go O clock
Monday afternoon.
In the game played yesterday in this
series Strong gained the balls in the mid
die Of the contest by a mastery carom
SlroRe, ana again later by long shot the
entire length of the court winning with
one Of Duryea's balls a rover and the other
for the center wicket The contest in the
tournament series between Strong and Dur
yea resulted in victory Cor tie latter.
Wahly, by defeating Avery and Harris last
night. brought mis- score up 20 eight won
and none lost.
Some interesting games in the second di-
vision were played this morning Yost de-
featins Peck in an extremely we'll played
game and being defeated himself by Cole
man in another interesting contest. This
puts Coleman in the lead for second divi-
sion honors, with Hall a close second and
1ost third. AS the score stands for the
third division, Baker has the lead over all
his opponents, being the only man with a
clean record of no games lost. He has won
seven, with II. Wahly and Stauffer COM
ing next, each with six won and two lost.
The Score.
The score at a late hour this afternoon
stood as follows: