The Washington times., 1902-09-21
Play for Local Honors Will
Begin Tomorrow.
WINNER WILL PLAY DAVIDSON
Dr.. Glazebrook, Geoghegan, C. R. Wilson
Are in Fine Form-Doyle, of Y. M. C.
A., Is the Dark Horse of the Tourney
List cf Entries and the Drawings.

| The fifteenth annual open lawn tennis
| tournament for the championship Of the
District of Columbia will be held all
next week, beginning tomorrow after
noon, under the direction of the Bache
lors' Lawn Tennis Club, OF this city.
The games will begin each day at 3
o'clock, and will be played on the courts
OF the Bachelors Club, on NJ Street. be-
! tween Seventeenth Street and Connecti-
cut Avenue.
| The courts are the best in this section
of the country, and were never in better
and faster condition than now. and 1t is
expected that high class of tennis will
be seen by the followers of the sport.
All matches will be 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
tional Lawn Tennis Association.
Prizes and Conditions.
The winner of the singles will be called
on to play Mr. ]. C. Davidson, the pres
ent champion Of the District.
To the winner of the gentlemen's
singles will be given an "all-comers"
and a first prize, and second prize to
the runner-up The condition as to the
| "all-comers" is that the championship
trophy must be won three times before
1t becomes the absolute property of the
winner.
Lnr Gr~t yNrt1 uin n
to winners of the gentlemen's doubles,
and second prize to the runner-up.
The consolation prize will be contested
for by all players who were beaten in
the first match in singles
Mr.. Kenyon as Referee.
No charge will be made for admission,
and the club invites the followers of the
sport to witness the contests.
Mr.. J. Miller Kenyon will officiate as
referee, and his selection gives assur-
ance of correct and fair decisions.
The committee in charge of the tour
ney consist OF Messrs. w. P. Metcalf.
John c. Davidson, E. f. whiting, n. T.
Wilson. and A. R. Adams.
The winner of the tourney Will play
Mr.. Davidson. present champion. ana
lot of hard work is cut out for the lead
er of the series. as Mr.. Davidson is in
very fine shape and playing an eXcep-
tionally strong game al present.
There are a number OF clever players
entered in the lists. and one OF the most
promising1a probable dark horse in the
race-is C. B. Doyle, of the Y NJ. c. A.
hi, lo,, Ia
demonstrated his expertness with the
racquet. and will bear watching by the
more seasoned contestants.
List of Entries in Singles.
The entry list. as given out by Mr..
f. E. Whiting. secretary Of the Bache-
lors' Club. includes the names of twen-
ty-two players, who will tomorrow begin
their efforts TO win championship hon
ors.
The entry list for doubles and the
handicaps are also quite large. The
drawings for these will be had tomorrow
afternoon after the preliminaries in the
singles have been played.
The entries in the singles include
Messrs. c. r. Wilson. n. T. Wilson, Dr.
Glazebrook, Balinger, Cake, $. w. Hen
dritk, Geoghegan. Hills, Dinwddie.
Whiting. White. Wood, Kenyon, Doyle.
Dorsey, Johnson, Clarke, Smith, Corbin.
Fuller. ]. T. Hendrick. Howland.
The drawings in the singles for tomor-
rows preliminaries, as announced last
night by Secretary Whiting, are as fol-
lows: Whiting and White: Wood and c.
B. Doyle; Kenyon. bye. and the winner
of c. r. Wilson and Dorsey: Johnson and
Clark; y. r. Wilson and Smith; Glaze
brook and Ballinger; Cake and g. w.
Hendricks; the winner of Corbin and
Fuller. nnd GeoghoCan. bye; Dinwiddie
and Hills; ]. T. Hendricks and Rowland.
Each winner OF pairing will play
the other in the order Of above drawings
en- Tuesday.