The Washington times., 1902-05-23
SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Annual Event Will Be Held
on Bachelors Club Courts.
Weeks Play Begins Next Monday
Winner Of Singles Will Meet Ray
mond Little, the Champion.

The annual tournament. for the tennis
Guardianship of the Southern States
will be held On the courts OF the Bach
elors' Tennis Club. near Connecticut
Avenue. on VI Street. the week begin
ming next Monday. This event will. as
usual. bring together all the local
cracks. and many from out of town, the
list showing four entrants from Norfolk
and San Antonio, Texas. and several
from New York and Philadelphia.
The entries close tomorrow night with
Mr. Il. L. Whiting, secretary-treasurer.
The list OF entries is already large. and
many more are expected tomorrow and
by Mondays mail. Play will begin en-
Monday at 3 o'clock. and at the same
hour each day except on Decoration
Day. when the matches in the various
classes begin at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and last all day. Any player rot
present when called for play Iuay be de-
laultcd. In all matches. best two In
three sets will be counted, except in
the finals. which are for best three in
five. all vantage sets.
Little Is Present Champion.
The tourney Is o?en to ali amateurs
in any part Of the country. and the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
rules Will govern. Entrance fees are as
follows alen's singles. $3.50; mems
doubles. $500: mems handicap. 800:
ladies' singles. $2.0o: mixed doubles.
each player. s1.5O.
The winner Of the mems champion
ship singles will be required 10 play
Raymond b. Little. an old Princeton
player and now of New York, the pres
ent holder of the rc-hy.
With the championship honors goes
handsome gold and silver bowl. and
which If won three times. not necessari-
ly in succession becomes the property
of the winner. TIE bowl has bec1 won
twice by Mr.. John C. Davidson. of this
city. and twice by Mr.. J. parmly Paret,
one of the national crack players. From
this player Mr.. Little won last year.
Some CT the Local Players.
Amcng the best Of the Bachelors who
will seek to defend hcmc hoIors are
Mr.. Davidson, DR.. ClazeSrook. Mr.. Ted
dy Wilson. Mr.. Z. r. Wilson. Baron
Frankenste!n, OF the Austrian legation;
Mr.. J. II. Ballenger, Mr.. Z. E. Whiting
and MIR. Ralph Hills. AmoE=; the local
ladies' Tho have shown themselves
clever wiolders of the racquet are Miss
Winner. Miss Hun,. Miss Ffoulke. Mss
Mitchell. Miss steele and Miss Banks,
OF Philadelphia, are among the best of
the visiting players.
Many Of the players in the coming
tourney will enter In the Crtcnsville
Country Club games on June 2, and the
Virginia championship. June 9.
The entries for the local tourney
posted last night are as follows:
Entries to Date.
Mems singles:
W. T. Wilson. C. r. Wilson. DR.. L. W.
Glazebrook. E. E. whiting. j. C. David
son. George F'rankenstein. J. II. Bal
linger. VI. \. Agelasto. A. VI. Agelasto.
jr.. both OF Norfolk. Va; C. a. Cresson
and Semp Russ. both OF San Antonio.
Texas; L. J. Grant. Wylie Grant. both
of New York; Ralph W. Hills. Benjamin
r. Johnson. W b. Wood Franklin Geog- |
hogan and J. Parmly Paret.
Mems Double.
Entries for the mems doubles to date |
give the pairs as follows:
c. P. Wilson and y. T. Wilson.
George Frankenstein and E. E. Whit |
ing.
John c. Davidson and L. W. Glaze
brook
J. II. Ballinger and w. z. White. .
NJ. A. Agelasto a-d a. VI. Agelasto, ~
Semp Russ and c. C. Cresson.
F. Geoghegan and c. C. Clark.
J. Parmly Paret and partner.
Handicap Singles.
Ernest a. Draper. y. T. Wilson. L.
W. Glazebrook. r, VI. Strobridge. II. c.
Sheridan. H T. Dougherty. George