The Washington times., 1906-05-20
FEW OUT-OF-TOWN
TENNIS ENTRIES
Bachelors Club DisappOint-
ed in It's List.
FAST WASHINGTON PLAYERS
Doyle, Davidson, and Glszebrook
Promise Clever Work in First Mid
die Atlantic Championship.

Entries for the mems singles IN the
FIRST annual Middle Atlantic States ten
mis- tournament which begins on the
courts Of the Bachelors Tennis Club
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, closed
last night.
Twenty five players have entered. rep
resenting the strongest tennis players in
the District. They are from the Bach
elors. Chevy Chase, the Y. NJ c A. anG
other clubs IN town
Il has been the hope OF the manage
ment OF the tournament that a number
OF players from Philadelphia, Baltimore
and New York would be on hand 70 take
part. but very few out Of town entries
have been received The tournament
date was advanced from the 18th OF May.
the date originally set for it. because
several Northern clubs requested that
the tournament be run OF earlier IN or
der to permit their players who jour
neyed South TO take part also in the
{ Virginia tournaments.
Good Local Men.
Notwithstanding this lack OF out-of-
town entries and the early date II IS
expected that the tournament VIII bring
out some good tennis Conrad Doyle.
John Davidson, DR.. Glazebrook, and
Richard Hooker. OF Springfield. Mass.
are among the fastest players entered,
and as the drawings resulted last night,
two Of them viii play in the upper half
and two IN the lower, Hooker and David
son in the upper and Glazebrook and
Doyle in the lower. This should assure
fast play in the finals
Conrad Doyle, the champion Of the
District. IL Is said. is IN ROOd form for
so early in the season
So far only four entries have been
I'D
IS expected many more VIII be made
tomorrow, as the entries DO not close
until tomorrow al s o'clock Those who
have entered are DAVIDSON and Glaze
brook, Hooker and Hills, Conrad Doyle
and H Doyle, Carlisle and Lincoln
Ladies Are Coy.
The ladies' singles viii not be run of
unless there are at least twenty en-
tries So far only five have signified
their intention OF playing, but as the
entries for this competition do not close
until tomorrow night the contests may
yet be pulled on Those who have en-
tered are Miss Barnes. Miss Weiner,
Miss SpurEin. and the Misses DoOliCrle-
The prizes offered for the tournament
are handsome The challenge cup for
the championship Of the Middle Allan
tic States. which is put up by the Ma
tiOnal Lawn Tennis Association. is a
II Will become the permanent property
OF the player winning IL three times. not
necessarily in succession The first
prize, which goes TO the winner OF the
mems singles. and as this is the first
Middle Atlantic States tournament. il
VIII go necessarily 70 the man who
gets the challenge cup, Is q handsome
silver berry bowl. The second prize,
which goes 10 the runner up is a large
silver salad dish
Handsome Prizes.
In the mems doubles the first prizes
are silver bread trays. the second prizes
are silver berry bowls
The prizes for the ladies' singles IN
case thers are as many as twenty
entries are. Irst prize, a silver card
case, and second prize, 2 silver photo
graph frame. All the prizes sre on ex-
hibition at Berry & whitmore's.
The entries and pairings IN the mems
singles are as follows:
| Preliminary round. Dom Us. Gros-
venOr; F. q Poe VS. Lundy; Charles
I Hooker vs. Rennte. Starr vs. Heylun;
/ Glazebrook vs. Kelly; Gould VS.. Wiley;
Kenyon VS.. Patten.
In the first round Davidson VS.. J. 7.
I Harris; Prince KoudOchefi vs. the win
ner OK the Donu-Grosvenor match. c.
I B. Doyle vs. HIS Elsign Anderson Us.
J Suter.
l The courts Of the Bachelors Tennis
| Club in NJ street. between Seventeenth
street and Con necticUt avenue. are IN
/ excellent condition The play viii begin
I promptly at o'clock each afternoon.
and the players are expected 10 BE on
F! hand promptly else they viii be de-