The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
Bis TOURNAMENT
FOR HERMITAGE
Mid-Summer Events viii Start
Soon % Club
Courts.
PREPARATIONS FOX
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
win Be Held il September and
Close Contests Are Expeoted.
Golf Picking
Up.

The midsummer handicap tennis
tournament on tho Hermitage courts'
with begin in thu middle OF August
and promfse some exciting contests.
While the games are all between local
players. there ara several who are
evenly matched. and It. n expected
that the scores will be close.
Valuable prizes will be awarded N
each class. There VIII be mems in
ries and doubles ana ladies singles
and doubles. There - said to be- q
sharp rivalry In the mems singies, and
It ID expected that the play VIII be
iferce and every ret hotly contested.
Those players who win compete Tor
high honcrs In the singles are: Donald
Blair. Lewis Blair. bernard Robb and
]. y. Tyler.
All Of these players are going about
the same now. and nobody has ven
tured 70 predict which viii win out
Each Is q fr1t-class player. and - de-
ternined TO capture the singles tro-
ply. Their games will attract mum
bers OF spectators on account Of the
close play that*tS expected.
Tcnnis Courts Busy.
The tennis courts ut the Hermitage
Club have been unusually busy all
summer. More 20. the ofncers, de-
clare, than Ia any previous summer
The courts have been In excellent con-
dition. and every afternoon has found
number OF players out for games.
On good days the average has Nsen
about twenty players, and on some
days there were many more out n
preparation FOR the coming tourna-
ment the courts are In use all the time
now and viii be uutil ths last match
is played -,
net amount 70 much In this tourna-
ment for tho reeson that most Of tne
ladies' arc out of town and Win not
return for some time.
Die Tournament CsusWa.
The August tournament Y hetd In
preparation for the annual cnaMpion-
ship tournament that - held On the
Hermitage courts each pear This -
the bix tennis event of tbs season In
Richmond ana creates intense interest
among the players.
The ladies' especially take . keen in
fere9t IN tho annual tournament ana
competition II close bstwsan them for
ftxh honors a handsome cup n Of
fered TO the winner IT the Ladder
Singles and her name = enxrAved on
the club cup. II she wins three years
manent poxsession.
Some ri the most prominent among
the LADY players and Those Who wiil
take 4 prominent part ~ this ysax's
tournament are Misses rOAte Meredith.
Courtney Crump. LA1A Wi1i1a. Martha
Robinaon and Daisy WtnstCn Conn
petition between these players = Keen
! and an of them are good pfaysra. II Il
believed that ono Of them viii capture
the cup this pear. Most " them are
away 1t this time but will return soon
enough TO get In form Tor the oao
tournament.
Coli has been picking up cf la&a On
the HermitAgs links and ~ the sven-
mrs ret shorter addit10na1 paayesn
come to the links daily. Many - ths
lccal players have been using the linlk1
of the Country Club during tho long
days hut tAAy ass now c0lning "A nSaEcg
| town where they viii be near town with
| the early approach of daxlness.
From this time on thu golfers w1E
use the links It the Country Clut
on saturdays and Sundays and II mild
week they win play In ths Hsrmitags
links