Evening star., 1911-05-28
Tennis TOMORROW.
Ready for Events in Chevy
Chase Tournament.
NEW COURTS ARE ADDED
Entries Closed and List Shows Classy
Aggregation Of Racquet
Wielders.

An 10 in readiness for the fourth annual
invitation tennis tournament. which will
start tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
at the Chevy Chase Club. and con-
tinue throughout the week. The courts
are in excellent condition, several new
cnes having been added. With thirteen
courts. good progress Is expected. and 1t
ID just possible that the tournament Will
not last the full week.
Tho entries closed last night and an
unusually classy bunch has been received.
several out-of-town stars OF the first
water being entered. Gustav F. Touch
ard, the metropolitan champion who
won the Bronx championship in New
York city Friday afternoon. heads the
list. Others are Wallace F. Johnson.
intercollegiate champion; l.. E. Mehan,
former holder Of that title; Theodore
Roosevelt Pell, who ranks among the
first ten players In the country; Richard
II. Palmer, the New Jersey state cham
pion, who Is also one OF the country
best; W. II. Connell, one Of New York 8
cracks: and r. I; James Of the Belmont
ly won the Middle Atlantic States cham
pionship. In addition, all OF the local
cracks are scheduled to be on hand.
Tho complete list Is as follows:
by Gen. John A. Johnston, COMMISSIONS
Of the District; present holder. Gustav F.
Touchard Of New York;: 7. r. Pell,
Carleton r. Gardner, Richard Palmer,
Lyle 3. Mehan, William H: Connell. c.
B. Doyle, Harold E. Doyle, Lee McClung.
Waddy B. Wood, Walter Wilcox. E. w.
Donn. jr.. n. 3. Cotton. J. U. Moorehead.
Donald Cassells, John Britton, n. w. Nc
Lean. r. L James. Everett Townsend.
z: z; W1lliams. A. ;. Gore; W. B. lard
Leech. p. II. s. Cake. Delos H. Smith.
b. A. Morgan, D. D. Morgan, s. e. Fish
er. Prince Koudacheff. r. Lewis. NJ. A.
Cotton. Spencer Gordon, e. 8. jackson,
Parks. F. B. Poe and F. Sampson.
Mems doubles flor the Halliday cups,
offered by Mrs. Edward c. Halliday; pres
ent holders, Wallace Johnson of Pennsyl-
vania and L. E Mahan Of New York;
John Britton and N. w. Mclean. H. NJ
Moore and q. Townsend. Lee McClune
and j. U. Moorehead. A. ]. Leech and
partner. N. A. and H. e. Cotton, E. A.
and d. D. Morgan. Conrad B. and Harold
2. Doyle. E. w. Donn. jr.. and partner,
ard and partner (probably T. r. PelD. L.
A. Fisher and A. j. Gore. q. P. Parks
and partner. and C. Brown and w. Will
COX.
Switzerland, Miss Marie Winner and Mrs.
Gunner. Miss Roach and partner, and
Miss Lawson and partner.
Mixed doubles (for Pan-American cups,
offered by John Barrett; present holders.
Gustav F. Touchard and Miss Hildegarde
Turtle of New York: h. w. Dom, jr.. and
partner, Miss Roach and partner and Mr..
johnson and partner.
Women's singles: present title holder
Miss Marie Wimer-Misses Hinckley, Lay
Marjorie Smith, Harriet Switzerland
Edith Roach. r. Scannen and M. Scan
nell.
Entries will be open in some OF the
events. and 1t Is expected that all of the
different classes will be well filled before
they close. Entries for the doubles and
the women's singles are still being re-
ceived.
Every court was in use yesterday after.
noon, as most OF the local racquet WELD.
ers were getting in their final workouts
before the tourney The Doyle brothers
and Lee McClung and j. Upshur Moore
head, who are paired in the doubles in
the tournament, played five fast sets, and
long before the match was over the court
was lined with interested spectators. The
brothers. who have two legs on tn ehand.
some trophy and who are picked by many
to win 1t. were at their best, winnine
four out OF the five sets, 6-3. 6I3, 4-6
6-2 and 6-L 1t was an EXCEPTIONAL,
clever match. and the gallery was kept
in constant applause.