Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Chevy Chase Tourney
Main Tennis Event

| The last twelve months have seen more
| tennis than did those of the year previous.
which was considered exceptional The
Columbia Country Club, which has here
tofore confined it's efforts to the 'sticks.
has had twelve fine courts built and held
| two big tournaments in 1912-a closed one,
| open only to members, and an open one
which proved to be one of the best of
| the year. In addition to this two other
golf clubs-the Washington Country Club
and the Bannockburn Golf Club-have
had courts built and have held small
club affairs on them.
| AS has been the case for me past few
years, Chevy Chase furnished the main
event of the year in its annual invitation
| tournament of May % and following days.
| Local players Jared unusually We'll Con-
| rad B. Doyle delighting his many fol-
| lowers by winning the singles event. de-
feating Gustav +. Touchard. the New
| York star. This was one of the best OF
| the Chevy Chase tournaments, which is
| saying a great deal.
Closely following the Chevy Chase
| tournament came that for the middle At
| lantic states championship. which was
| decided on the courts of the Bachelors
| Tennis Club at Woodley Park. While in
| quality this did not come up to the stand
| ard set by the opening tourney, its entry
| list was almost as large, and the COM
| petition was just as keen and brought
| out fully as many good matches. John
| Britton won the singles event. defeating
his doubles partner Norris w. Mclean,
| in the final round, So, 81 and 6-3. r.
! l.. James came on from New York for
| the challenge round and after five hard
! sets managed to retain his title. The
| Doyle brothers had little trouble in re-
| tanning their titles in the doubles. j.
| Upshur Moorehead and Edward p.
| Grosvenor of Chevy Chase being beaten
! in the challenge round three out of four
sets.
| Louis I. Doyle was the only one OF the
DOYLE family to lose his title this year.
Spencer Gordon winning from him in the
| challenge round of the annual District
| championship tournament played on the
| Bachelor courts beginning September -.
| October l.; the first annual tournament
| of the Columbia Country Club was held,
| three events being decided. \ record en-
! try list was received and this was voted
as one of the most popular of tourna-
ments
Two big closed Journeys were held. one
by Chevy Chase and the other by Column
! ba J. Upshur Moorehead won the club
championship at the first-named club.
defeating w. d. Wilcox in the final and
Lee McClung in the challenge round.
Norris w. Mclean. by taking r.. c. Leech
into camp in the final round. won the title
at Columbia, A. y. Leech taking the con-
sofa tons and Connie Doyle and George
A. Mills coming out ahead in the doubles.
! In addition to the tournaments men
| tone. above. 1917 was full of intercity
and interclub matches. all of which
seemed to take we'll. The intercity
| league. composed of teams from Norfolk,
| Richmond Baltimore and Washington,
| furnished some exceptional tennis. as
these were practically "all star teams
| from the cities mentioned. Washington
| finished well up near the top in the stand
| ing of the teams. The interclub matches
were planned early in the season. and an
attractive schedule agreed upon. but for
some unknown reason a great many OF
| the matches We're called off. 1t is expect
| cd that the interclub league will be going
/ at it's best i'm 1913 without a hitch of any
kind interfering.