Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
CHEVY CHASE CLUBS
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Many of the Best Players in
the Country to Take
Part.

| AL 10 in readiness for the annual in
vftation spring tennis tournament Of the
Chevy Chase Club, which starts tomor-
| row afternoon. This years tourney will
! probably be even better than that OF
| last. Although entries do not close until
| tonight, an unusually large list has al
ready been received.
| Many OF the best in the country have
already turned in their blanks and local
followers of the net game will have an
opportunity OF seeing them in action In
the mems singles Gustav F. Touchard,
the title holder, win be called on to de-
fend his title against this years winner.
Touchard is one OF the ranking players
| in the country. being the present national
champion In the doubles, with Raymond
D. Little as his partner. and having
been the metropolitan and national in
door champion. Among the prominent
out-of- town players who will compete are
Wallace Johnson of Philadelphia. for
mer intercollegiate champion and third
ranking player in the country in 1910:
Hugh G. Whitehead Of Norfolk. who
with James HI. Winston. is the present
national clay court champion in the dou-
bles; G. N. Church Of Princeton Uni
versity, the college player, who has been
creating such a furore in recent big tour
naments; Craig Biddle of Philadelphia,
Frank B. Washburn and George A. Cor
don of the West Side Tennis Club, New
York city, and Walter Taylor of Nor
folk.
Other entries received up to last night
follow, but has been stated before,
the tennis committee expects at least
fifty more In the last-minute rush of
today and tomol row morning: Conrad b.
Doyle a former holder of the title; Har-
old E. Doyle, j. Upshur Moorehead, A.
E. P Grosvenor, w. Hackett. Walter d.
NJ Chesley, A. Volk, E. c. Head, A. Y
Leech, Cuthbert B. Brown, John X.
Graves, Albert w Howard. Walter S.
Littlefeld, c. F. Rockwell, Walter Dun
lop, NJ. ~. Parker, jr.. James Muller and
Norris w. Mclean.
The Doyle brothers-Coprad B. and
Harold Evil defend their title in the
mems doubles. The entries in this event
Taylor of Norfolk Va: Craig Biddle of
Philadelphia, and Gustav F. Touchard of
New York: C. r. Reynolds and B. G..
Dunn, and ]. K. Graves and Spencer
Gordon.
Miss Edith Rotch of Boston, one
Of the foremost woman players
in the United States and ma
tional semi-finalist, is the champion
called upon to defend her title against the
winner Of this years event. IN which the
following have already entered: Miss
Helen Eustis. Miss Marjorie Smith, Mrs.
Gardner Bell, Miss Elizabeth Bryan. Mrs.
]. U. Moorehead, Miss Mildred Greble,
Miss katherine Dennison, Miss Airline
Dufour, Miss Rachael Sewall Miss Maud
Sewall, Miss M. Baker and Miss G..
Greeley.
The entries in the women's doubles and
the mixed doubles have not vet been given
out. The first-named event was not on
last years program, while in the latter
Miss Marie Winner and Harold E. Doyle
are the titleholders who will meet the
winners in the challenge round this year
The courts are now in splendid shape,
and as all of them will be used, 1t Is ex-
pected that the tournament will be run
off without a hitch. SO that the finals IN
every event can be decided Saturday,
which will be the gala day of the tour
nament. with the Marine Band on hand
to liven things up.