Evening star., 1914-04-26
TENNIS NEWS.

III TENNIS NEWS. HI
AS was stated exclusively in The Star
last Sunday, the Chevy Chase Club has
decided to continue its plan of ranking
the various players in the club. not only
for handicap purposes, but also as one
way of keeping up interest in the net
game during the off season. BY this
plan the players are all divided into
classes. those in the lower classes chal-
longing those in the upper for their po-
sitions Only those i'll class \ arc rated
Individually the Others being merely
groupcd If a player i'll Il lower class
defeats a player in the class Just aheao
of his they exchange positions. Those
In class A. who are rated indlFfduaiis, !,
also change around the same way, ou1
the last man in this class ls the ohis
one subject to challenge from MAJ,
in class B. The committee has declded
to start the players off this year IN the
same positions that they occupied When
the 1919 one closed, and so the present
standing is as follows:
Glass A--spcnccr Gordon. !, Ipsbrr Moorhead' a,
Walter q , nun"r, = ,n,Shrr, Siarx hFo"'' f'"afu '"
Class B-johm Il. Graves. d. Dudley. Morgan.
Z ,,a. Ballad Mcs N,pginius la0''y' =
slass C-cha,n,eey Hackctt. J. n Carlisle
Ralph W. Hills, V. \. cushman, G T. Rock
Class BE. /. MUM, I. l.. Hndekopsr. F.
Ilayat'. H.. Howard ". T. liam. =: rs u. Brook W
T.. Wood. u. Il. Row land j. II. Hopkins 'r''
Lawrence TOWNSEND. =
FraiIcy W. C. Du Bose, Robert Stead. Edward
Morgan. y
saIs :ssn1s 1dssa s r'~n= J. Nfsss's rsas r b
Class H~A. b. Brown. Z. A. Aspinwall; NJ
VI. Parker: jr.: CT. punlop. C'rc'ran le'hi'
class u. NJ Kenyon I. Il. Robinson. H. r
rask"r. W + " Snwcrs .m r-,n. wilcox q =,
Minnigerolc. 4 L. Mc,awley George T. Put
nam James +. Curtis. G. i; Chipman. sprncrF
cosby. \. y r. Garnet. u. H. htft, H. g.
Cofer. Clarke WaggaTan.
The annual meeting Of the Bachelors
Lawn Tennis Club will be held tomorrow
night. at which time new officers VIII De
elected and plans for tho ensuing year
made. The deal for another lease on
the old courts which has been penaiiis
for so long has been closed and the
Bachelors will use the court in Woodley
Park for another season. The courts
are rapidly being gotten in shape and it
is expected that some of them Will De
ready for use in d few days. ...~
The Chevy Chase Clubs tennis team
will meet theLJnirersity of Virginia ten
mis- team in an interciub match at an
early date.
Harold f. Doyle. who with his brother
Connie has won most of the doubles
events in this section of the country for
the last few years, is practicing daily
and expects to enter both the Chevy
Chase and the middle Atlantic champion
ship tournaments. He expects to COM
pete I'm both singles and doubles, but in
the absence of Brother Connie" it is
not known who he will pair up with in
the latter class 1t is possible that
Freddie colston of Baltimore will
and pair with him in the doubles.
The Northwest Tennis League COM
posed OF teams OF the smaller tennis
clubs in the District. will hold a meet
Ing at an early date and reorganize for
the coming season. Last year the
league was composed of the Argyles
OF Saufs Addition, the Inglesides of
Ing1eside Terrace, the Cleveland Parks
OF Cleveland Park and the Holmeads of
18th and Monroe streets. captained by
J. A. Chamberlain. Charles K Finkle.
Richmond f. Bingham and Louis l.
Doyle, respectively. Two other clubs
the Albemar!es of nth and T streets
and the Ontarios of Ontario road. The
last-named club is on the doubtful list,
as it has just lost its courts, and un
with the Inglesides, who finished last
in 1913. and who need Strengthening.
The plan is for the clubs to play
matches alternate Saturday afternoons
between May Is and July 15, each club
play every other club once at home
and once on its opponents courts. Last
year match consisted of three singles
and four doubles, but it is quite likely
that this season only doubles will be
played, as this will allow more play
ers to get into the game. In case no
other clubs are admitted, the league
will run as four-club circuit with
the same clubs as last year. A definite
decision will be reached at the meo.-
ing which will be held within the next
two weeks.
Announcement will be out in a few
days of the Middle Atlantic States cham
pionship tournament, which viii be held
on the Columbia Country Club courts
May 80 and following days. Because of
the absence Of Connie Doyle. there will
be but one challenge round. Miss Eva
their title in the mixed doubles. Connie
holds the title in the singles, while he
and Paul J. Treanor are the doubles
champions. His absence. while deeply
players in the District an excellent chance
to prove their worth. r. F. James of
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. and Harold Z.
Doyle each have two legs on the trophy,
and win for eithe. this year will make
1t become their permanent property. 1t
is not known at this time whether James
will be here for the event or not.
The tennis committee at CHEVY Chase
has announced that the winner of the
Navy cup in this years closed tourna-
ment will have to play through the tour
nament in 1915, and cannot stand out as
cup, donated to the club by former Sec
retary Of the Navy Newberry, has been
in competition seven times. and, in ad-
dition to this years winner. has been
won by Ralph w. Hills, E. P. Gros-
venor, ]. Upshur Moorhead, Lee Nc
Chung. ]. Upshur Moorhead and Spencer
Gordon in the orde.' named. This plan of
making the champion play through the