The Washington herald., 1914-06-07
Tennis Racketers TO
Form Another Club
District Of Columbia Associa-
ton viii Be Organized in
Latter Part Of June.
OTHER NET COMMENT
BY EDWARD w. kIBBEY.

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new organization. to be known a.
the District OF Columbia Tennis Asso-
/, citation. will be organised at q meeting
of the oficials Of the various local clubs
\ at the Columbia Country Club the latter
part of June. at which time onicers win
be elected and constitution win be
adopted
In addition to the four big clubs
Chevy Chase, Columbia. Bannockburn.
and Washington Country Club-repre-
sentatives from the teams in the North
west Tennis League will attend the meet
ing. They are Argyle Tennis. Club, Hol-
meade. Cleveland Parks. and other clubs
In the league.
the District OF Columbia Golf Associa-
tion, which was organized last month.
and VIII undoubtedly be big boon to
local tennis circles. A. Y. Leech, jr.,
chairman Of the tennis committee at Co
lumbia. stated that the main object Of
forming this new body is to promote en-
thusiasm among the younger followers Of
the net game and to give every one a
chance to display his ability in comped-
ton with the veteran racketers.
Spencer Gordon. of Chevy Chase, who
lost the District title to Connie B. Doyle
last year. has taken much interest In
lHt dSSOCidllohf anu "dsp III AdSks
the first ones who suggested the idea Of
forming the new body. Gordon said the
players will be handicapped similar to
the present system used by Chevy Chase
and Columbia.
1t is believed that this rating Of play
ers will do a great deal toward creating
interest in the game, as ii will force
those of lower rating to extend them
selves when playing with those OF higher
ton on the handicap list. This rule, Of
course, works both ways. and by the
same token the higher handicap man will
play just as hard to keep from being
defeated
By this new system Of rating the play
ers one defeat will not necessarily change
their ranking, as is done by the rating
committee OF the various local clubs.
yet it might work against them, and
they will probably not want to take any
chances.
Although no definite plans have been
made. many favor the adoption of the
system which is in present use by the
National Lawn Tennis Association in
making up the national handicap list.
This is made up by a ranking committee
appointed by the president, which calls
for the necessary data from the players
themselves, and it classifies them in
groups of ten.
As all Of the tennis Journeys have now
been held with the exception OF Colum-
bia Country Clubs invitation event and
the District championship. these two will
be the only ones that will be benefited,
by the new organization this year. As
this association will be composed OF all
the clubs. which means that all the MEM
bers will be interested in ii and its well
fare. its success appears assured. which
indicates that the coming District cham
pionshfp will eclipse that of any previous
year.
Local racketers will be pleased to learn
that Connie B. Doyle, captain Of the
Columbia tennis team, who was sent to
Guatemala by the Agriculture Depart
ment, will return to Washington this
month. He will arrive in New Orleans
June H. and will reach Washington three
days later.
Although Harold z. Doyle captured first
honors in the Middle-Atlantic tourney
which ended yesterday. he did not play
his usual snappy game. Between his
heavy additional work at his office and
continual practice up to the time Of the
match, he was tired out when the day
of the contest came, and as a result. did
not play as well as was expected.
Every high school graduate in Nebras-
ka receives a letter from the University
of Nebraska congratulating him on his
graduation and urging him to consider