Evening star., 1914-04-19
TENNIS NOTES.

| The local tennis season will start to-
| morrow afternoon with the closed
| tournament of the Chevy Chase Club.
| Although this event is a closed one. open
| to members of the club only yet the
| brand of tennis shown and the keenness
of the competition equal those in many
| open events. Several classes have been
dropped from this years program, the
mems singles (hoth scratch and handl-
cap, and the womens singles (scratch),
being the only classes scheduled. There
will be but one challenge round, Spencer
Gordon. last years winner, defending ms
| title of club champion in the scratch
singles Entries will close this evening,
and by the time the drawings are made
it is expected that at least twenty-five
will enter in each class. The following
had entered up to a late hour last night !:
Mems singles, scratch. Walter u. VII
cox. J. Cpshur Moorehead. Edward W.
Dom. jr.. +. Simmons. Chester Harding
i Dudley Morgan. ]. l.. karrick. lr:. j. 5
| Baker. j. NJ. Carlisle and John n.
Graves.
Women's singles. scratch. Miss e.
Hinckley Miss Catherine Britton. MISS
| X. d. knauss. Miss D. Allen. Miss NJ.
Brooke Miss NJ. Ruggles Miss f. Lip
pitt and Miss L. I4aughlin.
Mems singles, handicap-Edward W.
Dom. jr. II. Clushman. F. summons
Chauneey Hackett. NJ. Hopkins. D Dud !
lev Morgan. J. S. Baker. ]. L. karrlck.
jr., ]. NJ Carlisle and +. II. Low
The Bachelors Lawn Tennis Club will
hold it's annual meeting this week. al
which time the annual election OF OIL
GERS will be held and definite decision
as to where the club will play this
year will be made. It is more than
likely that the club will be able TO re
tain its present site at Woodiey fark
The absence Of Connie DOYLE FOR
the spring tennis season has put quite
tlalnper on the enthusiasm of local
followers Of the net game. DOYLE IS
of course Washington's leading rae
auetter and he holds either individual /
ly or jointly. nearly all of the cham
pionshps worth having. He lost the
title in the Chevy Chase event last
wear TO Charley Bull. and was ex
pected to redeem himself in this year, s
event. but his absence will not only
. prevent him from doing this. but Will
cause defaults in the doubles IN the
Chevy Chase event theld jointly with
middle Atlantic championships in sin :
giles and doubles tpaired with Paul j.
Treanor).
Chevy Chase has just sent out invita-
! tions for its seventh annual tennis tour
nament and present indications are that
this popular event will be on par with
/, those of previous years, as several cracks
| of national repute have promised to send
| in their entries. Because of the absence
| of Connie Doyle. who left last Monday
| for Guatemala on business for the De-
partment of Agriculture there will oe
no challenge round in the mems doubles
event. which title is held jointly by him
| and his brother, SO this years winners
will get the Chevy Chase cups by de-
/ fault. In the mems singles Charles Nj.
Bu, of New York will be called upon to
defend his title. which carries with 1t
| the .army cup" while Miss Eva Baker
| will do likewise with respect to the
women's title and the "Grosvenor cup
| Tie "Pan-American cups are very
| likely to be thing OF the past tnls
year. as Miss Baker and Harold =.
| Doyle have won them twice and will
| undoubtedly successfully defend their
| title this year. If enough entries are
| received the tennis committee announces
| that a womans doubles will be added:
| In addition to the trophies mentioned
| above, which must be won three times
before becoming the permanent prop
| erty of the winners. first and second
| prizes will be given. Entries Will close
| at o'clock May with any member
| of the tennis committee. which is COM
! posed of T. w. Dom. tr, chairman.
| and Walter D. Wilcox. ]. Upshur Moor
lread, James II. Hopkins. Carey d. Lang
horne and Fielding Simmons