Evening star., 1914-05-05
TENNIS NEWS.

The local tennis season will open this
week with the annual invitation event OF
| the Chevy Chase Club, which starts Fri
day, Immediately following the horse
! show. 1t seems to be the custom of the
| Chevy Chase tennis committee to make
each succeeding tournament a little bet
ter than its predecessor, and this year
will be no exception to the rule, as the
! 1914 event will show more out-of- town
| stars in action than ever before in a local
| tourney. Although the entries will not
close until Thursday night. and most OF
! the local players do not send their names
| in until the last moment. already over
| NJ. Bull jr., of New York. who will be
here to defend his title in the mems sim
| giles. the following entries had been re-
ceived last night: Mems singles-C M.
Chareft of Montreal Fred C. Inman OF
| New York; Edward s. Torrey of New
York. A. S. Haskins of Philadelphia, A.
Kennedy of Philadelphia, Theodore
Roosevelt Pell of New York. Basil Wag-
ner of Baltimore Fred c. Colston of Bal
! timore: j. A. Bull of Philadelphia. F.
charlottesville. Va: H. Kelleher of Seat
tie. Wash. and J. Upshur Moorhead,
Spencer Gordon, J. Ballard Moore. Wal
ter D. Wilcox. D. Dudley Morgan. Ed
n,
Fielding, Simmons, J. H. Hopkins. Jr;
George Lewis. Chester X Harding, jr. !;
R. S. Chew, T. J. D. Fuller. j. L. Kar-
rick. jr.: F. B. Poe. w. H. y Hackett,
Chauncey Hackett and Ezra Gould, all
of Washington In addition to the above,
wallace Johnson may possibly be here
as word has been received to the effect
that he is trying to make ARRANGEMENTS
toward this end. No entries have Yet been
received in the mixed doubles. while but
hve teams have entered the mems dou-
bles. They are John K Graves and
Spencer Gordon. Eppa Rixey OF Char
lottesville and II. Kelleher of Seattle
Edward W. Dom. jr., and Fielding Sim,
mons J. Ballard Moore and d. Dudley
Morgan and Theodore Roosevelt Pell and
Charles M Bull. Jr.. of New York Miss
GLADYS .Hinckley, Miss D. Thacher and
MISS n. Thacher have entered the wom-
and Kate DuBose. d. Thacher and H
Thacher and Mildred Greble and Mil
ofed Stiiman are the only pairs who
nave sent in their names for the doubles
Entries close Thursday night
The Northwest Tennis League com
posed Of the smaller clubs of the CITY.
expects to pick a team from the various
clubs in the league and challenge the
Columbia Country Club team for match
and possibly Chevy Chase.
Chevy Chase won an interesting team
match from the University of Virginia
in the early part of the past week. win
ming three out of four of the singles, and
winning one and tying one in the doubles
An odd feature of the match was that
the only local loss is charged against
Spencer Gordon. the best player in the
club, Eppa Rixey. the pitcher on the
Philadelphia National League base ba Ii
team, doing the trick. 4-6. Go and 6-:s
All of the matches were close at least
one deuce set figuring in every match.
Moorhead met "tarter' in II. kelleher
three srueling sets being necessary be-
fore a decision could be reached. the
second calling for twenty-five games In
the doubles. Wilcox and Moorhead had
very little trouble in disposing of Mat
thews and Pott in their match. but it
was case of Greek meet Greek" when
Gordon and Graves and Rixey and kelle-
her got together. darkness finally ending
the match with each side having a IS
set to its credit The summaries follow
Singles Chevy Chase 3. Virginia II: Eppa
Rixey Virginia defeated Spencer Gordon,
Chevy Chase 4-6 g. and 6-3: j. Up
shur Ioorhead Chevy Chase. defeated II.
Kelleher Virginia. t-4 1O-12 and 6-3:
| Walter D. Wilcox. Chevy Chase. defeated
Matthews, Virginia. 6-l. 81. and SIS:
J. Ballard Moore. CHEVY, Chase, defeated
! Pott Virginia. - and 6-l Doubles
, tChevv Chase /. | match ted: Wilcox
and Moorhead Chevy Chase, defeated
| Matthews and Pott. Virginia. e. and
G; Gordon and Graves. Chevy Chase,
tied with Rixey and kelleher, Virginia.
| 10 and 81.
| Columbia is getting things in shape for
the middle Atlantic championship tourna-
ment, which it will hold on Decoration
day. The courts are now in excellent
condition and the players are making
good use of them. nearly all OF them
being in use every afternoon. The tennis
committee is encouraging as many to
| come out for practice as it can get. as 1t
| is anxious for the club to be well rep
resented in the various tournaments. It's
| team has been ..shot to pieces on ac-
count of Connie Doyle's absence and
Its only hope for a successful season is
to develop som. of those now on its
| roster.
| The tennis committee at CHEVY Chase
has reappointed J. Upshur Moorhead as
captain of the club team.
The doubles. title in the Chevy Chase
tournament will undoubtedly go to New
| York this year. as Bull and Pell are
sure to win it, and as the Doyles who
are the ttle-holders. VIII have to default
| because of "CoNnies absence, no chal-
Ienge round will be necessary. Last year
Bull, who is one of the best doubles
| players in the country, and who. with
| Martin. is former national champion
| in this class, paired up with Fred In
| man. but for some unacconntable reason
they did not work we'll together although
they had little or no trouble in winning
the event, losing to the Doyles in the
challenge round. Bull and Pell would
undoubtedly give the local cracks a good
! run for their money. and it is generally
regretted that the famous brothers will
be forced to default.
Plans are now being made for a team
match between the Dumbarton Club of
Georgetown and the Mount Washington
Athletic Club of Baltimore. and these
teams will probably get together within
the next three weeks Albert w. Howard,
captain of the Bachelors. is also captain