Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05
First Round of Mems Singles
Completed and Second
Round Nearly SO.
LOCAL STARS WIN OUT,
SCORING EASY VICTORIES
Only Two 0ut-of-Town Entrants.
Drawings Completed for the Mems
Doubles and Women's Singles.

mis- tournament of the Columbia
Country Club was inaugurated
yesterday afternoon under al
most perfect conditions, The
warm weather being about the
only drawback encountered. In
the hard matches the heat played
an important part, the players
coming to the score board drip
ping from their exertions. The
entry list was large, and while
but. two out-of-town players took
part in the matches, the interest
was there and sustained until
darkness drove the players from
the courts.
The gallery was large and en-
braced many women, the bright
-colors of their gowns against the
dark green of the lawns making
a pretty picture.
Games Start Promptly.
Chairman Leech and his assistants
of the tennis committee were early at
the courts and started the games
promptly on time, Ezra Gould, presi-
dent Of the Dumbarton Club, and J. p.
Mayfield being given the honor of
opening the tournament g.
In quick succession other players
went to the courts assigned to them
and by o'clock every court vas &C.
cupied. The courts. with the excep-
ton Of the one in the. extreme south
ton and the players found everything
to their liking. The one court was
somewhat soft. but a little sunshine
today will place it on an equality with
without the sides. has been put up fer
the benefit Of the scorers. and, in fact.
nothing has been overlooked to make
the tournament success in every way.
Visitors Thrown Together.
Through a freak of fate the two
the West Side Club, New York. and
Harold Selden, the champion Of Flor
ida intercollegiate. were paired in
course, one had to drop by the way
side into the consultations. Mr.. Treanor
had been up to the Cumberland tourna-
tured the doubles in clever style. He
will pair up with Gore in the doubles
that start tomorrow. and they Will
make hard couple to beat
o'clock and continue throughout the
day. On the following days play starts
at o'clock in the afternoon.
Splendid progress was made in run
ming off the matches in the mems sin.
giles. all the contests of the first round
being settled. and almost all the
ma tches of the second round.
AS expected. the local stars found
the matches very much to their liking
through Without mishaps in both the
upper and lower halves.
Several couples were thrown TO-
gether whose games are almost on
level. and as result their matches
were hard fought and exciting. The
Chapman-Fox contest was one of the
best and went through three sets be-
fore decision was reached. Another
hard match was that between Morrow
and Shannon, three sets also being
necessary to reach a decision, first one
and then the other assuming. the lead.
Shannon captured the first set In rather
easy fashion, but Morrow got better az
the battle progressed and won the last
two Howard beat Thomas. after a
three-set battle. Thirty-two pairs were
On the boards. and of this number only
ten were returned winners through de-
faults
Among the matches played in the
second round of the singles two de-
veloped into ding dong affairs. and vic
tory was only achieved after strug-
Cling through three sets. Ballinger
BEAT Barr. IL. SIS and 6-3. and
Lewis defeated A. Y. Leech. 60. 81
md Ga. Dusk almost overlook sew
,ral of the pairs in the second round.
lincoln securing a decision over Bar
Der, 60 and 12-10. when it was all
most too dark to see the white ball.
Pairings for Tomorrow's Play.
While the first and second rounds
II the singles were being run of