Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01
TENNIS NEWS AND NOTES.
By Ripley.

In its No. court the Chevy Chase
Club now has one of the best In this
part of the country for tournament
purposes. The court itself is perfect
and men have just completed the job
of practically inclosing it with avn
ings, as large roomy ones have been
built along both sides for the full
length Of the court.
The woman layers of the Dumbarton
Club are now getting busy and are
ter players of the club to come out and
try for the womens tennis team just
being organized. AS soon as the team
is selected matches with the woman
players of the other local clubs will
be arranged.
Two courts have been completed at
the new Bannockburn Club near Cabin
John Bridge and two more are being
built Tennis is proving very popular
and it is quite likely that couple more
courts will be made before next season
rolls around.
The regular Saturday afternoon
miniature tournament OF the Columbia
Country Club was held yesterday after
a two-week lapse caused by the team
match between Columbia and Dunbar
ton which conficted with 1t last Sat-
uTORy ana DdO weather WHICH II1dQG a
postponement necessary the preceding
one. These events are proving to be
exceptionally popular and every week
finds about forty-fve or fifty entrants.
The events undoubtedly will do the
game a great deal of good, as it is
bringing the various players in closer
touch with one another. to say moth
getting.
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been played between Dumbarton and
the Country Club of Virginia at Rich
mond yesterday afternoon was post
poned at the last minute and will be
played this coming Saturday instead.
Officials Of the Georgetown organiza-
ton also are in communication with
the Norfolk Country Club and a match
probably will be arranged with this
organization to be played in the near
future.
Arthur HELEN. secretary. Of the
Bachelors Lawn Tennis Club and one
Of its best players, has joined the
Chevy Chase Club and will play on the
better player than one or two of the
players now placed In class A in the
club ranking, and undoubtedly will
crowd one Of them out as soon as he
gets an opportunity to play them.
lumbia and Chevy Chase, the Benedicts
Of the Suburban League have installed
a practice wall on their courts at
Georgia avenue and Webster street
and it is in constant use. These walls
are a great aid in developing players
stroke. and after a club once has one
built it begins wondering how it ever
got along without it..
"Connie" Doyle. washington's pre-
mfer racqueter. has been made an
honorary member Of the Dumbarton
Club. This gives him practically all of
the privileges of the club and makes
him eligible to play on the clubs
team.
Three matches are scheduled in the
Suburban League for next Saturday
afternoon. The Benedicts will enter
tain the Euc1ids on their courts, Pet
worth and Woodley Park will meet at
Petworth and Holmead and Princeton
Heights will fight it out on the
formers courts.
Maj. Boyd Taylor CHALLENGED C. NJ.
Notezel for his place on the Dunbar
ton tennis team last week. but lost out
in a hard three-set match. The club
recently selected it's teams. both in
are subject to challenge and must ac-
cept and play at least one of these
challenges a week for their place on
the team. In this way the players are
compelled to either Keep in condition
or surrender their places, the result
being that they always are at the top
of their game.