The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-20
ENTRIES OUT FOR
Tennis tourney
Pairings ancaHandicaps An
nounced for Railway
Company's Meet.
GLAZEBROOK HEADS LIST
BY NAT r. wORLEY.

E-ntries Tor the handicap tennis tournd-
ment of the employees OF the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company closed
yesterday afternoon and the pairings
were announced last night by NJ. NJ. Mer-
rill, chairman of the tennis committee.
together with the handicap ratings OF
the various players.
There are forty-six entries in the sin
giles and play will start tomorrow even
ing on the court at Fourteenth and c
streets northwest and continue through
out the month.
A, DR.. Larkin W. Glazebrook being rank
ing man and the others being B. R. Gar
rett, c. E. Davis. w. F. Ham. Clarence
P. King. H. E. Read and NJ. NJ Merrill.
The handicapping was undertaken to
give all of the employees an equal chance.
there being considerable disparity shown
in the playing ability of those entered in
the last tournament, which was scratch
affair.
took into consideration the games that
have been played as a basis upon which
to form its conclusions. and expresses
the hope that every one will take into
consideration the magnitude of the job
and realize that the men to whom the
duty was intrusted did the very best they
could with the data at hand.
Tennis is encouraged by the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company as a
means of recreation for the large number
of employees on its rolls.
Handicnps of Players.
The committee has arranged the handi-
APPS into the following groups:
Class A minus l5l-Dr. L. W. Glazebrook. B. R.
Garrett c. T. Davis W. F. Ham, VI. VI. Merrill.
Clarence p. King and II. E Read.
Class B minus is-l5)-Wilam L. Clarke. G. S.
Kimball. K. B. Swope. A. P. Warner. A. V.
sisler. c. Williams and H. S. Davis
Class c. event.. Lynch H. L. Brook, r. ID.
Schlegle and J. c. Mclaughlin.
Glass d tplus ls-l5l-C. E. Raymond. l.. B.
Johnson. c. G. Duke and H. Mccall.
Class tplus l5-P V. Steep. F. Allen. R. B.
Patterson, :. A. Hazard, A. b. Gibson. W. T.
Ferguson. L. y. Coe. G. H. Rettew and p. Y.
Conlon.
Class Cp,u, SOW Brown S. L. MARROW. R. C..
Goodhart W. W. FOLSOM W. L. Blake. A. S.
Parry. W T Ahern. W. o. Gibson. T. S. Quick.
r. o. Melton. A. W. Luckett. J. R. Green. L. Con-
ners. A. E. Thomas and L. F. Trudewind
The pairinGs in the singles are as fol-
lows: kimball VS.. Steep. Parry VS.. Mar
low, Warner VS.. Davis, Coe VS.. Rittew.
Ham VS.. Mclaughlin, SchleSle VS.. Swope.
Hazard VS. Luckett. l.. B. johnson vs.
Mccall, A. B. Gibson VS.. Ahern. Trude-
wind VS.. Duke. Read VS.. Merrill. Con-
lon VS. Green. Lynch VS.. Melton, Brown
VS. Blake. while byes We're drawn by
Tolson, Ferguson. Brooks, Allen. Ray
mOnd, Glazebrook. Nitter, Goodhart.
Patterson, Thomas. Gibson, King. Gar
rett, Williams, Corners, Gulick, Sisler,
and Clarke.
Although the entries in the doubles
will not close until July "A, fourteen
pairs have been received thus far. as
follows: Merrill and partner. kimoall
and Read. Parry and partner. Johnson
and H. S. Davis, Goodhart and partner.
NARROW and partner c. E. Davis and
partner, Brooks and Swope. Ham and
Clarke. King and Glazebrook, Lynch and
partner, Sister and Mccall, and Gibson
and partner.
The tennis committee is composed of
NJ NJ Merrill. chairman; II. A. Brooks,
A S. Parry. c. S. kimball. and L. B.
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