The Washington times., 1916-07-09

Considerable dissatisfaction expressed
by members Of the Suburban Tennis
League at the manner In which teams
have been lined up for league matches
may lead to measure similar to that
adopted by the Departmental circuit.
During the pnst two weeks there has
been some jockeying Of teams In the or
der of play which has resulted In a deal
OF adverse comment. Several teams
have lined up singles and doubles In or
der to take advantage of opponents
weaknesses or supposed weaknesses, con-
ceding matches in order to break even
on the final score.
The Departmental League has a rule
which forbids such manipulation Of
players. Captains must put their best
teams In line for competition or else
stand before the board Of governors for
IA hearing.
4 Is not unlikely that the question
Of the Suburban League. One team IL
already known TO have objected to the
lineup Of another. In a recent match,
and IL Is said thst another team In yes
terday's matchcc took advantage of
jockeying players 'in order to get an
Play In the Phi Mu Sigma Fraternity
Tennis League next Saturday will bring
the teams against each other as follows:
MI Beta VS.. Alpha. at Third and 7
northeast; Beta Maryland VI. Alpha
Eeta. at formers courts In Chevy Chase.
There will be the three regularly
mental Tennis League this week. all
being played at Sixth and b streets
northwest, as follows:
Monday-Commerce vs.. Postoffice; In
terror VS.. Agriculture.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VS.. Com
mlssioners; Justice-Trade VS.. Navy.
Friday - Interior VS.. Labor-State;
Treasury VS.. Interstate.
Play next Saturday in the Suburban
Tennis League will bring the teams
together as follows. starting at 2
o'clock:
Argyle Ks. Racquet. courts at Thir-
teenth and Decatur and Fifteenth and
Emerson: Home VS.. Petworth. Sixth
and Il northwest: Holmead vs. Bureau
Of Standards. Thirteenth and Monroe
northwest: Princeton VS.. Euclid, Otis
and Warder northwest.
Matches next Saturday In the WASH
,ngton Tennis Association call for
Chevy Chase to visit Dumbarton. and
for Columbia to entertain the Depart
mental racketers. Play In each is sched-
uled to start at o'clock.
Dudley Morgan. Of the Chevy Chase
Club, and Douglass Hillyer. OF Dunbar
ton. sleavc Washington this evening for
Wheeling. w. Va. to compete in the
West Virginia State championship ten
mis- tournament. which starts tomorrow.
NJ. N. Merrill IL the champion singles
player of the Washington Railway and
Electric Tennis Association, and with
&. Il. Davis are the titleholders in dou-
bles. as the result OF recent tourney
held by that orgn nization. The finals of
the singles was won by Merrill, winning
In straight sets. 6-l. Ga. 60.
In the doubles, Merrill and Davis de-
feated ]. +. Lynch and c. B. Bingham
60. g.. 90. ]. r. Green won the sin
giles consolatkons
Petworth retained Its hold on first
place In the Suburban Tennis League
yesterday by defeating Racquet, its
closest rival matches to 2.
liolmead was the most decisive win
rcr of the day. taking six out of seven
matches from Euclid. the tailender. In
the other contests Bureau Of Standards
lost to Princeton. I to 3. and Argyle
won from Home Club. 5 to q
r. o. Leech defeated Norris Mclean
IN the final OF th> consolation singles OF
the Middle Atlantic Tennis Association
tournament. I.cechs scores were 81
nd