The Washington herald., 1917-07-15
Golf and Tennis Notes
BY FRANK n. YOUNG.

I Junior tennis league. A six-club cir
| cult Is now assured with the possibil-
| ity that enough teams will enter to
! make two leagues. The plan Is to
have matches arranged once a week,
probably on Wednesday mornings.
| The ringer tournaments which
| have been held monthly by the
women players of the Chevy Chase
| Club have been discontinued for the
summer months and probably will be
resumed in the fall.
Chevy Chase has done away with
the old-time scheme of having the
names and handicaps of its members
| posted on a board and has recently in
stalled card index system. The new
plan is generally considered as quite
an Improvement over the old. not only
| on account of the convenience in
handling the cards. but also because
| OF the ease with which changes can
be made.
President Daniel L. Hazard, OF the
| Bannockburn Golf Club has announced
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chairman of the new permanent
tournament committee. E. ]. Doyle,
Mics Alice Burbage and Basil NJ. Man.
| ley have been named as members, and
] one or two others will also be ap-
| pointed in a day or so.
The postponed match between In
terror and Navy in the Departmental
Tennis League, is now being played
| on, match at a time. Commerce
| and Agriculture will meet soon, the
| later having eliminated Smithsonian.
| When War meets Interstate on July
/ IL, all teams will have participated in
at least one match and the semi-finals
Will be reached with Treasury meeting
the winner OF the Interior-Navy
match, and the two winners of the
Agriculture-Commerce and War-Inter-
state matches playing each other.
Columbia Country Club PLAYERS have
been using their new grass tees since
J last week.
An Interesting "inter-famiiy" match
| was played at Columbia on Thursday
afternoon. when the two Dempsey
| brothers met and defeated the Finken-
staed brothers.
Paul Conklin. winner Of the boys
| District title, and Jack Dudley. who
took top-honors In the junior class, in
! the recent tennis tournament held on
/ the Princeton courts, expect to COM
| pete in New York in the matches be-
ginning September /, for national hon
ors. Both of these boys are entitled
to enter this event against the win
ners of the same classes in other
cities.
| DR.. Marion Dorset, of BannoCk-
| burn. is putting up an exceptional
game these days, and Is now ranked
among the good players at that club.
| Paul Conklin, winner Of the bows
| District title, and Jack Dudley, who
took top-honors in the Junior class. in
the recent tennis tournament begin
| ming September !. for national honors
| Both OF these boys are entitled to
! enter this event against the winners
| or the same classes in other cities
! DIR. Marion Dorset, of Bannockburn.
is putting up an exceptional game
these days and is now ranked among
'hc eopu Pldgt dl tndl cluO.
Col. w. A. Bethel. one of the best
players on the Chevy Chase Clubs
| tennis team, is now in France as a
| member of Gen. Pershing's stan.
\. 7. LecCh, ir., chairman OF the
| tennis committee of the Columbia
| Country Club. and one of Washing
! tons hardest workers for the good
CT the game, Is around again after a
two weeks Illness.
I DR. Waldo X. Pearce. with a 81, is
leading the ringer tournament at
BannoCkburn. which ends July 18th.
Dr. Bruce l.. Taylor and William
! Mackie are tied for second with 32's,
/ while T. j. w. Brown and John II.
| Graves are only stroke or so behind
! them. Any one of these have an ex-
! cellent chance forging to the front IL
they can get couple of good holes.
The Junior players of the various
| clubs in the Suburban and City and
Suburban tennis leagues expect to get
| together this week and organize a
| Junior tennis league. 4 sIX-club cir
| cult is now assured with the possi-
| bility that enough teams will enter
! to make two leagues. The plan is TO
have matches arranged once week,
probably on Wednesday mornings.
Chevy Chase has done away with
/ the oldtime scheme of having the
| names and handicaps of its members
! posted on a board and has recently
installed a card index system. The
i new plan is generally considered as
| quite an improvement over the old,
rot only on account Of the convenience
in handling the cards. but also because
| of the ease with which changes can
be made.