Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
|25,0)OPLAY TENNIS
IN D. c., SAYSDO
Declares Washington Has
More Racketers Than Any
City Its Size in U. S.
There are fully 5000 racketers in

There are fully rs 1000 racketers in
Washington. according to Louis l.
Doyle, the man behind the gun" in
the tennis organizations of this city.
Doyle is secretary of the Washington
Association. secretary-treasurer of the
Departmental League. prominent fig
ure in the suburban circuit, District
representative of the U. S. n. L. T. A.
for the junior and boys events and
chairman OF the local chapter of the
National Umpires' Association. SO he
is in position TO know whereof he
speaks.
washington assuredly has more
players for it's size than any city in
the country" he said.
1t is really surprising that the Dis
trict title tourney should have such
large entry, as the date for the
start hit at bad time this year.
Many of Wash ngton's leading racke-
tiers are out of town. quite a number
taking in the national events at
Forest Hills. Usually the nationals
are over prior to Labor day. the usual
time of starting the District tourna-
ment. Then, too, a number of play
ers who are now away delayed their
vacations on account of league
matches and the city and intercity
title series.
Graham Edgar, who, while in Wash
ington for the past two years doing
war work. played with the War De-
partment and Dumbarton Club ten
mis- teams. will return to Charlottes-
willie this week. where he will resume
his work as professor in chemistry
at the University of Virginia. His loss
to the Washington tennis colony will
be keenly felt. as he. was not only
player of ability. but a sportsman
Of the highest type.
Washington Country Club is wind
ing up the first tennis tourney it has
held since just prior to the war. Two
events have been finished. Miss Thyl-
lis Keller winning the woman's sin
giles by defeating Mrs. Johnson in a
thrilling final round match, Sc.
SO. Ga. and with Capt. Kettle
taking the mixed doubles. They de-
feated Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson in the
final. Sam Herrick and Capt. Kettle
have reached the final in the mems
singles. In the semi-finals Herrick
and Kettle won from Maj. Taylor.
81, SIS. Herrick and Maj. Taylor
and Capt. Kettle and Crittenden will
meet in the mems doubles final.
Washington is far ahead of Balti-
more in tennis. While the War De-
partment team was beaten by Mary
land Athletic Club. the Monumental
city title holder. to 4. in the intercity
title clash on August %. this does
not offer anything like a true COM
parison of the ability OF the racket
ers in the two cities. War Depart
ment's team is a we'll balanced COM
bination, but there is not a man who
played on it who will be ranked
among the first ten in Washington
this season. On the other hand, in the
NJ. A. C. lineup was l.. F. TurAbull,
Baltimore's second best singles play
err and he and c. G. Brooke. Mary
land doubles champions. also played
against the War team. Rev. j. r.
Hedeman and Grain Smoot, who also
won over War representatives. prob
ably are among Baltimore's five best.
Played in properly ranked order.
Baltimore's ten best players hardly
would take a match from Washing
toms ten leading wielders of the
racket c. w. Chares. Baltimore 6
ranking player. was beaten in four
sets in the national singles by Capt.
R. c. Van Vliet, who won the District
title in 1917. with c. B. Doyle and
Henry Brock. Nos. 1 and here, not
competing.