Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13

onfv three moro weeks Of regularly
scheduled play remain In the SUD
urban Tennis League Next SATURDAY
the card is Bureau OF Standards az
Racquet at Argyle. and the other two
engagements bring the teams togeth-
er as follows:
July 2S-Argyle at Home Club, Eu-
cid at Bureau of Standards ana Hoi-
mead at Racquet
August bureau Of Standards at
Argyle, Home Club at Racquet and
Euclid at Holmead-
It looks as if Euclid will march to
the .pennant Racquet Clubs squirt
likely being too late. and Holmead
and Argyle not being quite equal to
tho task of stopping the leaders. The
fGht for second place. though, should
DO a hummer, with Racquet appear
inG as the probable runner-up.
chsvy Chase Club and Columbia
wilmington Association match on the
1atters courts next Saturday. This
probably means that Columbia viii
have to play three matches in a row.
It being listed to meet Dumbarton on
August 2. and it still has an engage
ment with this team postponed from
May 10. Dumbarton and Chevy Chase
are down to end the association sea-
son. August 9. 1t being necessary to
declare a winner by that time to com
pete in the city championship matches
with the Departmental and Suburban
League winners.
otto G1ockler. the tennis profess
sional at Chevy Chase Club. has been
kapt-so busy since his advent there
that the first venture along this line
in Washington has proved its worth.
Checker has been kept busy giving
lessons and stringing rackets show
ing that the players not only want to
learn, but that they are going at the
game with such vim az to hammer
the life out of the paraphernalia.
Glockler says he gives on the average
Of four lessons a day and strings on
an average of more than two rackets
daily He has put many Of the
youngsters at Chevy Chase on the
fright track" and has corrected faults
OF the older players.
English tennis critics are not
"crazy' about Hurricane" Gerald l.
Patterson. the Australian phenom VINO
won the British championship, and
who. along with Norman Brookes. r.
Lycett and r. V. Thomas. will COM
pete in the United States title events
at Forest Hills. Long Island. next
month All of the racketers previous
~ are expected to compete in other
big events over here. They are due
to arrive in New York today.
British experts declare that Pat
terson violates all the tenets of ten
mis-. They complain because he bases
his game largely on the American
style of service that travels over the
net at hurricane pace, and on Amer
lean methods close up to the net. His
style is modelled after the California
way of doing things particularly that
OF Maurice Mclaughlin. who earned
the title of 1.-The comet" Despite the
Englishmen's complaint, Patterson,
Ike a number of American racketers,
gets there" His work over here
vin be followed with great interest.
That William T. Johnston 1915 ma
t3onal singles champion, is coming
back to his old form is evidenced in
the fact that he won the California
state championship late last month by
his showing in the East VS.. West
matches at Cincinnati He will be
needed to battle the Australians es-
pecially il r. Norris William I'd, does
not measure up to his title form of a
couple years ago. Williams has
played disappointingly since he re-
turned from service as an officer in
the A. E +. Williams. too. played a
great deal of tennis abroad, while
Johnston. who was an ensign in the
Navy. got in very few ticks at the
game IN the past two seasons.
Intercollegiate and scholastic tennis
during the spring season more thar
regained the place II held before the
~ar. In many sections Of the coun.