Evening star., 1920-03-21
BIC TENNIS SEASON
ASSURED FOR D. C.
All Old Circuits Will Be in
line-H0Imead Club
Elects Officers.
w. H. HOTEL.

Plans are materializing for another
big tennis season in Washington.
probably the best ever experienced in
the sport here from a strictly local
standpoint. However, the retirement
of Connie" Doyle from big tourney
competition will rob the Capital city
of the national prominence it has en-
Joyed for many years.
While two of the big 1eagues-the
Departmental and Suburban-have
not gotten together, they will do so
within short time. All of the other
circuits that have operated in recent
seasons already have held meetings.
| elected officers and are working out
the details Only one, however. has
announced a schedule This is the
Washington Tennis Association. which
will get under way the last Saturday V
in April.
mental and Suburban circuits will
start play later this season than last.
as both bemoaned the early closing
last year. when the weather the early
part of Septembe proved so propi-
tious for tennis. This years city
title matches and the intercity clash
with Baltimore's champion are des-
tined to be played in September in
stead OF the latter part Of August,
as in 1919.
Holmead Club elected officers and
discussed plans for the season at a
meeting Thursday evening at the
home of John II. Holmead. who was
chosen president. Horace Barber was
named vice president and l.. c. Nelson
again will be member of the Subur-
ban League and plans to arrange
pre-season matches with the local
college teams-Georgetown Catholic
University. George Washington and
Maryland State.
the National Association meets in
New York next Saturday it doubtless
will award Chevy Chase Club the
tourney dates Of May 1915. which
were applied for to revive the spring
event. which was an annual feature
in local tennis prior to the war. Chevy
Chase will invite only star racketers
for the three days of round robin
competition.
national ranking because he was
dropped from fifth to sixth in favor
of r. Norris Williams in a revision of
the list by the committee, appears to
be rather childish. It was generally
agreed at the time the original list
mittee that johnson was lucky to be
placed as high as fifth. It appeared
beforehand that the best he could be
expected to get was seventh or
eighth. Johnson did not defeat a play
er in the FIRST ten" in reaching the
ment.
Vincent Richards will defend his
title of indoor tennis champion in the
tourney that will begin in New York
next Saturday. and he and William
n VD1I1 atxfv tN AtAf h. u
doubles honors. Tilden doubtless will
compete in the singles. and among
others who already have entered are
Samuel Hardy, S. Howard voshell,
Allen Behr, DR.. William Rosenbaum,
Fred and Frank Anderson and Fred
Miss Helen Baker. Pacific coas,
champion, plans to come east for the
national woman's tourney next Sep
tember. Mrs. May Sutton Bundy and
Miss Mary. K Browne. both former
bilitfes.
Miss Marie Wagner. who was unable
to compete in the woman's national
indoor Championships this year or
account Of an injury. has held the title
six times. She won in 1908. 1909. 1911
1913, 1914 and 1917. She was runner
up on two other occasions. In 1907
when the woman's indoor title compe'
tition was held for the first time She
lost to Miss Elizabeth H. Moore II
the final. and in 1915 her reign a,
champion was interrupted by Mist
Molla Bjurstedt, now Mrs. Franz
Mallory. who had just arrived from
Norway, and who was destined t<
prove the sensation of the courts thu
, following season.
| Yale's tennis team, which will mak'
| trip south, contains q formidable
array of players. principal Of which
is Charles Garland. intercollegiate