The tennis tournament commences this afternoon at 1.30 on the Jarvis courts, with more than twice as many entries as there were last year. The full list will be published tomorrow. As many courts as are needed will be reserved for players in the tournament. All matches will be the best two out of three deuce sets.

Preliminary Round.At 1.30: R. M. Johnson vs. F. A. Sterling; E. V. Frothingham vs. A. Ingraham; R. L. DeNormandie vs. D. Campbell; R. H. Loines vs. J. L. Grandin, Jr.; H. D. Prescott vs. F. Cummings.

At 2.30: J. Holt vs. C. L. Smith, Jr.; R. H. Carleton vs. R. Wilson; R. B. Cutting vs. C. S. French; A. S. Pier vs. F. B. Dutton; W. A. Parker vs. W. A. Bartlett.

At 3.30: R. W. Sulloway vs. G. L. Wrenn, Jr.; F. H. Kinnicut vs. C. B. Smith; A. Codman vs. A. J. Boyden; J. H. Chase vs. C. C. Stillman; L. A. Brown vs. W. E. Putnam, Jr.; H. R. Scott vs. J. Leonard; W. R. Fisher vs. M. E. Ingalls, Jr.; R. Johnson vs. C. B. Pike; H. Foster vs. F. B. Carter; T. B. Gannett Jr., vs. T. M. Hastings.

At 4.30: C. M. Woods vs. R. C. Thomas; P. N. Booth vs. G. A. Howe; E. Byrnes vs. R. Clement.

First Round.At 2.30: H. A. Leekley vs. R. T. Parker; C. E. Morgan vs. J. B. Read.

At 3.30: C. F. Crapo vs. H. A. L. Sand.

At 4.30: H. G. Gray vs. W. E. Blodgett.