The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-28
EIGHT Handsome Cups to Be
Given to the Winning Teams.
Thousand Misses to Join.
TOURNEY ON FAIRGROUNDS
Each School to Be Allowed Four
Teams Each Composed OF
Two Players.

Moro than loo girls Of WASHINGTON
r,,bi,o, scboo,s will enter upon CITY
wide tennis tournament rext wseN'
which will run for six weeks.
This tournament will be played on
eight nublic playgrounds. IT will reach
climax when Individual winners on
each of these Fairgrounds VIII receive
medals from the playground depart
ment az the District. and each OF the
eight winning teams will receive cup
offered by The Washington Times.
Mrs. susie Root Rhodes. supervisor
OF the Fairgrounds OF the District, has
written to The Times thanking II for
it's interest In the tournament rs ex-
kibited In the offer OF the eight trophies.
Miss Gardner In Charge.
Miss Ella Gardner. Of the department
nament. She today announced the list
Of Fairgrounds. and list in part OF the
schools which will be represented on
these Playground.
Miss Gardner also announced today
the details OF the plan for striving at
individual and team winners. The Of
ficial summary of arrangements for the
contest follows:
I'm the eight playground divisions the
schools were visited and the girls IN
Zach school was allowed four teams.
each composed Of two players and two
or three substitutes. The names OF these
players. properly certified oy The prin-
cipsl. were sent to the playground d.
When two schools are scheduled to play
they send all four teams. Team A plays
team A, team b plays team b, team g
plays team e. and team y plays team
b. This arrangement will be followed
ali the way through, which means that
there will be four winning teams In
each division.
"The eight girls on the winning teams
the playground department. The four
winning teams will play off for the d.
vision championship, and the winning
team OF each division will receive a
Times trophy for the school"
This statement outlines the entire
schcm. o. the contest. II will be seen
that there IL a chance for medals for
sixty-:our players. and that eight
schools Will receive The Times trophies
This wac planned SO there would be as
many as possible to obtain recognition
for their playing. and so that the con-
test would not narrow down to q few
star individuals or teams.
Tennis Now Popular.
Tennis. among the older folk. has BE-
come popular In the last few years, and
cities everywhere are providing munich
pal tennis courts. Washington Ii doing
this and. besides. there 10 an increasing
number OF private and club courts
thrown open each year.
The game 10 healthful, spirited, Wig
orous, and can be played without great
expense or without going beyond the
city borders.
Therefore, II Is an ideal recreation.
the playground officials believe. and
the children need little announcement
to play 1t. because they are doing that
already wherever they have the chance.
10 called into play in tennis, the quail
tiles OF sportsmanship are developed.
and the mind must be alert and keen.
Only those who lead regular lives. take
and sleep regularly can hope to be sue
cessful in the game.
These are some of the reasons why
the Playground department Is making
OF the city and why Tho Times is CO.
operating In Offering eight handsome
trophies.
Where They Will Play.
The location and names of the play
grounds where the contests will be held
follow:
bioomingdale. First and Bryant
streets northwest.
Garfield Park. Second and streets
southeast.
Georgetown. Thirty-third ana
Volta place northwest.
Mt. Pleasant. Fourteenth and
Park road.
New York avenue. First and New
York avenue.
Rosedale. Seventeenth and Kramer
northeast.
Virginia avenue. Tenth ana vir-
ginia avenue southeast.
Gallinser. Eighteenth and G north
west.
In only four Of these have the schools
Which are to participate been named.
These are:
Georgetown division--fillmore. Jack
son, Hyde. Addison. Curtis, Corcoran.
Mt. Pleasant division-3roup A, JNhn-
son. Ross. Hubbard, Monroe. West;