The Washington times., 1916-06-24
WASHINGTON BOYS.
ROW IN. BIG RACE
ON THAMES RIVER
Richard, Former Central Boy, Is
In Harvard Eight, While
Sturtevant Helps Yale.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Washington boosts two oarsmen who
rowed for Harvard and Yale yesterday
IN the annual Classic at New London
Cliff Richards, No. on the Harvard
freshman crew, helped pull his boat in
anead Of the Yale cubs yesterday. while
A. d. Sturtevant, last years captain of
the Yale crew, rowing No. In the Eli
shell this year. was In the varsity race
which Harvard won.
Richards was captain Of the Central
High School football team two years
ago, had an enviable record here, and
last year made good with the Harvard
freshman football team playing tackle.
Richards stands six feet and weighs
lGS pounds His work at Harvard has
attracted a great deal of attention this
lear, ms has that of his tcamma e,
Chester Bassett, whose win In the half
mile recently in the Harvard-Yale dual
meet was noteworthy performance.
The Washington Swimming Club has
annexed first rate swimmer In Harry
s. Palmer. former Yale middle distance
champion. Palmer recently showed up
well In the South Atlantic events held on
the lower Potomac and can be counted
upon to keep up his good work.
NJ; The WSmsns Tennis Fem ,I League Of The The
series having already been played.
There are ten clubs in the league. all
of whom have exceptional players:
Miss Gertrude Greedy carried on all
honors at the Chevy Chase, having
beaten all of her outside opponents IN
her first half OF the tournament and
shs t Ms SSa e q Ee 9 Tsri 4n time
championship round
To Miss Eva Baker goes the honor
of first place at the Columbia Coun-
Mt. Pleasant Club. heads the list there.
Mrs b. Stetson of the Washington
Club. gets first honors there. Miss
Edna Corrsan. secretary OF the ieaSre.
line r Du a fo the AND NJ Nj Miss ps,n M stone
of the Mid-City club. Miss A. M.
Doyle, of the Departmental Club. and
Miss Rubie Clayton. of the Piney
branch Club. all lead their respective
The matches are played on any OF
the above club courts, some are played
In the morning others in the after
forty matches played in which eighty
girls participate.
The league is numbering some of the
first rank players in the city and Is
starting it's seventh and eighth series.
in the seventh series the teams are
lined up as follows: washington
HssstS Club rne E RrG ssaGos GOS%sa
ington Country Club VS.. Mid-City CLUB;
Mount Pleasant VS.. Chevy Chase CLUB;
Departmental VS.. Y. w. Z. A.
The eighth series going on this week
finds the teams playing as follows:
Washington Heights VS.. High Schools;
Columbia Country Club VS.. Chevy
Chase Club; Mount Pleasant VS.. \. W.
q. A.; Piney Branch VS.. Departmental
Two more matches In the Terminal
Railroad tennis tournament yesterday:
w. L. Heap defeated II. s. Tucker, 60,
60, and Walter Mold took two sets
from ]. X. Mayo. 81, 6-3. Preceding
matches which favL been played to date
are as follows. w. ii. Brown VS.. J. N.
Black, won by Black. 60. 6-1: w. F.
Graves vS. F. a Truan, won by Truan,
IS. 80. and c. M. Mark VS.. @. w.
Pradt, won ty Bradt. 81. 60. The
next match is scheduled for Monday
evening. when C. Fl. Freed will meet v.
Z. Graves on the courts.
Central High School racqueters have
made a clean-up in the District tourney.
AS a result Of yesterdays matches on
the Princeton Club courts, the finalists
IN both the singles and doubles matches
To be decided Monday will all be Central
High SCht oil players.
Yesterday Howard Cissel defeated Au-
brey Fischer In warmly contested
semi-nnai, 40. 6-3 and 10 and this
pair teamed against Arthur Hall and
owen Howensttin, OF the Racket Club,
won in the doubles scmi-final. Ga, GO.
The tournament finals will be played
Monday or the Princeton courts at Otis
and Wsrder streets at 4 o'clock. Cissel
meets Harold selden in the singles. and
with Fischer. plays against Selden and
Ben lie Ferre In the doubles.