The Washington times., 1916-06-12
SCHOOLS WILL PUT
TENNIS PLAYERS IN
JR. TOURNAMENT
Renewal Of Competition in Sim
giles and Doubles to Start Up
Saturday.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

By BRYAN MORSE.
High school and preparatory school
tennis players are expecting to pat
ronize the junior District tennis tourna-
ment in a liberal manner, according to
Louis I. Doyle. In charge of the AFFAIR
this season. Practically every high
school in the city and several OF the
prep schools have signified their inten-
tons of making bid for the honor.
Louis 1. Doyle. who has been the
biggest factor In tennis development
In this city In the past three or four
years. maintains that the 1916 edition
Of the tournament will eclipse last
years inaugural event. Notices will be
sent out today to all schools and ath-
letic institutions In the city.
The event. held on the courts of the
DumDarton Club last year. received
scant notice, but attracted sixty-four
entrants in the singles. When time was
called to play tifty-four players took
the course. The singles title was won
by Dean Z. Howard, Jr.. who was at
tending st. Luke's School at that time.
Howard and James Baker. OF western,
won the doubles.
The bare announcement that the
tournament would be held has already
sources. The Friends Select School In
tends putting in at least a dozen play
ers in the singles and doubles. Central
High School may have ten or twelve.
Georgetown Props. Business, Western,
the Army and Navy Props. st. Adams.
and Tech are certain to be listed with
from three to ten players.
II is expected that more than seventy
doubles thirty-two pairs are expected
to take part. Team matches during the
spring have brought out several formid-
able doubles pairs. and as the boys
doubles are expected to be patronized.
The tourney will be played on the
princeton courts, Warder and Otis
streets northwest.
But two games remain to be played
In the high schools. Tech and Central
are due for battle on Tuesday and
Western and Eastern are scheduled to
meet. The American League Park and
Georgetwn Field have been obtained for
the games, although no disposition has
been made OF the contests, nor have
the umpires been appointed for the
battles. These games will wind UP the
series.
Eastern has clear lead for the title,
and unless Central can defeat Tech and
Western hand the Capitol hill lads q
setback, the teams will finish with
Eastern in the lead. Coach kimbeI
and his players are more than anxious
to land the title. as win will mean
permanent possession OF the Princeton
tEophy, Clair johnson pitched Eastern
to the title four years ago. and Worder
Dyer got them in again the next season
1t Is necessary for q three-time win fol-
possession of the cup.
Better pitching and lighter hitting
IL consequence has served to keep
tie scoring down lately. One-rur
margins have separated winner and
laser in five of the last seven games
played. In but one of the games
p.uyed in the last ten days has a team
scored more than three runs for q
win.
Tomlin and Flaherty. OF Eastern, ar,
deserving of all the credit heapet
upon them. 1t Is doubtful IL a team
In the high schools ever possessed as
big a battery. Both youngsters stand
six feet and over, both have an abun-
dance of baseball ability, and know
how and when to use 1T. Flaherty's
hitting. as well as that of Tomlin
has been as big a factor as their ex-
cellent defensive work.
The Eastern players, as whole
have been imbucd with a winning
spirit which has argued well for theil
success. Coach Kimball has brought
forward a fast combination, which
has maintained an even stride
throughout the series.