The Washington times., 1917-10-13
RANKING PLAYERS
HERE DUE TOL0SE
TOYOUTHsS SOON
~ sEYAN MORSE

Within the next year or 30 wash
inEton's youthful racquet players VIII
suppIant the veterans who have held
sway for the past ten years. The
talent has received its notice during
the summer and the handwriting IL
on the wall IN large lsttsrA Upssts
In the District tennis tournament
despite the lack OF many nfst rank
players, argue for the. approaching
supremacy of the youngsters.
The form displayed by the young
sters In the league matches this sum-
mer, the city team championship en-
gagements and the various club and
slower than that which has kept the
past ten years
The performance Of Owen Howen-
stein, OF the Racquet Club, in his
matches against Lou Fischer, John
Hancock. and George Lewis, Is an
OF the youngsters. Cecil Dowd has
jump In Suburban League matches
NAAA1 oN@1C1g AA8AL O81lI 8AA-
other Racquet lad, made Capt @. W.
all the way for q win
Giving Coed Experience.
The District Junior and boys tour
nament, the Suburban League en-
gagements. the various school
matches last spring and the present
District tournament are giving the
youngsters their needed experience
and It IL only q question OF time
when the veterans viii bow before
the speed and skill OF the dozen
prospects OF today.
II credit IL to be given q single
person for the development and car
rying on OF tennis that person Is
Louis I. Doyle. He has worked un-
tiringly and INCREASINGLY to get the
into composition The
greatest progress made during the
year Is that OF the Racquet Club,
which has put out no less than six
hlgh-class youngstsrL\
Racquet landed the Suburban League
over Princeton ON the
seasons play the tsams were tied. but
Racquet's youth finally showed through
the title last Sunday when C. Dowd, E.
Dowd. II. Cash. o. HoTenstein. Thad
Benton. Dan Price. NJ v. STEVENSON,
Allan Minnix, and George Foster came
through with i've out OF seven wins.
All Perforned wen.
Racquet followed this up by excep-
tIonal individual performances in the
present District tournament Howen-
stein. 2. DoWd. Cash. Price and Benton
performed well. The defeat Of Douglas
Hillyer. Dumbarton veteran. by Price. |
the laniCy Racquet youngster. was q
triumph as II was Prices nrst
experience.
There are three Princeton Club lads |
whose playing during the year stamps !
them among the first flight Of those |
who are coming Up. Jack Dudley. Dis |
trict Junior titleholder; Paul Conklin, |
boys champion Of the District, and |
Pete Knapp. another Lou Doyle prodigy, |
have done yeoman service In the Sub |
urban League for the PriAeeton Club |
and kept that organization well In front |
all season.
Knox shows Coed Form
The greatest Individual improvement |
IN the Suburban League was noted In |
Peggy Knox, Of Petworth. Knox |
plays sound tennis, his game Is free. |
his racquet work sure. and he covers |
court like a veteran. Knox's strength !
gives him driving power above the aver
age and all he lacks at present Is stiff |
to develop an otherwise |
exceptional game.
These dozen youngsters bid fair to |
eclipse the performances OF their older |
rivals In the next two or three years. |
They are showing wisdom In getting |
all the competition they can and in |
.aking advantage OF every opportunity |
To see and learn tennis from the old |
,ters.