Evening star., 1919-11-10
WARS T|TLETENN|S
TEAM CELEBRATES
Players Who Figured in Win
ming District Honors
Give Dinner.

War Department tennis players
who figured in the winning of the
District championship celebrated
their seasons success with a dinner
at the Army and Navy Club Wednes-
day evening. Eighteen members of
the team were present.
Wars team scored three distinct
successes during the 1919 campaign.
First it won the Departmental League
title without the loss of a single
match. dropping only two sets. Then
il defeated in turn Euclid. Suburban
League winner, and Chevy Chase.
champion of the Washington Tennis
Association. to gain the District
championship. Wars only setback
vas at the hands of the Maryland
Athletic Club of Baltimore in play
for intercity honors.
Louis !. Doyle. president OF the
Departmental League. gave a historic
sketch of competitive tennis in Wash
incton and later presented silver low
ing cups on behalf of the circuit to
i. \. Purinton and L. o. Leech, ad-
Judged the leading individual per-
formers of the War team. Brig. Gen.
Walter \. Bethel, who played with
the War team prior to going to
France TO serve with the A. r. F..
was a guest at the dinner and Joined
in the discussion of plans for the pro-
motion of tennis in the circuit.
Players on the War team and the
number of championship matches in
which they took part in 1919 are as
follows:
j. A. Purinton. u; Graham Edgar,
IL; Col. +. Q. Jacobs, 8; Col. c. l..
Fenton. Maj. y. L. Foote and Lieut..
Fred Simpson, s each; Col. w. X. Will
son and f. V. b Thomas, : each: Col.
W. L. Cole, 6: Capt. f. w. Hoover and
+. o. Leech. each; NJ. a. Alexander,
H. l.. Wagsoner and Capt. A. J. Gore,
each; Col. X. c. Masteller, :: Perce,
lie Mans, YearlinG. J. w. Rumbough,
Il. w. Hills and Capt. W. II. Crunden,
each Zach player who figured in
with silver cup by the War De-
partment tennis organization.
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According to word from Sydney, the
British tennis authorities have asked
the Australians to postpone the chai-
lenge round for the Davis cup from
late in December to January. 1t is eN-
planned by the Britons who desire to
get in a months practice on foreign
soil, that owing to transportation dlf-
ficulties it would be impossible for
them to reach Australia before the
end of this month or early in De-
cember.
While the Australians appear will
ing to accommodate the British play
ers they declare that December IS
the logical month for the competition.
In January the heat is likely to be so
intense as to make high class tennis
improbab AS the Australians, nat
uralIy would not mind the heat as
much as the visitors, they are not
11rging the December date for any
other than sincere reasons.
From our point of. view it doesn't
lock as if il is going to make any
difference as TO how much practice
,ba Eritons get on the Australia
co1.rts. With Patterson, NildinS. Ly-
cett. Thomas and Jones. Australia
annears to have wide margin on the
British team Of veteran players. brit-
ain will be lucky to win one OF ths
FIVE matches Incidentally. the austria
liam sporting writers only fear is
that the home team may be 100 over
confident and not spend the proper
time in preparation.
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Fred Hawthorne of the New YORK
Tribune recognized as one OF the
laadinp tennis writer's of the country.
ranks the first ten men for 1918, as
No. l.. William NJ. Johnston Of San
Francisco. No g William 7. Illden,
ad of Philadelphia; No. 3, 1chiyia ku-
maeae of Japan; No. 4, r. Lindiey
Murray of Niagara Falls; No. 3. Rlch-
ard Norris Williams, Cd, of Boston; !;
No 6 Wallace +. Johnson OF Phlia-
delphia. No. :. Charles +. Garlano
of Pittsburgh; No. s. Howard Nosheii
of Erooklyn; No. 9, Watson NJ WASH
burn of New York. and NO. 10, HIS
f. Davis of California.