Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-22
BY W. H. HOTEL.


An intercity championship tennis
match of six singles and three doubles
will be played between the Washington
and Baltimore titleholders in tie
Monumental city Saturday, August %.
Baltimore has suggested that a match
be played in each city, but L. l. Doyle,
secretary of the Washington Tennis
Association, in charge of the local end
of the affair, has requested H r
Gatchell. secretary of the Associated
Tennis Clubs of Baltimore, to permit
the winning Washington team to deter
mine this matter at the time of the
playing of the first match.
With the intercity clash August %, it
will be necessary to determine the local
champion during the week of August
TO- with the final Saturday. the 10th
The winners in the Suburban and De-
partmental leagues will meet in a pre-
1iminary, the victor to play the Wash
1ngton association leader for the right
TO represent this city against Balti
more's best. Dumbarton Club of the
w. T. A. won the local and interCity
title last season, so this organization
stands in the position of champion.
which accounts for the Suburban and
Departmental representatives being as
signed to meet in the preliminary. AS
in the intercity matches, the local teams
will play six singles and three doubles
IN the Examinations.
Some Of the best matches of the sea-
son in the Departmental League should
result during the present week. War.
1.-THE pace setter with a. clean sweep of
twenty contests in its five matches. will
meet Interior, in third place, Thursday
on the Municipal courts, while on the
same day Commerce. in the runner-up
O-rtn, and Justice-Trade's fast climbing
fourth place team will clash at the
too well balanced for Interior to figure
on gaining the edge. but the latter is
practically certain to spoil the soldiers
clean string of victories. Commerce and
Justice-Trad size UP on a $3.50 basis.
Only one other match is listed during
the week. Navy and Smithsonian being
billed to meet Tuesday on the Municipal
courts.
Much interest is being manifested in
THE Junior boys and girls tournament
To- be held on the Dumbarton Club
courts. starting week from tomorrow.
30 as not to interfere with the use of
the courts by Dumbarton players, the
youthful racketers will be restricted to
competition from $50 to 1 o'clock each
day. Entries for the eight events. there
being singles and doubles in the junior
boys and the two classes for girls. will
close with Cecil Dowd. 1926 Girard street
northwest, next Sunday evening.
Col. Masteller. who played for and
managed the War team in the Depart
mental League. has gone overseas. Col.
Jacobs has assumed the player mana
gerial role.
Home Club at Argyle Standards at
Euclid and Racquet at Holmead is the
bill of fare in the Suburban League for
next Saturday.
There is no match listed in the Wash
angton association next Saturday, but it
is possible that the postponed Columbia
Dumbarton contest will be played on the
latter's courts.
The United States Lawn Tennis As
ISOLATION has sent out a series of blanks
to-elubs. players and merchants dealing
in athletic supplies asking more ques-
tons than were contained in the famous
missionaries issued by Adult. Gen.
Crowder- during the war. The national
officials want to know all about tennis