Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-20
pznv in Mems and Won'ens $
/ E,ents for Delatoare
TITLES Begins at Country
Club Today
spEEDY ENTRY LIST
BY sPICK HALL ~
,,,,,n,,nston. Del, June 20.

,y,,r,,nston. Del, June ~.
Ian today on the turi courts
pnAt y, tbs wilmington Country CLUB ,,'.n IN
y. .rnual lawn tennis cha,np,onsn,p,. ,.p,.
ns an the mems and women .
H'tnor'o, H',+. have been held different
1" Init this year Paul Nowiainu vminl dbe tbe
w.. wesT r, Wright. who are esrorntbinp in
pe.et decided to stage et sverv day
Teni Avs, This means Wae sno,. ear,v in
ai eat aaypts will he busy from .or @ there
tne EARNING until darkness, ,,b,ss ,G and
spi ,s,i, be be mems and womehh, w,eh,ss o''''
WI w,es az and mixed doubles. ~. s,ro,es
apks' IkNs women began play IN In Lne dnmS,es I
.,i. n morning and at noon 'n1 The ~ Srst
tns srbeduled to take place ,oaLsd & @ fos
ws.Ses We. for the men were poon,a on,s and
IT, In the afternoon; , DON ta,norrow
Mmsn,s Mm an, doubles will begin .oWoUs' Wodres,
sns aa1 the the mixed doubles will oes'n'
",w M'..,v al, Of the titIeholders who won !:
NealS N,n are here to defend. Ihis is
last t,iouse tournament, consequently
9 csane, caano ,,,ctors do not have to appear
me io-o ,on. until the final day to meet
90 nsrs tne Of this years tournament
snS WI ysar's singles winners, Dean
49, Les. a. New York, and Mrs. j. Is.
'Ms.n 1lau,n wilmington, formerly Miss
!sssap, !!sapr z,nderstein, of Boston, will de-
MAJ" Wallace F. johnson, PennsIi-
iend, singles and doubles champion,
ya ,i defend the doubles here with his
,nnn ~,la u nsrtner. Stanley w. Pearson.
ieIt rpar Mrs. Jessup won the doubles
IA. ,.s Miss Edith Sigourney, Long
ad VII cIub,nate. Miss Sigourney is now
IA VA The American players in Great
pIt.,n. n consequently the women q
I.,,hiss tournament winners will not
S.vs 70 play a challenge round.
While the Wilmington entry list is
,,t os large as some of the events that
Nave % been pulled off in Philadelphia,
~. nlayina calber is considerably
s;sb,r, Nearly all of the Philadelphia
women ] stars started this morning in
.,hs 6rst or second rounds. The list
included Mrs. NJ. B. Huff. Middle
states champion; Mrs. Gilbert A. Har-
rey, MARYLAND champion Miss Helen
sswell. 1920 Maryland champion ; Miss
PHYLLIS Walsh, runner up in the Penn
sylyania State tournament and doubles
winner of that event with Miss Anne
B, Townsend, Miss Mildred Willard
runner up in the Maryland tournament
and number Of others.
Now Workers. Enter
Besides Mathey, there will be mum
Der Of other New York players.
Among the Philadelphia men who vii
start this afternoon are Stanley Pear
son, Wallace Johnson, Carl Fischer
Henry Endicott. Alex Thayer, Joj
Thiyer, Ehret Howell. There also vii
bs,a large bunch Of college players il
he tournament.
Last year the competition In tn,
Delaware tournament wns very keen II
both the mems and women's tourna
ncnts. Dean Mathey played his bes
tennis OF the season when he defeatet
Wallace Johnson in the finals, Ga, 6.
4, 1-6, Cd. There was no challeng,
round because Il. n. Williams, wht
won in 1919. was abroad with the Davi
Cup team. In the final round of tn,
doubles great match was staged wher
Johnson beat Joe and Alex Thayer, 6-3
8.8, 2-6, 6-2, OF. The 1919 cham
plons failed to appear for the challeng,
round.
Mrs. Jessup won the finals in singles
and then defeated Miss Anna B. Town,
sand in the challenge round, 8-1, rs.