The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-23

when the entry LIST for the "h""'inE
district Junior tennis rh7'nih lnSh'n
tournament closed tast evening al
O'clock. Z was found ;wHrtr-'hree o'FS
had made application. and Judging from
,hs interest shown last evening. there
will he plenty % tennis played on the
Island playground court this week Tor
the Junior stars nj the entire district
Tbs N,, when closed last even'nx
was much better than arst anticipated
and showed there IS much interest l"
the court game this season
Immediately after the list had been
declared closed. the drawings or the
frs. round were made and !; was '"nhn
seven matches are scheduled Tor 'h's
afternoon IN the Rrs, rourd. there hctnS
nine r-rs IN ;hc ,tst. There VIII ne
eight * n,cS IN the second round played
tomorrow. while Four matches VIII ?"
PLAYED OF. Thursday. bringing the sem
Erals and fra,s I" Friday afternoon.
Tho drawings last evening" were made
nv Aud}ey Emery. popular North Wheel
Ing young man. who PLAYED IN the city
CHAMPIONSHIP, several weeks ago nj the
Wheeling Tennic club, He Will also Do
ore OF the l,nesmca a. m" touraa ment.
aud will ass!s; In the staging OF tho
program.
Howard FrI.ir:chs. aoo;he- yoUng
tenn:s star. has been chosen as the
official referee "t all matches. and his
being chosen vii no doubt NEE, with
the approval OF all
Start Play Today.
The frst match "f the tournament
will be STAGED this afternoon promptly
at o'clock. with Harry Baker meeting
Reattie Gund,ing. Both bows are from
the Island and their playin: will 10
doubt be watched with interest.
The second match Will be between
Charles Wis and Leonard Jacobs.
Wells mas been pie yinx Tor three years.
aith"UGh j." j. bur twrlv" years old.
while Jacobs has been on the court for
about one Year This VIII no douhs
p. ~.'Nr ~ .HicreSt!ng match. and
will hold the center ot the stage.
i:r Hd match Will be Il toss-up at
fair between Jackie James o. the ISlr"t.
arG trvu;ick Seloy. hfteen-y >ar- Did
Martins FERRY boy. I:oth are new at
the game. but se.by has the edge on
j ives and should put him through =
Stiff pace.
In the fourth match Of the day. Byron
=. Ice OF Martins Ferry meets George
Petticord. a youngster who halls from
Birch Lynn.
The NTH will see an Island boy and a
Dallas Hcllins meeting Wilbur Schen-
cric:r.
The sixth and seventh promise to DO
the best OF the day. Kenneth Carmichael
OF Martins Ferry meeting Howard
Smith OF Lenox. Smith has been play
Ing longer than Carmichael. but the re.
suit may be surprising.
rns YinAl Match.
The mai match OF the day will =. he.
wizard OF the Wheeling Tennis club and
Kenneth Jones % Martins Ferry. This
win no doubt be the best on the days
program. and should draw n sool
crowd. II. F." as ne 10 known 10 ten
mis- fans IL hard playing yIungster
who showed his cameness BY entering
the city championship tournament for
mon. He played fine game although
he was eliminated nv .Allen Bowie. and
was complimented for HIS good work
Little IL known Of Jones although he
Is reported as playing a good game.
Nins prsw Byss-
Nine entrants d-"w byes for the r-~.
round and will 90 Into ~. second with
out playing a match They are Edward
Perry. OF tho Island. William HcC'e,-
land. OF WoodBda!s. Albert CASHIER. OF
the Island: Lawrence We!nstein. OF the
Island: Sydney Pedioord. Of Birch
Lynn. Junior HelIinS. OF Martins Ferry.
George Gundijng and Melvin s'obbs %
the Island. and Bernard Maury. Of
woodsdale
Report q. One oUocf.
All players who's. names were drawn
hast evening for matches IN tho hrS,
round are urged % be NJ shs grounds
before orc o'clock that the hrst match
may be started r!Sht on time Other
rn:ran't VINO dew byes and DO not
play ua,il Wednesday are Invited -
Sc on hand 20 tam!,iar!z" themselves
and get acquainted.
Rsyt Two Sets.
All matches will be p.ayed under Ma
tionai Lawn Tennis Association rules
with trio match going TO the winner Of
two sets out ~ three. The aaals Will
be played urde- the same arrangement.
tnstead OF shre. out ot Ave
Cups on Exhibition
One OF ;Ne loving cups 20 be pre-
sented to tho runner-up tor ire cham
pionsh!p will he placed ~ no w. J.
Iukens Company window this morning
The cup FOR the winner Of he 'itle IS
on tbs way and viii be placed in the
window as soon as x arrives.
There Will be several other awards
10 be announced later. and no doubt I'll
r!GSers will be IN their matches until
the last score IN efforts 70 win. The
II. G.. Fredrichs company has do mated
balls with which matches will be
played.
Tho tournament Is estnE staged BY
The Intelligence with ;he co-orerat"n
OF rror. 6. W Wolfe. director II rhe
Island Fairgrounds.