The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-21
CITY PLAYGROUND NOTES

Chesney playground won the inter-
playground tennis tournament for
| intermediate and senior divisions held
at Chesne park this week. Win
ners in the boys tournament were:
! Junior singles, Junior Shepherd. Ches-
neyS junior doubles, Guy NORRIS and
fJohn Lovewell, Chesney; intermediate
intermediate doubles, Ted and An
| drew Coy, Lowman; senior singles.
Richard Fisher, Chesney; senior
doubles. William Fisher and Herrick
Price, Chesney. In the girls tourna-
ment Virginia Price, of Chesney, won
junior singles and Eunice Sweeny, of
Chesney, won the senior singles by de-
! fault The fastest game of the toura-
ment was between Junior Shepherd, of
man, for the championship of the
! junior. singles. Twenty-one children
entered the tourney.
Children of the Quincy playground
held an inpromptu vaudeville per-
Torrance Wednesday evening in one
of the class rooms of the Quincy
school building. Maurine and Mar
jorie Fritz, twin sisters, sand and
danced, and Eugenia Kistler gave a
reading. After the vaudeville stunt a
play, Mrs. Jones Visits the Smiths,
was given. Children who had part in
the play were, MdTJOTle anu
Fritz, Agnes and Eugenia Kistler and
Bessie Metzger. Nearly every child
showed dramatic talent
The city-wide playground tennis
tournament which will open next week
under the direction of Lloyd Mosser.
supervisor of the Chesney playground.
will be one of the fastest ever held in
Topeka. Several college and univer-
sity tennis stars have signed up for
the tournament. Anyone who wishes
to enter the tournament must register
with Mr.. Mosser. phone Red 4424, or
with one of the city playground in
structors. The tournament will
ed doubles. Those who have
already registered for the tourna-
ment are: c. H. Carpenter, formerly
a member of the Washburn tennis
team: Harold Carr. Howard McCord,
Richard Fisher and Kenneth Meier
ran, of the Topeka high school tennis
team; Harry Loonis, member of the
Washburn high school tennis team;
r. r. Hibbs. Howard Jackson, Harry
Hardy, Bud Turner, Henry Eller. Ger
aid Hamilton, a member of the Wash
burn tennis team and champion of
the Kansas conference in singles; Art /
johnson, captain of the 1921 tennis
team at Kansas university; David
Robb. George Allen, Tom Boyd, Yves
ley Campbell, D. w. Whitney and &C.
ell Wilgus and Ted Wright, of the
Baker university tennis team. The
first round WILDE played off Monday
evening at s o'clock. A consolation !
tournament will be held for those who
are eliminated in the first round.
Prize winners in the Quincy play
ground t4cky contest held Thursday
were: Leo Walters, Thelma
Bleidissel, Portia MARI, D. Walton |
Bennett, Joe Jordon and Laura Smith. |
More than 800 children took part in a |
parade on North Kansas avenue.
The picnic for the Lownaan Me-
mortal Methodist church and Sunday |
school members, held Thursday aft !
ernoon at Chesney park, was attended I
by moro than 500 persons.
Twenty girls, who are to dance for
City park playground in the play
ground tournament, will rehearse Sat
urday morning in the Topeka high
school gymnasium.
Lucius Eckels of Eskridge visited
the Ripley playground this morning
and played several sets of tennis with
Albert Marlin of Oakland.
Eleven new members were enrolled
at the Ripley playground this morn
ing pool were the most popular with
the Ripley children today. II
The Quincy summer school closed
.oday after a session of six weeks
The teachers and students had a pic
lic on the Quincy playground this aft
srnoon.
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