The Washington herald., 1922-06-26
DRAWS ANNOUNCED
FOR RECORD ENTRY
LISTS in 2 EVENTS
log Will Start in Mems
Singles Play-Start
Today.
ICHAREST FAVORITE
Women's Match Gets Under
Way Tomorrow With
AZ Entered.
FAvORITE

OF the District opens this afternoon
at o'clock on the Dumbarton Club
courts In the thirty-fourth annual
city tournament with one OF the
largest entry lists In the hi-tory Of
Washington net title play.
Draws for the mems and ladies'
singles events were announced yes
terday. with 1oe entries in the for
mer and forty-seven in the latter
Play In the women's singles gets
underway tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
Clarence Charest, present title
holder, drew a bye in the first
round. He meets J. z. Stauffer in
his hrst match, second round af-
fair. Charest appears to be In the
lighter half of the draw In his
half, the upper, Tom Mangan, who
gave him terrific struggle in the
semi finals OF the wardman Park
invitational event recently. looks
like the best bet TO stop the fast
going Baltimore star. Mausaa.
however. is Handicapped by a sore
wrist.
Stars I'm Lower Half.
The lower bracket is we'll tanned
with stellar material, incl ldiu., John
Temple Graves, jr., who met charest
in the finals OF the Wardman Park
event; Donald Dudley, wro opposes
Graves in the first round match; Ar
thur Yencken. who won the CIV
title In 1920: J. Ballard Moore.
Washington champion In 1915: s.
Stellwagen. holder of the same title
in 1915: Louis Doyle. city champ in
1917. and Maj. ]. d. Elliott
-Four past city champions in one
bracket. With the odds easr to
figure. its a bet that the survivor
of this chunk IF the entry list will
play in the finals with a sturdy Lulk
or experience to his c-edI: and a
well worn racket.
Aside from ManGSn. Arthur nel-
len. member of the District team
In the recent Hotchkins Cup play.
and John Dudley appear to be the
most worthy opponents likely to
battle Chsrest
Charest Is F'asseit~.
charest in the finaIs locks like a
sure thing.
Mrs. winifred EI;is. pres"n. wom-
ems city champion ar1 Miss Maiy-
VIII Wakeford, who scored n victory
recently over Mrs. Ellis. head the
lower and upper halves of the draw,
respectively. in the wonren'7 play.
This pair should romp through
the meet. In the recent Columbia
Road League tournament neither
had any dtfficulty sideswiping op-
position. Miss wakeford captured
h.
three-set match.
Principal matches today include
the following: Miller VS.. Rice, c.
Dowd VS.. Haas-both at o'clock;
"A. o. White VS.. c. Stanley Thomp-
son at 4:l5 o'clock. and J. T.
Graves VS.. D. Dudley at o'clock.
Schedule Announced.
The schedule for today calls for
the nrst twenty players in the up
per half. from W. c. Phillips to r.
w. Flournoy, to report at 3 o'clock.
The ulayers in the first round. from
l.. A. Cox to Include S. Thompson
as listed In the draw. will report
at t:15. The players from John T.
Graves to w. II. Sherwood will re-
port at o'clock. Play in the first
round will have to be spread over
until tomorrow for compile ton.
Play In the women's singles opens
tomorrow. morning at 10 o'clock.
Matches in this event will be re-
stricted to hours from 10 a. m. TO
, p. m. Definite schedule for OPEN
ing matches in this event will be
announced in the morning.
Schedule Ia Tight.
Louis Bates, chairman of the
tournament comm.ttee. announced
yesterday that the default rule
would be strictly enforced in view
OF the cnwieldy entry list in both
mems and singles events. He said
that unless ARRANGEMENTS were
made with the committee for post
ponement of matches, defaults
would be ordered unless players ap-
peared at the scheduled hours.
The official referee of the tourna-
ment is Col. Waite C. johnson, of
the Dunbarton Club: The tennis
committee is: Chairman Louis
Bates. Hugh Miller. John Graves,
Maj. ]. d. Elliott and Col. johnson.
The umpiring Of the matches will
be under the direction or A. o.
White, chairman OF the Tennis Um-
pires' Association. Members of the
association will officiate at all
matches, namely. S. NJ. Steliwagen.
Maj. :. d. Elliott Gould Lincoln,
Spencer Gordon. ]. P. McLachlen.
DR.. L-W. Glazebrook, Col. Charles
L. Frailey. Harvey Winfield and