Evening star., 1925-03-22

But it is worth while to digress q
moment to say something of Miss
Kelley herself. Not only are great
things expected of her at leader of the
women's tennis organization, but she
is brilliant player under almost any
kind of conditions; she is one of the
leading players OF the District. Ag-
gressive to the nth degree. Miss Kel-
ley at the same time is cool. calculat-
ling and nerveless. All her strokes
are swift and sure, and she can almost
place them in any square foot Of the
court.
Miss Kelley last year won the dou-
bles in the District championship
tournament with Marywill Wakeford
and In the Women's League with Cor
rine Fraser. She also won the sim
giles event in the league tournament
In the single events of the South At
lantic. Penelope Anderson of Rich
nrond, Va, proved too much for her
while in the District tournament
singles her own doubles partner
Marywill Wakeford, Macon, Ga, was
he stumbling block.
Interclub play of the Women's
League will start Saturday, April IS
Entering clubs and their leaders are!
CapitotI A. c., Tillie Raine: Depart
mental Club, Mrs. F. C. Posten: Mount
Pleasant, Miss Edmonston: Liberty
Frances Walter; Columbia, Mrs. III. c.
Thompson; Government Hotels, Ruth
Edwards; Racqueters, Mayceta dc
Souza Bureau of Standards. Cecyle
Taylor; Wardman Park, Marjorie
| Stimson; Mid-Cfty, Mrs. G.. Grahm.
| The South Atlantic tournament will
! not be held in Washington this year
| The most important court matches fol
| the city will be the league tourna.
ment, including singles and doubles
| to be>played on various league courts
| and the District singles and doubles
matches, scheduled on the Dumbartor
! Tennis Club courts.
Tennis will be the major Spring
| sport of girls in the local high school.
and colleges. In the former the Cen.
| trail girls come to the front first with
| plans. Under their manager, Geral-
dine Shook, practice will get under
way Immediately. after the Easter
| vacation on the Central courts. The
| interclass tournament, limited to com.
| petition in doubles, is to beginsabou
| the first of May. The winning coupl.
| will receive the coveted &C." Las
| Springs letter girls were Florenc,
Billows and Polly Tomblin from tn,
class of '25. The singles tournament
! run-off in the Fall, was won b,
/
| Among the colleges the G. w. to-ed,
are busiest on the courts. Challeng,
! matches are now being played of or
| the concrete courts near the Monu
ment. To date the girls rank as fol
lows: Frances Walker, Gecyle Tay
lor, Edith Petrie, Elizabeth CHECKER
ing. Louise Omwake, Dorothea Bealer
| Ivy Wymore, Mary Shoemaker, Almes
Adkins and Mary Didden. The girl
may change their rating by challenE
/ ing and winning a match from a gir
one or two places ahead of them
| Any new girls desiring to -compet
may become eligible by winning
matches from the last two listed.
The G. w. tennis schedule includes
/ six games at home and three away
| Of those at home, two are with Gal
| laudet, two with National Park an,
two with the University of Mary
land. The three games away will
| be played in the first week in May
/ Opponents will be Fredericksburg
William and Mary and West Hampto,
Colleges. The team will include th
i first geven girls in the Hst given II
ithe foregoing paragraph. with France