Evening star., 1927-04-24

- ACKETERS of the Womans
District Tennis League will
IN swing into action the latter
II part Of this week in the
annual round robin tourna-
ment for the team championship, now
held by the Liberty team.
Leaders are completing the person
mel of their squads and as soon as
these are reported I'm full to Ruth
Curran, secretary, the schedules will
be announced. Cards Will be sent to
each league member listing the
matches she is to play in the series.
Miss Curran plans to mail these cards
Wednesday of this week, and players
will be expected to arrange for their
initial encounters as soon as possible
thereafter.
One of the interesting features of
the event this year will be the partici-
patton Of the most prominent junior
racketers In the District. Dorothy
Cook, junior champion has entered
her name as we'll as Florence Seward,
Katherine Berrall, Edith McCulloch,
Kathleen Johnston, Helen Johnston
and q, number of other youthful net
performers who were outstanding
figures in high school events last
season.
nounced a set of rules to govern all
match play in the series, as follows:
j. There will be no Cancelled
matches this season. After three
challenges have been made, if no date
has been agreed upon, both players
involved must report their inability
to arrange dates to their team leaders,
who in turn will communicate with
the secretary. The secretary then will
appoint time and place for the play
ing of the match. The secretary shall
act as referee at this match and In
case OF, non-appearance of either
PLAYER, win grant a default in favor or
the player present.
2. No pis yer need wait more than
30 minutes beyond the time her op-
ponent has agreed to meet her. TIE
match automatically viii go by de-
fault.
3. Dues must be paid to leaders by
May 10. zone dollar per member)
a. Players should report results of
their matches by Thursday night of
each week to leaders. Matches played
after Thursday evening will be re-
ported the following week.
5. Leaders must report each Thurs
day night to the secretary the results
of all matches played by her team
during that week, so that the ac
curate standing Of the teams may be
published each Sunday.
g. No match may be begun ON.
cially before O'clock in the morning
or after in the evening unless
mutually agreed upon.
z. Rules Of the American Lawn
Tennis Association as adopted for
1927 will be in effect fer all league
, competition.
Players who win fill the top posi-
tIons on the eight teams of the league
represent the ranking racketers OF
the District. The teams have beer
so arranged this season that every
squad has a ranking player at its
head in order to make play more ever
than it has been in the past when TWO
or three ranking stars We're listed OF
one squad in several instances, while
other squads had no outstanding per
formers under the old system wher
membership on team was arranged
bv invitation from the leader.
No / players and team leaders fol
the respective groups have been as
signed as follows:
Mount Pleasant--Delphine Heyl
No. /; Jessie Edmonston, leader. Lib
erty-Franees Walker, No. j anf
leader. Columbia Country Club
Phoebe Moorhead, no. ] and leader
Wardman Park-Helen Sinclair, NO.