New Britain herald., 1927-08-24

 
WASHINGTON WINS
 TENNIS JOURNEYS
Takes HonorS in All Three
 Events in 12.14 Year Glass

Despite the threatening weather, the er-playground paddle tennis tournament in the 12 to 14 years old class was run of on schedule at the Burritt grounds yesterday. The Washington playground ran off with the championship in the three events staged. the singles for the boys and girls and mixed doubles
 In the opening preliminary match of the afternoon, Josephine Cianci of the Burritt jumped to an early lead, winning the first two games before her opponent from Paradise park Sophie Truhan, found her stride. Chalking up her first win in the third game, Miss Truman got start ed and won the balance of the games of their set All games but the last were closely contested. Miss Cianci weakened in the final game. and her opponent chalked up her only love game.
 Elizabeth Noziec. Nathan Hale, found Helen Ruscik of Washington to be a second Miss Helen Wills
 Miss Ruscik winning every game of l their match by safe margin. Rep resentatives from Smith and Willow Brook failing to put in an appear
 ance for the girls singles, Miss Rus
 elk and Miss Truman met in the finals for the mpionship. Both girls played at their best, every
 game going to deuce before being
 decided. Miss Ruscik had the punch which brought home the necessary
 point and she was crowned the 1927 girls singles champ.
 In the boys singles preliminaries, Teddy Curb (Washington) showed his superiority by defeating Stephen Nichesti (Burritt). Albert Andrini
 Of Nathan Hale defeated Jack Gull lun of smalley park by the same score. Teddy Schubert of Willow
 Brook and Joseph Matulis of Smith,
 played the best game of the boys singles preliminaries. Both were evenly matched, Matulis finally win ming the set after an uphill fight.
 The semi-fnals found Matulis of Smith against Curb of Washington. Aldrini of Nathan Hale being ad- vanced to the finals on drawing for places. Curb and Matulis put every thing they had into their game, and kept the spectators on their toes encouraging their favorite. Curb however, had an edge on his oppon- ent and won the set. After enjoying short rest while the mixed doubles were being played, Curb then met Andrini Of Nathan Hale in the finals for the boys singles championship. Andrini forced Curb to employ every fine art of the game before going down to defeat by a to 2 score.
 With but four grounds represent ed in the mixed doubles-the Burritt team (Margaret Baron and Thomas Nevedowske) eliminated the Smalley park combination (sophie Epstein and Victor Egata). Helen Humason and Sam Capodice (Washington) took the Nathan Hale team (Nellie Nichisti and Joe Karmelowicz) into camp in their elimination contest.
 After short rest while the singles were in action. these two winners, Washington and Burritt, faced each other to decide the mixed doubles cham pionship Winning the two opening games. Washington looked like a sure winner. However the Burritt team threw scare into the Washington camp when they took the third and fourth games-tying the count. Coming back strong, the Washingtonians captured the rest of the games. winning the set and the championship for the mixed doubles by a to 2 score.