Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
ARMY, D. c. TITLE
JOURNEYS CARDED
First Starts Tomorrow and
Latter Opens Saturday.
Big Fields in Both.

TwO notable tennis events are
listed hereabouts this week. The
annual Sheridan cup champion
/ ships closed to Army players and
which has drawn entries from
oil ever the East and other sections VIII
he staged on Columbia Country Club
courts starting tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock and the annual District Of
Columbia mems singles and doubles
championships will be held at Edge
moor Club, Bethesda, Md, Saturday
starting At ? o'clock.
Both fixtures will attract large FIELDS.
though the District affair will have the
most entries and necessarily more Of q
local field than the Army event. In
fact. the District event which is expect
&c 10 draw approximately 100 entries.
Is the biggest tennis tournament con-
Quoted IN The city and immediate neigh
borhood.
Make Drawings Tonight.
Drawings fer the singles i'll the Sher-
idan cup tourney will take place TO-
night. and the doubles pairings will be
made tomorrow night. Play in the dou-
hles will begin Tuesdst afternoon at :
o'clock,
Lieut. John ". Strahan Of Newark,
n. J.. who won the singles title Ill the
She1fSsn event last season, will not be
I.nle to get here to defend his honors.
Perhaps the most likely contenderS Tor
Lieut.. Strahans crown are Capt r.
c Van Vliet. Lieut. David D. Hedekin
and Mai. r n Finley. Capt. Van Vliet
and Col. Waite c. Johnson are looked
upon as having good chance TO
achieve doubles laurelS.
Others whose entries have been re-
pnaA T1spA-RF
Cant. n. n Murphy. Lieut.. r. s. OK
reider Lieut.. 6. H. Buck. Lieut., E NJ.
Rvrne, Chaplain E r Branhem, LIEUT..
J r Pitn,ar. Lieut.. Col. r. W. Collins,
Cant Charles ". Christenberry. Mai.
Paul c. Paschsl. Mai. H. L. Mumma,
Mai. Paul Newgsrden. Lieut.. James
wheichel. Lieut. F. l.. Ankenbrandt,
Lieut.. RAYMOND Stone. Maj. L. s. Hobbs
and Capt j H. Hills.
Gen. BENJAMIN D Foulois assistant
chief of the Air Service and chairman
Of the Army central tennis committee,
e. IN general charge of the tournament.
assisted By Capt. ]. H. Hills, secretary
treasurer of the committee.
Harding Is Chairman.
Paul c. Harding OF Edgemoor Club is
chairman of the committee. including
representatives of various clubs support
fnv the net game hereabout in charge
az the District championships. other
members of the committee are Thomas
:. Mangan OF Columbia Country Club;
AZ. J. Rathgeber of the Public Parks
Tennis Association. Albert j. Gore OF
Congressional Country Club. Lawrence
A Baker Of Chevy Chase Club. Car
enee NJ Charest who will be referee;
walter K. Bachrach. Ezra Gould. Har-
rison r. Halfway. Joseph Rutley and A.
O. White. A meeting Of the committee
viii be held tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock at the Racquet Club to further
arrangements.
Entries in the District affair VIII close
THURSDAY at pm. with Harding at the
Edgemoor Club. and drawings VIII DC
made that night
Clarence NJ Charess, one-arn1 DistTict
sinyIes champion. viii defend his title
hl,t Dooley Mitchell and Gwynn King.
r,ho hold the doubles crown, no longer
niav together. Jimmy Mitchell belng
kings partner now on frequent occa-
siors. Dooley Mitchell viii not take
part in the District AFFAIR. as ne Is 70
Be in Cleveland participating IN the ma
ffonal public parks tournament as
member of the District title oouoieS
team with William Buchanan.