Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-14

wv yITH an imposing array OF
u junior net stars appearing
wv on the local horizon. the
Y District bids fair to be vel
represented In the net
world within the next decade. both
in quality and quantity.
Never before has such field OF
youthful racketers gathered in this
section for championship play as that
entered at Chevy Chase Club for the
| District boys and Junior events this
| later for Middle Atlantic fonorS at
| Ed9emoor Club
| In the District events more than
! 100 boys under ls years Of age were
assembled, owing to the untiring eff
forts of Paul Harding, chairman OF
| the Junior net committee, and TO the
cooperation of the Chevy Chase Club
! officials, who donated the use of the
! club courts for the week of the cham
! pionshipS.
AT Edgemoor champions from civic
events were gathered representing
cities. towns and hamlets throughout
the Middle Atlantic States. Harding
and his local committee worked I'M
ceaSingly to make success of this al
fair. also, and the Edgemoor players
yielded their limited court space gen.
erously to the youngsters in the inter-
est of net progress.
Youngsters Are Developing.
Since the boys and junior events
have been pushed locally by Harding
during the past few years, promising
luminaries have come to the front, TO
take their place among the top-notch-
ers in the senior ranks. Bob ConSi-
dine, recent winner of the public parks
championship in Washington and semi
tinalist in the national public parks
event, got his early training at the
local junior nets. as did Dooley Mitch
ell. finalist IN 1926 in the national
public parks event. who was District
Junior champion In 25.
And now comes Frank Shore. the To-
year-old who won the District junior
championship this year. who performed
impressively at the senior nets at Edge
moor this past week, reaching the quar-
terminals IN a field of 90 netnlen. Shore
also was runner-up to Billy Jacobs OF
Baltimore for Middle Atlantic honors.
Robbed of its tennis center, the old
Dumbarton Club, washington net in
terests have been labortng under a
handicap during the past two or three
seasons, but one TO which the enthuSi-
asts have rallied calamity. with the
generous aid of local country clubs,
which have opened their doors and Of
fered their courts to the racketerS for
important events until new tennis
club could be located. This past Fall
the Edgemoor Club was obtained by the
netn1en, with its two courts forming
the nucleus of the future battle-ground
for District title campaigns. Three more
courts since have been added. and
others are TO be put in as fast as time
and club funds viii allow.
In the interim, Columbia and Chevy
Chase Clubs have come to the rescue
Columbia has loaned its courts for the
Army elimination tournament and the
women's senior District events, which
formerly were staged at Dumbarton
Club in conjunction with the mems
championships. Chevy Chase Club held
girls Junior championships in ADDITION
10 the bows and viii be the scene OF
the Leech Cup service matches next
Saturday.
In addition. Chevy Chase Club staged
an invitation tourney early in the
Spring, bringing TO Washington stars OF
international note. and later ran its
annual closed club tournament. where
the sensational play of i2-year-old Jock
Mclean furnished another forecast OF
future stardoYrl from the junior ranks.
Washington's tennis star Is on the
rise in another direction as well. Ne
gotsations are under way at present to