Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
CONTESTS CARDED
IN THREE SPORTS
Youngsters Will BE Active in
Tennis, Track and SWIM
ming Events.

w WITH competitions scheduled
n in tennis track and SWIM
NV ming this week will be an
Y exceedingly active one for
boys who frequent the local
municipal Fairgrounds.
Winners of tournaments staged on 81
Fairgrounds will begin play tomorrow
to determine the city tennis singles
champion. It will be a down -and-out
competition loss of just one engage
ment meaning elimination of player.
Competition will be divided into
groups representing Fairgrounds in the
eastern and western sections Of the city.
The finaliSt in the eastern section
tournament will meet the survivor in
the western group for the city crown.
Richard Kelso of Garfield playground.
representing the eastern section, won
the title last season, scoring over Al
fred Ogus Of Twin Oaks. western sec
ton finaliSt. Kelso is ineligible to de-
fend his title this year
Second-round play is scheduled to
start Tuesday.
Pairings Are Made.
Finalsts in the eastern section have
besn paired for play tomorrow as fol-
lows
John Breen CGarfield) VS., Milton
Hancock Virginia avenue, Virginia
avenue, 2 O'Clock: Milton Hunter ivan
Ness VS.. Frank Phrane Hoover. Gar
field. o'clock Thomas Dunn Bloom
ingdale) VS.. Frank Walsh New York
avenue} B!oomingdale. 2 O'Clock; Will
liam Meehan PLAZA VS. Bob Dumford
tRosedalel, Rosedale, O'Clock.
Western section finalists have been
al Il
this:
Tracy Colman (TakomaD VS.. HARRY
Fine Park View, Takoma, 2 80 o'clock.
Howard Harlan Iowa avenue1 VS.. Stan
ley Norman Twin Oaks. Iowa avenue
1890 O'Clock; Harry Leay Cooke VS.
William Burke Happy Hollow. Cooke
2 30 O'Clock: James Lynch mitchell
Park VS. Pat Sinclair (Montrose Park
Georgetown. 2:30 O'Clock: Roy Weaver
tTenley) VS.. Anthony Latona Cor.
coran). Georgetown, / 80 O'Clock
Everett Buscher tGeorgetown) vs. Mel
vim Fox Chevy Chase. Georgetown
$50 O'Clock; David Legum tColumbia
Heights. bye.
Legum and Burke are the only final.
lists who also were champions of. THEN
playground In 1927
400 Entries i'm Meet.
Competition in the MidweStern Con.
/ ference track meet. one of the nrelirn-
| mary affairs to the city championships
August 81 which was halted by rair
/ Thursday i to be resumed tomorrow
at o'cloCt on Iowa avenue nlay-
grounds. Thsre are approximately 40C
! entries in this meet from johnson
Raymond Brightwood, Bloomingdale
Park View, Iowa avenue, Truesdale. Ia
koma John Burroughs. Brookland
Phillips and Twin Oaks Fairgrounds
The Southern Conference meet also is
| to be held tomorrow on Virginia avenue
playground, starting at 2 O'Clock Par
tlcipating will be representatives OF
Bowen. FaiTbrother, Hoover Garfield
Van Ness, Wallach and Buchanan play.
grounds
Playground swimmers Of the eastern
section OF the city will hold their elm
nation meet to pick representatives fol
the city title meet August l6 at Rose.
dale next Thursday Afternoon in the
Rosedale tank. Western section nata
tors will hold their trials Friday in
Georgetown pool Both meets will start
at o'clock. All who place first, second
or third in events in the elimination
meets VIII qualify for the city tests.
To obtain better competition nlav-
ground swimmers this year instead nj
competing in junior and senior classes
Wlli compete IN 30, lis and unlimited
weight classes and no boy more than I'd
years Of age is eligible for participation