Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-08

- KITTEN racketers are doing bat
tie today out at Edgemoor Club
for position in the quarter finals
. of the District singles champion
ship, with eight favorites meeting
their first critical tests in the Sched-
uled encounters.
Doubles play, inaugurated yesterday,
will continue late in the afternoon
minus one of the four seeded pairs,
Maj. Robert C. Van Vliet and Maj.
Thomas D. Finley. Army doubles
Champions, who were the victims of
the tournaments first major upset
yesterday when they bowed to a
"green" Army team composed Of Mai.
w. M. Robertson, former Dumbarton
Club netman, and Lieut. S. K. ROBIN
son of San Diego. Calf.
The Robinson Robertson pair proved
to be green" only In that they never
before had played together. There
was nothing green about their team
work or their individual performance,
as the IS, 12-l0 score in their IA
vor can testify.
All Tough Matches.
It would be hard to say which sin
giles encounter scheduled this afternoon
should produce the most thrills. All
eight of them should be hard-fought.
colorful matches, and II no favorites
fall 1t will be indeed a remarkable
record, considering the caliber OF ten
mis- already exhibited by the eight sur
yivors who will face the seeded PLAYERS.
Van Vliet is to oppose Lieut.. Rob-
inson at 3 o'clock in a match when
will have special interest for the faith
full gallery of Army followers who have
been attending the tourney.
Ensigns McCue and Farrin will give
the Navy rooters something TO turn
out for in their respective matches
with Maurice O'Neil and Dooly Mitch
ell. two of the best of the Public Parks
stars.
Charest meets young Johnny Helms
of West Point, Gwynn King faces the
Baltimore star, Louis Kurland, and
there is more than q bare possibility
OF an upset there; Ensign Howard and
Mai. Huntington Hills will clash at
$50 in an Army Navy tilt. while Tom
Mangan is slated to face Deane Judd
and Bob Considine to clash with Frank
Shore, Junior champion.
Navy Pair Upset.
In addition to the Finley-Van Vliet
upset yesterday another surprise was
furnished the gallery in the handy de-
feat of the Navy team, Ensigns Mac
Roberts and Grimm. at the nanos OF
Larry Phillips and Deane Judd. 81.
81. Dopesters expected at least a
close match but the Phillips-Judd COM
bination crashed through in short order.
Subsequently they eliminated AL Staub-
ley and Bill Seidell Of George Washing
ton University. Ga, 6-4.
Despite the intense heat yesterday, all
first and second round matches were
completed in the doubles and two third
round encounters as well. Mangan and
Considine advanced in one of these
scoring over Shore and STAN, e.
Ga, while King and Mitchell defeated
and Hoffecker in the other,
Go, 6-3.
Pairings today:
SINGLES.
230 pm.-Farrin VS.. Mitchell.
p.m.-Van Vliet VS.. Lieut.. Robinson.
$3.50 pm.-Howard VS.. Hills.
pm.-Mangan VS.. Judd. Charest VS..
Helms, Kurland VS.. King. o'Neil VS.. McCue.
Sis p.m.-Considine VS.. Shore.
Doubles.
5 pm-Johnson-H edekin VS.. Charest-
Haas. Judd-Phillips VS.. Burwell-Taylor, How
ard-Farren VS.. Newly -Thurtell, Hobbs-HillS
$50 pm.-Robinson-R Robertson VS.. Fenton-
McCue, Fovler-O'Neil VS.. Welsh Goubeau.
RESULTS.
First Round.
shepherd-Deck defeated Detwiler-Doyle,
Is, e-e.