Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
s p Times Soutpaus Start Horseshoe Pay Week
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VIE In DISTRICT MEETS
Key Fairgrounds Named for Second Stage of Action
in ID. c. Section of Metropolitan Tourney.
Watts Is Champion at Bancroft.

TINE second stage of comp.
championship Of Washing
winners and runners-up OF
1t out in district meets.
Eight such tournaments will
and four in the west, on key play
The west section includes tn
Avenue and New York Avenue di:
In the east section are the F
and Plaza districts.
The following is layout Of the
Fairgrounds with the key ground and
its location given first In each instance.
WEST SECTION.
Georgetown District.
Georgetown, Thirty-fourth and Volta
place northwest; Adams. Chevy Chase.
Corcoran, Montrose, Fillmore, Weight
man, Reservoir, Tenleytown, Gallinger,
Mitchell Park In this group Is in
cluded the Cleveland Park tournament,
being run Off on private court)
BIoomingdaIe District.
Bloomingdale. First and BRYANT
streets northwest: Brookland Bur-
roughs, Emery, Brightwood, Tenth and
EvartS.
Iowa Avenue District.
Iowa avenue. Iowa avenue. between
Varnum and Webster streets north
west; Twin Oaks, Takoma Park, Park
View, Bancroft, Barnard, Columbia
Heights, johnson, Phillips, Truesdale.
New York Avenue District.
New York avenue, First street and
New York avenue northwest; Oyster,
Henry, Happy Hollow, Thomson.
Rosedalc District.
Rosedale, Seventeenth and Kramer
streets northeast; Benning, Kenilworth,
Wheatley, Maury.
Virginia Avenue District.
Virginia avenue, Eleventh street and
Virginia avenue southeast; Congress
Heights. Ketcham, Buchanan. Orr,
Stanton.
Garfield District.
GARFIELD. Second street and Virginia
avenue southeast; Wallach, Fairbrother,
Hoover, Van Ness.
Plaza District.
Plaza, Second and D streets north
east: Edmonds, Hayes, Ludlow. Pea
body. CGreenback Lane tourney played
on private court included.
On each of the key grounds will be
placed pitching courts that are regu-
lation in every respect, including clay
filled boxes. etc They will be In shape
in time for the district tournament
participants to practice enough to be-
come thoroughly accustomed to them.
Most of the neighborhood events are
being played on hard" courts.
In the district tournaments two
games Of 81 points each, out Of three,
will constitute a match until the finals
are reached when match will be two
games out of three at so points.
Play each day will start at $50
o'clock. Each district will qualify two
men (winner and runner-up) for the
sectional play-offs.
Dates and places for county play
offs in the Maryland and Virginia sec
tons Of the metropolitan tournament
are being arranged and viii be an
nounced shortly.
Dave Watts and Bob Eshe will rep
resent the Bancroft playground in the
Iowa avenue district meet. Watts de-
feated Eshe in the Bancroft final, 81
to 20. It was a tense contest through
out. Watts is the third to win a neigh
borhood championship. The others are
c. E. Whittlesey, Takoma Park, and
Herman FRANKIE, New York avenue.
In the last matches played in the
Beltsville, Md, tournament. which in
cludes a lineup replete with stars, j.
Moore defeated J. Jenkins. ala, 1921.
21-15: Roy Steneart defeated James
Hitaffer, 2l-la, PILL; F. Flore defeated
L. Jenkins. alp. 1921. 21-1l. and A.
Kerns defeated c. Roby, 21-16, alt.
With 80 players paired and more ex-
pected. the battle for the championship
Of Arlington. Va. with J. B. Lowell as
chairman, will get under way today at
$50 o'clock. Chairman Lowell will &C
cept entries up to that time and will
receive applications by phone at Clar-
endon 1304-W-2.
The pairings follow: J. T. wallace vs.
Boardman Munson. Lucien Lane VS..
Earl Mcpherson, c. Shoots VS.. H. N
Young, c. @. Henson VS.. Charles Harris,
w. w. Shoots VS.. L. Morgan, S. C..
Henson vs.. Able Shere, j. B. Lowell VS..
John A. Deuterman, S. H. Henson VS..
William Clark, George r. Cook VS.. WAL
ter Kirchner, E. Goldblatt VS.. Arthur
Kirchner, D. H. johnson VS.. G. Gold
blatt, John Jones VS.. Walter Wolf,
Harry Whitehead VS.. Charles Robin
son, H. j. Byroad VS.. James Decatur,
Carol Mcpherson VS.. Charles Jeffery.
Following are the Berwyn. Md. re-
suits: z. M. Barb defeated A. B.
Gahan. al. 21-6; E. Talbot de-
feated e. S. Giddings, 21-9. 21-18: w.
H. Baker defeated Morris Taylor.
2l-13, 21-10; Mark Herman defeated
Edward Aud, 2l-12. 21-3; William
Hossfield defeated Alton Parker, 21-9,
9-21, 21-16.
Robert Buzzard failed to get ringer,
but he defeated Roy Bateman, so to
%, in the Cleveland Park tournament.
AS fortune would have 1t, the draw
pitted r. L. Gilbert. prominent in the
Burroughs Citizens Association. against
his dad, william H. and the son won.
21-10.
At Franklin Park. Va, W. B. De
Groot defeated Harvey r. Oliver. al,
and Charles Sullivan nosed out Alex
M. Bloxton, Ale. The last game was
finished by lights from an auto. Twelve
are competing at Franklin Park, in
cluding besides those named: John
Bernard, Clyde S. Bloxton, Carl P. Con-
rdO, Joseph M. FdCLeISoH, j., NAlCcHN
B. Phelan, chairman; Blair Shoemaker,
A. Whetren and Fred Condry.
At Cherrydale, Va. Frank Trammell
defeated Kearn Weekeley, 21-10;
21-16; r. Roy James defeated Dewey
Berry, l4-21, 21-16, 21-20 Ohottest
match Of the tournament); Charley
Weekeley defeated Rudolph Stromberg,
21-9, 21-7; Robert Weekeley defeated
M. Dennis, 21-12: 21-20; Preston
Gingell defeated Spencer Weekeley,
Ala, 21-15: r. Roy James defeated
Frank Trammell, 20-21, 2l-3, al.
and Charley Weekeley defeated Spencer
Weekeley, AS, 21-9.