The Washington times., 1929-05-02
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Tennis Fans Flock to Chevy Chase Club
On Fair Days; Game Popular With Diplomats
Daughters of Famous
Players Inherit Faith
ers' Flair for the Game

ers' Flair TOR the Game
News that some of the
prelim m in ary Davis Cup
matches are to be played off
at the Chevy Chase Club
seems to have inspired
Washington's tennis fans to
new enthusiasm. Tennis talk
rivals talk of golf and horses
just now; and, between
rainy days, the courts at
the Chevy Chase Club. are
more crowed than they have
been for several years.
Champions
Dwight F. Davis, some time
Secretary Of War and donor Of
the Davis Cup, most famous
Of international tennis trophies,
may not put up quite the game
that he did years ago, when he
was one Of the country's best
players. But this distinguished
southpaw still boasts a terrific
drive. He is playing a great
deal at Chevy Chase these days,
usually paired with Julian S.
Myrick against the Swedish
Minister, Mr.. Bostrom, and
Lawrence A. Baker, chairman
of the Chevy Chase Clubs tennis
committee. 49,
Mr.. Bostrom is the Diplomatic
Corps best player. He was
once amateur champion Of Swe-
den and when in Stockholm he
is often Commanded" to play
with-or against-the King of
Sweden, who is said to WELD a
wicked racket. Mr.. Myrick was
formerly president Of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association.
Fathers Daughters
The Swedish Minister'S daugh-
ter, Mile. Ellis Bostrom. plays a
first rate game of tennis; so does
Miss Alice Davis, daughter of the
former Secretary Of War, and an.
other successful petticoat player
on the Chevy Chase courts is
Mile. Loranda Prochnik, whose
father, the Minister of Austria, is
q fast man on the courts. Which
goes to back up the theory. of
heredity that a fathers talents
descend to his daughters.
Mile. RENE Claudel, daughter of
the French Ambassador; the Spar
ish Ambassador daughters, Miles.
Rosa and Maria Padilla; Mile.
Jeanne Cretziano, daughter Of the
Minister Of Rumania, and Coun-
tess Alice Szechenyi, the second
Of the several daughters Of the
Hungarian Minister, are others
from the diplomatic group fire..
quently to be found on the courts,
Mile. Cretziano sometimes playing
with her father, who finds tennis
q pleasant method Of keeping in
trim.
Mile. Claudel and Mile. Cret-
ziano, by the way, were missing
from the courts for several da! $
having been on motor. trip to
White Sulphur Springs over the
week end with Nine. Claudel and
several of the bachelor diplomats.
Boundary Castle
A few years ago the tennis
courts at Boundary Castle, Mrs.
John 3. Henderson's big man
sion in Sixteenth Street, were
the favorite gathering place for
the younger diplomats on spring
and summer afternoons, with a
dip in Mrs. Henderson's pool at
terward as an extra added at.
traction" But the privilege of
playing at Boundary Castle has
since been withdrawn. More
over, Evermay in Georgetown,
which was the scene of many
hotly contested matches between
tennis teams from the diplomat
ic corps and the State Depart.
ment when Mr.. and Mrs. F. La
mont Belin were "'in residence,
is now let to Representative Ruth
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Chevy Ch.se courts without rival
in the affections of our smart
tennis fans.
Some Of the diplomatic daugh-
ters" and their playmates from
among the resident society girls
are taking their tennis seriously
this year and are under instruc-
ton from the pro" attached
to the club. Major George Then"
ault, famous French ace who is
now air attache of the French
Embassy, and Commander Silvio
Scaroni, air attaehe- of the Italian
Embassy, are among the bachelor
diplomats who are indefatigahle
players.
Representative and Mrs. Sol
Bloom and Miss Vera Bloom have
returned to their apartment on
Sixteenth Street from Annapolis,
where they went for the annual
meeting of the board Of visitors
inspecting the Naval Academy.
Representative Bloom was a mem
Der of the Board.
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