The Washington times., 1929-07-03
BIG FIELD SEEKS
DC. NET TITLE

With a near record breaking list OF
entries the open District of Columbia
tennis tournament begins tomorrow
morning on the Edgemoor Club,
Bethesda, Md. The full list Of
players is exactly 102 and officials
in charge of the meet plan to do
everything to make it the most
successful ever conducted here.
The grade of competition win be
high class as the majority of the
crack players in and about Wash.
Lngton are entered. On top of this
several Of the players who partici-
pated In the Army tennis tourney
which has been staged on the Colum-
bia Country Club courts during the
last week also are included IN the
field.
= Major Robert C. VanVliet, the
defending champion. will be ON
hand to defend his crown and is
right at the top Of his game
following his successful defense
OF his Army singles champion.
ship.
Tom Mangan, Bob Considine. Doo-
ley Mitchell. Clarence c h ares
Gwynn King and many other local
stars will make the attempt to lift
the crown from VanVliets head
Last year the Army man defeated
Tom Manan for the crown in the
hard.fought finals, but this year 1t
may be a different story. With the
large flied of entries any OF the
seeded stars are apt to run into
tartar in the person Of some young
unheardof who may scale the heights
by eliminating the favorites. Sueh
things often happen. even to the
best of them.
The tournament marks the re-
turn of Gwynn King to play. The
erstwhile star of the Montrose team
has been on the shelf for more
than a year with severe shoulder
injury suffered in basketball that
he was unable to play tennis. Ihe
injured member has since responded
to treatment and with the aid OF
a brace King is playing near his
old time form. He has been IN
dulging in practice sessions for the
past three weeks and has his game
going along smoothly and power
fully.
NO GOufnamenG HeTedUOueS
may be conducted without max.
ing Tom Mangan one Of the
faVOrites. The remarkable
steadineSs of Toms game COM
bined with his all-arOund ability
make him just about the class
Of the local field.
His recent victory over Clarence
Charest in the City of Washington
tournament is indicative Of the fact
that Tom is on his game and 1t
would not be at all surprising to
see him again regain the laurels
he has so long held.
Some of the younger players,
notably Bob Consodine, Dooley
Mitchell and Frank Shore, jr., may
prove plenty worrisome to Van
Vliet, Charest, Mangan and the
other vets.
The pairings follow:
FIRST ROUND:
10 q. m.-Farrin vs. Beuchelt; Hatha-
way vs. Stokes; Spencer vs. Garnett;
Paschal vs. Pitman; Charest vs.. Silva:
Ballenger vs. Edgar: Hobbs vs. Simon;
Burwell vs. Davies; Finley vs. Watson;
Haas W. Shepard; Bowen vs.. Staubly;
H. Birch vs. Helms; Kusland vs. john
Deck; W. H. Ca,lan vs.. Roster.
II q. mixing vs.. Goubeau; B. 3.
Birch Ys. Del Rosario: Zamora vs. New
by: DuBose vs. ,Spottswood; Van vliet
VS.. Thurtell: Taylor We. Bakshain; Sher-
-burne vs. Phillips; simmons vs.. Fowler:
Hedekin vs. 1t. Robinson; Peck vs..
Hoffecker; Hermann vs. Dodge: w.
Benton VS.. SeidelI: Howard vs. Byrne;
Doyle vs.. Walsh; Boulc vs.. 7. Benton:
Ritzenberg vs.. Heiskels; Hills ys. Mason;
Thenault VS.. Welsh; Detwiler vs..
Jacobs; Dean vs. Crews: Considine VS..
Bradley: Love VS.. CAN'T; Rathgeber
vs. Brown.
SECOND ROUND:
12 noon--Mangan VS.. Kip Callan:
Hoffman VS.. Ladd; Judd vs.. Dreschler;
willis W.. Parsons: Mitchell vs. Scrive-
ner; Dawson vs.. James: Nea.e VS.. Roe;
Shore vs. Randy Robinson: McRoberts
VS.. Fenton; O'Neill va. Griffin Law
renee vs.. TrigE: Rutley vs. Martinez;
McCue vs. Hunt.
HITTING HIGH SPOTS
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