Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-23

In preparing the mems singles
list, the task was rendered doubly
difficult, according to Newly, by
the fact that the first four men
named each had won one event
and been runner-up in one event
during the season.
The committee, taking into consider
alton past performance and perform
ance on courts outside of Washington,
however made their decision as fol-
lows: No. l, Clarence Charest; No. @,
Dolly Mitchell; No. 3, Tom Mangan;
No. 4, Bob Considine; No. 5, Deane
Judd; No 6, Maurice ONel; No. Z,
Alan Staubly; No. Q. Fred Doyle; No. 8,
Frank Shore; No: 10. Colin STAN; No.
IL, Maj. j. Huntington Hills; No. IL,
Bernard WEIGH; No. Is, Joseph Rutley;
No. IA, Lawrence Phillips; No. Is, VIII
liam SeidCll.
Miss KrucOff No. 1.
Topping the womens singles, of
course, is Frances Krucoff. the undis-
puted queen Of local courts. No. is
Phoebe Moorhead, No. 3, MRS. Ruth
Martinez; No. 4, Josephine Durham;
No. 5. Corinne Frazier; No. 6, Frances
Walker; No. Z, Marian King; No. 8,
Dorothy Kingsbury; No: o. Esther
JOucy, NO. ~, Du41y GUAlAOlAN'
Mems doubles teams are rated as fol-
lows:
No. 1, Mangan and Considine; No. q,
King and MITCHELL No. 3, Judd and
James Thomas; No. 4, O'Neil and Hal
Fowler; No. S, ONeil and George
Shoemaker; No. 6, Mai Hobbs and
Mai. Hills; No. Z, Dooly Mitchell and
William Buchanan; No. 8. Deane Judd
and Larry Phillips: No. 9. Joe Rutley
and Owen Howenstein; No 10, Patrick
Deck and Bill Seidell.
Mrs. Clarence Norment, jr., and Mrs.
Frances Bethel Rowan head the won-
ems doubles teams. No. 2 position Is
filled by Frances Krucon and Josephine
Durham; No. 3, Phoebe Moorhead and
Frances Walker; No. 4, Mrs. Martinez
and DR.. Elizabeth Chickering; No. 5,
Dorothy Kingsbury and Corinne Frazier.
Team and individual trophies won by
the players during the year were form
ally presented by Lou Doyle OF Column
bia Country Club, for many years a
leader In tennis affairs Of the city and
at present secretary Of the Depart
mental Tennis League.
1t was primarily veterans party,
and the old-timers Of the game were in
preponderance at the speakers table,
including Sam Hardy, former president
of the United Lawn Tennis AsSo-
citation and one-time captain of the
Davis Cup team. Houston Thompson,
the POSTMASTER, was introduced by A.
Y. Leech, jr., chairman Of the Columbia
Country Club tennis committee and
donor Of the famous Leech Cup now
held by the Navy team. Col U. S.
Grant, 3rd, director Of public buildings
and public parks, was one Of the prin-
cipal speakers. Discussing the growth
of municipal net activities in recent
years he said that "there Is no sport to-
day on our public parks program which
is more successful or more popular than
tennis"
Charest Is Lauded.
! Glowing tributes were paid to Charest
by Hardy, Grant, the POSTMASTER and
by Warren Magruder, vice president OF
the Middle Atlantic Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation, and Q representative OF the
Baltimore clubs who attended the din
ner to felicitate the former Oriole star,
whose character and sportsmanShip
have won him the same place In the
hearts Of the Baltimoreans that he holds
among his fellow players here.
kiss Cup team, which was victorious for
the third time in the past four years,
also responded to toast, giving much
of the credit for the teams success to
the performance of Charest. who was
member of the team each of the three
years that 1t was successful.
John A. Magee Of Baltimore, AL Gore,
we'll known Washington veteran: Law
renee Baker, Chevy Chase Club COM
mittee chairman; Clarence Aspinwall,
Chevy Chase Club veteran, and Arthur
HELEN, Washington delegate to the ex-
ecutive committee of the United States
Lawn Tennis Association, also were
among the honor guests.
Following the dinner and presenta-
lions, several tennis reels were shown,