The Washington times., 1930-08-11
LEAD ORIOLES
IN STRAUS
SERIES
BY GINo SINH

Gus tennis duels in progress il
the District and preparation be
ing made for forthcoming ones.
Tennis this season has givel
Miss Columbia's caretaker no lii
tie enjoyment. Rumors woult
have it that shortly after the ne
season opened and the Capitalize
served up several Steaming order
Of high-claSS tennis, Pop" amblet
down to a well-known optical shol
and got himself adjusted to nev
pair of glasses.
Don't wanta miss anything,
by gum" it is claimed he re-
: marked to one in particular.
"My youngsters are certainly
busting things wide open in this
here tennis paStime."
Pop" Is an easy-going, slightly
portly. middle-class gentleman
who still retains some Of the ole
native flavor to his conversation
and manners, though many trip.
up and down Fife Street, listening
to the conversation of flapper!
and their victims, finds him using
snappy. up-to-date slang with east
and grace.
81 amt a-beiri' watching this
yere tennis pastime very closely
since Connie. Doyle and his
family quit fIittering about the
courts. OF course, didn't
exactly ignore Clarence Charest
and Tom Mangan; but, you
know, Connie Doyle did such
wonderful things, and, what he
didn't do his brother Harold
did, so it was kind Of hard to
notice someone else right off.
But, now, q lot of youngsters
are rushing in, reckless like,
smashing dope and dOpe-buCkets
with crash, bang, zOwie, and q
couple Of zingOes, and things
are perking up considerably.
when they can turn back
them snOoty Baltim0rears like
they've being dOings they're
there, come rain or shine. Pm
sticking with 'em. Yes, sir. Ed
YOemans. Bud Markey, Frank
Shore, and Anthony LatOna are
cracker.jackS, and, with DOOIy
Mitchell and Bob COnSidine to
lead 'em on, it's q case Of bring
on them cups, we'll provide the
SaucerS! WhOOpee, button up
your ears, ard / hope to spit in
o bulldogs eye, we're the cats!"
And here the old-timer broke
into q jig which made ancient
limbs creak automatically.
Yesterday a sparkling array Of
Oriole aces came down with
bright hopes of obtaining revenge
on our gallant lads in the open
ing matches for the Aaron Straus
Trophy for a licking they re
Ceived last Sunday, but, as usual,
they fought well but vainly.
Things were even at five-all at
the conclusion of the ten singles
matches, with the oyster-shuck
ing crew registering two reSound.
ing vietories over Frank Shore
and Bud Markey, though both
battles were cracking affairs.
In the doubles matches, how
ever, the D. c. boys struck like a
WhirIwind, only William Wellmon
and Henry Clabaugh being able
to save a couple Of pieces Of
chinaware in the general
catastrophe by a hard-won victory
over Shore and Latona.
Bob Considine pulled his usual
Dick MerFiwell finish when he
battled Alex Keiles through three
scorching sets to win 6-3. 80,
81. Dooly Mitchell, Ed. Yoe-
mans, Anthony Latona and Pat
Deck spent most Of their time
testing the residence Of the ball.
Summaries:
B. considine (Wl defeated Alex
S Dooly MIteheII '(w.> defeated E. Rudy
'H2' 4. fmto Eliiott I'd CB.>. defeated F. shor,
(W.), 81, 1-6, 6-2:
a3 E; 3ep Xs0mSns ss W2 Ss defeated '" wen
ia N. Bal. BaIaon GB.l defeated NJ. ,o'Nelll
(W.j, 81, 1-6, ca.
H. cIabaugh tB.) defeated B. MarkeS
(w.), So, 81, 6-2.
NJ. Shapiro (B.) defeated II. TrigE
b. La Fieur (B,> defeated G. stauOIy
"A" 4: Iatona !w.) defeated A. Miller
'fa.' P. Deck ; tw.j defeated R. Robinson
(B0, Go, "a.
Yeoma ns- Markey (W.) defeated Rudy
Considine- Mitchell twD defeated La
Fleur-Kei1es. 60. 6-2. t
welmon- Cla baugh OBJ, defeated Shore
Latons on, sn2 .,2iI Is ~ "a defeated Baker.
lo'Neiil-Trlgg (W1 defeated Taylor
Robinon. 2-6, "a 6-3.
The municipal Fairgrounds
boys juniors and girls dOu.
bIes interSectiOnal tennis
play opened today on the
Plaza playground courts.
Matches were played at 10
q. m. and 2 p. m.
Arrangements are being com.
pleted for the National Public
Parks Tennis championship which
starts at the Red Greek courts,
next Monday.
The entry Of Theodore r. NTed)
Drewes, of st. Louis. Mo-. came
as a surprise to tournament Off
cials. Drewes. who won the title
in 1879. 1925, 1926 and 1927, was
kept out Of national competition
in 1923 and 1929 by business