The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-08-07
ANNUAL TENNIS TOURNEY
IS SET FOR AUGUST ll-l6
Former Stars Are Expected To
Participate; Last Years Cham
piOns To Play This Season s.

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The Eleventh Annual Tennis Tour
nament for the Western Maryland
Championship, sanctioned by the Uni-
ted States Lawn Tennis Association,
will be held at Mountain Lake Park
from August II to 16, and will be held
under the auspices of the Women's
Civic Club.
Keen competition is expected as
John Brown, who won the first tourna-
ment in 1920; Jarvis Adams who won
both in 1921 and 1925; and Wright
Hugus, the winner in 1922, are ex-
pected to attend. Everyone who at
tended last year remembers the finals
between Sam Cohn and B. F. Ankle;
both will be here again this year.
Ankle won the West Virginia Cham
pionship at Charleston this year while
COIN was last years champion. Ark
les victory last year gave him the
first leg on the new cup which must
be won three times before becoming
ones permanent property.
The first leg on the new "Women's
F, Singles Cup" was won last year by
Miss Mary Will Waterford, Mobile,
Ala, who is also entered this year, as
is Miss Margaret Carspecken, of Nor
gantown, w. Va. Miss Carspecken
has just played Mrs. DeLoyd Thomp-
son, the winner of the first cup, in
the finals at Hot Springs, Va.
Anyone wishing to enter are to
send their entries to Mrs. Wilson Lee
Camden, Mountain Lake Park. En-
tries for singles close on Saturday,
August 9, at 500 p. M; for doubles,
when draw is made, evening before
doubles play begins. Five courts will
be available, and they will be put in
the best of condition before Monday.
It is hoped by the committee in
charge that the Oakland people will
respond. Daily and weekly tickets can
! be obtained at very nominal prices.
There is to be a reception at the
Bowling Alley on Monday night and
on Wednesday night there will be a
dance at the Mountain Lake Hotel.
On Friday night frolic will be held
at the Bowling Alley, it was announ-
ced by Mrs. Camden yesterday.
The first Western Maryland chal-
lenge cup in mems singles was in COM
petition for nine years and was won
permanently by Gwynn King, Wash
ington, D. c., in 1928. The names of
the following players are inscribed up
on the trophy: John Brown, Connells-
vile, Pa, 20;Jarvis Adams, Pitts
burgh, 1921; Wright Hugus, Wheel
ing, w. Va, 1922; Ray Johnson, Pitts
burgh, Pa, 1925 Kier Boyd, Pitts
burgh, Pa, 1924; Jarvis Adams, Pitts
burgh, 1925; Gwynn King, Washing
ton, 1926, 1927, 1928.
The Women's Singles Cup was in
competition for five years and was won
permanently by Mrs. DeLloyd Thomp-
son, of Washington, Pa, in 1928. The
names of the following contenders are
inscribed upon the cup: Miss Sara
Wright, Frostburg, Md, 1924; Miss
Elizabeth Hugus, Wheeling, w. Va,
1925; Mrs. DeLloyd Thompson, Wash
ington, Pa, 1926, 1927, 1928.
The new challenge cups for these
events, first placed in competition in
1929, were won by B. F. Ankle, of
Wheeling, w. Va, and Miss Mary Will
Waterford, Mobile, Ala.
These cups become the property of
the players first winning three times,
not necessarily in succession, and the
winners are awarded custody of the
cups for one year. Suitable trophies
will be awarded the winners and run
ners-up in all events.
Mems singles begin August 18th, at
ten o'clock a. M; women's singles be-
gin August IL, at 10 a. M; mems dou-
bles begin August IL, at 2:30 p. M
Mixed doubles begin August IL at
2:30, and women's doubles begin or
August 10.
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