The Washington times., 1930-08-05
THREE TITLES
DISPUTED
YEARLY

IEARLI
BY GINO SINH
Get 'em while they're young,
II you want to make something
Of them. This adInonitiorl applies
to tennis as well as life in gen.
eral.
Time and again local followers
Of the smash and lob sport, view
ing the game through dark > col
ored glasses, voice the fears that
nothing is being done to promote
the game among the youngsters
and therefore future D. C. tennis
is doomed to mediocrity..
They are not aware of the
quiet, unostentatious work being
carried on by the District play
ground authorities under the ex-
pert and kindly guidance Of Mrs.
Susie Ruth Rhodes. playground
supervisor and her assistant, the
genial Dick TennySon.
Every year the association pro-
notes the municipal playground
department tennis tournament,
free of charge to the youngsters,
stretching practically through the
season. Each playground runs a
tournament to select its own
champion who then represents
the playground in the annual
city championship tournament.
Three championships are
disputed. The junior and SEN
iOr championships among the
boys. The Junior for the
boys who win mot complete
their sixteenth year until Sep
tember /, while the senior
is for those who will not com.
plete their eighteenth year .
until tina date.
The third championships is the
girls doubles. Following out the
policies Of the playground aSsocia-
tion not to promote any sport
which would cause too much Of
physical strain ON youngsters,
the singles championship for
girls is not emphasized, though
singles tournament for those lln-
der 16 years of age is promoted
yearly. Loveye Adkins has been
the winner for the last two years.
The senior division is a COM
parative recent addition, but the
junior boys singles and the girls
doubles are both tournaments Of
long standing, and have been an
important factor in developing
many first ranking stars Of the
city.
The D. C. playground champion
ships are now being disputed in
all sections of the city. Yester-
days the boys juniors and girls
doubles played their first and
second rounds, and today the
senior boys will open play.
Anthony Latona, Western High
School ace, who has shown re
markably well in the major tour
i1aments this year, is defending
senior champion. and is a pro
hibitive favorite to retain his
title. He represents the George
town division.
GEORGETOWN also claimed
the junior title through the
clever racquet welding Of
Everett Buscher, while Loveye
Adkins and Ellen Burnham of
Garfield captured the 1929
girls doubles crown.
Loveye Adkins is out of town,
so that Ellen Burnhanl paired
with her sister Rena in defending
the doubles. crown. The Hoover
playground champions. Grace
Taylor and Catherine Griggs, are
their most formidable cnalleng-
ers.
Gilbert Hunt and Clyde Smith
are two outstanding entries In
the junior round and arc fa
yored to survive to the final
round. Yesterdays results fol.
low:
GIRLS DOUBLES
zabeth Miller and Betty Broeks
(Alontrose1 defeated Nskts Wsldeeksr
60, 80; Eiizabeth Mays ana vir.
Kinia Kennedy tTakomal defeated
Louise Phipps snd vLrxiria Berry
fIowal s-4. 80; Marsarss ssrtwell
fasted Eleanor carroll and Elsie
Kimmeil eHappy Hollow 60. s--2;
Erval Bailey and Antolnette Tataro
tcolumhia Road .defeatsd virginia
e-a.s--n: Rufina King and Rosa Herson
(FasedaIel defeated Helen DaEell and
Marie Donn 1New York Ave.l 5-T.
s-4. 49,; Ellen Burnham and Rena
Kaanert and clara Holsworth tvir-
sinia AveJ e--i, 6-S Grace Taylor
ard Catherine Griggs tHooverl de;
fsated Virginia Moore and Rachel Bell
sra Emily Beach tGeorgetown) de-
.fsaes8 zelda Waldecker and Marga-
ret Waldecker (Tenley1 Sc 81;
Raftna King and Rose Herson Rose
dalsl defeated Virginia Early AMI
Edna Morscia (ThomsonD 60; So:
Helen Dazell anad Marie Dunn New
York Ave1 defeated Erval Bailey and
Antoinstts TStaro tcolumbia ROAD
Burnham lGarfieldl defeated virginia
Moore and Rachel Bell tPlaza) 81. |
81: Grace Taylor and Catherine
Griggs fHoover) defeated Clara Hol-
eworth and Anna Kuhnert Virginia |
Aye1 6--s.e--?: Eleanor Southard and
Nellie Robinson tPhilIipsl defeated
Elizabeth Mays and Virginia Kennedy
(Takoma1 e--1. 6-4.
BOYS SINGLES (JuhIorD
Jerry o'CGanor tGeorgetownD de- |
feated Alfred oddone tCOrcOranD s-i. |
7-s; Happy Jacobs ,lMontrosel de-
feated Raymond Duhrlng lTenley) Sc, /
Sc. stewart RObey (CheVy ChGsel |
Joe sullivan tMitehell Park) |