The Washington times., 1930-07-19
NAVY NETMEN
HOLD EDGE !
ON ARMY
By GNO sTM


oh! Well! Shucks and GeewhiEG
Tennis to the right of us, ten.
mis- to the left of us. tennis to the
front Of us, volleying and smash
ing.
Those who like to hear the
swish of racquets and big watch
the little white ball for the new
tangled red ones aren't popular
in big time tennis go leaping into
the air like a thing alive, need
only to walk q few short blocks
in any particular direction and
they run smack into first rate
tennis scuffles galore.
Today marks the opening round !.
OF the .. c. Public Parks singles,
men and women mpionships
with matches scheduled for the
Monument Park, Seventeenth and
B Southwest, Potomac Park. just
across the Fourteenth Street
bridge, and Rock Greek, Sixteenth
and Kennedy Streets. ALI Of tbs
courts will be in action all after
noon after two o'clock. Doubles
play will STRAIT Monday in mea
ana women cIaSSeS.
At 2:3O the Leech Cup
matches between the Army
and Navy start at Chevy ;,
Chase and viii continue until
the last point is decided, II
the dOpesters are right, in
favor Of the Navy.
The seeded players in the Pub
lie Parks miss and out series are
Bob Considine, No. /. The present
singles champion of our fair city.
Dooly Mitchell, his most ardent
pursuer, No. 2. Maurice O'NeIil,
third: Allan Staubly, fourth; Ed
die Yoemans, fifth: a young and
none too dark horse" Bud Mare
key, Notre Danes representative
sixth: Frank Shore. jr., seventh.
Junior city champion. Hugh Trigg,
completing the octave.
Bob ConSidine is conceded the
singles title, but may be forced
with q few stiff matches in
achieving this coveted end. Con-
Sidine was the winner in 1923
and 1929. He is playing at the
Rock Greek courts where Trgig, /.
shore and Yoemans viii also do
their battling. t'7=f -
Dooly Mitchell leads the con!
tingent at the Monument grounds
while Staubly, O'Neill and Mar
key win struggle out on the Is
land.
The woman's first round draw
finds Dorothy Kingsbury against
Mary C. Ryan. while Louise Onl-
wake, the latter outstanding for
her fine work .in. the womensS
Maryland State tournament re-
Gently drew first round bye.
All the womens' matches are
listed for Rock Greek. --..,
In the Leech Cup matchse, Mai.
Robert c. Van Vliet should haye4
no trouble putting his match
with Lieut.. f. M. Watt in the
Army's win column, the same ap-
plies to Lieut.. Dave Hedekin, but
Ensigns Bill Howard and jimmy
Farrin should even things up by
putting their two singles into
the Nays win column, and take
their doubles match from Lieut..
enant Hedekin and Lieut.. Stanley
Robinson, though not without 0
bitter struggle. - ss
SINGLES
y, No. 9,da, l1Mst R. G. van vliet tArmys
No. 2-Lieut. D. d. Hedekin (Armys
VS.; Lieut.. g. W, Smith (Navy).
NO; lieut.. 3. r Robinson (Army@
No. MAI. v. " f. Mafrio Rob.rSsoss sTsSs'i i.,uvx
vs.. Ensign W. e. Howard 1Navy1 ~
DOUBLES
No. 1-Comdr. C. C. Gill ana
Lieut.. q. W. Smith Navy VS..
Majors r. G. Van Vliet and
Thomas D. Finley (Army).
NO. 2-EnsignS Farrin ana
Howard Navy VS.. Lieuts. Heda..
kin and s. e. Robinson (Arnly)
No. 3-Lieut. Watt and Dovla
navy VS.. Majors j.. Huntington
Hills and L. S. Hobbs (Army).
Seven matches in all will
be played. four singles and
three doubles, and the team
winning four or more,
matches will be the recipient
OF the cup. This years
matches promise to be
equally as closely contested
as last year. o.
Adding fuel to- the tennis fiH
which is raging .unabatingly in
every section of the city, the
Suburban League schedule brings
the leading Lakeview combine
tlon against the third placs
Argles, on the Lakeview courts
while Standards will endeavur 20
push Wesley Heights further
down into the cellar, on Wesley
Heights own grounds. Secretary.
Raymond E. Gable reports the
current standing as follows:
Lakeview. =, 90 slArsle c. crab Is Is
Standards. IL III Wesley lights 10 %
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