The Washington times., 1930-07-16
WOMENENTER
PARKS NET
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TOURNEY
By GINO SINH

Saturday may be officially ue-
Cfared as Washington's tennis
day" for on that date the Army
and Navy will settle their Leech
cup differences on the Chevy
Chase courts, while on the varl-
Gus public parks courts sundry
men and women addicts of the
clay-pounding paStime will be
opening a brick battle for the
local singles and doubles titles.
The month of July will have
been the most tenniS-infeSted
period Of the season. The mems
District of Columbia champion
ship, the M. A. doubles encolln-
ters, the Leech cup and local
public parks events, and the
women's District championship
will have been decided by the
beginning of August. Each one
q firStrate tennis event.
Tomorrow night at 5 o'clock,
entries will close for the public
parks championship, and contest
ants are urged by Winfree John
son to send in their, names i'm
mediately.
For the first time in the
history Of the tournament,
wOmen's singles and doubles
will be included, governed by
the same conditions As the
men.
Only established residents OF
the District are eligible, and not
all of these, for those who hold
membership in any local tennis
courts are barred. Enrolment
fee is so cents, and 81 will be
charged for each event, either
singles or doubles, in which the
contestant enters. Entries may
be made at any of the local pub
lie parks, Henry. Rock Creek. ~Po-
tornac or Monument, or direct to
Winffee Johnson, 1O46 Navy
Building.
Bob Considine, last years sin
giles winner, had a wonderful rec
ord in the national tournament,
reaching the somi-final round Of
the singles before being put out
by George Jennings, Of Chicago.
and, teamed up with his erstwhile
conqueror, Bob is co-holder Of the
national doubles championship
Maurice O'Neill and George Shu.
r1aaclner were doubles winners.
The Leech Cup event is series
of seven matches between out
standing players of the Army and
Navy. The Navy racqueters
swamped Army, 6 matches to l,
last year. The Navy also won in
1928, 4 to 3. and the gobs are
again favored to win, with new
and brilliant talent to their line
up, while the Army must depend
upon practically the same lineup
as of yore.
This afternoon Bon COnsi-
dine and Tom Mangan will
quest their third and officially
greatest doubles crown Of the
year when they face Joe Rut-
lev and Owen HOwenstein at
the CONGRESSIONAL Country
Club in the Middle Atlantic
doubles finals at 4:SO o'clock.
The winners of this match will
be sent to Boston at the expense
OF the U. s. L. T. A. to battle for
the National Title, won by G..
Martin Lott and Johnny Doeg
last year. The champions are
now in Europe facing a much
more formidable and patriotic
task than defending a national
title. They are the likely selec-
tions for the Davis Cup singles
assignments in the inter-zone
matches with italy this week and
may carry on against France in
the challenge round, now that
Bill Tilden is definitely out of the
lineup.
OF course. Considine and Man
gan are favored to win over the
plucky Edgemoor pair, who yes
terday vanquiShed a couple Of
young upstartS 11-9 in the fifth
set of a two-day match, but at
the end of the match Frank
Shore and Anthony Latona, the
sensations of the series, were
only points behind, dropping
the set, 66 points to SO.
Rutley and HoWenStein started
off like a Whirlwind, getting the
lads down AZ, after a brilliant
rally. The Striplings pulled up
even and passed them to lead
Sd, then began a gruelling series
OF deuceS, until Joe Rutley un,
corked a Tildenian service which
bewildered the youngsters and the
lads dropped the next and decld.
ing game when Shore faltered.