The Washington times., 1930-08-06
GAL IBE R 0 I
met PL AY
IMPROVES
By GTNO SINH

BY GINO SINH
What Of tennis in the District?
rs 1t growing? Is it standing still
or Is 1t acting like horse
facing north, but traveling in a
eOutherly direction? !.
1t takes all kinds Of people to
make UP the world. There is
Z the fellow who can see nothing
I but disaster and desolation as
the ultimate end of every human
activity, and there is the chap
whose landscape is simply smeared
with rose-covered cottages. Then
there is the substantial fellow
1 who looks at life as something to
be lived and enjoyed quietly and
sincerely and without either too
much or too little bellishment.
OF the last type is Bill Shrieves,
proprietor of the popular Tennis
Shop, where 10 out of every ID
ranking d. C. tennis stars are
Teputed to deal. Bills opinion
on tennis is unbiased and the
results of actual experience, so
lend an attentive ear.
Tennis Is progressing by
leaps and bounds" Bill stated
recently. public interest is
greater than at any time since
took hankering to the
sport. The caliber of play has
undoubtedly improved.
''By saying that the caliber
~ q. RsaAkn-
mean to throw s0ur-drOps on
the earnest ball-whackers Of 20
years ago. Added study and
experimenting, change in style
of play, improved racquetS,
] balls, courts and other equip
nent, makes tennis playing
] much faster and more tricky.
'tNO doubt those old tennis
& masters, such as the DOyles
brothers, could have learned
al our new tricks aad even
improved on them, Dut the
game now is generally faster
and more fascinating. Of
course, am comparatively
young at the game, even though
am retired"
Bills tennis trade grew so
rapidly that he was forced to
give up participating in tourna-
ments. He was a promising
player, too.
my interest and personal
connection with the game dates
from just after the war, when
tennis and all other sports were
In something Of a slump. There
is no getting away from the
fact. though, interest in the
: game is growing fast and furi-
GUS. Many more play the game
than did 10 years ago, and the
fCEOWds drawn by the various
important matches are larger
and more learned in the in
tricacies of the paStime.
sDay in and day out I am
busy dispensing net equipment,
and . gOOdly share Of it goes to
people from whose manner Of
gfasping racquets in testing
them, / know, are converts to
the game. My business is in
;screasing every day and that is
certainly a concrete and unde-
niable sign Of growth and prog
Tess!"
Such is luck and tennis draws.
Nhe Burnharff sisters, Ellen and
Rena, of Garfield, who were fav-
orites in the Municipal Play
grounds girls tennis double tour
1lament. now in progress on the
various Fairgrounds, came into
contact with their deadliest rivals,
Grace Taylor and Catherine
GriggS, Of the Hoover playground,
In the early rounds of play and.
were promptly eliminated, 80,
81, the Hoover girls Capturing
the championship of Section 4
Through the victory.
Ellen Burnham and Loveye Ad.
kins were last years doubles
title holders, and Ellen had her
eye on retaining her half.
FavoriteS In the boys junior
division advanced without undue
difficulty. Henry Classic, of
Happy Hollow, winning the Sec
tiOn 2 finals, and Clyde Smith,
Western High youngster, was
finaIist in section 4. Gilbert
Hunt, of Garfield, also continued
on his way by registering a win
over Norman Schlorb without
losing one game to the Hoover
boy.
Hunt, who has been runner-up
to Jock Mclean for the District
boys title two years in succession,
reached the playground. cham
pionship finals last year, only to
lose to Everett Buscher. BuScher
lost out In the early rounds of