Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-10
CITY TITLE TENNIS
T|[TS UNDER. WAY
Latona- Sherry Clash Tops
Card of Twice Postponed
Meet Inaugural.
BY BILL DISMER.
A INTERESTING match, which

A N INTERESTING match, which
~ undoubtedly would have at
n tracted scores of those lack
adaisically hanging around
the Rock Creek courts clubhouse with
nothing more to do than placidly
while away a Sunday afternoon, at
tracted not one spectator yesterday.
Why? For the simple reason that
Saturdays downpour made all of the
city's courts impossible for play yes
terday, even had it not rained one
drop after midnight Saturday.
Instead, then, of playing to what
might have been a stable gallery.
Tony Latona, the tournaments No.
seeded player. and Raphael Sherry
will meet this afternoon with but little
more than the wire backstops enclos-
ing their court providing the inspira-
ton.
The Latona- Sherry encounter prom
Uses to be the standout match OF the
twice postponed opening of the City
of Washington tournament. Latona
seems TO be the only one OF the eight
seeded players that was provided with
more than warm-up for his first
round. The Sherry twins have been
playing tennis long. long time, and
one of these days one, or both of
them, may crash through more
favored opponent and give disas-
trous kick to the dope bucket"
The other seeded players-Mitchell,
McElvenny, Marley, Lynch. Willis,
Jacobs and Deck-do not, on past per-
formanceS, have much to worry about
in their opening encounters today.
Whether the opponent Of Larry
Phillips. Mr.. Sweeney. proves to be
one Of the city's as yet uncovered out
of-town stars who recently have come
to Washington, will be learned today.
The fact that he comes from Forest
Hills, N. Y. raised Phillips eyebrows
a little when he learned Of the resi-
dence OF his flrst-round opponent, but
whether he will prove as worthy OF
the courts as the courts have of For
est Hills remains to be seen.
Tony Latona will not meet his
foremost rival and the man who last
year stood between him and the Dis
trict championship until Sunday, June
% Barney Welsh, who was TO have
met the second in command" in the
finals of the Argyle tournament. left
early yesterday for Pittsburgh to COM
pete this week in Pennsylvania. and
it was impossible to schedule the
match before a week from next Sum
day.
Another tennis league will begin its
season next Saturday when the Sub
urban League, which has been in
existence almost quarter of cen-
fury. gets under way. One new team,
Army and Navy Country Club, will
join the organization this year.
Matches will all be played on Saturday
afternoons as in the past.
Until the City of Washington tour
nament actually begins. the doubles
teams and pairings for that event will
not be made known. Entries still are
open for any two men who think they
can play tennis well together and a
schedule will not be drawn up until a
day or two after the tournament S
singles matches start.
Today's schedule:
o'clock-Everett Simon vs. Strand
4 o'clock-Rice VS.. Higbie. Neale VS..
CARRIER, Deck VS.. Spriggs, Willis VS.. Kay.
Heiskell VS.. ApfelSchpitt, Howell VS.. Fall
o'clock-smith VS.. McLain. Sweeney
Sherry VS.. Glassmire. Erana VS.. Blade
Decker VS.. Brechen. Fainham vs. Legum
Silva VS.. Ed Foote. Adair VS.. Anderson
Gibbons VS.. Trennis. McElvenny VS. Dun
ham. Baker VS.. Pierce Bolts VS.. Bradley.
Garnett VS.. Niemeyer.
VS.. Stocklinski. Latona VS.. r. Sherry.
Mitchell VS.: Fontaine. Coe VS.. -Staubley.
oclock-McCaskey VS.. Judd. Gold
smith VS.. Jafiee Lawrence VS.. Buchanan.
Jacob vs.. Disaue. Markey VS.. Burwell. C.
r. Smyth VS.. Goubeau.