Evening star., 1935-12-22
i. S. PARKS WINS
TOP NET HONORS
Welsh Dominates Sport in
D. C.-ShareS Big Titles
With MCEIvenny.
tennis players

"l4AIA OO SulSlES
and doubles tournaments,
ranging in class from the boys play
ground competition to the Washington
public parks tourney, winners of the
latter going on TO bring again to the
Capital the greatest achievement n
national public parks tennis for the
second successive year.
Barney Welsh, dominant in local
tennis, capped the winning of seven
District championships with another
national public parks victory at New
Orleans both in the singles and dou-
bles, being aided in the latter by his
partner, Ralph McElvenny, who
shared in three District doubles titles.
In addition, Welsh won the District
of Columbia, the playground open
and the Argyle invitation tourna-
ments, sweeping every major honor
here with the exception Of the City
of Washington tourney, which opened
the season in June, when he was out
of the city.
WOmen's Titles Divided.
nOOLEY MITCHELL won that
event and with Tom Markey, an
nexed the doubles title. That was the
only championship of the year for
the Mitchell-Markey team. which was
to fall later before the brilliant strok-
ing of the national champs in the
three other big tourneys-District,
public parks and playground open.
Women's singles honors were more
divided, with Sarah Moore winning two
and Edith Clarke and Mary Cootes
one each. Bobsey Turney and Dorette
Miller also entered the championship
picture as members Of winning dou-
bles teams Miss Moore the only
champion to enter every tournament.
was victorious in the City of Wash
ington Public Parks, but bowed to Miss
Cootes in the District of Columbia
event and to Miss Clarke IN the Army
Navy Clubs Fall Invitation.
Mrs. Turney helped Miss Cootes win
the District doubles title and aided
Margot Lee in annexing the City of
Washington team crown, but doubles
conquests in both the Army-Navy and
public parks tournaments went to the
Miller-Moore combination.
CARRIER Wins New Tourney.
DON CARRIER took the champion
- ship of the Embassy tournament,
from which the first 10 ranking play
ers of the District were barred by F.
Dan suttenfeld, who conceived the
idea of giving the perennial under
dog" a long-sought opportunity for
recognition by sponsoring this tourney.
Don Bent and Jack Latimer won the
Embassy doubles crown.
Tony Latona and Mary Ryan won
the tournaments held for Government
employees exclusively.
Among the citys younger players,
Nathan and Allie Ritzenberg won all
of the junior honors, Nathan winning
the singles crown from his brother in
the final match and the two pairing to
take the doubles. David johnson gave
early indication of a bright career
when the finished his first season on
the court by winning the boys cham
pionship.
Fairgrounds Players Active.
ON The Fairgrounds, Billy contreras
~ and Willie O'Steen, both from
Virginia avenue, won the senior cham
pionships Harry March of Burroughs
took the Junior crown and later teamed
with Lucille Mcdowell to take the
mixed doubles championship to their
playground. The girls junior doubles
title also went to Burroughs when Miss
Mcdowell paired with Helen Orme.
runner-up to Miss O'Steen for the
girls championship, to win.
The boys doubles championships
we're divided between Takoma Park
and Park View, Melvin Dover and
Royal Blue taking the senior crown to
the former, and Doyle Royal and Harry
Landsman winning junior honors for
Park View. There was no doubles
tournament for senior girls and no
singles tournament for Junior laSses.
Western High School, with the Hatch
brothers. John and James, and Eugene
Owens. won the interhigh champion
ship, while st. Adams had the best
prep school team, although its cham
pion, Zan Carver, bowed to George
town Prepp's ace, Lloyd Rice, for the
individual championship.
After the three municipal leagues
Departmental, Public Parks and Sub
urban-concluded their seasons, the
champions of each engaged in a series,
with Army Navy the Suburban champ,
emerging supreme after defeating
Public Works Administration and
Monument.