Evening star., 1936-06-23
DOZEN REWARDED
IN CITY TOURNEY
Presentation Comes After
Finals in Boys Doubles,
: Junior Singles.
BY BILL DISMER, JR.

ranging in age from IA to IL,
this afternoon were to receive
l. gifts at Edgemoor Club from
The Evening Star, marking their role
as finalists in the City Of Washington
tournament and exempllfying this
newspapers faith in the future OF
local tennis.
With the junior and boys tourna-
ments being the only sections OF the
nearly month-old competition tnat
failed to pay for itself, The Star was
more than glad to step in and con-
tribute the prizes as a material Demon
stration of its appreciation OF these
youngsters efforts.
For while Harry March and Allie
Ritzenberg were determined to wage
the fight of their young lives for the
Junior singles championship this AFTER
won after the team of Taylor CheWn-
ing and Tom Walden met the COM
bination of Leonard Sokol and Byron
Matthews for the boys doubles crown.
their struggles were not expected 10
surpass those carried on In preliminary
rounds.
Certainly no one who watched the
ak boys doubles teams In their
quarter and semi-final matches yes
terday could help but notice the near
grim determination with which these
kids went about their play. They want
to be tennis players and they're acting
the part now.
Don't Mind Overtime Play.
COME of them so short that a racket
- stands nearly as high as their
head, they nevertheless WELD that
implement with an ease that speaks
well and promises much for their in
-dividual futures on the court.
More to their credit Is the spirit
with which they tackle the game
eager and willing to play as much as
possible and aid the advance OF a
tournament.
Many an older team might have
objected to playing quarter and semi
final matches on the same day, mucn
less in the space of three hours, but
that was just what every entrant
in the boys doubles tournament de-
manded yesterday.
I'VE wanna play some more! When
can we get court? Aw, c'mon, pal,
you're not tired" CThe latter to
colleague who might have requested
a brief breathing spell between
matches).
That was the prevalent note after
the teams of Bob Kirk and Henry
Lambert and Byron Matthews and
Leonard Sokol had won quarter-flnal
matches just before the lunch hour
1t mattered little to the Kirk-Lam-
bert combination that Matthews and
Sokol were heavily favored to defeat
them. They wanted to. play and the
sooner the better. .#,'-
First Set Hard Fought.
MATTHEWS and Sokol did beat
AA them, but only after they were
forced to overcome 0-4 deficit estab-
hshed by Kirk and Lambert in the
first set for wins Of Ga, 6-3. Kirk
and Lambert, incidentally, had had
tine Cougner OF the TWO morning
matches, for in Maurice Cowan and
John Lincoln they were up against
probably the two toughest, though
smallest. players in the city.
Cowan and Lincoln didn't know
what 1t was to quit, coming back after
their adversaries had taken the first
set. 81, to deuce the match at 6-3
They bowed only to the superior
physique of Kirk and Lambert ir
the third setto, 6-1.
Chewing and Walden, today's op-
ponents of Matthews and Sokol, were
forced to play only one match yester,
day, but little Jack Hopes and Scott
Brewer surprised every one by taking
three games from the seeded No. {
team.