Evening star., 1937-06-16
LIST CONTAINS g
, BOYS, 43 JUNIORS
Cooper New Threat in Play
Opening TomorroW-Reft-
ner Is Top-Seeded.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

- both junior and boy tennis
tournaments in the District
4 \ were revealed today as The
Star announced that 43 Juniors and
% boys would start in pursuit of
City of Washington championships
tomorrow on the Sixteenth Street
Reservoir courts.
While the junior list exceeds by one
the greatest previous number ever
to enroll, the biggest surprise was
found in the boys entry, which more
than doubles the size of last years
tournament. Only 13 boys battled for
the title-and The Star prizes-in
1896.
simultaneously, new potential
threat to juniors arose in the entry of
Reginald Cooper, newcomer to
America, but a kid who won the
Junior championship of Bermuda last
year. Now the ward of Col. John
McClintock, chairman of the National
Interscholastic Committee, Cooper at
present is with the colonel at the
Southern championships in Memphis,
but he already is enrolled at ST.
Adams School for the 1887 Fall term.
Is Qualifying Tourney.
A LTHOUGH the City of Washing
ton tournament, as a whole, is
open only to residents of Washing
ton and environs, it was recalled that
the junior boys tournament originally
was center qualification tournament
for the nationals and became con-
nected with the larger tourney, whose
name it now bears, only for financial
reasons. Non-residents therefore, are
eligible to play, answering the possible
protests Of those who might claim
that Cooper is not yet a resident.
Because The Star tournament is
qualifying event for the national,
Middle Atlantic and national inter-
scholastic events, all tennis players of
junior and boy ages here are eligible
to enter. Recognizing Coopers work
in Bermuda, he was seeded eighth,
even though he has yet to play on
a local court.
There was little question as to
the seedlings OF the first three junior,
local rankings being followed with
one exception. Harry Heffner was
seeded No, l over Harry March, other
wise the ranking Junior, because of
his national rating. Heffner now
holds the rank Of the country's ninth
best junior. After March, seeded sec
ond, comes Billy Turner, seeded third:
David Johnson, seeded fourth and
Dewitt Smith, ir.. seeded fifth
Walden No. l Boy.
NO OTHER entrants were ranked in
= the junior division last year, but
the committee considered Doyle Royal,
finalist in the recent inter-high tour
nament, and John Bruins of Western
High entitled to the sixth and seventh
seeded positions on their seasons play
to date. Both are playing we'll and
both are members of the local Junior
Davis Cup squad.
Because of the graduation" of
three ranking boy players to junior
circles, only one boy entrant had any
grounds for seeding. He is Tom Wad-
den, ranked fourth at the end of the
1896 season, who becomes the No. l
player through the removal Of Leon
ard Sokol, Bob Kirk and Billy Zeller,
because of age requirements All
three of the latter are entered in the
Junior division.
Taylor Chewing. unranked as a
singles player in '36, but a member
of the No. doubles team with Wad-
den, was seeded second, and John
Titus and Maurice Cowan, third and
fourth, respectively.
Defaults to Be Enforced.
THAT the interscholastc angle of
the tournament. which will
qualify lucky ones for the national
interscholastics at the Merton Cricket
Club next month, had its inducements
is seen from the number Of high school
players entered
Although some entrants failed to
specify any school afiliation. more
than a dozen did, assuring that many
battling for the right to represent
Washington in the July classic. Those
eligible and who did not mention their
school on the entry blank are urged
to call their eligibility to the attention
Of tournament officials when report
ing for first-round matches.
Juniors will hold sway for the first
two hours tomorrow afternoon, start
ing at 3 O'Clock, with the boy players
starting at O'Clock. Twenty-Five first
round matches in both events are
scheduled, with few second-round
encounters. Double entries will be ac-
cepted up until O'Clock tomorrow
evening with play in that division
starting Friday.
Because the tournament must be
completed by next Wednesday. in
order to have the winners qualified
for the Middle Atlantic starting in
Norfolk week from Friday, the de-
fault rule will be rigidly enforced.
Players not appearing for scheduled
matches within an hour will be de-
faulted. Entry fees Of ST for singles
and Sl.50 for doubles team must be
paid before starting play.