The Washington times., 1937-04-19
Gdrnett an d
Thompson
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BY HARRY COSTELLO

1IlO1upSOu ana YelVeTIOu SATucJG,
today won the honor of being the
first players to enter the Washing
ton TimeS-Hearst Grand National
Amateur Tennis Championships.
The Times local division Of the
tennis classic will be played in
Washington, on the courts of Po-
tomac and Rock Creek Parks,
June II to June 20 inclusive.
The Eastern sectional division
Of the Grand National will be
played in New York, probably at
Forest Hills, l.. l., from July 26
10 August / inclusive.
The finals Of the big national
event will be played in Los An
geles, Calf, August 10 to August
Is inclusive.
.Qualifiers from The Times local
tourney to the New York sectional
will have all expenses paid. Quail
fiers from the New York sectional
to the Los Angeles final also will
have all expenses paid.
More than likely, Coach Carl
Rohmann, Of the Cavalier tennis
team, said today, Virginia will send
other players to The Times tour
ney, more to give them tourna-
ment experience than with any
hope that they will win through
to the New York sectional division
of the Grand National.
CLASSY Players
Thompson and Garnett are
classy tennis players. The former
is playing No. / singles for the
University of Virginia varsity, the
latter is playing No. singles for
the Cavalier FroSh. Thompson is
from st. Louis. Garnett is Wash
ington boy who amazed tennis
critics here when he won the uni
versity championship in his fresh
man year. Thompson is unde-
feated to date this season as a
member Of the Virginia varsity
team. Garnett is q former ma
tional interscholastic champion.
By many critics, Thompson and
Garnett are rated as Of Davis Cup
caliber.
Thompson has been at the
game since he was mere child.
He was the first ranking junior
player Of st. Louis and later
won the district championship
of ST.. Louis. While he was pre-
pairing to enter the university,
he played No. singles for the
Taft School, of Watertown,
Conn. When pitted against Gil
bert Hunt in the National Mems
Singles, at Forest Hills, Thomp-
son gave a mighty fine account
of himself and extended Hunt.
Thompson, like Garnett, won the
university championship in his
freshman year. He is an all
round athlete. He played foot
ball and basketball at Taft
School. He played on the Frosh
basketball team here.
Versatile Player
Garnett is q player Of great
promise. AS q Schoolboy, when
he was at Choate School, Wal
lingford, Conn.,, his style Of play
and his ability attracted ma
tional attention. Critics praised
him and forecast for him a
berth on the American Davis
CUP team in his third or fourth
wear in college. Garnett has vic
tories over Manuel Alonzo and
Gilbert Hunt to his credit. He
is versatile, too, for he plays
golf in the 70s, is quite a hand
at billiards, boxes and plays base
ball. He is a big chap. Last
summer, instead Of playing ten.
mis-, he went to Nevada and
learned to be . cow-puncher.
Needless to state, Thompson
and Garnett will be featured
players in the Washington Times
Hearst Grand National Amateur
Tennis Championships.
Tennis players of Charlottes-
VILE, where The Times has q large
circulation, are enthusiastic about
the Hearst tennis classic. One of
the most enthusiastic is James G.
Driver, former director of athlet-
les at the university, an amateur
sportSman of international pres
tiee. a member of the American
Olympic committee who accom-
uanied the American team to the
last Olympiad at Berlin, and one
of the nations leading lights in
the development Of a higher
standard Of sportSmanShip and
conduct among athletes.
Mr.. Driver has this to say Of the
Washington Times Hearst Grand
National:
"This tournament should
urOye of immeaSurable aid in
the national campaign for the
development Of q higher stand
ard of tennis play and court
craftsmanship and conduct
among players. Those of us who
have been interested, and who
are interested now, in this ma
tional campaign, welcome this
tennis tournament with open
arms. It's . great enterprise
and one sure to focus the spot
light Of publicity ON the sport
ing phases Of tennis.
PROPER CONDUCT
Americas need for honest
treatment Of this question Of
craftsmanship and proper con-
duct among athletes merely
accentuates the national impOr-
tance Of the Washington Times
Hearst Grand National. think
It is meet that two University
~ virginia students. YelVertOn