The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-22
Cdr0Iiniidn
Is Sensation
OF South
BY HARRY COSTELLO

NSAANSAP
24year-old tennis champion, re-
cent winner Of the Charleston
city championship and rated one
Of the nations most promising
tennis players, will compete in the
Washington Times division Of
the Times-Hearst Grand National
Amateur Tennis Championships
in washington June IL to June
20 inclusive.
This was decided today by Ern.
est A. Wehman, chairman OF the
tennis committee Of the Country
Club Of Charleston and member
Of the ranking committee Of the
Southern Lawn Tennis Assocta'
ton.
Immediately upon the return Of
Mayor Burnet r. Maybank, Mr..
Wehman said today, efforts will
be made to have Charleston's
sportsman-mayor name Silcox as
the official tennis representative
of the City-By-The-Sea to the
Times-Hearst Grand National.
Mayor Maybank went to Column
bia, South Cardinals capital city,
yesterday, to sit in on the Santee-
Cooper trial.
Hearst Contribution
The Times-Hearst Grand Ma
tional, as all tennis enthusiasts
now know, is the Hearst news
papers contribution to the ma
tional campaign Of the U. s.
Lawn Tennis Association for the
development Of q higher standard
of tennis play and court sports
manship and conduct among
players.
The Washington division Of the
new tennis classic will be played
on the Potomac and Rock Creek
Park courts, June IL to June 20
inclusive, under the auspices Of
the Washington Times. Winners
in The Times washington tourney
will be sent, all expenses paid,
to the East's sectional tourna-
ment in New York, July rs to
August inclusive. Winners in
the New York sectional will be
sent to the Grand National fin
ais, id Los Angeles, Calf, August
10 to August is inclusive, all ex-
penses paid. ~ -
Latest Sensation
willard Silcox, the latest tennis
sensation in this section Of the
South, has been city champion for
the past three years. He was a
finalist in the South Carolina
closed championship in 1886. The
South Carolina closed champion
ship is one Of the South's classiest
tennis tournaments.
Silcox, widely known in the
CarolinaS as a tennis player and
a scholar, is the registrar at the
College Of Charleston here. He
started his tennis career at the
high school Of Charleston when
he was Is years old. He won the
city junior championship several
times before he began competition
in senior Journeys.
Ernest Wehman is one of the
leading lights Of tennis in the
South.
Stages Tournament
Each year he Is charged with
the task Of staging the Tourna-
ment Of the Gardens, here, at the
beautiful Country Club Of Charles
ton, and he, probably better than
any man or woman in South Caro-
lima. knows tournament tennis.
Mr.. Wehman today said Of Sill
cox's entry:
"SiIcOx win enliven matters
for The Washington Times in its
Washington division Of the
Hearst Grand National. He'll
play up to the games Of such
stars as YelvertOn Garnet and
Frank Thompson, Of the Uni.
versity of Virginia. The city Of
Charleston is proud to have Q
man of willard Silc0x's ability
represent 1t in . national tour.
ney. We Of Charleston are
mighty proud Of willard, and
The Washington Times will be
mighty proud Of him, too. He
is q gentleman to his finger tips
and he should offer younger
players fine example Of what
SpOrtsmanShip means to the
great game Of tennis.
"As . member Of the South.
ern Lawn Tennis Associations
ranking commute wish to lend
my voice to the chorus Of praise
now being sung throughout the
nation for the Times.Hearst
Grand National. This tourney
Is Q magnificent gesture. It 10 q
timely event and It Is sure to
help immeasurably In the ma
tiOnal movement Of u. 8. L.
T. A. designed to bring out the
capabilities Of younger players,
particularly those Of the schools
and colleges.
''Willard SllcOx. by the way,
Is very fast on the tennis court,
Is cOIOrful in competition and,
generally speaking, is an able
wieIder Of the racquet. He II Of
the rOly.pOly type, but under
way he's . speedster. You need
have no worry about his abil-
ity."
mis- star to enter the TimeS-HearSt
Grand National from the Mary
land-District of Columbia Virginia
West T-irginia-North Carolina
South Carolina area.
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