The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-13
Junior Girls Net Tourney
Is Remarkable Success
PLAY INTEREST
WAS CITYWlDE;
MATCHES CLOSE
BY HARRY COSTELLO

By HARRY COSTELLO
Congratulations
That message today should
ring hundreds of times in the
ears of Dick Tennyson. head OF
the Department of Fairgrounds
and Maude Nelson Parker, direc-
tor of women'S activities.
They are to be congratulated,
as are the directors, supervisors
and instructors, for the remark
ably successful junior girls ten
mis- tournament which ended yes
terday with Molly Thompson
and Margot Mink, of the Chevy
Chase Playground winning the
doubles title.
It is doubtful if the depart
ment ever before has been so
successful with tournament.
The event. with competitions in
both singles and doubles, at
tracted citywide interest, drew
parents to the Fairgrounds, re-
ceived widespread publicity and
otherwise measured up in every
respect to the best of tennis
tournaments.
Most assuredly, congratulations
are in order.
FITTING CLIMAX
The last set of yesterdays match
between Mo- Thompson and Mar,
got Mink, and Betty Jacob and
Harriet Gordon, was a fitting Gil
max for the unusually successful
tournament. In that set, Molly
and Margot played typical Amer
lean tennis-the sort of tennis
which made our American players
feared all over the world. In other
words, Molly and Margot went to
the net in aggressive fashion, and
won the match going away" In
that final set, the two Chevy Chase
youngsters turned what was a
close, hard-fought battle into a
rout. Betty and Harriet were
lucky to win one game of the third
and deciding set!
In the first two sets, the first
of which Molly and Margot won,
Ga, and the second of which
Betty and Harriet won, 8-6, play
was rather dull and uninteresting,
due principally to the fact that
both doubles teams played a base
line game and depended on the
errors of their opponents to win
for them. Only four placements
were scored in the first two sets,
Betty Jacob scoring two, Molly
Thompson one and Margot Mink
one.
Margot and Harriet, the weaker
members of the two teams, caused
nine out of every ten errors COM
mitted by their respective teams
in those first two sets. Harriet
appeared nervous and not once
was she able to get her first serve
across the net. Margot several
times was caught flat-footed, as
she played back of the baseline,
and could not get to soft balls
played just over the net by either
Betty or Harriet.
Yesterdays championship was
the second in two days for Molly
Thompson. She won the junior
girls singles title Wednesday, de-
feating Betty Jacob for the cham
pionship.
Three junior girls and boys tour
naments will be run off concur
rently at the Army-Navy Country
Club starting Monday and ending
Friday afternoon. All three are
sanctioned Journeys. They are:
Cd 1887 D. C. official junior
championships, for boys 10 and
under; Cd 1887 D. C. official boys
championships, for boys 16 and
under; 90 1887 D. C. official girls
championships, for girls 18 and
under.
Entries for the events must be
turned in to a member of the COM
mittee or to Gene Herman, at the
Army-Navy Country Club tennis
house, on or before tomorrow The
time set for the closing of entries
is S p. m. tomorrow.
SUBMIT ENTRIES
Eligible Junior Davis Cup players
will be entered in the tourna-
ments by the Junior Davis Cup
Squad Committee, of Washington. |
Other players, both local and out |
Of town, are invited to submit |
their entries, with written parental
certificate as to age. The tourna-
ment committee reserves the right |
to reject any entry when the en-.
trant'S playing record is made
quate or whose court conduct falls
short of required standard.
AS rule, matches will be played
in the morning each day, or be.
fore 3 p. m. in the afternoon. En-.
trants are expected to closely
watch newspapers for time of play
and be on the courts promptly
on time.
The tournament committee con.
SistS of Major Charles w. Christen-
berry. chairman; Stan McCaskey,
honorary referee; Gene Herman,
official referee. The committee for
girls is composed of Mrs. Dorette
Miller, chairman; Mrs. Clarissa
Mitchell and Miss Charlotte
Decker. The committee for bows
is composed of William C. Wilk.
ham, chairman; Victor Sadd and
A. K. Tigrett.