The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-17
Finals Begin
August 10 at
LosAngeIes
BY HARRY COSTELLO


Washington's latest and great
est tennis classic-The Washing
ton Times-Hearst Grand National
Amateur-starts eight weeks from
today.
Present indications are that
leading players Of the District,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and North Carolina will conte in
The Washington Times tourna-
ment, a division Of the Grand Ma
tional, June IL to 20, inclusive.
The Washington Times-Hearst
Grand National will have three
phases-local, sectional and ma
tional.
The Washington Times will con-
duct the local, which will be played
on the Potomac Park courts, with
probabilities that some matches
will be played on the Rock Greek
Park courts.
The New York Journal will con-
duct the sectional, which will pc
played in New York, probably at
Forest Hills, scene Of this years
Davis Cup matches. The New
York sectional tourney Of the
Grand National will be staged July
26 to August inclusive.
Finals on August 10
The finals in the Grand Ma
tional will be held in Los Angeles,
Cal, August 10 to Is inclusive.
Those contestants who qualify
from The Washington Times
tournament Of June IL to 20
for the New York sectional tour.
nament Of July 26-August l
will have all their expenses paid.
Those contestants who qualify
from the New York sectional
tournament for the Los Angeles
finals will have all their ex.
penses paid.
Once again the Times wishes
to advise tennis players and en-
thusiasts that The Washington
Times-Hearst Grand National Am
ateur is not a junior tourney. 70
be eligible for this tournament,
player must be 16 years Of age or
more.
Vital Paragraphs
The attention of ALL players.
male or female, who may wish to
enter the tournament, for which
there is no entry fee, Is directed
to the following two paragraphs:
~ The Washington Times
Hearst Grand Nationalist ANA
teur Tennis Tournament is de-
signed and will be conducted as
a cooperative venture in the ma
tiOnal campaign Of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association
for the development of q higher
standard of tennis play and
court spOrtsmanship and con-
duct among players.
~ Any player in accepting
the responsibility of represent
ing his or her community, club,
school or college, in the Wash
ingtOn Times tournament, and
later accepts the responsibility
of representing this section in
the New York tourney, and then
accepts the responsibility of
representing the East in the
finals at Los Angeles, does so
with the DISTINCT OBLIGA-
TON to represent his or her
community, club, school or col
lege or section in the finest way
possible as regards personal ap-
pearance and fine sportsman
ship both on and off the court.
Answers to queries:
/. All matches in the Times
tournament of June 1920 inclu-
sive will be the best two out of
three sets with the exception of
the mems doubles in the semi
final and final rounds, which
matches will be the best three out
Of five sets. This means that all
matches in the women's singles
will be two out of three sets.
Best Three in Five
2. All matches in the sectional
tournament at New York will be
best three out of five sets with the
exception of the women's singles,
which matches will be the best two
out Of three sets.
8. All matches In the finals, at
Los Angeles, will be best three out
of five sets with the exception of
the women's singles, which
matches will be the best two out
of three. The finals will be in the
form of a round robin series be-
tween finalistS.
4. Suitable prizes Will be
awarded to all winners and run.
ners-up in The Washington Times
local tournament of June 1920.
5. There will NOT be a women'S
doubles competition in the Times
Hearst Grand National.
6. Ambitious players who feel
they are not yet quite ready for
winning tennis play in the upper
bracket of the game WILL be vel.
coined in The Washington Times
local tourney Of June 1920. The
management of the tournament
feels that one of the prime pur.
poses of the tourney is to give
such players opportunity to gain
| tournament experience, More than