The Washington times., 1937-04-14

Vision Classic
As Boon 10
Sport
BY HARRY COSTELLO


good thing bestowed, a beneficent
gift, a privilege, favor, blessing.
Washington tennis authorities
and enthusiasts today accepted the
Hearst Grand National Amateur
Tennis Tournament as a great
boon, as a good thing bestowed on
the tennis world, as beneficent
gift to ambitious tennis players, as
a privilege offered young players
striving to break into the upper
brackets of the game, and as a
blessing to those who would ad.
vance the cause Of craftsmanship.
Finals in the Grand National
will be staged in Los Angeles, Calf.
August 10 to Is inclusive. All eX.
penses of finalists will be paid.
The Grand National will have
three phases: Cd local, 90 sec
tional, and Cd national.
Eighteen Hearst Papers
Local tournaments will be con-
Quoted by 10 Hearst newspapers
as follows: Seven in the East sec.
tion-by The Washington Times,
the Baltimore News and Post, the
Albany Times-Union, the Boston
American, the Syracuse Journal,
the Rochester Journal and the
New York Journal; five in the Mid
West Section-by the Detroit
Times, the Chicago Herald and
Examiner, the Wisconsin News, the
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph and the
Omaha News-Bee; two in the
South Section-by the Atlanta
Georgian-American and the San
Antonio Light; four in the West
Section-by the Oakland Post-In-
quirer, the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer, the San Francisco Exami-
ner and the Los Angeles Examiner.
Various local qualifierS will
move into the sectiona, tourna-
ments to be held in New York
city (EaSt), Chicago (Nidwest),
San Antonio (South) and Los
Angeles (WeSt). Qualifiers in The
Washington Times local tourna-
ment will go to New York to
compete in the New York Sec
tional under the auspices of the
New York Journal.
QuaIifiers to Finals
Various sectional qualifiers will
move into the national tournament
to be held in Los Angeles.
Here are the opinions Of some
OF WaShington's tennis authorities
and enthusiasts:
Winfree johnson, supervisor Of
athletics, National Capital Parks:
THE Hearst Grand National
Amateur Tennis Tournament GER
tainly comes as a great boon to
the game Of tennis here in Wash
ingtOn, and elsewhere through
out the United States. The fact
that the tournament is designed
as . cooperative enterprise to
advance the cause of the ma.
tiOnal campaign TO the develop
ment Of higher standard Of
tennis play, and court sports
manship and conduct among
players, raises the Gbjectives
above the ordinary into the
realm of the ideal. / am de-
lighted to know that players
living outside Washington will
be eligible to compete in The
Washington Times tournament
here in the Capital City. This
means that new faces, new styles
of play, will feature the event.
/ feel certain our Washington
players will give a good account
of themselves, and it will not
surprise me if Washington play
erS reach the finals at Los An
geles. congratulate the Hearst
newspapers and especially The
Washington Times for their en-
terpriSe in bringing this fine
tournament to the game Of
tennis"
MANGAN LAUDS IDEA
Thomas j. Tom" Mangan, Jr..
former District champion, for
mer Middle Atlantic champion
and former president of the Mid.
die Atlantic Lawn Tennis AS.
ISOLATION, said:
"The Hearst Grand National
Amateur Tennis Tournament
is a grand idea. 1t should act
as a strong Stimulant in devel-
Oping new players and / fore
cast that 1t will prove of i'm
measurable aid in the develop
ment Of Davis Cup players.
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