The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-22
Event Carded
At Arrny-NdW
Late Today
BY HARRY COSTELLO

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bridge, Navy, Georgetown, North
Carolina, Penn State
It sounds like an outstanding
international collegiate event, put
it's the Middle Atlantic doubles
championship tennis tournament,
and it starts today, at 5 p. m, at
the Army-Navy Country Club.
The tourney is topped by q
Harvard-Princeton combination
Bill Breese, of Harvard, and Hugh
Lynch, Of Princeton. While this
combination appears to have an
even chance of winning the cham
pionShip, other duos stack up as
dangerous. Listed in this latter
class are the combinations Of
Frank Buddy" Goeltz, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, and Ralph Buddy
Goeltz, one of Washington'S out
standing junior racketers; Ralph
McElvenny, who won the title last
year with Gil Hunt as a partner,
and Tom Mangan. veteran star
Of Washington and Middle At
lantic tennis; the junior doubles
champions, Harry Heffner and
David Strand johnson; another
junior combination, Harry March
and Allie Nuremberg; the Blue
Grass champions, Turner and
Merkle, from Roanoke, Va; Lieut..
Jimmy Farrin, Nays Leech Cup
player, and Stan McCaSkey, of
Edgemoor; and, Ed Bud" Mather,
former doubles partner to VIII
mer Allison and former captain
of the Oxford Cambridge tennis
team, and partner, as yet un-
named.
Outstanding Event
This Middle Atlantic doubles
championship tournament admit
teddy is the outstanding doubles
event of this area. Annually, it
offers thrills aplenty, and upSets
galore. Maybe this one will sur
pass all previous ones in the mat
ter Of upSetS, but it is necessary
to report that all pre-tourney in
formation and dope" has it that
the event will run true to form.
Several hot matches are Sched-
uled for today. The top one ap-
pears to be the match which will
bring together the Lynch-Breese
combination and the Blue Grass
titleholders, Turner and Merkle.
Little is known of the Roanoke
players, but it is entirely possible
that they will upset the favored
pair.
Star Brother Act
Another match sure to prove
attractive pits burst and burst
brother team against Heffner and
David Strand johnson. The two
bursts, Harry and John, are said
to form an excellent doubles COM
bination.
In other first-round matches to-
day, Tom Mangan and Ralph Nc
Elvenny oppose Charles Charming
and partner; Harry March and
Allie Ritzenberg meet Bill Mahaf-
fey and A. K. Tigrett: Ed Mather
and partner clash with Jack Holt
and Buddy Newcomer; Goeltz and
Adair oppose Ed Becker and Aus
tin Rice; Lieutenant Farrin and
Stan McCaSkey meet Bob Brad
ley and Harry Goldsmith, and Joe
Baker and Fred Doyle face Wilmer
and Moorhead, the last named
champion of the Chevy Chase
Club.
Another gigantic tennis tourna-
ment gets under way on Saturday,
at 2 p. M. on the Rock Creek
courts near the Reservoir. It's
the annual Washington Public
Parks championship tournament
and consists of the singles and
doubles for men and women. A
huge field is expected to contend
for honors in all divisions Of the
event.
Entries for the tournament close
tomorrSw at 6 p. m. at the Ten
mis- Shop. It is important that all
players who propose to play in
the tournament recognize the fact
that a new ruling by tourney Off
Gals states that entry fees must be
paid before 6 p. IA. tomorrow.
This means that phone entries
are not in order. Further, it
means that the fee 50 for singles
and So for doubles must be paid
at the time entry is made.
This public park event, like all
tournaments played in Washing
ton this season, looms as the most
attractive of all events of its class
played in Washington. COMPETE
ton is sure to be keen, and a bet
ter brand of tennis than ever be-
fore in the event is certain to be
offered.
Today Is a big day in the De-
partment of Fairgrounds girls
singles championship tournament.
At the Chevy Chase playground,
at 5 D. M, two matches possessed
of extraordinary possibilities will
be played. They constitute the
semifinal round of the gigantic
event which has been going full
tilt this past fortnight. They
bring together Hazel Jimmy"
Bishop, of Takoma Park. and
Mary Gray, of Twin Oaks, in the
feature match, and Lucille Nc
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