Evening star., 1937-06-14
BOYS AND JUNIORS
FACE TRIPLE LURE
Eligibility for Two out of
Town Meets and District
Titles All at Stake.
BY BILL DISMER. JR.
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line falls tomorrow evening at
- O'Clock on entries into The
Stars City of Washington tennis tour
naments for juniors and bows, which
start Thursday on the Sixteenth Street
Reservoir courts.
The events, only ones of their kind
for local youngsters this season. not
only will stamp the winners as Dis
trlct champions of their classes, but
also will serve as qualifying tourna-
ments for two national and one sec.
tional Journeys.
Sanctioned by the U. S. L. T. A..
The Stars competition qualities semi
finalists in both singles and doubles
for the Middle Atlantic tournament at
Norfolk next week, in addition to tho
annual tournament at the Culver Mill.
tary Academy in July.
Ihlrdly the tournament will enable
the District to send representatives to
the national interscholastic tourna-
ment at the Merton Cricket Club in
HaVerford, Pa, in mid-July.
Offers Qualifying Chance.
A LMOST left without a qualifying
tournament for this national
event, when Georgetown University
Cancelled its scheduled event. local
schoolboys now have the opportunity
to make themselves eligible through
The Stars event.
Because some Of them may not be
on a par with non-scholastic juniors
and because their age limit is re-
strlcted to the junior eligibility re-
qulrement which does not permit en-
trance Of any one who reached his
eighteenth birthday before last Janu-
airy !, The Star arranged to have the
school boy advancing furthest named
as Washington's representative. This,
in case no school boy wins the tour
nament.
Exceptionally strong competition
loomed today for the junior tourna-
ment which already has the entries
OF Harry Heffner, ninth nationally
ranking junior; Harry March, ranked
at the top locally, and several mem
bers of the city's best high school
teams.
David johnson, who holds the
seventh local ranking, and DOYLE
Royal, runner-up for the high school
championship. will represent Roose-
Velts title combination, while Leonard
Sokol, boys champion last year.
Charley Mehl, Harry burst and Ken
burst entered from Central.
Wide Open Fight for BOYS.
a N EVEN more wide-open fight ap-
pears certain in the boys competi-
ton. left championless through the
graduation" of Sokol to junior ranks.
Bob Kirk, Billy Zeller and Tom Wad-
| den-ranked two, three and four, re-
| spectlvely-once again are expected 10
enter their bid while. additional con-
tenders are seen in Maurice Cowan,
Taylor Chewing and John Lincoln.
Walden, Cowan and Lincoln were
| thought good enough by Col John
| McCllntock, chairman of the National
| 1nterscholastic Committee. to be taken
| to Memphis for the Southern Bows
| Tournament last week. while Chew
| ming was member of last years No. 2
| doubles team with Walden.
The boys tournament is open to all
who did not reach their 18th birthday
anniversary by January /, 1887. En-
tries should be given by o'clock to-
morrow evening to Bill Shreve at the
Tennis shop, 1919 Fifteenth street, Ma
tional 5l65. The draw will be made at
that time and pairings for first-round
matches on Thursday announced in
Wednesdays Star All matches, up to
the final rounds, will be played on the
Reservoir courts.
Fees of 81 for singles and rs cents
per member for doubles teams are
payable when reporting for first
round match.