Evening star., 1937-12-26
Redskins Pro Grid Triumph
Caps Capitals Most Euentful
Year in Its Sports History

enjoyed its most successful football
season in some years.
Junior Tennis Developed.
MARKED development of the city's
~ younger players through the
Junior Davis Cup squad movement
featured tennis year here which was
devoid Of changes in the rankings Of
the top-notch men and women play
ers.
Barney Welsh retained his Dis
trict mems championship and again
was the best male racketer. although,
Dooly Mitchell captured the Grand
National and Middle Atlantic Tour
naments when Welsh was out of town
and Allie Ritzenberg won the Public
Parks Tournament for which Welsh
was ineligible.
Women's honors again were divided
among the same four women who
shared titles in l936-Edith Clarke
winning the District championship
Mary Cootes the City of Washington
title. Margaret Robinson the Army
Navy Clubs invitation tournament
and Sara Moore he Public Parks
crown.
The only direct competition among
local schools and colleges found
Roosevelt winning the interhigh
championship for the first time, with
David johnson, captain of the cham
pions. defeating a teammate. Doyle
Royal, for the interhigh singles title.
Club Tennis VictOrs.
HE highlight of the year. from a
public viewpoint. was the Vines
Perry exhibition at College Park in
January, where more than 5000 saw
the former beat the Britisher in one
of their transforming series.
Club championships were won by
the following:
Areyle-Hubert Treuthart.
singles: Marsaret Robinson, Women S sin
eheVy ss TONS Moorhsad No iSys s'nseS mens
Lawrence A. Baker-G. iea Tinsley Garnett. Garrett.
mems doubles tspring tournament: John
Mems m GoHpea s ArpGId %ls
E; X. Morris Dorothy Lee: womens dou-
bles and IN. Mary cootes-carroll Morgan.
Columbia Willis, mems singles:
Elinor Finckel, womens singles. and Ricky
Willis -Westel Willoughby; mems doubles.
Edsemoor-Hueh Lynch. mems singles.
Table Tennis Gets Boost.
TABLE tennis received its greatest
local boost in history when a
troupe of present and former world
champions enlightened more than
1000 persons "a District record
crowd Of spectators for the sport-at
Heurichs Gymnasium in January.
Elias Schuman and Madeline Teeht-
meyer retained their mems and won-
ems singles championships of the Dis
trict.
District pigeon fanciers crashed the
national spotlight when the partner
ship of w. F. Dismer and Theodore
McGann produced the bird which
won the Chattanooga National Race
the Kentucky Derby of pigeon racing.
Locally. j. D. Clagett had the best
average speed for the old bird series
Of races and DR.. T. w. Sproesser for
young birds.
The winning of the North-South
skeet shoot by the National Capital
Skeet Club. the first local team ever
to win that important event, was the
highlight of the years shooting activi-
ties. George Deyoe proved best among
the Districts men skeet shots, while
women's honors were about evenly
divided between Mrs. Fred Coe and
Mrs. Albert w. Walker.
Trapshooting honors went to r. D..
Morgan, a veteran of quarter of a
century in the sport, who repeated
his triumph of 1888.
Rifle, Pistol Shots Star.
r OGER W. SCOTT, A. G. Phil,
~ T. G. Arnold and Guy Drury
distinguished themselves with the
rifle, with Scott also being one of
the best pistol shots in the District.
Scott was the highest ranked of any
Washington shot in the national in
dividual matches at Camp Perry.
Drury, 1s years old, won the Eastern
Junior championship.
Other outstanding pistol shots in
cluded Walter Walsh, who placed
fourth in the Williams Trophy match,
embodying all-around ability with the
pistol, and fifth among 726 COM
petitors in the national matches, and
Lee Echols, who was fifth in the
Clarke Memorial matches.
Best group rifle shooting was done
by George Washington University's
team, which placed second in the
national intercollegiate. The Met
ropolitan Police also had fine pistol
team under Capt. Lloyd Kelley.
In handball, Jack Schwartz retained
his District title and reached the semi
final round in the national A, A. U.
tournament in Chicago, signal
achievement for local player. Joe
Cowley and Charming Walker proved
the city's best doubles combination.
Badmint0n Interest Grows.
INCREASED interest in badminton
prompted five groups PLAYING tia