Evening star., 1939-07-15
Grant Net Exhibition
To Aid Public Parks,
Junior Davis PLAY
Tiqrett Names AID. G.
Group to Conduct Big
Match Next Week
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

AlloV OH AOto1 tCAAlAo PldycIS, UOUIl
club and public parks. gained a real
supporter who would and could
benefit them in the office of presi-
dent Of the District Tennis Associa-
ton is being proven more and more
each day by the administration of
President A. K. Tigrett.
Personal friend of every high
ranking player in the country and
ex-president of the Southern Lawn
Tennis Association, Tigrett has
worked ceaselessly since being elected
for the welfare of every class of net
man and netwoman in the city.
His latest stunt is to have per-
suaded Bitsy Grant, former Davis
Cup star and currently sixth ranking
player Of the country, to come here
week from today for an exhibition
with either Gil Hunt or Barney
Welsh. The match, to be played in
conjunction with the final of the
Public Parks tournament. which
opened today at the Sixteenth Street
Reservoir courts. is destined to pro-
vide one of the most f1ourishing fin
ishes local municipal tennis event
ever has known.
Proceeds to Finance Trip.
1t will be sponsored by both the
D. T. A. and the National Capital
Public Parks Association.
AS result of Tigrett's arrange
ment, not only will local net fans
see one of the most talked-of players
Of the generation in action, but two
types Of local players will be bene-
fitted. Proceeds from the Accent
admission fee will 60 both to the
National Capital Parks Association
to defray expenses of the winners to
the national Public Parks tourna-
ment and also to the Junior Davis
Cup fund.
Tigrett's appointment of commit
tees again reveals his knack of en-
listing cooperation from every
available source, for every member
unit of the D. T. A. has at least one
representative working for the
| cause.
Winfree Johnson, director of ac-
tivities of the Welfare and Recre-
ational Association under whose
sponsorship the municipal tourney
is being held, is chairman of the
General Committee composed of
Clarence Dawson of Columbia, Bill
Shreve and Felix Silva of the public
parks, Dooly Mitchell of Edgemoor
and Dorette Miller of the Women S
League.
Lynch Publicity Chairman.
Austin Rice of Army Navy is
chairman of the officials and
Grounds Committee and will be as
sisted by Gene Herman and Buddy
Goeltz, Army Navy and Columbia
professionals, Strand johnson of
Edgemoor and Herb Shenkin of
public parks.
Hugh Lynch is the publicity COM
mlttee chairman and has on his
committee Eddy Becker, Gaylor w.
Boyer, Capt. Joe Scherr, Margo Lee
and Willie O'Steen.
Chet Adair is chairman of the
Finance and Ticket Committee and
will be aided by Frank Shore, w. r.
Taylor, J. M. Jones, Glen Hardy and
Capt. Bayer.
The Sanction Committee is head
ed by Clarence Charest, who will be
assisted by Col Carl R,stine.
Park Racketers Start.
Ray Stocklinski and Willie O'Steen.
the defending champions, have been
named as the ones to beat in the
parks competition, which was to get
under way at 2 o'clock The field
includes 66 men and 16 women.
Seeded back of Stocklinski were
Allie Ritzenberg, Hugh Shelton, Billy
Contreras. Joel Baker, Billy Turner,
John Smith and Capt. Tom Sher-
burne. Miss O'Steen's greatest COM
petition was picked to come from
charlotte Decker, Dorette Miller and
EDITH McCulloch, seeded in that
order. Shelton and Miss Decker were
the losing finalists last veor