Evening star., 1939-05-09
Competition -Four
Glasses 10 Be Held
Al Three Clubs
Women Sturt Action
Week From Monday
At Army-Novy
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

! To The Evening Star again Will
fall the privilege of helping to open
Washington's 1899 tennis tourna-
ment season week from next Mon
day, when women players will start
battling on the Army-Navy Country
Club courts in the beginning Of the
three-week competition in four
classes.
Because of the growth of the City
of Washington Tournament, SpOn-
sored by The Star, new Setup is in
order for the seasons first event.
Three country clubs instead Of one
will be hosts to the women, men,
juniors and boys, Army Navy, Co.
lumbia and Edgmoor graciously hav-
ing loaned their courts.
The women, who will inaugurate
the three-week tourney on May %,
will play at Army Navy. The
juniors and boys, scheduled to start
on Saturday, May 81, will play at
Columbia. And the men, slated to
begin on June 3, will play at Edge
moor.
Club Members Considered.
But because tennis-playing men,
bers of the various clubs are not to
be deprived of their court facilities
at rush hours, certain conditions
have been laid down for the tourna-
ments. Women entrants will be al
lowed to play any time between the
hours of 10 and o'clock, but abso-
lutely no matches-except possibly
the semi final and final rounds-will
be scheduled later.
Junior and boy racketers will start
their tournament at Columbia at
am. Saturday, May q. but there
after will have use of the courts only
from to pm. No matches for the
youngsters will be scheduled on Sun
day, May %, or on Decoration Day,
May 80, which falls during the week
of the junior r-boy tournament AS
in the past, this tournament will
qualify winners and runners-up for
the Middle Atlantic junior and boy
tournament, which, incidentally,
will be held in Washington this year,
starting June 26.
AS always has been the case in the
City of Washington tournament, the
entrants must reside in the District
or vicinity as near as Alexandria or
Rockville. This restriction of out
side entries is to assure the crowning
of purely local champions. It is the
only tournament of the year in which
outside entries are barred and thus
orecludes the possibility of the cham
pionship being taken out of town.
First Tourney on List.
The Star tournament marks the
official opening of. the tennis tour
nament season for Washington, for,
since 1929, the City of Washington
competition annually has been the
first event on the net schedule. Mems
championships have been held by
Tom Mangan, Bob Considine, Dooley
Mitchell five times>. Barney Welsh
(twice) and Hugh Lynch. Only one
woman, Margaret Robinson, who has
moved from the city since last year,
ever has won the fair title twice,
other winners being Francis Krucoff
Joe Dunham, Frances Walker, Abbie
Sard, Clara Tabler, Sara Moore and
Mary Cootes.
Junior and boy competition was in
corporated into the tournament in
1896 when The Star assumed spon-
sorship and since then Allie Ritzen-
berg, Harry Heffner and David John
sen have won the junior titles and
Leonard Sokol. Tom Walden and
Bobby Bensinger the boy browns.
The Stars perpetual trophies, never
to be won outright, again will go to
the man and woman champion for a
years possession along with a min
iature of the original and cups again
will be presented to the junior and
boy champs Attractive prizes also
will 60 to the doubles champions as
well as the runners-up in both sin
giles and doubles.
Entry fees of 81 for singles and 50
per doubles team, payable in advance,
must accompany all applications.
Women's entries, which will close at
noon Saturday, May 20, should be
sent either to Gene Herman, profess
sional at the Army-Navy Club, Ar
lington, Va, or the writer, at The
Star. No name will be included in
the draw unless from a paid-up en-
trant.