Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Plan 10 Go Bigtime
With Own Tourney;
Welsh Top-Rated

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tic tennis tournment q "big name
affair and TO bring an American
Zone Davis Cup match to Wash.
ington next year were disclosed
yesterday at the annual mid-winte,
meeting Of the Middle Atlantic
Tennis Association ut oolumbis
Country Club.
With President Lawrence Baker
Of the United States Lawn Tennis
Association attending as q guest
the plan for staging q Davis CUP
round here was discussed and re-
ceived with favor. Kenwood, Con-
gressional, Columbia and Chevy
Chase Clubs would be willing te
place their facilities at the cup COM
mittee's disposal and it was sug-
gested that the Australia-M Mexico
match be staged here.
In New York yesterday Waite,
Merrill Hall of the USLTA told the
Associate Press challenges from II
nations already had been received
Denmark was the first. Belgium
Chile, Great Britain, Greece, Nor
way, South Africa. Switzerland
Turkey and Yugoslavia challenged
in the European Zone, and Mexico
challenged in the American Zone
Hall, chairman Of the Cup Man.
agement Committee, said the dead
line for challenges is January 81.
The cup was brought back to this
country from Australia in Decem-
Der, 1916.
Offers $4,000 Backing.
The effort to make the Middle
Atlantic q major tournament and
give it q more prominent spot on
the net map will be pushed by the
Baltimore Country, Club, which is
reported ready to underwrite the
tournament for $4,000. With that
kind of expense money to work with
tourney ofIicials could import lead
ing players from all sections, guar
anteeing q top-flight affair.
Barney Welsh was awarded the
No. ranking by a committee
headed by Richard T. (Rickey) Will
lis. The rank was not unexpected.
Welshs lone singles tournament ap-
pearance in 1913 was in the Middle
Atlantic, which he won. The rank
ing procedure is the same as In
the Nationals, Willis explained. The
National singles winner almost auto
matically receives the No. l spot,
regardless Of his showing in other
tournaments.
Gil Bogley, Washington's national
Junior champion, was placed eight
among the men and first among the
juniors. Bogley's distinction Of being
the, first player from the Middle
Atlantic section to win the national
Junior crown was duly noted in the
minutes of the meeting. Ted Rogers
Of Washington was ranked No. !
among the boys.
Mrs. Ann Gray again topped the
women's ranking.
Delegates to the meeting reelected
the entire slate Of officers, with
Clarence Buddy Dawson as presi-
dent. Others returned were Herbert
Of West Virginia. vice
president: H. O. White of Washing
ton, secretary, and Frank G. Roberts
Of Baltimore, treasurer.
The rankings:
Capt: Robin Hippenstiel. Dayid
Sel al Pc soess s'e Charles ' rchnor. Nat
Mems doubles - johnson Hippenstisl,
ngnsh 5ohn Curtis Hih oioad Tnasf-
ara-Leavens. Maurice cowsn-Bob Thread
ggill Msle sa ro s. TX Grady Frank
Me sax M siSsis.T.d Rogers Tim coss
Tom Bradford, Harrison straley, Burt Ep-
stein. Richard Lane, D. Dell. P. DELL Andy
soy, k da1sl: sones Morris
Pearson. Gustafson- Hetzel Peyser-Pres-
singer, P. Dell-Holler. Boteler-sidley. D.
'H "a Wss: JACK 7sts' Sf55' ahSn
Emerson Gardner; Ray Lewis, Winston
jSaos e'ssS HoosF II s9hn 1sys
Wesley. sutter-Heavener. ,Gardner-Lewis
Beale- Thornton. Hayes-Zavitz.
Women's singles-.Mrs. Ann Gray
Charlotte Decker Mrs Willie Herbert
Frances Matthai. sara Moore. sosie Cir
gosian. Mrs. Philip H. Sachs. Sue Devlin.
Women's doubles-Gray.Decker. Her.
Graham Moore, Mrs. Jacob slagle- Eleanor
colston, Mrs. Lawrason Risgs.slagle.
sachs-Mrs. Leonard Hobbs, Mrs. George
Naylos.Mrs. Olga Duke, Pearl Mccoy
Helen. Levy, Matthai-Eleanor Poston.
diris' single~Mrs. Harold Ayares,
Barbara Scarlet, Sue Dsvlin, Gerry Hell
Obsrti, Judy Devlin, Eleanor johnson.
Doye Martin.