Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Diplomats Open
Tennis Saturday
AT 81. Adams

Diplomats from more than q
foreign countries will competl
in the sixth annual Diplomatic
tennis tournament which opens
Saturday on the courts Of tn,
St. Adams School Tor Boys.
A total Of 81 players ar,
entered in the event in which
officials Of the State Department
are paired in a blind draw with
entrants from the foreign EN-.
bassies and legations here FOL
doubles competition.
John F. Simmons, Chief o.
Protocol for the State Depart.
|ment, conducted the drawing O.
partners recently in his office.
Some Of the better knowr
participants in this years tour.
nament are Sir Roger Makins
British Ambassador; Ministel
IDevakul Of Thailand, who shared
in winning the event in 1858 ant
'55; Ambassador Sarasin o
lThailand; Minister Mai o
Egypt; Ambassador Nykopp o
Finland, who reached the semi
finals last year; John Cabot
United States Ambassador Il
Sweden, and Chadwick johnson
of the State Department,
member Of the Princeton tenni
team a few years ago.
The tournament will be ruI
Ioff on the next two wesk ends
September 1890 and Octobe
1877.
Additional information can b
obtained by calling George H
Haselton. tournament chairman
at RE. 1880. Extension 3lli
Ior 3ll9.
Saturdays pairingS:
ESQ s.m-pwisht Dickinson GUS
ana Nikolai Kurochkin (USSRl VI
moTsEd Fumes ITnas Gus and MAI. s. Kus
JUS and Ante Drndic (Yugosiavia
vs.; Robert Stephens fU.SJ and Ma
yaaIkSepson lFtnland): Curtis r. Jone
sp:S and y Horn. (Finland) VS.. Robei
tanl: Ernest RamsSur fU SlIss and 'f b
Massapd tIndial VS.. Perry II, culie
Us Us and Emilio Torres lPhiiippines5S
is5s, Cabot e q U.s. ana ssEasin lTha
ssrps ITsiandSe i Mllson g MitcS Snq R ns
ana Luis de Pedroso (spainJ VS.. PA
, KK snSs su;S1 and Rolf van de
and RicasdS Anay E00e tcolo hSy'
Ixs; CLARKE Kawakami lU.s1 and Dayi
US VS. and Charles Wissin Great Brli
J John Dolleman lNetherlandsI; Geors
scanaeal ys. Ed Walters (Us.i an
MAJ Gen; Franto Knebl (yugoslayial }.
and Peter LII Cchinal VS.. Nichols
TAM; Elias Barsoum tUS.l and L. /
Border tAustralial VS.. John Meadow
BRAIN; Joseph or SnV u.s., az
Hassan Abdel Al Egypt vs.. David Wi
SON, Jr, tu.S.l and Maj. Arvaro Valenci
Colombia; F. T Merrill (U.S1 an
4 Dev AZ tT Tia ys; Marsha
. Colombia: Robert HSrland Y iu.s.I guam an
| Capt. r. Raeowo (Indonesia) VS.. job
8. voorhees, (U.S.) and Sir Roger Makir
, tGreat Britain; Alonzo Stanford ~ s.
and Nikolai Kondakov tuSSRl VS.. Trim
van Chan tU.SD and g. MeuunuddI
. tPakistanl; Carl N. Jones CUsl an
Blarne, Solheim norway VS.. FishS
Howe fU.Sl and George Gerstberge
lAustrial: Fred Bundy tU.Sl and {
Prabha tThailandl VS.. Chadwick John
! son iU.S.l and Carlos Gibson peru
Argus Tresidder (U.Sl and M Iavu
turkey vs. Stuart Hummel CUS.) an
!; j. Marek fCzechosloyakia),
1:30 p.m.--William Barnes fUS) an
Anwar Niazi Egypt VS.. Leonard Weis
: tU.S,l and A. Rahman Kahn tPakistan
Vladimir Fleischer tUS.l and Jan \
Trenite tNetherlandsl VS.. H. @. JOS
tU,S,l and Raw Amatayakul tInterna
tional Monetary Fund.-; George
Haselton fuS.l and Col. M. A. Fran
lPhilippinesl vs.. winner Of Lukens
Drndic and Stephens-Jakobson match
Ted Pierce tU.Sl and Johan Nykop
tFinlandl vs.. winner Of Jones-SolheiI
and Howe-Gerstberge match.
p.m.-John F. Simmons (U.S.l an
NJ. Kumashiro international Monetar
, FUND.- VS.. Dwight r. Ambach (U.9.) an
M Hamfd fPakiSfAnl.