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PLAY IN DISTRICT TENNIS
DEPENDENT ON WEATHER
PLAY in the first and second rounds of the women’s singles for the
District of Columbia tennis championship will be continued this
afternoon on the Dumbarton courts, provided that old Sol makes
his appearance in time to repair the damage done to the courts by the
heavy rains, according to a statement made this morning by the tennis
committee.
None of the matches scheduled this morning was played, but if the
courts are in condition, these meetings will take place this afternoon. All
contestants will be expected to report at the club by 4 o'clock this after
noon if there is any possibility of play being continued. First-round
matches postponed from yesterday must be completed today in the event
that courts are available.
Should further inclement weather
make it impossible to carry on today,
matches in the first and second
rounds will be played tomorrow, ac
cording to Ruth Curran, chairman of
the committee.
Ten first-round encounters were j
completed yesterday before rain halt
ed operations at Dumbarton. Mary- \
will Wakeford. seeded No. 4, was:
pressed considerably to gain a deci-j
sion over Cara Cook in the closest:
match of the day. Miss Cook ex-i
tended the former titleholder to 8—8 1
in the opening set and kept things i
Interesting throughout the second,]
which Miss Wakeford took at B—3. ]
Delphine Hey I, Virginia State run
ner-up, took the measure of Jessie
Edmonston, 6 —4. B—4, in another in
teresting encounter during which
Miss Heyl suffered a sprained ankle,
but refused to halt play for more
than the few minutes required to
bandage the injured foot.
