1938: Badminton

The 1938 report of the American Badminton Association shows a growth during the past year of the number of clubs in the United States from 155 to 229. An annual meeting of the American Badminton Association was held at the Penn Athletic Club in Philadelphia on March 26 and the following officers were elected: W. Hamilton Walter of Chicago, President; W. West Frazier 3rd of Philadelphia and Orville H. Mills of Seattle, Vice-Presidents; and Norval P. Trimborn, of Chicago, Secretary-Treasurer. The second annual championships held at the Penn Athletic Club in Philadelphia from March 23 to 26, were represented by players from every section of the country, indicating a widespread interest in this relatively new American sport.

The men's singles championship was won by Walter Kramer of Detroit who defeated William Markham of New York City, 15-12, 17-15. The women's singles title was won (7-11, 11-6, 11-4) by Mrs. D. K. Barkhuff of Seattle in a closely-played match with Mary Whittemore the left-handed Boston star. The women's doubles were won (18-13, 10-15, 18-14) by Mrs. Roy Berg and Helen Gibson of Westport, Conn., who took from their Seattle opponents, Mrs. Barkhuff and Zoe Smith the national women's doubles title which they won in 1937. Hamilton Law and R. Yeager, both of Seattle, won the men's doubles title from the Californians Donald Eversoll and Chester Goss, with a score of 15-10, 15-10. The mixed doubles title was retained by the Seattle players, Mrs. Barkhuff and Hamilton Law, when they defeated the contenders Mrs. George W. Wightman of Boston and Chester Goss of Los Angeles by a score of 15-5, 15-11.