Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
MERCUR DEFEATS
DOEG IN SINGLES
College Doubles Stars Give
Veterans Lesson in Net
Play for Victory.
BY TED vOSBURGH,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

- OUTHAMPTON, N. Y, August 10.
under the whitening racquet
fire Of brilliant pair of college
~ stars, Bill Tilden and Frank
Hunter went down to defeat to-
day In their first tournament since they
returned from the Davis Cup campaign
abroad.
Dealing sudden death from all cor
ners Of the court, Berkeley Bell Of the
gin Of Georgetown smashed the hopes
Of the former national champions In a
thrilling doubles final, by scores of
11-9, 10-6, Is, 6-3.
Tournament honors in singles went
to Fritz Merur of Bethlehem. Pa, who
outplayed Johnny Doeg of Santa
Monica, Calf, by scores Of 6-4, e3.
ga, in a comparatively colorless en-
counter.
Mercur at Peak.
The match found Mercur. seventh
ranking American, at the peak Of his
game and not even the furious service
and aggressive net play Of the husky
California southpaw could avail against
the easy perfection Of his strokes
Doeg, No. 8 in the national list and
the big tournament winner Of the cur
rent season, with four singles trophies
10 his credit, found Mercur a far better
player than when he was beaten by
Johnny In the Longwood invitation
final month ago.
Mercur out-guessed and out-maneu-
vered his harder-hitting adversary.
forcing him back into mid-court with
well played lobs and out-steadied him
IN the driving duels that ensued. When
Doeg did manage to reach the net he
was deadly, piling up more earned
points than his conqueror in every set,
but his game lacked the aI-around
steadiness that the Eastern player put
into his shots.
All that the singles contests lacked
In melodrama was more than supplied
by the doubles which kept a capacity
gallery Of close to $500 persons on the
edge Of their seats from start to finish.
Bell and Mangin won an uphill battle
for the long first set, finally breaking
through Hunters service to accomplish
the feat, took the second In similar
fashion by piercing the famous canon
ball delivery of Tnden, himself, and
came back after losing the third set
by a one-sided margin to outstroke
and outsmart the veterans In the final
session.
Remarkable Work at Net.
It was the youngsters remarkable
work at the net which enabled them to
crack the burly Hunters delivery In
the eighth game Of the final set. On
what proved to be the deciding point Of
! this game. Hunter shot one of his
| hardest drives straight at the feet Of
Mangin as he stood near the net.
With a veritable circus shot the
Georgetown sophomore trapped the ball
and twisted 1t down the sidelines where
| neither Tilden nor Hunter could
reach 1t.
Big Bill and Hunter have seen a lot
of their travels over the tennis world
but this one made them stand with their
hands on their hips and stare while
Mengin's grim face relaxed into a
! tickled grin. Lucky" he said After
that nothing could halt the youngster
team and with Bell serving and Mangin
killing the returns at the net they
reeled OF the final game at love.
Earlier in the day, Bell and Man.
gin had won in the semi-finals from
the Oxford Cambridge team of Paul
Dericou and Norman Farquharson,
rs, 2-6, Ga, IS, while the vet
Grams were fresh when they entered
the final.
In a final round match that was
terminated by darkness, Genevieve Fox
of Southampton and Frank Hunter won
the mixed doubles title, defeating Kath-
leen Fox, sister. and John Cliff, Eng
lish player, 6-3, 3-6 default. AS Cliff
would be unable to play of the dead
lock tomorrow he and his partner con-
ceded the match