Evening star., 1935-06-27
BY BILL DISMER, JR.
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A GARGANlUAN SORT OF man,
~ with somewhat unpublished
~ technique. today held the fate
n of the c;ty's No. 2 ranking
netman in his large, brawny hands;
a fate to be decided some time after
5 o'clock this afternoon on the Co
lumbia Country Club courts.
Bill Breese, fighting racketer, who
makes you think of Camera and who
first came into public notice as the
partner OF Hon. Hamilton Fish in the
doubles tournament held two weeks
ago, Is the latest threat to the old line
of District netmen and the one who
has proven the sensation Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia tournament, which
started last Sunday.
Today Breeze meets Dooly Mitchell
in the quarter finals Of the tourney,
and had you even thought aloud such
a fact week ago you would have
been as much an object Of public
ridicule as the man who bet on Brad
dock-before the fight.
Breese Is riding high today and he
has reason to be. Those who watched
transflxed yesterday as he played 20
games in two sets with Tom Markey
to defeat that No. 5 seeded player,
ll-9 and 6-3, have every reason to
believe that his future in local ten
mis- is as bright as the glare of the
sun on the courts at noon.
EVEN II he doesn't get by Mitchell
today he has come a longer way
In his first two tournaments than
many players do in two years. The
unusual performer, whose unorthodox
style is accentuated by his southpaw
racket-wielding. is a holy terror on
the court to the man on the other
side Of the net. When he hits a ball
every ounce Of his 225 pounds is be-
hind 1t. When he comes to the net
it's good man who can drive over
his 6-foot-6 altitudinous reach.
In Mitchell he meets the classiest
OF the players he has opposed. Markey
was the best he had met in local ten
mis- circles, but Mitchell beat Markey
for the city of Washington champion
ship III three straight sets, and it re-
mains to be seen if Breese has come
that far In so short a time.
Even then the winner Of the
Mitchell -Breese encounter will not
have smooth sailing to the finals
Awaiting the outcome of this impor-
tant match is Lieut.. John McCue
Nsvy's rejuvenated ace. who battled
his way to the semi-fi yesterday
with surprisingly easy victory over
Yale's current star. Ralph Ellis, in
straight sets, Ga, @l He will meet
either Mitchell or Breese. depending
on today's result.
Oddly enough. McCue lost his first
two services yesterday afternoon, but
took 10 of the next IL games. Re-
peatedly he tricked Ellis out of posi-
ton and then slammed placements
past the Eli performer. The Leech
Cup performer apparently is in tn
best Of condition and his splendid
physique Is sure to stand him in good
stead in the final crucial matches.
A FTER the quarter-final Mitchell
= Breese match today, the two semi
finals will, in all likelihood, be sched-
uled for tomorrow. Barney Welsh,
defending champ, will meet Hugh
Lynch, Princeton star. who is rapidly
coming to the fore of District tennis
and who yesterday earned the right to
meet the No. player by defeating
Pat Dick, 6-3. Ga.
- Two crack doubles teams also were
to see action this afternoon. Welsh
and his partner, Ralph McElvenny
were to play the winner of the Carr
Ellis-Glassmire -Staubly match, and
the Nays pair of aces. McCue and
Lyman, we're waiting to play either
Alan Blade and Larry Phillips or Rut-
ley and Buchanan.
The Tars had a strenuous workout
yesterday in disposing of the Sherry
twins. being carried Is games before
winning the first set. 81. and taking
the second, 6-3 Welsh and McEl-
venny kept unusually cool in the hot
sun when they disposed of Anderson
and Garnett, Go, 6-3.
Today's Schedule.
Singles-5 o'clock Mitchell VS. Breese
Doubles O'Clock. Carr and Ellis VS..
Glassmire and Staubley. Blade and Phillips
VS.. Rutley snc Buchanan, Shore and Willis
VS.. Burwen and Dawson, Lynch and Nc
Caskey VS., Erana and Spriggs o'clock.
Welsh and McElvenny VS.. winner of Carr
Ellis vs. Glassmire- -Staubley match. McCue
and Lyman VS.. winner Of Blade-Phillips VS..
Rutley-Ruchanan match.
Yesterdays Results.
Singles. fourth round-Deck defeated
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