Evening star., 1936-08-01
FIERY NET FIGHTS
ON THREE FRONTS
Singles in NJ. A. Meet Start
as Team Play Nears End.
Women Begin TiIts.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr

4 n doubles tournament at Army
Navy Country Club, tennis fans Of
the city divided their attention among
three spots today, as two other i'm
portant tournaments opened in widely
scattered sectors.
With semi finals of the doubles
competition bringing four hot teams
into combat on the Arlington Clubs
courts this afternoon, Edgemoor Club
was to be the scene of 13 opening
round matches Of the Middle Atlantic
singles. while the Rock Creek Courts
furnished the setting for preliminary
rounds Of the Women's League tour
nament.
Each was featured by last-minute
developments calculated to add zest
to an already stirring week end of
tennis.
Finalists in the mid-Atlantic dou-
bles championship match at Army
Navy tomorrow were to be determined
this afternoon with three of the four
seeded teams battling in the two semi
finals. Dooly Mitchell and Tom Mar
key, ranked No. l, were to face Hugh
Lynch and Ed Mather, seeded No. 4,
in the days first encounter, at 2:3O
O'Clock, but even greater thrills were
expected in the match to follow.
Doyle-Baker Team Surprises.
THEN Ralph McElvenny and Gil
Hunt. the seeded No. 2 pair
would have to throw of the threat
ening challenge Of two unseedec
youngsters, Fred Doyle and Joe
Baker, who have provided the reaI
kicks Of the tournament with three
f1ve-set victories, climaxed yesterday
when they eliminated the No. seeded
pair, Price Colvin and Frank Roberts
Son Of the immortal Connie, Doyle
and his partner showed true cham
pionship class when they travelled S;
games to turn back the Baltimore
pair, only remaining foreign" team
of the tournament. The scores were
6-4, ST, Ga, Is, 8-6.
Thus the finals will be an all.
Washington affair, assuring the Capi.
tai retention Of the Middle Atlantic
doubles No. l team when ranking:
are made for 1887. The champion.
ship and probable first rank will bt
at stake tomorrow when today's win.
nerS meet.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
DOUBLES
(Army.Navy Country CIub.)
Second round-Price colvin and Franz
ford and Crawford Brooks. 6-3. s.
6-3: Joe Baker and Fred Doyle defeated
Bob Bradley and Harry Goldsmith. 4-6
and Davie johnson defeated Allen Blad
and Capt. Stanley Robinson. 6-3. 3-2
MsSs4 deisasd Hzaih aaa aRf
Stocklnski. e.. 6E3. 6-3; Doole!
ming and johnson, 6-2., 62. %
Roberts. ga. 81. 81. I-6. Sc.
Foreign" Players in Lists.
ROLSTERED more by the late en-
~ tries of H. Hunter Lott, jr
nephew OF the one-time Davis Cuy
star and ranking fourteenth playe
of the Middle States Association, anc
Robert Madden. who just precede!
Lott in the same association, tn,
singles play at Edgemoor promised
to provide the greatest competition
of the season, lacking only the pres
ence of Barney Welsh.
But, strangely enough, even thai
factor lent enchantment to the com.
petition, which will be fought on 6
wide-open basis, unthreatened by the
one who would be an odds-on choice
any time he started tournament
in the District.
None of the first four ranking loca
stars were to compete today, all being
| involved in the doubles semi final.
at Army-Navy. Tony Latona wa,
the lone hometown boy who wa.
seeded and who is to play this after.
noon, although four of the visiting
ranked players were to compete. They
were the four Baltimore entrants
Price Colvin, Ed Greipenkerl, Ale1
Keiles and Frank Roberts.
SINGLES.
Hdgemoor Club. Edgemoor Md
Today's Matches.
(First Round.)
p.m.-David johnson VS.. Fred Ste
wer; Bob Doyle VS.. Bob Chichester. Pau
Gibbons vs. Tom Moorhead.
- p.m.-Tony Latona VS.. Bob Burwell
Harry March VS.. Austin Rice. Alan Staub
| Billy Contreras.
A p.m.-S. S. Stanley VS.. Comdr. D.
Witt Redgrave John Audrey vs. Franl
| Roberts. Robert Treuthart VS. Kent Boyle
Malcolm Mintz VS.. Ed Greipenkerl
8 p.m.-Herb Shenkin VS.. Alex Keiles
| Harold Huls VS.. Price Colvin.
Women's Tourney Filled.
MARGARET ROBINSON, City o.
A Washington champion, has beer
| seeded No in the uoroer,c torr,,o