The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-05
Mrs. Robinson
Favored 10
Grab Title
BY GINO SINH


As each tennis tournament gets
under way tennis fans scrutinizt
the entry list for potential dark
horses"
In the third annual Army anC
Navy Country Clubs women in
vitation tennis champ i n h p
which got under way today, they
don't have to look very far fol
the No. 3 seeded entry, Mrs. w
Barry Wood, Of Baltimore, and
wife of the famous Harvard grio
ace and netman, is the dark
horse" of undisputed high cal1ber
Mrs. Wood has established her
self as the leading feminine ten
mis- player of the Monumental
city and in a recent tournament
defeated our redoubtable trial
horse" Mrs. Dorette Miller
seeded No. 4 in the current event
and lost after a bitterly fought
match to Edith Clarke, who last
year won this tournament.
Mrs. Robinson Favored
Few concede Mrs. Wood better
than an outside chance of taking
the measure of the tournament
favorite, Mrs. Stanley K. Robin
son, but the possibilities of the
Baltimorean conquering Sar a
Moore, D. C. Public Parks queen
and No. 2 seeded entry, are re-
garded as fair should they meet.
Mrs. Wood makes her debut
against Nancy McCandish, of Fair
fax, Va.
Miss Clarke, last years cham
pion, will watch a successor battle
her way to the title from the side
lines, where she has been rele-
gated by a fractured bone in her
foot.
The tournament has many of
the faSt-climbing young stars, in
Guiding Willie O'Steen, D. c. play
ground titleholder, and they add to
the uncertainty Of the outcome.
Sara Moore started her drive
for the title by trouncing Audrey
Winston, 81, 60 this morning,
while Joan BranSford defeated
Mary Gentry, Ga, 51, Edith
McCulloch won over Ethel Shamer,
SIS, 6-3, 6-3 and Anne Shute
triumphed over Barbara Conard,
60, 80.
Gene Hermann, hard-working
Army and Navy tennis pro, isn't
too busy seeing that the Women's
tourney runs along smoothly to
watch a young newcomer to his
flock, Harry Heffner, a nationally
ranked junior player, going
through his PAGES. Gene is en-
thuSiaStic over the boy and hopes
he'll be around to play a couple
Of tournaments in Washington
next year. Heffner has beaten
some of the coi1ntry's top-notcherS
during the past year.
Gil Hunt and Allie Gutenberg
are carrying on high and hand
some at Forest Hills, Long Island.
Hunt, Middle Atlantic title
holder, served notice on all and
sundry that he means business in a
big way when he pounded out a
1913, 80, IS, 2-6, 6-4 vic
tory over the nineteenth ranking
U. S. netman, Martin BuXby, of
Miami, in the second round of the
national mems singles tourney.
The kids dash and daring play
simply overwhelmed Buxby in the
last set.
Shoulders Burden
Allie, after seeing his brother,
Nate, bow to Isadore Bells, of
Philadelphia, 6-S, 6-3, 6-3,
shouldered the burden of carrying
the washington colorS in the ma
tional interscholastic tournament
and gained the quarterfinals by
defeating Malcolm Weinstein,
Philadelphia, 60, 60, 7-9,
60.
Mary Cootes, District women's
champion, offered only mild re-
sistence to Helen Fulton, Win
netka, ILL.,, in the opening round
of the National Women's Singles,
succumbing, 60, 81.
Frank GoeltZ, WilkeS-Barre, Pa,
net wizard, who also interested
D. C. fans, was eliminated by Eu-
gene Smith, Berkeley, Cal, 60,
6-1, As, 6-3.
Thomas Kuhn and Gordon
Taylor are the Capital area ten
mis- doubles champs of the U. S.
Army's enlisted men. Yesterday
at Boiling Field they defeated
Captain Dalglish and Private Nc
kinney, 6-3, 6-1, and then con-
quered Captain Grub and Pri-
vate Bradison, 60, As, 11-9.
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