Evening star., 1936-09-07
EIGHT Of FINAL Is
0NCOURTSTODAY
Survivors in Singles Title
Tournament Include II
Seeded Stars.
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

OREST HILLS, NY, September
7.-Sifted down to the round
r Of l6, the national tennis
i singles championships were
ready for the showdown today.
In the mems tournament IL Of the
13 originally seeded players had sur
vived and in the womens 8 out Of 10
had come through. But they get no
more help from the draw now. From
here in, it's play your best or go
home"
From top to bottom Of the upper
bracket in the mems tournament the
pairings were as follows: Bryan
Grant, Atlanta. VS.. Pierre Pelizza,
France; Bobby Riggs, Los Angeles, VS..
John Van Ryn, Philadelphia; Sidney
Wood, New York, VS.. Henry M. Culley.
Santa Barbara, Calf, and Fred
Perry. England, VS.. Gene Mako, Los
Angeles.
These matches were scheduled for
today, with Grant, Riggs. Wood and
Perry favored.
Youngsters Arouse Interest.
THE lower bracket looked like this:
Don Bulge, Oakland, Calf, VS.. M.
Eugene Smith. Berkeley. Calf; John
McDiarmid, Princeton, N. j.. VS.. Yvon
Petra, France; Frank Parker, Spring
Lake, N. j., VS.. Robert Harman, Oak
land, and Gregory Mangin. New York.
VS.. Bernard Destremau, France. These
are to be played tomorrow and the
critics generally pick Bulge. Nc
Diarmid, Parker and Mangin.
Though most of these players are
well known, several of the youngsters
are especially interesting. Bobby
Riggs is rated perhaps the most
promising youngster in the country
today. He is II years old and last
year was ranked No. l among the
Nations junior players. This year he
has won the national clay court,
Southern California, Missouri Valley.
Nassau invitation and Eastern clay
court singles, beating Parker and
Mangin along the way.
Gene Smith is the son Of mis-
sionary. He was born II years ago in
Korea and learned the game in
Japan. He reached the fourth round
yesterday with a 10-8. 60, 60
victory over Charles Mailman, Forest
Hills youngster.
Petra Gusts Hunt of d. C.
McD1ARM1D and Petra had the
AA hardest battles on the Sunday
program, although Parker dropped a
set to Charles r. Harris Of West Palm
Beach, Fla, and Bulge was carried
to 81 by Joe Hunt Of Los Angeles
in their third and final set. The
Princeton instructor made a great
comeback to whip Frank ]. Bowden
Of New York, SO, SO, 60, IS.
"a, while Petra conquered Gilbert
A. Hunt, jr, of Washington. E6.
53, As, Ga, Ga.
The women's championship Is so
completely dominated by Helen
Jacobs, the defending champion from
Berkeley, that all speculation turns
on who can beat her. There were
four other seeded players in the upper
bracket with her today: Mary Greet
Harris, Kansas City; Carolin Babcock,
Los Angeles; Mrs. John Van Ryn,
Philadelphia, and Kay Stammers,
England.
Alice Marble of San Francisco was
favored to come through in the lower
bracket, though some observers be-
lieved the sensational young Dorothy
May Sutton Bundy of Santa Monica.
Calf, who upset Mrs. Sarah Palfrey
Fabyan, has a chance. Other seeded
players in this half were Helen Peder-
+, sen, Stamford, Conn, and Gracyn
Wheeler, Santa Monica.
| Perry Asks Big Pro Price.
DROP shots-Fred Perry has offered
- to join Bill Tilden's pro troupe If
Tilden will guarantee him 100000,
according to Winnie Richards, who
says PerryIl never get it. Richards
says Ellsworth Vines has banked S70,-
900 on his professional tennis career
-. Prettiest spectator at the matches:
Helen Vinson, actress wife of Fred
Perry the pros are standing
around gloating over the small crowds
and lobbying for an open tournament
Perry has a pot of tea between
sets If he's in tough match; other
wise he'll have a beer The
Englishman places Gottfried Won
Cramm of Germany. Bulge and
Bunny Austin of England on a par
Helen Jacobs has drafted new
novel -. Henrietta Bingham, daugh-
ter of the American Ambassador to