The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-28
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By HARRY COSTELLO


Interest in the Dolly Mitchell
-Yelverton Garrett match
final of the singles in The
Times-Hearst Grand National
Amateur Tennis Tournament
to-day Is higher than ever, fol-
lowing the playing yesterday, at
Edgemoor, Of one set and five
games of the second set.
When rain drowned out the
match yesterday, for the second
time in two days, Gsrnett had
taken the first set at as, and
Mitchell was leading in the
second set, 80, with Garrett
about to serve.
The match will be resumed
Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock,
and the largest crowd ever to
witness an amateur tennis
match in washington or vicinity
is expected to crowd Edgemoor
when Mitchell and Garnett re-
sumo where they left off yester'
day.
Today. as was the instance
Yesterday. Garnett is favored by
the rank and file OF tennis
enthusiasts to win the final.
AS far as they went yesterday
It was a beautiful match, with some
of the best tennis ever shown here
enthusiastically received by a large
UoIIerv AS a matter Of fact, what
Dolly and Yelverton showed yes
terday only whetted the appetites
of those present, and opinion was
frequently expressed that the
Mitchell-Ga battle is the
match of the year in Washington
and will draw an even larger
crowd Saturday than it did yes
terday.
Garrett took the first two games
of the first set, allowing Mitchell
only one point in the first game
The second game, however, went
to deuce, as Dooly started hitting
the ball as he should.
wins Fourth Game
Mitchell took the third game,
giving Garrett only one point, but
Yelverton gave tit for tat by WIN
ming the fourth game and allow"
ing his opponent only one point:
After the fifth game had twice
gone to deuce, Dolly won it when
Garrett tried two gambling fore-
hands to the baSeline. both Of
which were out. Not to be out
done. Garrett took the sixth, after
it had gone to deuce, and 1t was
Yelverton's advantage at four
games to two.
Mitchell played beautiful tennis
in the seventh game, calling on his
resourcefulness and holding Gar
nett to a single point. Yelverton,
however, came back and, flashing
some of his best tennis OF the day.
took the final two points OF the
eighth game to run out from deuce,
both on power drives, which Dooly
could not handle.
At this point in the match,
Mitchell'S fighting spirit came to
the front, and the Dooly Of a few
days ago, who won sensational
match from Hugh Lynch by sheer
force of courage, when all ap-
peared lost, took three games in
a row to put himself out in front
at 6-5.
Clever Backhand
The University of Virginia boy
took the next game-the twelfth
by some clever work with his back
hand, and fought his way from a
love.40 disadvantage to deuce IN
the thirteenth. Then, MitchelIs
drop.Shot caught the lanky Gar.
nett flat-footed, but Yelverton
came right back at Dooly and
pulled almost the identical shot
to bring it again to deuce.
Dooly made the error of lobhing
one to Yelverton, and Garrett put
it away in grand style. Then,
Garrett won the next point with
a neat placement near the corner.
This thirteenth game of the first
set was the most interesting Of
all the interesting tennis the two
played yesterday.
After they had battled to deuce
in the fourteenth game, Garnett
cut loose with forcing forehand
which went by Dooly, and Yelver-
ton added the set point when he
put one away in the corner.
It looked bad for Dooly as Vel
verton tooQ the first two games of
second set, but again the old
Mitchell fighting spirit came to
the front, and Dolly won the next
three, scoring the final point of
the fifth game just as the rain
started falling.
The officials waited about IS
minutes. decided at this point that
more tennis for the day was out
of the question and ordered that
the match be resumed Saturday
afternoon, at Edgemoor, with
Garrett serving.
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