The Washington times., 1937-08-07
PRINCETON ACE
BATTLES TONY
IN Big FEATURE
Mitchell, Breese to
Face at 1870
BY HARRY COSTELLO

tional and seeded No. l in the cur
rent Middle Atlantic singles cham
pionShip tournament, opposes Bill
BreeSe, Southpaw and former Har
ward star, seeded No. 3, and Hugh
Lynch, seeded No. 2, former
Princeton captain, meets Tony La
tona, the bounding playground
instructor, seeded No. 4, in the
semifinals today at Edgemoor.
The Lynch-Latona match, in
which Lynch is favored 10 sur
vive. is scheduled to start at 2:3O
p. m.
The -Breese match, in
which Mitchell is favored to win,
is scheduled to start at 4:30 p. m
The Tony Latona-F n k
Buddy" Goeltz match was the
outstanding battle yesterday.
Every strategem known to the
tennis courts was tried by the two
contenders. Latona won, 60,
2-6, 81.
A Court Strategist
In the first set, Goeltz, known
as a court strategist, sought to
soften up the play, knowing full
we'll of Tony's propensities as a
Slugger if given pace. The wilkes
Barre truckman failed dlsmally
in this set.
In the second set, Goeltz
changed his tactics and won 1t
with ease.
Then, in the third set, strangely,
it seems, Goeltz returned to ms
unsuccessful tactics OF the first
set, with the result that Tony
took this one easier than he took
the first.
The swing to Latona in the
first set, then to Goeltz in the
second set, and then back to
Latona in the third set, also car
ried with it some remarkable
tennis.
Constant Pressure
Tony's retrieving game, as USUAL
stood up under constant pressure
in that first set. Tony must nave
run at least the full marathon
distance, but he won the set'
which is the important thing:
Goeltz was master throughout
the second set and flashed some
of the best and cleverest tennis
ever witnessed in washington.
The third set, as indicated, was
a repetition of the first set, with
Tony holding a decided edge. =,
Breese won over BeliSario Billy
Contreras, the Chilean southpaW'
Ga. 6-3, and Lynch won over
Lieut.. Bill Howard, Dooly Mitchell
doubles partner and member OF
the Nays Leech Cup team, 6-1,
60.
Ability to Jockey
The giant, Breese, won because
of his ability to jockey ContreraS
out of position in order to execute
Smashing forehandS. Billys back
hand failed when put to the test
of Breese's forcing forehands.
Hugh Lynch played to his re-
cent remarkable form. Inc 1or-
mer Princetonian of late has been
playing the best tennis OF his
career. and, despite Bill HoWards
sggressiveneSs, Hugh won WIN
ease. Lynch's passing shots, WIN
more speed than ever, broke up
Bills aggressive net game. Even
Bills scorching serves were nan"
died with ease by Hugh.
Betty Jacob, of Montrose, A.
year.old comely lasSie, will meet
pretty Molly Thompson, of Chevy
Chase, also IA years old, for the
Public Recreation junior girls
singles championship on Monday,
at Chevy Chase.
Betty and Molly won their way
into the final match yesterday by
winning over Shirley Combs, OF
Happy Hollow, and Dorot by
Blake, of Rosedale, respectively.
Betty encountered all sorts OF |
difficulty defeating the petite Shir-
ley, but Molly had an astonish-
ingly easy time of it with Dorothy.
Betty was carried to 1913 and
IS by Shirley.
Molly won at 60, 81.
Slight FavOrite
While Miss Jacob is a slight
favorite to win Mondays cham
pionship tilt, Miss Thompson can
not be underestimate. The lat
ter's game yesterday was superb,
while Betty's, on occasions, was
none too good.
Both Betty and Molly are on
the Junior Sears Cup squad, a
feather in the cap of Mrs. Dor
cite Miller, chairman of the Jun
ior Sears Cup squad committee.
Mrs. Miller and other members of |
the committee have worked tire
lessly since early spring with mem
beers of the junior squad, and the .
results of those efforts plainly /
show in this current Public Rec
reation junior girls tournament,
with Betty and Molly in the finals. ,
washington tennis must learn
from other sports, especially one
lesson-that of promptneSs.
Seldom, if ever. does a tennis |
match start on time in Washing |
ton tournaments.
A case in point: A few days
ago, Frank Buddy" Goeltz was
scheduled to play Lieut.. Stanley !
K. Robinson. Newspapers pub
lished the starting time. obviously
after consultation with officials |
of the Middle Atlantic tourna-
ment, as / p. m. The match got
under way a few minutes after