The Washington times., 1937-06-25

Finals on Tap
Tomorrow

By HARRY COSTELLO

Tennis enthusiasts will crowd
the Edgemoor Club today to wit
ness the semifinal matches in
singles of The Times Hearst Grand
National Amateur Tennis Tourna.
ment.
Two better matches could not
have been arranged for the day.
The first, at p. m, bring to-
gether eliminates and rivals,
Dooly Mitchell and Hugh Lynch.
The second, at S p. M, is the
long-awaited net battle between
Frank Buddy" Goeltz, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, and Yelverton Gar
nett, of the Chevy Chase Club,
all-univerSity champion at the
University of Virginia.
In the doubles competition, the
tournament already has one pair
in the finals-Dooly Mitchell and
Bill Howard.
Dooly and Bill won their way
into the final at the expense of
the Washington Junior Davis Cup
stars, Harry Heffner and David
Strand johnson, yesterday. This
was a great match. The young
sters battled courageously but
their efforts were futile, and the
experienced Dooly and Bill car
ried the day, 81, 60, eli,
Ga.
Finals Sunday
The other pair for the doubles
final, which will be played Sun
day at the Edgemoor Club, will
be either Lieut.. Dolf Muehleisen
and Hugh Lynch or Frank
Buddy" Goeltz and Ralph
Buddy" Adair. These two teams
will battle it out Saturday, at S
p. m, to see which of them
meets the Mitcheu-Howard COM
bine.
The finals of the singles will
be played Saturday at Edgemoor.
starting at 3 p. m.
Yesterday was a day Of eXcep-
tionally fine tennis in the Grand
National. Quite naturally, the
Heffner and Strand VS.. Mitchell
and Howard battle was the top
attraction.
The youngsters-Heffner and
JohnSen-started slowly. They
dropped the first two games. the
second one after it had thrice
gone to deuce.
Four In Row
Then the Junior Davis Cuppers
won four in a row, the first after
it had gone to deuce twice. Heff-
ner and johnson permitted their
opponents only fou- points in the
last three games Of this bracket
of four.
After Mitchell and Howard had
won the seventh game, Harry and
David took the eighth, after it
had three times gone to deuce.
The older pair took the next two
games, the first at love, and it was
sail. On Johnsen's serve, the
youngsters took the eleventh game
of the set. Then Mitchell and
Howard took two more in row,
the second of the two at love. The
youngsters deadlocked it at Tall
when they broke Towards serv-
ice. The older players then eX-
erted severe pressure and won
love game, breaking Johnsen's
service to do so. Mitchell and
Howard took the set when they
allowed the youngsters only one
point on Mitchell'S service.
Fought Hard
It looked like curtains for the
Junior Davis Cupper at the con-
clusion of the second set, which
Dooly and Bill won, 60. How
vaIiantly the Heffner.J ohnSen
combination fought in this second
set is attested by the fact that in
four of the six games lost they
nine times brought them to deuce.
The seventh game, won by Mitchell
and Howard was a love game.
The eighth and final game of the
set was at deuce three times be-
fore the more experienced Dooly
and Bill won it.
The third set was a classic.
They alternated winning through
the first 10 games. The second
game went to deuce three times
befor Mitchell and Howard won
it. The third game was at deuce
twice before the Juniors took it.
The eighth game was at deuce
twice before the Mitchell Howard
team took it. The ninth game
went to deuce. too.
Mitchell and Howard took the
eleventh game, after it had twice
gone to deuce, but the youngsters
came back to win twelfth game,
breaking Mitchell's service to do it.
The Juniors brought it to 7-6 by
taking a love game on Heffner'S
service. They alternated winning
through the next six games. In the
eighteenth game, the youngsters
were at set-point five times, and
when they lost this game the count
was at Gall.
Win Next Point
The youngsters won the nine
tenth game of the set and allowed
their opponents only one point.