The Washington times., 1937-06-17

Stars 10 Face
Strong Foes.
F.. Today
BY HARRY COSTELLO

AS quarterhnal matches IA the
singles Of the gigantic Times.
Hearst Grand National tennis
tournament are played today. Vel.
verton Garrett and Dooly Mitchell
stand out as the most likely
players to survive for the final.
All this, Of course, Is the opinion
Of men and women wise IN the
ways Of tennis, particularly WaSh-
ington tennis.
Garrett, all-university champion
at the University Of Virginia, has
been playing fine tennis to date
In the tournament.
Arriving from Charlottesville a
few days before the Grand Ma
tional opened, and without practice
for several weeks, due to exams
at the university, YelvertOri, who
answers to the nickname 'sBill,"
has whipped himself into excel.
lent condition by playing tennis
almost constantly for the past
week.
Out at Edgemoor, where they
eat tennis, sleep tennis, talk ten
mis-, walk tenniS-out there they'll
tell you that popular Dooly Mitch.
ell never has played better tennis
than he's playing right now.
Face Strong Foes
However, Garrett and Mitchell
face tough competition. a.,
If Yelverton defeats Harry Heff.
ner, Junior Davis Cup star. In to.
days quarterfinal match, the Wiz
ginia ace must then meet either
Tom Mangan or Frank Buddy"
GoeltZ in the Semifinal round.
# Dooly gets by Tony Latona
today, then the No. ! seeded star
bites off no less q chunk than
the winner Of today'S quarterftnal
between Hugh Lynch and Billy
ContreraS, the southpaw.
It's heavy going, no matter what
way you figure it for Garnet and
Mitchell.
There's one consolation the win
ners Of today'S quarterfinalS will
have: they do not play their semi
final matches until Saturday, June
26. This will give them plenty Of
time to participate In the Hotch-
kiss Cup matches this Friday and
Saturday and gain tournament
condition in the doubles competi-
ton Of the Grand National on
Sunday and the fore part Of next
week.
The losers in the SemifinalS and
final Of the singles certainly should
have no excuses, what with all that
time to prep for the allimportant
matches Of the Grand National.
Only One Upset
Only one upset market yeSter.
days singles, and that was what
might be termed . mild one. It
came when Billy ContreraS won
over the Junior Davis Cup star,
David Strand johnson, In straight
sets, "a, 6-3. Neither player
offered his best. Both had let
downs following their sensational
victories Of Tuesday, when Con-
treras eliminated George Dunklin,
University Of Virginia, and John
sen eliminated one Of the Ritzen-
berg boys.
The remainder Of the singles
bracket went according to Hoyle.
Yelverton Garnet had no trouble
with Billy Turner, winning "a,
60, on Tuesday. Harry Hetfner
showed to great advantage yeSter-
day disposing Of Tom Moorhead,
Chevy Chase Club champion, 6-3,
l1O. Tom Mangan indicated ut
least Q partial return to the Ster-
ling form which years ago made
| him WaShington'S outstanding net
star when he won over Art Sim
mons In straight sets, Ga, SIS.
Frank Buddy" GoeltZ, despite q
bad leg, looked mighty good yes
terday winning over George Dunk
4 lin. Is, IS, 60. In that first
set It looked mighty much g If
Buddy" was due for Q trounc-
ing, but his court strategy won for
him. Mitchell was extended In the
second set before he won over the
bearded Dean Judd, veteran star,
80, Us. Tony Matona had .
stiff workout before he conquered
Harry March. Ga, Us. Hugh
Lynch won with comparative ease
from Don CARRIER in straight sets,
@, IS.
Official Referee Louis I. Doyle
hopes to have his enormous doubles
field down to about 80 pairs by
nightfall. There were numerous
exciting doubles matches yeDter'
day, but none more exciting than
the Bitoni and LAnders w. DsMSt
and Mehl match. Biton1 and Lam
ders won, after . struggle 80
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