Evening star., 1938-07-27
Junior Racketers Rare Sports
STRESS LAURELS
LESS THAN GAME
Washington Team Bows to
PhiIIy as Added TiIts
Shatter Deadlock.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

A throw-back to the days when
tennis was played primarily for the
love OF the game and not for the cur
rently emphasized right to crow
over the inferority OF fellow COM
petitor Is being established by the
Junior Davis Cup system.
Such a reversion to sports for
sports sake" was seen at the Army
Navy Country Club yesterday, where
Philadelphia's Junior Davis Cup squad
defeated Washington's, 9-6. The
most striking thing about the result
was that it should have been a 6-6
tie. but the chairman of each citys
j. D. c. Committee chose to risk VIC
tory for his side in order to give more
youngsters the chance to play.
In other words, only players OF
Junior age were supposed to play, but
when Philadelphia showed up with
three boy players, Maj. c. w. Christen-
berry promptly inserted three local
representatives Of Is years age or less.
Although the advisability of playing
the boys matches are mere exhibitions,
not to count in the team scoring, was
discussed, it was believed more inspir-
Ing to the kids if they knew they were
playing for their team. So the points
were allowed to fall where they would
and-vive lie sport!
Boys Decide Issue.
AS 1t turned out, Philadelphia BOYS
provided the margin of victory, WIN
ming two singles and doubles match.
But its boy champion, Victor Seixas,
who is ranked No. 4 among the coun-
try's boy players and also is the cham
plon OF the State of Pennsylvania, was
given a whale of battle by Washing
tons Bobby Besinger before youth
playing his first year of tournament
tennis bowed to experience.
Charley Charming, Billy Turner and
Miguel Nunez were the only local
Juniors to win singles matches, and
only the latter Won in straight sets.
Nunez defeated Dick Shipp, Ga,
IS. Charming and Turner, however
learned how it felt to win them the
hard way, and the manner in which
they overcame Jack Wendell and
Bob Boyer speaks volumes for their
courage as well as ability. Charming
dropped the first set to Wendell,
Princeton's No. S player, 4-6, but
then drove to 6-3, 6-3 victories.
Turner divided the first two sets with
Boyer before outlasting him in a
marathon, 8-6.
Bells Beats A. Ritzenberg.
The No. l match found Isadore
Bells. who never has been beaten in
Philadelphia and only twice in his
life in Junior competition, whipping
Allie Ritzenberg, ga, 60. Bells,
ranked sixth best among all the coun-
try's juniors, has won the junior
championship of Philadelphia for five
successive years, two of those while
he still was in the boy class and when
he doubled up and won both. He also
Is junior champion Of Pennsylvania
and the Middle States section and
recently defeated Archie Henderson,
who scored over Gil Hunt in the
Junior Davis Cup match here with
the Carolina team.
Rtizenberg got slight measure OF
revenge when he and Billy Turner
defeated Bells and Malcolm Wein-
stein in the No. l doubles match,
although they frittered away SO
lead in the first set and won only by
scores Of rs, 81.
Summaries:
Singles.
Isadore Bells (P) defeated Allie Ritz
enberg, g., "a; Bill vogt P.J defeated
Chandler Brossard, 60, 6-3; Malcolm
Weinstein tP) defeated Ralph Adair. 6-3,
GO; Morton Kline tP) defeated Eusene
Owens. Go 6-1; Chuck Harnden (PD
defeated Harry March, 60, 6-1; Charley
Lord (P.) defeated Jack Hoyt. "a. Ga;
Miguel Nunez (W.) defeated Dick Shipp,
6-4. 7-5: Vic seixas tPD defeated Rob-
ert Bensinger. 6--1, 6-; Charley Chan
e-3. Ga; Billy Turner defeated John
Boyer, 6-3, If, So.
Doubles.
Charming and March defeated Wendell
Turner defeated BELLS and Weinstein.
rs. 81; Harnden and Kline defeated
Adair and owen, 6--3, 4-6. 6N; Dalby
and Sokol defeated Lord and Shipp 60,
As SPixas and Vogt defeated BroSSard