Evening star., 1938-05-24
CONV|NCES IN WIN
OVER ANNE ELLIS.
Holds Spotlight in Today's
Tilt With Cynthia Davis.
Other Choices Score.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

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the show in The Evening Stars tennis
tournament for women at the Army
Navy Country Club
Winnie Suite, an outsider" when
the draw was being made, is no longer
that. Refusing to relinquish the spot
light she grabbed on opening day
when she defeated one Of the city's II
ranking women players, Mrs. Suites
convincing straight-set defeat Of Anne
Ellis yesterday stamps her as the one
to beat as the tourney moved into
its semi-f1nal round today.
This afternoon, Mrs. Suite, mother
Of a 13-year-old girl. met Cynthia
Davis in one of four quarter final
matches. Despite the family relation.
ship Of her opponent. there was no
choice but to make Mrs. Suite pro-
nounced favorite over her younger
rival.
May Meet Mrs. Robinson.
Should she come through, as ex-
pected, the current sensation in
women's tennis here in all likelihood
would meet Margaret Robinson in a
semi-final engagement on Thursday.
Mrs. Robinson, one Of two ex-City of
Washington champions in the tour
ney, was slight choice to head Margo
Lee in the only one of the quarter
final matches to be played this morn
ing. Two others this afternoon sent
Sara Moore, the seeded No. entrant.
against Elinor Ffnckel, Columbia
Country Club champion. and Dorette
Miller, seeded third, against Willie
O'Steen. Winners of those matches
meet Thursday.
Despite the attractiveness of the
three other matches, Mrs. Suite def
nitely was the cynosure of all eyes to-
day. In not only defeating Miss Ellis,
Chevy Chase Clubs current No.
player, but in winning nine games in
a row to take the match, 6-3, 60,
Mrs. Suite illustrated one of tennis
oldest tenets. That is, that you do not
have to have the best form in the
world to win points.
Not Stylish but Effective.
In style Mrs. Suttie-or Winnie, as
she is known by her newly-made
friends-can be outshone by more than
dozen racketers heerabout. But
in Haunting the unorthodox Win
ME mixes consistency and remark
able retrieving habit to lead to a direct
comparison with Bitsy Grant. Prob
ably half of her points yesterday were
scored on uncanny pick-ups. and
gets" as surprising to Miss Ellis as
they were discouraging
Her other points came from shots
engineered from a definite stance,
Suite apparently getting SO set for
one return as not to be able to move
quickly enough to meet the exchange.
That, however, only is mental delu-
sion. You should see her when she
has to run. And when her opponent
advances to the net it is just too bad
for the opponent. Mrs. Suite has the
strength and ability to put the ball
away when necessary, and her match
winning point yesterday came on
scorching placement with Miss Ellis
in the forecourt
Her backhand according to those
who have played her, is said to be
one of the finest seen here. in recent
years, the ball coming over with
topspin that is exceedingly difficult
to handle. Her errors are few and
far between and she has yet to lose
her service in four sets of her two
matches.
Changes Aspects of Tourney.
Until Mrs. Suite came along, it ap-
peared as II the tradition of former
City of Washington champion never
repeating in a woman's tournament
would be broken. Mrs. Robinson and
Miss Moore, winners in 1885 and SO,
appeared to have the field to them
selves, but no longer. Mrs. Suites
hardest test is yet to come, when she
goes up against Mrs. Robinson. If
she does upset her, she will carry
host Of supporters into the final
against Miss Moore.
Margo Lees chances against Mrs
Robinson today were visibly lessened
as result of the hard time she had
In disposing of Jane Wilmerding yes
terday. Mrs. Wilmerding took the
first Of three hard-fought sets at love.
and Miss Lee had to rally in each
of the last two to cop the verdict at
Ga, 81. The struggle lasted more
than two hours.
The 60, 6-1 doubles victory re-
corded by Mrs. Robinson and Mrs
Miller in the first round over Mar
garet Graham and Betty Van der
Straten bore out predictions that they
we'll merited the No. seeding Mrs.
Graham and Miss Van der Straten
were playing together for the first
time, to be sure, but Mesdames
Robinson and Miller were hitting too
well to be stopped by scarcely any
team yesterday.
Doubles Stars to Clash.
Tomorrow the favorites take on
Cynthia Davis and Mrs. Wilmerding,
who drew first-round bye Tomor-
row also, the second-seded team of
Miss Moore and Mrs. Suite makes its
debut against Miss Ellis and Miss Lee
Winners will clash for the team cham
pionship on Friday. when both singles
and doubles finals will be played.
Today's Pairings.
3-Winnie Suite VS.. Cynthia Davis,
Dorette Miller VS.. Willie OSteen:
Sara Moore VS.. Elinor Fnckel.
Yesterdays Results.
e9a,ss nslsMsrse 1ee deteaed WIrns Jane sst: WI:
defeated Anne Ellis, 6-3, 60.
Doubles-Marge Robinson and Dorette
Miller defeated Margaret Graham and
Betty Van der Straten. 60. 81.
Champions
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