Evening star., 1938-05-23
SEEDED PLAYERS
FACE FAST GONG
"EIinor Fincke| Rated Most
Rapidly Rising Star in
D. c. Competition.
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
Rarely, If ever, has Washington
been offered as many interesting
womens tennis matches in one after
moon as the four quarter-finals Of The
Star tournament which are sched-
uled tomorrow at the Army-Navy
Country Club.
Barring upsets today each Of the
four seeded players will be up against
genuine threats who can boast some
thing more than grim determination
in their efforts to reach the semi-f1nal
rounds.
Sara Moore, the seeded No. en-
trant, public parks champion and one
Of the two former champions of City
Of Washington tournaments entered
in this one, will face one of the most
rapidly-rising young netwomen in the
city in the person of Elinor Finckel.
champion Of Columbia Country Club
They probably will clash at o'clock.
Marge Robinson. the other ex-
champion OF this tourney who will
be making her singles debut, faces
either Margo Lee or Jane Wilmerding,
with the former heavily favored to
take her second-round match today
from Miss Wilmerding. Mrs. Robin
son and Miss Lee may play tomorrow
morning.
Anne Ellis is seed third and
Slight choice to beat Winnie Suite,
tournament dark horse" today in
another second-round match with the
winner meeting Cynthia Davis, one of
Dwight Davis two daughters who en-
rolled in The Star tourney.
Doubles Play Starts.
The fourth quarter-final match
brings together Dorette Miller. the
fourth-seeded entry, and Willie
O'Steen. who is carrying her early
success in District playground circles
Miller-OS Steen match probably will be
played around 4 o'clock.
Meanwhile, doubles competition was
getting under way today with four
teams meeting in what evolve as
quarter-f1nal matches Mrs. Robinson
and Mrs. Miller are the seeded No.
pair: Miss Moore and Mrs. Suite.
No. 2. Incidentally. this is one of the
few times in which Miss Moore and
Mrs. Miller have separated for local
tourney. Miss Moore, however. was
not certain until yesterday that she
could get the time for the doubles
tournament as her job in Baltimore
keeps her committing daily
Late this afternoon, the Misses Ellis
and Lee were to meet Helen Davis and
Margo Stratford in one of the doubles
encounters, while Mrs. Robinson and
Mrs. Miller were to face Margaret
Graham and Betty Van der Straten.
The Moore-Suttie combine will meet
the winner of the first and Cynthia
Davis and Jane Wilmerding will face
the winner of the second. Those
matches-semi-fina affairs-will be
played Wednesday.
Excitement Aplenty.
All but one of yesterdays five second
Found matches produced as brilliant
tennis and keen competition as the
seasons first Sunday tournament
crowd of the year could have wished.
The lone exception was Mrs. Miller,s
victory over youthful Jean Leache in
which experience triumphed by 6-1,
Go scores.
PROBABLY most colorful was the hard
hitting exhibition put on by Miss Davis
ana Margo Stratford. Putting as much
..Vlgor and enthusiasm into her play
as her famed father has put into inter
national tennis, Miss Davis outslueged
Miss Stratford by the scores of 6-3.
81, but not until the latter had
resisted for more than an hour and a
hail. Having accounted for one of the
TWO eliminations of ranking District
players, Miss Davis play continued to
stamp her as strong contender for
The Star Cup.
Miss Finckels rs, Ga defeat of
Charlotte Decker, currently tops
smong the city's girl players, was lust |
as close as it sounds, with the rivals |
nearly always winning on service. In
the end, Miss Finckels consistency,
accuracy and refusal to become per-
turbed earned her the laurels.
Mrs. Graham staged a great battle |
In her first set with Miss Moore, which |
the latter won only at Ga, but sue
cumbed by 6-1 score in the second. |
Still one of the most enthusiastic
netwomen in the city, Mrs. Graham
eagerly awaited her doubles match |
today despite the fact she and the
Countess Van der Straten were slated
to meet the Journeys ranking team.
? TODAY'S SCHEDULE.
Singles.
Second Round
At 2.30 o'clock-Anne Ellis VS.. Winnie |
Suite, Jane Wilmerdine VS.. Margo Lee.
Doubles.
First Round.
At o'clock-Mrs. Margaret Robinson |
and Mrs. Dorette Miller vs. Margaret Gra- |
ham and Betty van der Straten. Anne |
Ellis snd s.-s,a9se Merge Lee vs. Helen Davis and
Teams of Cynthia Davis and Jane Will |
merding and Sara Moore and Winnie Suite |
drew first-round byes
Yesterdays Results.
Second Round.
Sara Moore defeated Margaret Graham, |
6", 6-1: Elinor Finckel defeated Char
lotte Decker, IS, 6-4 Dorette Miller |
defeated Pean Leache 81. 60; Cynthia |
Davis defeated Marco Stratford, 6-3. |
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