Evening star., 1938-06-27
Mddies Garry East;s Slender Hope IN Poughkeepsie
BY BILL DISMER. Jr.

Just that today and nothing more, con-
fined as 1t now Is to local players As |
eight matches were scheduled to take |
the competition into the round Of l6 |
by nightfall, all out-of-town entrants
had been eliminated.
At the start there were only four |
outsiders anyway and two Of those
never showed up 1t. John MeCue,
once q District resident, never was
heard from, and Hubert Simmons
sent in his default from Harrisburg
yesterday.
Bill Riday OF Norfolk and Frank
serany of Hazleton. Pa. both were
beaten yesterday. Riday, looking for
with little red baseball cap perched
on his 5-foot frame, was soundly
beaten by John Hatch, Westerns old
all-sports star, and Serany fell victim
to Bill Howard's burning service.
Hatch beat Riday. 60. 60, but
Howard was sent three sets to conquer
Serany, <-6, SIS, e3.
Ray Stocklinski and Hatch, Jimmy
Farrin and Tommy Moofhead and
Hugh Lynch and David johnson al
ready are in the round Of 16 and will
meet in those pairings. Champion
Barney Welsh, Bill Howard and De-
witt Smith also are in the round of
Is, but their opponents are yet to be
determined.
Battling for Round Of fs.
| Frank Shore and Joe Baker were to
kRat N|n -,rt,x %
Welsh; Bill Breese was expected to
win two matches and play the winner
OF the Don Garber-J. M. Pope en-
counter; Howard is waiting to play
the Tony Latona-Bill Thompson sur
vivor; Dewitt Smith in all probability
must face Dooly Mitchell. who meets
Ed Waymack. and the winners Of the
Stan Robinson-Felix Silva, Ralph
Adair-S. Guevara matches clash in
the eighth match.
Howard and Smith proved contrasts
in yesterdays all-day play in which
favorites advanced without trouble.
Howard, though. won two three-set
matches. whipping Serancy after he
had disposed of Gene Owens in a
morning match. Smith, who Satur-
day upset the veteran Hugh Trigg,
again whipped a senior player when
he defeated Hubert Treuthart, 60,
| As, 60.
Doubles play, which starts today,
finds Welsh and Mitchell seeded No. l
with Ralph McElvenny, Welshs old
partner, playing with Tom Mangan
in the seeded No. position. Farrin
and Howard the Navy team, are
seeded second and Lynch and johnson
again are playing together as the
fourth-seeded pair.
PAIRINGs FOR TODAY.
o'clock-rrank' shore vs.. Jo. Baker.
Ralph Adair vs.. 8. Guepara, Tony Latona
v. Bill Thompson
Dooly Mitchell vs.. Ed Waymack Stan Rob-
inson VS.. Felix Silva, Hugh Lynch VS. David
johnson.
$50 o.clock--Jimmy rarrin vs. Tommy
Moorhead, Don CARRIER vs.. J. NJ Pope,
os1fsGeorse Msr Rsroest yS winner
John Hatch.
Doubles
Bill Thompson and Bob " wilson. a hp'a Bill Ho. ":
ard and Jimmy Farrin vs. Bill Wickhsm
$50 o.ciock-Barwell and Honeeker .rs
D o c1ock-Mangan and McElvenny vs..
A. o. White and partner Hohenstein and
and baker vs. Guevara snd Erana
$50 ociock-Buchanan and Shore VS.:
Mcorheid and Sturtevant. johnson and
. Lynch VS.. Lambert and Willoughby. Deck
and Trigg VS.. Serany and Riday, Mitchell
and Welsh VS.. Baker and Pope.
Hatch Headed for Army.
Johnny Hatch is playing his last
tennis before entering West Point
on July l. incidentally. another of
Washington's old junior friends. Harry
Heffner, will enter the Point with
Hatch. What nucleus that should
give the Army team two years hence!
| The women,s District tournament
starts week from tomorrow and
also will be played at Columbia. En-
tries may be made either at Colum-
} bias tennis shop or with Mrs. Ella
t Owen, 37l2 Cumberland street. En-
' erson $685. Edith Clarke still is In
! town and will defend her champion
! ship.
Charley Charming created the big
, noise in the Mountain Lakes invitation
I tournament In New Jersey yesterday
E when he was credited with the FIRST
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