Evening star., 1939-09-10
Riggs Wins Over Dee
Handi|y and Gains
Fourth Round
Gilbert Hunt Is Amona
81 Who Reuch Third
Stage Of Tourney
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated IIeSS SpOrtB WTlger.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-The ma
tional tennis championships finally
passed through their awkward stage
at Forest Hills today and starting
tomorrow they should be worth pay
ing to see.
At the completion of today's cur
tailed program the field had been
reduced to 81 both in the mems and
women's divisions. The odd figure
was accounted for by the fact that
Bobby Riggs of Chicago and Dorothy
May Bundy put in some extra work
and went a round ahead Of the
others.
Bobby, the only real American
hope to stop the Australian Davis
Cup players, looked keen and am
bilious in winning a third round de-
cision over Larry Dee Of San Fran
cisco, 81, 8-6, Ga. Miss Bundy
won a second rounder from Edna
Smith of Cleveland, 81, IS.
Bromwich Has Easy Time.
Three sets were sufflcient to wind
up most of the 13 mems matches
played today, several of which were
resumed at the point they were inter-
rupted by yesterdays storm. Bryan
Grant, jr., who had been rained out
when leading Sidney Wood, jr,
l2-11 in their second set, went on
to beat his old rival, 6-3, l6-14,
Ga.
Jack Bromwich Of Australia open
ed his quest of the cup with an easy
60, 6-3, 60 win over the veteran
Frank Shields Frank had the solid
backing of some 10000 in the big
stadium, but that was about the
extent of his resources.
William Talbert, Cincinnati
youngster, turned in the daily up
set when he beat Martin Buxby OF
Miami, 1-6. 6-3, 8-6, Ga. 1t
wasn't very big upset.
frankie Parker, second seeded
American, advanced another round
over John Mahoney Of New York,
GO, 6-4, 60.
English Girl Sparkles.
Nina Brown of England scored the
days outstanding victory in the
women's wing as she defeated Pat
ricia Canning Of Berkeley, Calf,
6-1, 6-8, Ga. Kay Stammers Of
England, top-seeded foreigner, out
classed Mary Jane Metcalf of Den
yer, Go, 6-1.
Tomorrow's outstanding third
round mems matches promise to be
those pitting Midshipman Joe Hunt
of the Naval Academy, sixth seeded
American, against Jack Crawford,
veteran Australian star. and another
in which frankie Parker faces
Charles Hare, the tall Briton.
Other promising tilts are Donald
McNeill, Oklahoma City, VS.. Rus
sell Bobbitt, Atlanta; Adrian Quist,
Australia, VS.. Johnny Doeg, Rumson,
N. j.; Edward Alloo of Berkeley VS..
Ladislav Hecht, Czecho- Slovakia,
and Henry Prusoff, Seattle, VS.. Gil
bert Hunt, jr., of Washington.
Test for Kay Stammers.
Alice Marble, defending cham
pion in the women's tourney, Is
paired against Dorothy Wightman
of Brookline, Mass, in the second
round. Kay Stammers faces a hard
hitting opponent in Marta Barnett
Of Miami
Summaries:
Second d-I.adisiay Hecht, .czecho-
siovakia, defeated Howard York. Sd, THAN,
'0Ys Ras.s sMs boSDis. sMs. Allan stl.nt. Ga. defeated
Weill,am r vmss.aedter' Millburn' N j.
seassa Joseph Fshb.ch' New New YORK. Ga,
psyid ETsepsn fss.dsna !s Msc.,;. G;it de-
ss sseitsstea sEo 3ohp sL g Mah0neS' New York
sefessted Frank j. B9wdsn' New York,
tsestssd Martin Busxby. Miami Fla, IS
80 John So H: Dessi sMt kamsoq. n j. sefsat.s
~ Bromwieh, Australia, defeated Frank
a. DFasufn saasiaS NSM Mite rory Yueoslavs defeated
Harris Everett. jacksonville Fla, Ga.
4Es: s.r, 1Ia a,t+ntsv sms; 7E75, Orlando FL. d..
,eated eeorse Teliey Los Angeles, Calf.
9TH Third sei round-Rob.rt L. Riggs. Chicago
defeated Larry Dee. San Francisco. 6-l,
S-6 6-4.
Women's SinEles.
First round-Edna Steinbach. New York
defeated Madge Harshaw, Lansdowne, Pa.
- "a, 6N
Florence lie Boutillier, New York de-
feated Barbara Nields. Rye. N. Y. 81,
3-6 Sc
Mn a Brown; England. defeated Patricia
Canning Berkeley, Calf. 81. 6-s.
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Second round-Dorothy May Bundy,
Santa Monica. Calf, defeated Edna Smith