Evening star., 1939-05-28
Harris Is Dark Horse
Of Meet After He
Drubs Brossard
Cooper, Chewing Ousted
Quickly; Richardson
Gains Quorter-finoIs
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

VI mollodlld, UllC ClllllllldGiO1l VI tWO
of st. Adams crack teams and the
advance of sixth-seeded Eddie Rich
ardson all the way to the quarter
finals provided the fireworks yester-
day as The Evening Stars junior
tennis tournament opened at Co.
lumbia Country Club.
Everett Harris - unseeded, un-
known and unsung-Was the new
conner who upset the dope and ac-
counted for the first elimination of
a seeded favorite when he routed
Chandler Brossard of Centrad High,
who had been seeded eighth, in
straight sets. The scores were 6-2,
6-1. Harris, 17-year-old George
Washington University freshman,
thus became the Journeys dark horse
IN one fell swoop.
st. Albans, unofficial scholastic
team champion of the city and win
ner of 13 out of IA matches this
season, suffered a serious blow to it's
prestige when its first and third
ranking players, Reggie Cooper and
Taylor Chewing, were eliminated
in their first starts.
Richardson Gusts Cooper.
Richardson, a blond bomber who
Is seeded sixth in his first junior
competition, used Cooper as a STEP
ping stone to the quarterfinals-the
farthest advance of any of the SO
entrants. After polishing off Jack
Martin, 6-1, 60, Richardson
crushed Cooper, former boys cham
pion of Bermuda, with the loss of
one less game, 6I1, 6-1. The ironic
angle is that some concern had been
felt because Cooper hadn't been
seeded. Slater Clarke of Central
eliminated Chewing, rs, rs.
Only one other player, Byron Mat
thews, won two matches, but be-
cause he had to play a frst-round
match while Richardson started in
the second round, he reached only
the round of 16. Seeded third be-
hind two former boy champions
Leonard Sokol and Tom Walden,
Matthews took two love sets from
John Lincoln and then whipped Jack
league, Ga, 60.
All OF the heat wasn't provided
by the sun, for no less than three
OF the opening days matches went
the limit of three sets. Walden
beat David Smith only after being
forced to 6-3, 46, 60, and both
Griffin Holland and Ben Fisher
had to rally to overcome Dewitt
Armstrong and Heron BARLEY
Armstrong took the first set from
Holland at 6-3, only to peter out
at Is, 1-6, while Fisher beat
BARLEY, 3-6, 6-3, 60.
Easy for Most Seeded Stars,
For the most part, seeded favor
ties won as they pleased. Sokol
subdued Bill Kerr, 6-1, 81; Ham
Bonham, seeded fourth. licked
Fratt, 6-2, 6-3; Bobbie Bensinger
last years boy champion, who is
to play in both the junior and boy
tournaments, outlasted Eli Gott-
Ieb, IS, Ga, and Maurice Cowan,
st. Adams only survivor, defeated
Benny Millstein, 6-1, Ga.
NO matches are scheduled today,
but the tournament will be con-
tlnued tomorrow afternoon with
several attractive third-round con-
tests. Co-featuring the resumption
Of play will be the match bringing
together Walden and Bud Ed
wards, respective No. l players of
Wilson and Tech High Schools, and
the one which sends Bonham of
Western against Central's Harry
Brinkerhoff, who is unseeded only
because his entry was overlooked
until the draw had been made.
Doubles will not start until
Wednesday and entries will be held
open for additional teams until 6
o'clock tomorrow evening. Boys
singles, however, will start tomor-
row with Bensinger, the defending
champion. seeded No. /.
Yesterdays results and tomorrow
rairings:
JUNIOR SINGLES.
Yesterdays Results
,o5p F1rsf 3n roH3ndaeByron Matthews defeated
Harry Brinkerhoff defeated Martin Mad.
gen. g. %: Jack league defeated
Second roundNLeonard sokol defeated
Bill Kerr. 81. 6-1; David Kay defeated
Richard Bruce. 6-1, 6-1; Maurice Cow
an defeated BENJAMIN Millstein b-I
6-4; Everett Harris defeated Chandler
Brossard. Ga. 81; Richard Mayfield
defeated Ladd Thurston. 6-4, 6-2: Sla
ter Clarke defeated Taylor Chewing. 7-5
-b; Matthews defeated league. 6-
O.; Ben Fisher defeated Heron BARLEY
5T6, 6-3. 60; Griffin Holland de-
feated De Witt Armstrong. 3-6 6-l
81; Robert Bensinger defeated Eli Gott-
1leb. 7--5, 6-4: Reggie Cooper defeated
Cunt Doggett by default; Eddie Richard
son defeated Jack Martin, 6--1. So; Bud
EDWARDS defeated Arthur Ferrington, b-3
60; Tom Walden defeated David Smith
6-3 4-6 6-2
Third round-Eddie Richardson defeat.
eo Reggie Cooper. 81. 6-1.
TOMORROW's PATRINGS.
Junior Singles
Mayfleld.
$40 o'clock-Leonard sokol VS.. Paul
Ackerman. David Kay vs. Maurice CoWan
Bud Edwards VS. Tom Walden
=. o'clock-Slater Clarke VS.. Byron Mat
thews, Hamilton Bonham VS.. Harry Brink
erhof. Grifin Holland VS. Robert Bensinger
Boy Singles.
o'clock-Peter Fratt VS.. Jimmy o.
Steen, Sterling Lee VS.. Jerry Mayfield
Buddy. Dawson VS.. Hamilton Hudson.
o'clock-Robert Bensinger VS.. Robert
Reeves.