The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-14
Mrs. Anna Genua Holds
 ThOmaStOn Tennis Grown

back and evened the count at four all. Mrs. Genua served and won the ninth game, and won the first two points in the tenth on Miss Rossini's errors. Miss Rossini VII. othe next point, but Mrs. Gen'.a brought of two mighty fine placements to win the game, set an' match. She was presented with large silver cup, much to the delight of her son, AL bert, who is her most eager suppor- ter.
 AS soon as the singles events and the presentation were over, the mems doubles teams, Riach-Daly and Mullen-Backman, took the court, but they had hardly started when 1t was stopped by deluge of rain. This necessitates rescheduling the remaining matches as follows; Monday night, 5 o'clock, mems singles final between Gordon Riach and Henry Cieslewski; Tuesday, 5 o'clock, mems doubles final between Riach-Daley and Mullen -Backman; Wednesday, 5 o'clock, mixed doubles final between Riach-Pocoski and Cieslewski-Bronson.
 Virginia Kane Bows
 In the women's division, last years champion and this years fa- vorite, Mrs. Genua, defeated Miss Virginia Kane, Thomaston young ster, in straight sets Saturday 6-3, 6-1. Mrs. Genua's tricky chop strokes and cam. placements had the less experienced Miss Kane completely baffled. In the other bracket, Miss Josephine Rossini, attractive Bristol finalist, defeated the darw-haired Eleanor Kane 6-3, 6-l to enter the finals with Mrs. Genua.
 This was a battle of beauty as well as of tennis, but where Miss Kane came of well in the first de- partment, she lost in the second to far superior game. Miss Rossini real- ly hits 8 tennis ball, and the Thom- aston girl was not up to the speed and pressure brought to bear against her.
 In the mems doubles event, Cor don Riach and his partner, Joe Daly of Waterbury, defeated another Wa terburp air, Joe Ctrogatz and Joe Zamaitis, 6-3, 6-2. They will play off the final against Jim Mullen and George Backman who defeated C.. Matau and ,'ohn Stollar in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.
 The finalists in the mixed doubles event will be Stella Pocoski of Nau- gatuck, who teamed with Gordon Riach to defeat Gerda Wehrle and Ray Phaneuf 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, and the Naugatuck pair, Bessie Bronson and Henry Cieslewski, who defeated g team from Bristol, Ida Rossini and Wifi Meyer, 6-4, 6-3. The Riach- Pocoski victory puts the Brass City ace in three of the finally events, and as a result, the schedule for the finals has been changed in today's matches at the Pine Hill courts, Rossini will meet Mrs. Genua at 4 D. m., and the mems doubles match between Riach-Daly and Mullen Backman is scheduled for p. m. The finals in the mems singles be- tween Riach and Cieslewski will be held on Monday, August IA, t5 p. m., with the mixed doubles on the following night, Tuesday, at 5 p. m. A banner crowd is expected to view all four events, for the outcome in none of them is certain because ot the top-notch skill displayed by all in winning their matches yesterday.
 Al Genua Loses
 Gordon Riach, defending cham pion. continued his string of vic- tories yesterday in the semi- final round of the Thomaston tnenls tournament by defeating Al Genua, Waterbury's southpaw ace, in strlght sets 6-4, 6-0. Riach started slowly, and Genua gained 40 advantage in the first set before the talented title-holder took things under con- trol. Once he did start, there was no one around, including Genua. who could stop him. He even brought of winners from Genua's stinging left-handed drives, putting them far out of reach in the corners. His overhead game was perfection itself, and as Genua soon found out. feed- ing him lobs was suicide itself.
 In the other semi-finai match played in the mems singles division, Henry Cieslewski, Naugatuck vet eran, made short work of Joe Sul- livan, Fulton park finalist, defeat- ing him in thirteen games, 6-1, go. Sullivan succeeded in winning the first game of the match, ard that on Cieslewski's service, but after that it was Cieslewski all the way. He out-drove him when the play was in the back court, and out-volleyed him at the net. When Sullivan was drawn to the net, the Naugatuck star passed him freely down the sidelines, but when he himself took the forecourt position, his returns were winners every time. Even Sullivan's service refused to func- ton, for he served double faults fre- quently, and once at game point. Cieslewski's victory now pits him against Gordon Riach for the cup, and the arguments as to the chances of each to win it are already in full swing. That 1t will be battle, all