Evening star., 1939-06-02
Old Favorites Must
Turn on All Heat
To Stay on Top
Many UnfomiIior Faces
To Appear in Event
Opening Tomorrow
By BILL DISMER. .Jr.

Replete with newcomers reckoned
to make old favorites step their live
liest and bristling with local stars
eager for new deal" in Capital
net rankings. The Stars City OF
Washington tennis tournament for
men will open tomorrow afternoon
at Edgemoor Club with an exact
draw of 64 contestants.
Minus such aWe-inspiring figures
as Barney Welsh and Gil Hunt,
neither of whom could spare the
time from year-end college exams,
but boasting such outstanding new
corners as Alphonso Smith, former
18th ranking player of the country,
and Dick Murphy, winner of the
Longwood Bowl and runner-up for
the national intercollegiate cham
plonshlp in 1888. the annual classic
is scheduled to get under way at
o'clock with 80 matches being played
from then until nightfall.
Because it is the seasons first
mems tournament and because they
had little but general information
about the latest arrivals on the
local scene, the Tournament Com
mittee followed District rankings,
based on last seasons play, for the
seedlings.
Committee Dissents.
On that basis. Hugh Lynch, the
defending champion was seeded No
l. with 1t. Jimmy Farrin No. 2
Ricky Willis No. 3, Allie Ritzenberg
No. 4, Ray Stocklinski No. 5, David
johnson No. 6. Joe Baker No. 7 and
Frank Shore No. g. Openly at odds
with such rankings. which they
claim would be proved "all wet" be-
fore the tourney had run its course,
the committee thereupon promptly
disclaimed responsibility for the
survival of the so-called favorites,
with one member going so far as to
offer 10-1 odds that not six of the
seeded eight reach the quarter finals
According to observers at the
Edgemoor Club, where he has been
playing his early-season tennis,
Murphy-without question-is the
man to beat Hugh Lynch makes
no exceptions when he says Murphy
is playing the best tennis of any
man in the city at present and it
made Lynchs immediate future no
brighter when he learned he and
Murphy had been placed in the
same quarter of the draw.
Stocklinski is the other seeded
entrant in Lynch's quarter, with
johnson and Willis being found in
the lower bracket of the upper half.
Farrin and Shore in the upper
bracket of the lower half and Baker
and Ritzenberg in the lower bracket
of the lower half. Alphonso Smith
was drawn in Ritzenberg's bracket,
where they will meet in a third
round match if both come through
as expected.
Shore Bears Watching.
Although seeded only eighth.
Shore also will bear watching. ac-
cording to those who have seen the
former Junior champion in pre-
tournament practice. To hear them
talk. Shore should be seeded no
worse than third-ahead of such
contestants as Willis. Ritzenberg,
Stocklinski, johnson and Baker.
Several attractive first round
matches resulted from the luck of
the draw, with the best seen in the
Ralph Buddy Adair-Capt. Tom
Sherburne duel at l o'clock. the
Lynch-Jack Hoyt and Austin Rice
Rltzenberg contests at 2, the Far
rin-Miguel Nunez. Billy Turner
Larry Phillips pairings at 4. the
Harry Brinkerhoff- Shore and Baker
Billy Contreras matches at 5 and
the Tom Mangan-Don CARRIER one
at 6.
Because of crowded conditions at
the club, contestants are requested
to come dressed for play. They
should report promptly to Co-Ref-
erees Strand johnson or Mariana
Erana, as several would-be contest
ants who waited too late to be in
cluded in the regular draw will be
inserted if a default becomes ap-
parent.