Evening star., 1939-07-02
Cadet swim Reverses
Battle With Rival
In '38 Tourney
Victory Gained in Three
Fost Sets; Point Team
Gets Doubles Title
BY BILL DISMER, Jr,

Completely reversing the result
Of last years final match of the
same tournament, 20-year-old Dick
Tindall yesterday became the first
West Point cadet in history to win
the all-Army tennis championship
when he defeated Defending Cham
pion 1t. G.. C. Russell of Kelly
Field, Tex, at Army Navy Country
Club.
Before a large and enthusiastic
gallery, Tindall sprang genuine
surprise by routing, in straight sets,
the same man who whipped him by
the same margain just year ago
on Tindalls home courts at the
Military Academy. Yesterdays
scores were 6I3. 6-1, 60, Tindall
allowing Russell just three less
games than he took off of the same
man in 1898.
Thus, for the first time since the
tournament originated in 1926, the
massive Henry c. Sheridan Trophy
will be lodged in West Points trophy
case for the next II months. The
cup always is placed in custody of
the chief of the branch of the serv-
ice to which the winner belongs.
Pointers Take Doubles.
West Point also can claim the
doubles championship of the Army
this morning as a result of the
victory of Tindall and his fellow
cadet, A. J. Evans, over Its. Stan
Robinson and Gil Bell from Ala
bama and Indiana, respectively.
Taking equal part in the triumph,
which was spotty due to the fact
that all four had engaged in hard
matches yesterday morning, Tlndall
and Evans won by scores of GO,
IS, 60.
A local officer, Col. Carl Ristine,
won the national veterans cham
pionship by defeating Sergt. Butler,
6-8. 60. 60, while Robinson
gained some glory by winning the
consolation finals from H. E. Brooks,
2-6. 6-3, ga.
With Navy Leech Cup stars
: scouting from the sidel:nes, their
big consolation seemed to be the
fact that Tindall is not eligible for
the big service match next Satur-
day for if ever man played bril-
liant tennis it was the bronzed
Pointer who has just finished his
yearling year at the academy.
Tindalrs Game Speedy.
Volleying like demon and
covering court like mercurial
centipede, Tindall continually evoked
cheers from the several hundred
spectators, Even when caught off
balance, Tindall seemed to have
the happy knack of returning an
unreturnable ball, and often for
placements.
After the first set, he lost his
service only once, and for time
it seemed as if he might turn the
match into a rout. For after draw
ing first blood at 6-3, Tindall
raced through five games, easing
up momentarily to let Russell take
the sixth on his service, before
smashing an overhead the champ
couldn't get.
Although the Texas aviator
fought back gallantly in the third,
it was no use, once Tindall estab-
lished a 80 advantage. Russell
finally broke his foes service in
the fourth game and won on his
own in the seventh, but with the
score at So, Tindall won on the
second match point when he
volleyed just out of Russell's fran
tically outstretched racket.
After the first doubles set which
Tindall and Evans won easily at
81, Robinson and Bell appeared
ready to make a fight of it. The
rivals alternated games in the
second until the score was tied at
sail, but the eventual winners
broke Bells service and won on
Tindall's.
Robinson and Bell then estab-
hshed a Al advantage in the third
set, but starting with Evans service,
the new champs ran off five games
In a row for set, match and title.