Evening star., 1939-06-05
Unseeded Youngsters
Hold Stage Center
In Star Tourney
Seniors in Five Sharp
Matches Tomorrow on
Edgemoor Courts
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

David Kay of Roosevelt and Harry
Brinkerhoff of Central, two unseed-
ed players who accounted for the
elimination of six of the eight origi-
nal favorites, will meet for the
Junior tennis championship of
Washington at $50 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon at Columbia Coun-
try Club-one of the two current
hotbeds of tennis. To the winner
will go The Evening Star Plaque,
symbolic of the championship.
Moreover, should he and Milton
Freer upset Slater Clarke and Buddy
Edwards in a Junior doubles semi
final match today, Kay would be
faced with the opportunity of
winning two titles, as the victorious
pair will meet the winners of this
afternoons other match between
Maurice CoWan and Eddie Rich
ardson and Ben Fisher and Dick
Mayf1eld.
Tomorrow's final will bring to-
gether two players who haven't
lost a set in the tournament. Kay
entered the final round yesterday
by upsetting Byron Matthews, 60,
Ga. Matthews proving the third
seeded entrant to fall before Kay
in as many days. The winner, who
might have Jared better last year
had he not met Champion David
johnson in an early round, hasn't
been extended beyond a "a score
in any of his four matches. Brinker-
hof has been carried to IS only
twice.
Doubles Field Shrinking.
Meanwhile, out at Edgemoor, the
mems doubles tournament was slated
to be reduced to eight teams today,
but most of the interest and specu-
lation was being centered on tomor-
rows five attractive singles matches
Three players were due to enter the
quarter-flnal round today as Dick
Murphy. the sensational newcomer,
met flfth-seeded Ray Stocklinski;
Alphonso Smith, another new star,
faced Austin Rice. and Billy Con-
treras squared off against Neil Lind
jem.
Three of tomorroWs five matches
IN the round OF Is are as attractive
as local net fans could desire. In
the first, at $3.50 o'clock, eighth
seeded Frank Shore. who must bear
watching, will 60 against young Billy
Turner. Washingtons' sixth-ranking
Junior Davis Cupper, who is looking
exceedingly good for early-season
play.
At 4 o'clock, second-seeded Jimmy
Farin-the losing finalist last year
must repel the threat of Tommy
Moorhead, who yesterday sprang a
mild upset by rallying to beat Ed
Mather, 3-6, 64, 81.
And at 4:30 Ralph (Buddy) Adair
faces great chance to crash the
quarter-final round when he. meets
third-seeded Ricky Willis. Adair,
currently playing some of the best
tennis of any netman in town. may
go all the way to the semi-flnals if
he gets past Willis, with his probable
quarter-fn match with David
johnson proving one of the high
lights of that round.
Tomorrow's scedule will be COM
pleted by matches between johnson
and John Curran and Defending
Chapmion Hugh Lynch and Max
Bost. The last named is not at all
a sure victim for Lynch. as he was
State champion of Oklahoma two
years ago Minor opponents haven't
given Bost a chance to prove his
mettle as yet, but his match with
Lynch should give a true line on his
ability.
Dooly Mitchell and Ralph McEl-
vany, doubles champions last year
are seeded No. in the team COM
petition with that old Navy Leech
Cup combination, Its. Jimmy Far
rim and Bill Howard, No. 2. Adair
and Bill Breese and Lynch and
johnson round out the seedlings.
OF yesterdays 20 matches john
sens close call at the hands of
Charley Sturtevant, Billy Turner's
three-set win over George Herbert
and Neil Lindjem's nipping of Alan
Staubly provided the major fire
works for the day-long crowd which
witnessed the play. After dropping
the first set to johnson, 81, Sturte-
want evened matters by taking the
second set at 8-6. only to succumb at
6-3. But his powerful and mastery
stroking kept johnson on the de-
fenslve throughout. Herbert car
ried Turner to 6-2, 6-8. 6-3, while
LINDEN took the last two sets after