Evening star., 1939-05-30
Lads Tilt in Earnest,
Burning 10 Prove
Net Superiority
Dawson, Lee, Bensinger,
Frott in Title Race;
Juniors in Doubles
BY BILL DISMER, Jr,

BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
A real treat for those adults who
enjoy seeing the youngest OF the
Youngsters making good in their
first start in a major sport will be
provided tomorrow afternoon when
f1nalsts in The Evening Stars boys
tennis tournament for City of Wash
lngton titles are established at Co.
lumbia Country Club.
These boys are not to be confused
with the juniors who have tourna-
ment OF their own. Rather they are
boys in the strictest sense-young-
Sters who were not more than IA
years old before 1899 began and vet
who already are swinging tennis
rackets with all the aplomb and
skill of veterans.
Ignorant of such things as expense
accounts and the like, still without
hlnt of the blase attitude which
sometimes is assumed by Junior
players and having no objective
other than to beat the other guv
cause I'm better'n he is" here is
'sAAAe'eSa ai loiii VI tllc 1lTSU water,
Fratt Meets Champion.
tomorrow, at 4 o'clock, two semi
tlnal matches are scheduled and
II Bobby BenSinger, the boys cham
plon last year, who proved his dar-
ing and ambition by also entering
the current Junior tournament, is
considered a heavy favorite over
Peter Fratt, his semi final foe, Peter
didn't know it.
Young Master Fratt, all of 13 years
OLD. is the typical youngster who
hlts every ball with all his might
and who doesn't know the meaning
OF the word quit" Loser in his
hrst set yesterday to young Johnny
OSteen. who hopes to emulate his
more lllustrlouS sister on the courts.
Peter also found himself down. 1-3
IN the third set. But continual
plugging gave him ST, 6-l
% victory and his question on
coming off the court was who's
neXt?"
Bensinger, who'll be next" re-
celved a default yesterday from
Bobby Reeves, but it won't be as
easy as that for him tomorrow.
STERLING Lee, red-headed kid,
Whos seeded second and who's
picked up lots of experience
through his association at Edge
moor, whipped young Jerry Nav
held in love sets, but he. too, is due
to receive more competition tomor-
row, for his semi-fnal opponent
Is to be Buddy Dawson, jr., whose
DAD has been net enthusiast for
a long time and who gives signs of
emulatlng the senior Dawson.
Buddy. Jr., whipped Don Hep-
stfom yesterday, but not until Hee-
strom, 3ll2-footer. carried him to
6-4 after dropping the first set
at love.
Except for Harry Brinkerhoff's
thlrd-round singles match with Ren
FISHER tomorrow. the juniors will
concentrate on getting their doubles
under way. Byron Matthews and
Tom Walden have been seeded No,
l, with Reggie Cooper and Tavlor
CheWnlng. st. Adams No. l dou-
bIes team, seeded second. The Brin-
kerhoff-Fisher match will complete
the quarter-flnal bracket in singles,
which will see quarter-f final matches
PLAYED on Thursday. All but one
OF tomorroWs doubles matches are
scheduled TO start at ocl,ck.
Meanwhile. junior singles will re-
sumo on Thursday with two more
seeded players missing as result
of their elimination yesterday. Ham
Bonham, seeded fourth. was polished
on IN two love sets by Brinkerhoff
who would have been seeded had
MS entry been included in the regu-
lar draw, and Maurice Cowan,
seeded seventh, was defeated. Ga
Ga, by David Kay.
Tough Fight for Walden.
Neither of these matches. however
provided the heat and excitement
aroused by the Tom Wadden-Bud
Edwards encounter, which ran
more than two hours before the for
mer got a l4-12, As. 60 decision.
VI llie LUX Mayrleld-EVerett Harris
duel, which took nearly as long be-
fore Mayfeld eliminated the tourna-
ment dark horse" rs, Ga. Other
matches found Leonard Sokol
seeded No. l, trouncing Paul Acker-
man, Go, 6-1: Byron Matthews
defeating Slater Clarke, 6-4. 60
and Bensinger routing Griffin Hol-
land. 60. 60.
AS result, Sokol will meet Kav
Mayfleld will face Matthews and
Walden will face Eddie Richardson
on Thursday, with Bensinger meet
ing the winner of tomorroW,s
Brlnkerhoff-Fisher encounter.
TomorroWs schedule:
Junior Singles.
4 p.m.-Brinkerhofi vs. Fisher.
Junior Doubles.
4 p.m:-Clarke and Edwards VS., Lin
coin and Thurston, Freer and Kay VS.,
ing vs. Smith and Kerr, Fisher and May
field VS.. Boykin and Olesen.
Bensnger and Sokol will play Newmyer
and Jones at 4:3O on Thursday Mat
thews and Walden. Armstrong and Martin
Cowan' and Richardson drew first-round
bves.
Boy Singles.