Evening star., 1939-08-13
Lynch Bowsfor Third
Time in N. A. Final
As Welsh Wins
Snoring Of Opening Set
Is Consolation Plus
Surprise to Victim
By ROBERT HENRY.

History repeated itself at the Edge
moor Club yesterday when Barney
Welsh defeated Hugh Lynch, 1-6,
81, Ga, 6-3, to win the Middle
Atlantic tennis championship. The
victory marked the second straight
time Welsh had beaten Lynch in the
tournament final and it was the
third straight year for Lynch as
runnerup. Dooly Mitchell trimmed
him in 1897.
Lynch gained some consolation
from the fact that this time he
managed to take set from the
winner, a trick he had been unable
to accomplish in past lickings. 1t
also was the thirteenth time he had
been on the short end of a match
with Welsh in the last four years.
The mystery team of Jim Hardy
and Harvey Kreusberg, which by
virtue of two byes and two defaults
entered the semi-finals of the doubles
without making an appearance, re-
malned mystery of another sort
after they absorbed a 60, 6-1 de-
feat by the defending champions,
Welsh and Dooly Mitchell. The
mystery was how they managed to
win game.
Girls Final Adds to Show.
Welsh and Mitchell will meet
Lynch and David johnson in the
final today at 2:3O. An added at
traction will bring together Betty
Jacobs and Shirley Coombs in the
final of the girls tennis tournament,
which has been played at the Co.
lumbia Country Club. They will
meet at l:30.
The Welsh-Lynch match resulted
in several singular contrasts. In the
first place it was odd that the
eventual loser won the opening set,
6-l. Further, that he lost the next
by the same score. OF the 80 games
played only 6 were deuced, one in
each Of the first two sets, and two
in the last two. Welsh won five, in
Guiding one that was deuced eight
times. Lynch broke Welsh's strong
service 7 times, and had his own
broken 10 times.
Except in the first set. when Welsh
was wild, both men were in top form.
Each stuck to the game he knew
best, Barney relying on strong
baseline shots and Hugh on steady
defensive tactics, although at times
Lynch sought to outhit the cham
plon, occasionally with success.
Lynch Fools Himself.
Lynch surprised every one present,
including himself, by winning the
first three games, dropping one and
then easily running out the set.
He was in complete command
throughout. A aebatable decision
bv a linesman in the sixth game, one
of the Iour or five in the match.
upset Welsh, who then eased up
to await the next set.
The champion was a different
player in this skirmish, for after
dropping his serve he won six
straight games and had his rival
thoroughly on the run. Shots he
missed at first suddenly began to
click as Lynch tried desperately to
stop the rout. If he tried the net
Barney flashed the ball past him
we'll out of reach and if Hugh elected
to stay back a drop shot just over
the net caught him asleep.
In the third set Lynch overcame
a 81 lead to even the score. but
quickly dropped behind again as
the wiry Rockville youth put on
steam to make it 5-3. After losing
the next game Welsh won the set on
his service, which by now worked
perfectly.
Despite a 10-minute rest Lynch
appeared hot and tired as the fourth
set started, whereas Welsh seemed
cool and fresh The champion
broke Lynch's serve, lost his own
and then won four straight games
for 81 lead. Lynch held on long
enough to win the next two and
then STAYED of two match points in
the last game before Barney shot
one down the sidlines that went un-
molested