Evening star., 1939-06-25
Star Tourney Champ
Among Lads After
Sectional Title
Fair Rocketers' Field
Uncertoin; Tennis Aces
In Service Bottle

Tennis fullest week of the local
season gets under way tomorrow
morning when three distinct tour
naments-Middle Atlantic Junior
Boy, District Women's and All-Army
start on the courts of as many
different country clubs. The Sec
tional tournament for the young
sters is expected to require only two
days to complete, but the other two
are scheduled to continue through
out the week.
Out at Edgemoor some two dozen
juniors and as many boys from
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and the District are due to open
the annual quest for the Middle At
lantic championships. The exact
number of contestants won't be
known until Frank Roberts of Bal
timore, secretary of the Middle At
lantic Association, makes the draw
at II o'clock, but six tennis centers
will be represented.
Brinkerhoff in Tourney.
Harry Brinkerhoff, The Stars
City of Washington champion; Da-
Ud Kay, runner-up for the same
title; Eddie Richardson, runner-up
in last weeks Junior Davis Cup
Tournament, and Maurice Cowan
mi-finalist, will represent the host
city among the juniors, while Bobby
Bensinger, local boy champion, and
Sterling Lee, ranked second to Ben
singer, will be the Washingtonians
in the boys division. Billy Turner,
who won the Junior Davis Cup Tour
Eament, is over the junior age limit.
At Columbia the annual District
Women's Tournament will get under
way under the chairmanship of
Connie Thompson, but once again
the exact number of entrants is, as
yet, unknown. Mrs. Thompson yes
terday extended the entry deadline
to 6 o'clock tonight, at which time
the draw will be made.
Champion May Not Defend.
Although last week hopeful of
having Millicent Hirsch, the East's
seventh-ranking netwoman; Mar
garet Robinson, the defending cham
pion, and Edith Clarke, runner-up
last year, Mrs. Thompson last night
gave up all hope of having more
than one here when first-round
matches start.
Miss Clarke. now in Philadelphia,
notified the chairWoman that she
intends to play in a tournament
there to obtain ranking in her new
home town as soon as possible, while
Miss Hirsh has forsaken the Dis
trict for competition nearer home.
It Is not even certain that Mrs.
Robinson will be here, although her
husband, Stan, is flying up from
Alabama for the all-Army compe-
tition, the third tournament of the
week which will be played at the
Army Navy Club.
Fast Field in Army Play.
Robinson, who will remain over
for the Leech Cup matches on July
8, is certain to be one of the seeded
entrants in the soldiers competition.
G. c. Russell, the defending cham
pion, is flying up from Texas and in
all likelihood will be seeded No. /.
Other contenders are expected to
be Capt. Tom Sherburne of Fort
Humphreys here; Staff Sergt. S. NJ
Lapsley, who has given the top
notchers a run for their money the
past few years; P. K. Morrill, and
Capts. Drake and Bell and Rollins,
the last named the captain of-West
Points 1889 tennis team.
Another pair of West Pointers.
Tindall and Evans, will be here and
stand a good chance of winning
the doubles title.
Doubles will start on Wednesday,
with finals in both classes due to be
played on Saturday.