Evening star., 1939-06-27
DC. Youths May Grab
Both Mid-Ahantic
Title Events
Three in Junior Semis
Have Boys Fovorite;
Women Also Score
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

With the possibility of two WASH
ington youngsters being crowned
Middle Atlantic junior and boy
champions by nightfall, the women's
District tournament ready to move
into the quarter final round and the
annual all-Army competition about
to be reduced to field of 16, local
netdom was in a mild state of
suspense today.
Most of the speculation centered
on the probability of Washington
achieving the unusual and getting
both championships in the annual
sectional tourney for youngsters
which was slated to end this after
noon at Edgemoor.
When play resumed this morning,
Washington had three of the four
Junior semi-flnalists and the de-
Tending champion of the boys.
Eddie Richardson and Harry Brink
erhoff were to meet in one of the
Junior semi-finals while Maurice
Cowan was to play Vincent Thomas,
the Norfolk champion, in the other.
Unfortunately for Washington, it's
two best juniors were paired against
each other and Thomas, regarded
as the man to beat, was regarded as
bit too experienced for little 16-
year-old Cowan.
Bensinger Rated Top.
Brinkerhoff is the local junior
champion, but Richardson upset
him last week in the Junior Davis
Cup tournament and may prove
Washington's ace-in-the-hole today.
Bensinger. however, was reckoned
almost a sure thing to retain his
sectional boy title. Paired against
him in the semi-final round was
John Hayman of Huntington, w.
Va, with the winner to meet
either Howsen Cole Norfolk's boy
champion, or Harold Burrows,
Richmond's No. ! youngster, in the
final.
OF the four local survivors, Ben
singer had the easiest time yester-
day, but Richardson and Brinker-
hoff were forced to show the most
courage. Little Bobby swept
through two opponents with the loss
OF only three games, but both Rich
ardson and Brinkerhoff were ex-
tended to three long sets before
reaching the next-to-last bracket.
Richardson walloped Norfolk's
Hotchkiss Cupper, Dick Spindle, 60,
before dropping the second set by
the same score, but a 6-3 decision
in the third gave the verdict to the
local. Brinkerhoff was even closer
to defeat, and had not Leonard Grit
flths of White Sulphur double
faulted on match point, might be
out of the running today. Cowan,
after drawing a first-round bye,
routed Walter Kelly, Lynchburg's
champion, 81, 60.
Willie O'Steen. Anne Ellis, Margo
Lee and Anne Dayette of Baltimore
seeded in that order-were favored
to reach the quarter-fin round of
the District women's tournament at
Columbia today. The Misses O'Steen
and Dayette received defaults yes
terday while the Misses Ellis and Lee
dropped only one game between
them in first-round matches. Kath-
leen Klotz managed to take the lone
game from Miss Lee while Miss Ellis
banked Mary Louise Shivers.
Although these four were re-
Oordnd tho c1orc ~
ment, several others were accorded
chances of registering upsets from
here in. Hazel Jimmy) Bishopp,
the tall, sturdy miss from the Uni
versity of Maryland, has the poten-
tialities of going far, lacking appar-
emily only self-confldence. She
should beat Marian Cunningham
today, but either Charlotte Decker
or Miss Dayette will be waiting for
her in the quarter finals and will
provide plenty of competition. Elinor
F'inckel's match with Lillian Rixey
also was being watched with interest
today as the little lady of the press
used to be pretty good several years
ago and may cause Elinor TO hustle.
Stan Robinson returned to Wash
ington yesterday for the all-Army
tournament, and the most pleasant
thing that can be said about that
Is that Stan is still here-but not in
the tournament. Although seeded
third, the personable captain was
the victim of a flrst-round upset by
Julius Evans of West Points regular
team, and in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.
Robinson will stay here for the
Leech Cup matches with the Navy
on July 8.
The ex-Bolling Field ace was not
the only seeded entrant to fall, how
ever, as Lieut.. D. F. Bell took the
measure of fourth-seeded H. E.
Brooks.
G. c. Russell. the defending
champion from Texas, easily won
his first start by trouncing c. John
son, 81, 6-1, while second seeded
Dick Tindell, another West Pointer,
was not to play until today. The
starting field of "a was expected to
be reduced to 16 by late this after
noon.
Entries for the mems District
tournament, starting Saturday at
Columbia, are being taken over the
telephone by Buddy Goeltz, Co.
l,Jnohia's ,,rofecsiopol ot Vyicoopciy,