Evening star., 1940-06-12
Lynch Faces Garnett,
Smith and Donovan
Meet in Quarters
All Semifinol Brackets
In Doubles Due to Be
Filled Tomorrow
By BILL DISMER. Jr


A pair of struggles between two
rather recent newcomers to District
tennis ranks who gained national
fame as boy players and between
two other more familiar figures
whose comparative ability has the
fans guessing raised interest in The
Stars tournament at Edgemoor to
new pitch today.
Scheduled to meet in the two
quarterfinal matches at o'clock
this afternoon were third-seeded
Hugh Lynch against unseeded
Yelverton (BilD Garnett and fourth
seeded c. Alphonso Smith against
unrated Ramey Donovan. Few were
giving odds on either match.
Because Lynch won The Star
Cup in 1888 and Garnett was
finalist in 81, their meeting slightly
shaded the Smith-Donovan en-
counter in general appeal. Garnett's
decisive 60, 6-1 rout of the peren-
nially classy Jimmy Farrin yesterday
sent his stock soaring, constituting
as it did, the sixth straight set won
by the big University of Virginia
grad without the loss of more than
one game.
Lynch Pushed Only Once.
Lynch, however, has been pressed
only once. Still running around his
backhand. the eX-Princeton star
nevertheless is playing a steady
game and offsets in speedy footwork
the disadvantages resulting from
his notorious weakness. But Garnett
is showing few signs of rustiness
after a 2-year layoff from tourna-
ment tennis, and if he ever gets his
old-time booming first service going,
he'll be tough for anybody.
The winner of this match will
play the survivor of the quarter
final between Dick Murphy and Bill
Breese, which was postponed from
today until SIS pm. tomorrow. in
order that Breese and Ed Mather
may play their doubles match with
Barney Welsh and Dooly Mitchell
today. Mather is forced to be out
of town tomorrow.
In today's other match Alphonso
Smith, the national boy champion
in 1924. was pitted against an OPP
pOnent who was ranked the fourth
best boy player in the country in
1881 and who is former ranking
No. l player of the East. Donovan,
now lawyer in the National Labor
Relations Board, captained Ford
ham's net team in 1884 and is play
ing the steady tennis which capi-
talizes on the oppositions slightest
mistake But "Smitty' never has
been one to sacrifice accuracy for
sensational shots, and today's match
looms as a long drawn out battle
with victory going to the man who
is "on" his game.
Both played typically yesterday
when Smith routed Billy Turner,
6-1, 6-1, and Donovan outlasted
one of Washington's steadiest net
men, Ray Stocklinski. ga. IS. !
Breese and Murphy Spotlighted.
Barney Welsh and Frank Shore
meet in tomorrow second quarter
final. but the spotlight undoubtedly
is on the Breese- Murphy encounter.
Murphy, runnerup to the national
intercollegiate championship several
years ago, is playing at a sensa-
tional, fast-driving pace and looks
good enough to 60 all the way to
the final. The match should be
doubly interesting if for no other
1Nft
handed Murphy's better national
record should make him a slight
favorite, but no one who has played
against some of the worlds best
players at Wimbledon. as big Bill
has on several occasions, can be
taken lightly. 1t should be one of
the best matches of the entire tour
nament.
All semiflnal brackets in the dou-
bles are slated to be filled by tomor-
row night, with one match being
scheduled today and three tomor-
row. The winners of the Welsh
Mitchell and Breese-Mather match
this afternoon go into the final
round of the lower bracket, where
they will meet the survivor of the
match between Alphonso Smith and
Murphy and Bobby Bensinger and
De Witt Smith.
Its. Farrin and Bill Howard will
make their first starts tomorrow
and may be forced to double up if
they beat Jim Coxetter and partner
in their first-round match. The
winners are scheduled to face Frank
Shore and Larry Egbort, now rest
ing in the quarters. for the right to
meet Defending Champions Lynch
and johnson, already in the semi
finals.