Evening star., 1940-06-27
Girls Sparkle in Star
Tourney Taken by
Margot Parsons
City Meet Juniors, Boys
Flash Promise as They
Drive to SemifinuIs
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

ny DILL DASN1En, JEs
That Washington net fans need
have no misgivings about their
tennis "children"-the girls and
boys still too young to offer serious
competition in senior tournaments
was and should continue to be evil
dent today and during the next
two days.
In retrospect Of The Stars girls
tournament which ended yesterday
and in anticipation of more thrills
to come in the Junior boy tourna-
ment which will stage its final
events tomorrow and Saturday at
Columbia Country Club, one fact
stood out like a beacon:
That. as group, Washington's S
younger netmen and netwomen
need offer no apologies to any cor
responding group in the COUNT y.
Individually, there are those in
other cities who could beat the
Capitals best, but pitted against
them as unit this towns squad
probably could hold its own with
any similar squad recruited from
any other city.
Many Budding Stars.
It's not often that such a number
OF promising girl players as Margot
Parsons, Ann Powell, Ruth johnson,
Margery Snowden, Betty Jacob and
Ann Cullen are found together in
one vicinity along with such young
male players of the caliber of Bobby
Bensinger, Tom Walden, Ben Fish-
er, John Waits, Peter Fratt, Jack
Timothy, Leroy Morgan and Sam
Doyle.
The present stage OF development
OF players of such tender years not
only speaks volumes for the early
training they already have received.
but augurs well for the caliber of
the game here when they have re-
placed such now familiar names as
Welsh. Mitchell, Lynch, Lee. Her.
bert, Finckel, ct al.
Those who saw the girls finals
at Friends School yesterday when
Miss Parsons defeated Miss Powell
for the singles title and the Misses
johnson and Snowden surprised Miss
Jacob and Miss Cullen for the
doubles diadem were amazed at the
brand Of tennis exhibited by these
girls. Even the consolation final,
the conclusion of that tournament
in which first-round losers in the
championship division were paired,
would have done credit to a title
match with Miss Cullen proving
superior to Miriam Kreiselman by
6-1, 60 scores.
Girls Final Hard Fought.
Steadiness and accuracy appeared
the chief stock in trade of all the
contestants. but Miss Parsons ex-
hibited a fine volleying game and
increasingly vigorous forehand
smashes in whipping Friends
Schools little champion, 6-1, 52.
Frankly. the scores are misleading,
as the ultimate loser sent five of the
first sets seven games to deuce and
put up a stiff fight throughout the
second.
And the Misses johnson and
Snowden demonstrated that they
knew something about teamwork
when they switched court positions
like veterans In overcoming the
heavily-favored Jacob-Cullen COM
bination by Is, 64. 6-4 scores
The new girl doubles champions
genuinely deserve their honors for
they had beaten the second-seeded
team Of Miss Parsons and Julie Fisk
in the first round before subduing
the top-seeded duo yesterday.
Today the juniors and boys were
to play their semifinal matches in
both singles and doubles to set the
stage for the doubles final tomor-
row and the singles tilt on Satur-
day morning. First-seeded Bobby
Bensinger and Ben Fisher were op-
ponents in one of the junior semis,
with second-seeded Tom Walden
and John Waits paired in the other.
Battles in Boys Group.
III tIle boys DIVISION IL was Top
seeded Peter Fratt against the
threatening Jack Timothy and Sec
ond-seeded Sam Doyle against an
equally dangerous Leroy Morgan.
All seeded doubles teams won as
expected yesterday to become semi
finalists. Bensinger and Walden
drew default from Waits and
Bill Helfrich, but second-seeded
Ben Fisher and Eli Gottlieb
swamped Lester Boykin and Cor
son Jones, 60, 60. Bensinger's
and Waddens opponents today
were Sterling Lee and Oscar Tho
rup. who eliminated John Clark
and Lewis Denit, Go, 60, while
Fisher and Gottlieb were to play