Evening star., 1940-06-17
"a Eye Championship
That Is Vacated
By Mary Be|in
Murphy Is Overpowered
. In Mems Final by Peak
Game Barney Displays
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
One division down and four to 60,
The Evening Stars City of Washing
ton tennis tournament entered its
second phase today with "a women
starting at Army Navy Country Club
IN pursuit of a championship va
Gated by Mary Cootes Belin.
On Wednesday the city's girl
players will inaugurate their own
tournament at Friends School and
one week from today the Capitals
junior and boy racketers will open
fire at Columbia Country Club. Girls
entries, incidentally. will close at 6
o'clock tonight with Tony Latona
at Friends. with first-round pairings
to be published in tomorrow's Star
But while the spotlight shifted to
the remaining classes of Washing
tons net world. those fans making
up one of the largest crowds to view
an amateur tennis match here in
years still were talking about Bar
ney Welsh's great display of court
wizardy yesterday when he blasted
classy Dick Murphy well-night off
the Edgemoor Club court.
Third Meet Title for Welsh.
Playing some of the finest tennis
he ever has shown locally, Welsh
routed Murphy in the minimum
time, 6-1, Ga, 6-l, to complete
the tournament without the loss of
a set. 1t was Welsh third City of
Washington championship, but still
leaves him two down in the total
number of titles to Dooly Mitchell,
who won the same tournament five
years in row, from 1881 through '35.
AS a result, the soon-to be- -estab-
llshed Welsh home has some more
silver among its wedding presents
today, pretty Helen Tyler, Barney's
flancee, smilingly accepting The
Stars first prize-a silver tea set
from Representative Jennings Ran
dolph of West Virginia, who made
the presentation to all finalists.
Welsh and Miss Tyler will be mar
ried Wednesday.
If there were those among the
hundreds who, as do all sports fans,
came out yesterday with the hope
of seeing new champion crowned,
their disappointment turned to ad-
mlration as big Barney literally out
classed man who had been good
enough to eliminate two eX-cham-
pions en- route to the final round
Murphy Is Overpowered.
After Welsh broke Murphys serv-
ice in the fourth game of the open
ing set for 81 lead, it became
apparent that it was only a question
of how long it would take Murphy
appeared cast in the same role as
non-puncking boxer against Joe
Louis or a rookie pitcher against
Babe Ruth in the latter's palmiest
days, with the Louis and Ruth
striving for the K O. and home run
from the outset.
In short, it was case of terrific
power against scientific skill, with
the power crushing the skill before
the latter had a chance to assert
itself. Time and again Welsh not
only made remarkable gets" but
also sent his apparently impossible
returns over with the speed of a
bullet. And when Welsh needed a
point on his service, he whisked
across an ace so fast that little
Dick could only stand and stare.
BY no means must it be imagined
that Welsh Waltzed through every
game as the scores indicate he did
through each set, for 13 of the "a
games were deuced and Murphy re-
mained in the running in the second
set until the score was 4-all But
when Murphy saw his neatest VOL
leys for apparent placements leaped
after and returned from awkward
positions by Welsh for genuine
placements, he must have realized
the futility Of it all, although to his
credit, he never stopped trying.
Barney Strong at Net.
In the baseline exchanges, the
competition was comparatively even,
but Welsh never gave Murphy a
chance to get in close for his famed
net attack, while Barney, on the
other hand, often rushed forward
behind deep. forcing drives. When
he did, it was just too bad-for Dick.
Each had dozen services, Welsh
losing only two of his and Murphy
winning only four. The point
scores:
First Set
Welsh ----------- 544 746 4-34-6
murphy ------ u.s. 5l4 0-C1-1
Second Set.
Murphy ~------- 544 661 All 4-36-
Welsh --------- 366 444 pa s-43-6
Third Set