Evening star., 1940-06-18
Entries Show Miller,
johnson, Martinez
After Star soup
Betty Jacobs Tops Field
Thot Storts Tomorrow:
Women Near Semis
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

At least 18 girl tennis players, en-
tered in the first tournament ever
sponsored for them in the 12-year-
old history of the City of Washing
ton championships, will start In
pursuit of an Evening Star Cup and
other prizes tomorrow afternoon on
the Friends School courts.
The field is topped by pretty Betty
Jacobs, girls playground champion,
and several well-known tennis
playing families of the District are
represented by Ruth johnson, Betita
Martinez. Marjorie Dawson and
Felicia Miller.
Because of an expected influx Of
late entries the draw may not be
made until just before play starts,
but in addition to the above the
following are requested to report
to Referee Dorette Miller at Friends
at l o'clock tomorrow for their first
round matches:
Margaret Cobey. Ann Cullen, La
Jeanne Echols. Julie Fisk, Miriam
Kreiselman, Ann Nolan, Margot
Parsons. Ann Powell, Adele Pugh.
Margery SnoWden, Bonnie Mae
Throckmorton, Jane Weidman and
Becky Yobst.
Women's Tourney Advances.
Meanwhile, the women's tourna-
ment at Army Navy Club got down
to serious business today with two
narfocfonfc InctirnI {N hA
semiflnals and the remainder of the
field slated to enter the quarter
finals Second seeded Margo Lee
was to meet Joan Bransford in one
of this afternoons quarter-final
matches, while third-seeded Char.
lotte Decker was paired with Elinor
Finckel.
Either Roselyn Pope or Marian
Pritchard, the only contestants who
did not play yesterday, we're sched-
uled for two matches, with the VIM
ner taking on Margaret Graham
after their morning match. Other
pairings, all second-round encoun-
tiers, sent Hazel (Jimmy) Bishopp
against Lucia Wilmerding, top
seeded Willie O'Steen Herbert
against Frances Rowan and Dorette
Miller against Eleanor Voith.
This Rowan lady, incidentally,
is perhaps the most ambitious
sportSWoman in the tournament,
being entered both in the woman's
District golf championships at Ken
wood as well as The Stars tennis
tournament.
Ambitious SportswOman.
She was scheduled for a third
flight golf match at $50 o'clock this
morning and second-round ten
mis- match with the net favorite,
Mrs. Herbert, some five hours later.
IT dope runs true to form, Miss
Lee will meet Miss Bishopp in
the semifinal round of the upper
half of the draw, and Mrs. Herbert
will face Miss Decker in the lower
half. but a couple of fast-improv-
Ing netwomen may upset the apple
carts of both Miss Bishopp and
Miss Decker. Miss Finckel appeared
to be anything but an easy mark for
Miss Decker today, while Mrs. Gra-
ham, already conqueror of three
colleagues who beat her last year,
may prove too tough for Miss
Bishopp.
The four seeded stars advanced
the easiest yesterday, when Miss
Lee trounced Edna Vest in two
love sets, Mrs. Herbert allowed
Betty Bull only one game, ditto
for Miss Decker against Nancy Nc
Candlish, and Miss Bishopp drew
default from Virginia McMenamin.
Joan Bransford Advances.
Other matches found Mrs. Brans-
ford turning back promising new
conner to local ranks, Helen Fecht-
man, in three sets in which each did
lot OF running, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Miss Fechtman, formerly of In
dlanapolls, is tall, striking look
ing brunette with many of the char
acteristics of Mary Cootes Belin
although lacking control of her
more than average speed. Margo
Parsons, a clever junior who also
is entered in the girls tournament
starting tomorrow, took one set from
Miss Finckel before bowling, 6-5,
2-6. 60.
Frances Carter bowed to Mrs.
Graham's greater power by scores
OF 3-6, 6-l, 60; Mrs. Rowan
stopped Ruth Rhett, 6-3, 60: Do
rette Miller defeated an above-av-
erage Elizabeth Sewers, 90, 6-3,
and Eleanor Voith stopped Bar
bara Conard, 6-l, 60.