Evening star., 1940-07-01
Contests With Lynch,
johnson High Spots
OF Tourney Card
Meet Becomes Aid. c.
Affair Should Adoir
Top BuItimore's Beck
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

The Middle Atlantic Tennis
Tournament was expected to become
an all-local event today with Ralph
Buddy Adair eliminating the lone
remaining outsider, John Beck of
Baltimore, but the imminent sched-
ule calls for several matches PROM
Using to sustain interest as we'll as
answer questions which have been
puzzling District fans.
They are:
/. Is Dooly Mitchell the same fine
singles player he used to be before
starting to confine his net activities
to doubles in 1899?
2. Was Dick Murphy's straight-set
conquest of David johnson in The
Star tournament last month fluke,
or does the eX-national ranking
stars experience still give him the
edge over one of Washington's most
promising youngsters? They are
paired in the quarter-final round.
The dope on Mitchell will be de-
layed no longer than tomorrow aft
ernoon at o'clock, when he meets
second-seeded Hugh Lynch in his
first real test.
Lynch in Better Condition.
Lynch, consistently one of the
Capitals better singles players since
coming here in the middle '3Os, Is
thought to be in slightly better
physical condition than the old war
horse, but Lynch Mitchell matches
always capture the imagination, If
only because one of their meetings
resulted in probably the most SEN
sational uphill fight ever won in the
District.
That came in the Middle Atlantic
tournament two years ago when
Mitchell, two sets down and trailing
by Is in the third, ran off six
straight games to win his first set
and then, after 10 minutes inter-
mission, whipped Lynch in the next
two sets for the title.
Mitchell is unseeded in the current
tournament because he has no
singles ranking at present, but un-
questionably he is the most danger
GUS of the unrated players facing
the favorites in the round of 16.
He was impressive yesterday in de-
feating Carl Fontanini, 6-3, 6-3,
while Lynch was unexpectedly
pressed by David Kay. just out of
Roosevelt High School. Kay took
the middle set, only to lose, 6-3,
4-6, 6-1.
johnson, Murphy Look Good.
johnson and Murphy, seeded third
and fifth, respectively. already have
reached the quarterfinals and their
match may be delayed until We'd
nesday. Both encouraged their sup
porters yesterday by blasting two of
'Baltimore's better players out of the
tournament in straight sets, johnson
whipping Alex Keiles, GO, 60, and
Murphy taking care Of young Dever
Hobbs. 60, Ga.
Other prospectively interesting
matches tomorrow send sixth-seeded
Bill Breese against Ricky Willis and
Frank Shore against the winner Of
today's contest between SEVENTH
seeded Jimmy Farrin and George
Herbert. Three others were to reach
the quarterfinals today with top
seeded Barney Welsh meeting John
Braggiotti. fourth-seeded Alphonso
Smith facing Charley Freer and
Adair meeting Beck.
Although he finally won in straight
sets, Breese had the toughest on
position yesterday, with Larry
Phillips keeping the big boy on the
run throughout their match which
ended 8-6, 8-6.
Easy Win for Welsh.
Welsh capitalized, on young Ken
Dalby's inexperience for g. 6-3,
Ga win while Smith earned new
support by trouncing an up-and-
coming Bob Chichester, 60, 81.
Freer's three-set 60, 3L6, 60
victory over Hy Ritzenberg was a
slight surprise as was the margin
OF Adair's 6-3, 81 conquest of big
Ed Mather. If Adair can turn
back Beck today his match with
Alphonso Smith should be one of
the best of the quarter-fnal round.
Only three doubles matches were
played yesterday with the combina-
tions of Murphy and Smith, Keiles
and Shapiro of Baltimore and Adair
and Shore winning. Murphy and
Smith, seeded fourth, routed White
and Munger, 81, 60; Keiles and
Shapiro whipped Barnes and From,
81, 60, and Adair and Shore
came from behind to nip Harry
Brinkerhof and Hugh Trigg, 80,
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