Evening star., 1940-07-16
Pairs Initiate BATTLING
With Men's S Singles
In Quarier-FinaIs
Seeded Players Likely
To Fill Bracket; Semis
Reached by Women
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Starting Of mixed doubles, the
first of the season for this ever
popular form Of tennis competition,
was to feature today's program in
the public parks tournament at Rock
Greek. Some of the city's outstand-
ing players of both sexes have band
ed for the mixed battling and keen
matches are promised.
Among those paired are the hus-
band-and-wife combination Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Herbert (nee Willie
O'Steen), Charlotte Decker and Allie
Ritzenberg, Dorette Miller and Hy
Ritzenberg, Anne and Guy Mercer,
Roselyn Pope and Harry Brinker-
hoff, Anne Cullen and Bill Price,
Mary Gray and Clarence Herreshof,
Hazel Bishopp and Hugh Trigg,
Elizabeth and Charles Sewers and
Margaret Keever and John Smith.
Next month it is understood that
another mixed doubles flight will be
held in connection with the District
tournament at Edgemoor Club, and
already such teams as David and
Ruth johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Barney
Welsh and Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Lynch are getting in practice licks.
Playing to Quarter finals.
In addition to initiating the mixed
competition, today's parks tourney
schedule called for the filling of the
quarter final bracket in both singles
and doubles, and unless Spencer
Howell or Harry Brinkerho1 regis
tered upsets, seeded players were to
fill the eight berths.
Howell, former George Washing
ton University netman. was to meet
defending champion Allie Ritzen-
berg in o'clock match, with
Harry Brinkerhoff, jr., meeting
sixth-seeded George Herbert an hour
earlier. Ray Stocklinski, Billy Con-
treras, Art Simmons. Hy Ritzenberg.
Hugh Trigg and David Kay-seeded
in that order-reached the quarters
yesterday, all but two in straight
sets.
Carl Fontanini extended Kay to
three sets before being beaten.
Ga, 0A6, 6-3, and Phil Burkom
lost to Contreras by exactly the
same scores. One of the bigger sur
prises was the manner in which Hy
Ritzenberg took Charley Freer, Ga.
6-l, the latter having been play
ing some unusually good tennis
lately.
Trigg, Simmons Pressed.
Trigg and Simmons won IN
straight sets, to be sure, but both
Paul Helms and John Hutchinson
made them fight every inch OF the
second before bowling by scores OF
6A, 10-S and GA, 81, respec-
lively. The sixth match found
second seeded Stocklinski whipping
S. F.. McCandlish, 60, 6-3.
Quarter final pairings will send
Stocklinski against Trigg and SIM
mons against Kay in the upper
bracket and the winner of the Allie
Ritzenberg Howell match against
the Allies brother. Hy, and Con-
treras against the Herbert -Brinker-
hoff survivor in the lower bracket.
If everything is run off today ac-
cording to schedule, they will be
played tomorrow.
Hazel Bishopp completed the fill
ing of the semifinal bracket in
women's singles. yesterday when she
defeated La Jeanne Echols, 6-l,
60. AS a result. she will meet
Willie Herbert tomorrow, while Mar
garet Keever, the southpaw surprise,
faces Dorette Miller in the lower
bracket.
Three mems doubles teams
reached the quarter-fi finals yesterday
as nine matches were run off. Re-
suits:
First round-Pollock-Ra defeated
Mccandlish defeated Chichester Holloway;
Waites-speare. "a. 1O-s; Smith Herbert
Reznek -Krellin defeated Holes-Elliott. by
P. Cyr, 6-3. 6-4; TrieE -Brinkerhof de-
Second round-Alle Ritzenberg- Bur-
kom defeated Murphy -Benheimer, 60,
60: Bensinger-Carr defeated Lake
Hutchinson 6-1. IS: Haney-Hy Ritzen-
berg defeated Evers-LaCoke. 60, 81.