Evening star., 1940-06-30
Walden Yields Only
After Great Fight
Against Bobby
Timothy Is Overpowered
In Younger Division
Of Stor's Tourney
By BILL DISMER. Jr,

In the face of as courageous a
stand as any underdog ever made,
Bobby Bensinger won the local jun
ior tennis championship from Tom
Walden yesterday while Sam Doyle
defeated Jack Timothy for the boy
title as The Stars month-long City
of Washington tournament came to
a close at Columbia Country Club.
Both of the victors won in straight
sets, but Wadden's game persistence
is unrevealed in Bensinger's win
ming scores of 6-1, Ga, Is. Doyle,
holding both an age and height ad-
vantage over Timothy, won by 6-3,
60.
Run ragged from chasing Ben
singers clever mixture of drop shots
and baseline drives, Walden ended
almost half of his futile chases
sprawled on all fours and most
always with a futile, whats the
use?" expression. Yet to the ever
lasting credit of the ex-Western
High School ace, now North Caro-
lima student, he never gave up even
when the outcome was obvious, and
always entered upon the next point
with as grim determination as if the
match were just starting.
Bensinger's Game Is Smart.
But Bensinger, fifth nationally
ranked boys player last year, was
unbeatable
Using his head as well as his
racket, Bensinger continually threw
his older opponent off stride with
short game, drawing Walden well
into the net and then passing him
with crisp volleys to back court.
Yet, Walden often flashed bits
of high-class tennis hemself and
drew repeated hands from the gal
lery for remarkable "gets" and re-
turns while off balance.
After Bensinger ran through the
first set with the loss of only one
game, Walden started to match him
game for game, until the ninth
game of the second set, which
started with the score at 4-all. At
that stage, Bensinger won his serv-
ice for 5-4 lead and then broke
his adversary's at love for set.
The third set proved just as close,
with the score tied at the end of
every two games until Walden broke
Bensinger's service for his only lead
of the entire match at 4-3. Bobby
retaliated by smashing Wadden's S
service to knot the count and after
winning on his own again was
caught at SIS when Tommy won
q deuced game.
Walden Finally Yields.
It was Wadden's last stand, how
ever, for Bensinger ran off the last
2 points of the 18th game after
the score had been tied at 30-all and
then won the next game, set, match
and championship at love on a
placement which Walden didn't
even bother to chase.
The point scores:
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7enSinsef Second sst sS4 eol 4-Ze-o
SsnsassF Nsadss serving 5sa 5Sa Is Is 4s4 4s4 ts
Bensinser.
Walden - 363 4O4 424 520-37-5
Doyle Overpowers Timothy.
Both Doyle and Timothy played
high-class tennis for a couple of
IA and 13-year-old kids, respectively,
with Timothy giving his ultimate
conqueror a blow-for- blow battle in
the first set, only to succumb to a
beating at love in the second
Timothy held advantages at 10
and 2-1 in the opener, but after
he won the sixth game to tie the
score at 3-3, fell before Doyle's
overpowering play which won him
nine games in a row.
Doyle, No. on st. Adams team
this spring, thus completed a tour
nament in which he didn't lose a
set.
The point scores:
First Set.
RHsisth Rmoth, ssrvtns $50 500 554455 tss-ss-f tss-ss-
Second Set
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