Evening star., 1940-06-21
lee-Herbert Contest
Tops Final Card
At Army Navy
Younger Players TiItina
At Friends Marked by
Julie Fisk's Victory,
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.


An l1th singles champion of 10
City OF Washington women's tennis
tournaments was to be crowned at
Army Navy Country Club this after
noon along with the 1910 double
titlists, while the semi final round
Of The Stars girls tourney was
scheduled to be filled on the Friends
School courts.
Margo Lee. seeded second, was q
slight favorite to beat top-seeded
Willie O'Steen Herbert for one years
possession Of The Stars perpetual
trophy and permanent acquisition of
its miniature in the days big match,
and together they were given the
nod over Frances Carter and Jane
Wllmerding for the team diadem.
The singles match was to open the
program at 2 o'clock.
Marg0's Game Improved.
In one way, it was case of history
repeating itself, for Mrs. Her
bert and Miss Lee met in the
semi-f1nal round of the same tourna-
ment last year with the former win
ming In straight sets for the first of
two victories she took from Miss Lee
during 1899. Miss Lee, however,
could even that feud by winning to-
day, for she already has beaten
Willie once this season in q Women's
Tennis League match and seems to
be playing so per cent better than
she was year ago.
The play of Mrs. Herbert, on the
other hand, has been marred by too
frequent errors which she can Ill af-
1ord to make against an opponent
OF Miss Lees caliber. As a matter
OF fact, Margo's all-around play has
featured the entire tournament.
the ex-Vassar girl having developed
fine volleying game to go with her
forcing ground strokes and highly
creditable service. She has not, in
fact, exhibited an outstanding weak
ness throughout the week which has
seen her whip three opponents with
the loss of only five games.
Singles Semis Spirited.
Yesterday, for example, Miss Lee
trounced Mrs. Wilmerding, 81.
So, and Mrs. Wilmerding had been
one OF the tournament surprises who
had upset a seeded star in her first
match and continued to play fine
tennis.
Mrs. Herbert cannot be counted
entirely out of the running in to-
days match If for no other reason
than because of her fine fighting
spirit. which has led her to victories
over three impressive and stubborn
opponents in her last three matches.
After winning the first set from
alWays-tough Charlotte Decker YES
terday, 60, Willie dropped the next
at l-6, only to come back to take
the deciding encounter at Ga.
Although Mrs. Wilmerding and
Miss Carter yesterday outlasted
Hazel (Jimmy) Bishopp and Marian
Prichard, who only the day before
had eliminated the top-seeded dou-
bIes team, they were given only an
outside chance of beating Mrs. Her
bert and Miss Lee today, unless the
latter became utterly fatigued from
a long singles match.
Girls in Keen Battle.
At that, the Carter -Wilmerdine
combination may surprise, for they
flashed lots of promise in stopping
Miss Bishopp and Mrs. Prichard,
IS, e8, Ga.
With fourth-seeded Becky Yobst,
the first favorite to fall by the way
side in the girls tournament, con-
tinued hot action was expected to-
day and tomorrow morning as the
young misses fought to reach the
finals. Two girls, either Mary Brook
lngs or Marian Kreiselman and
either Jane Wideman or Ann Powell,
were to play two matches today in a
move to catch up with the field.
The Brookings-Kreiselman sur
vivor was to 60 against top-seeded
Betty Jacob, while the victor of the
Wldeman-Powell match was to play
Julie Fisk, upset conqueror of Miss
Yobst by 60, Ga scores. Other
palrlngs sent second-seeded and
Hawaiian champion Margot Par
sons against Amy Weston and third
seeded LaJeanne Echols against
Ruth johnson. Doubles also were
to begin, with Miss Jacob and Ann
Cullen seeded first and the Misses
Parsons and Fisk second. 1t is
hoped to complete semi-finals in
both singles and doubles tomorrow
morning.
Miss Parsons was the only en-
trant to win two matches yester-
day, trimming both Marjorie Daw-
son and Margery Snowden by 6-1,
6-1 scores. Miss SnoWden pre-
viously had defeated Margaret CODY
in a f1rst-round match, Ga, 81.
Ruth johnson advanced to the Sec
ond round by whipping Ann holland,
e3, 60.