Evening star., 1940-06-09
Third Round Is Gained
By Three Racketers
As 81 Progress
Field to Marrow to 16
Today; Doubles Play
Scheduled to Sturt
Bv BILL DISMER, Jr,

won their first and second round
matches in straight sets, marked
the opening of The Stars fifth
annual City of Washington tennis
tournament at Edgemoor Club yes
.sruay as favorites advanced with
cut break in their ranks.
Maurice CoWan, one of the Dis
trict's ranking Junior players, was
the lone victim to extend his con-
queror to three sets, taking the
second off Eddie Becker before
bowlng, IS, 1-6, Ga.
Two seeded stars and one of the
most dangerous unseeded contest
ants-C. Alphonso Smith, Frank
Shore and Dick Murphy-won two
matches to set the pace by advance
ing to the third round. Murphy, a
southpaw, exhibiting much of the
form which enabled him to cap
ture the famed Longwood Bowl
in 1888. stopped Georgetown Uni
versity's Meyer Gelfand, 60, 60,
after turning back George Stoner,
60, 81.
johnson Given Battle.
Smith, the national boys cham
pion Is years ago, knocked off G..
r. Train, Co. 60, before elm
mating Tom Wadden Washington
boys champion of 1887, by 60,
Ga score. Shore, another former
junior champion of the District,
whipped Frank Martin, 6-2, 6-2,
and Billy Contreras, ex-playground
champion of the city, "a, 6-3.
OF the other seeded stars, De-
Tending Champion David johnson
came closest to what might be
termed pressed" Max Bost, a
better-t r-than-average player, sent
him to 6-3, GA. But Barney
Welsh, Ray Stocklinski and Ralph
Adair all came through impress
sively, while Yelverton tBilD Gar
nett, another unseeded dark horse
who upset several stars apple carts
in the 1897 tourney, had little more
than a workout with little, but
plucky Sterling Lee. Garnett al
lowed the tot of the home club
exactly one game.
Bobby Bensinger, Washington
national boys indoor champion, oc-
casioned some eyebrow lifting by
repulsing Harry Brinkerhoff, jr,
6-3, 8-6, while Doyle Royal, an
other promising youngster, licked
Freddy Haas, several years his
senior, 60, 6-1, Big John Hutch
inson carried equally big Bill Breese
to 8-6 in the first set, but faded
away, 6-1, before the power drives
of Representative Ham Flsh's
nephew in the second.
Mather Routs Judd.
Another slight surprise resulted
from Ed Mather's convincing 6-l,
GO rout of Deane Judd.
Representative Jennings Randolph
was detained in West Virginia on
business, but his opponent, Carl
Fontanini, agreed to a postpone
ment and they will play at 10 o'clock
this morning. The winner will meet
Billy Turner two hours later.
With 13 additional matches sched-
uled this morning, the round of Is
is slated to be filled by early fore
noon. The remainder of the day will
be devoted to doubles. with an even
dozen matches to be run off, starting
at l o'clock.
Defending Champions johnson
and Lynch were seeded No. in
the doubles, with Welsh and Dooly
&c
Farrin and Bill Howard third and
Alphonso Smith and Dick Murphy
fourth. Other formidable teams ap-
pear in Buddy Adair and Garnett,
Breese and Mather and Bensinger
and De Witt Smith.
Yesterdays results and today's
schedule:
First Round.
Maurice cowan: 7.5. 1LI6:. 81; Austin
Roye RSs desstsd Roys dsfsaea s9g esss Fred Haas
Schubert V5 sm5 p'S 2W5; Yelverton uaeale Garnet
defeated Sterling Lee, 6-l. 60: James
David johnson defeated Max Bost. 6-s,
6-4; Tom Mansan defeated John Cur,
nsnrss ran so Cd Dick MURPHY defeaed
defeated Steve Comings. Is, 6-l; Ralph
Adair defeated Fell, Silva, Go 6-4;
"a. g.; Bill BTeese defeated John
Hutchinson So. 6-l Robert Burgess
defeated Harold s5f4 Jesse by u.. default
John Andary. 60. 60: Strand johnson
defeated Charles Lansblae. 6-l. Ga;
Robert Bensinger defeated Harry Brinker-
hoff, jr.. 6-:} Sc; Alan Staubly defeated
Ben Jaffee, 6-3, 6-3; Frank Shore de-
feated Rrank Martin, 6-". O.; Billy
sd Mather DEBATED peane judd
81. 6-2; W. G. Peet defeated Chandler
Brossard,, e., 60; Alphonsoo Smith de-
s-3: Billy, Turner defeated Mickey
Hushss' GO fl; Ray stocklinSki de; de7
Wiekham defeated Aubrey Mattinely:
s.n,.. so 6nr s Rsmey Donovan defsatee %;,s
defeated Mariona Erana, 6-4. "a.
SECOND ROUND.
Murphy defeated Gefand, 6-2, e.:
nho,.o h9re oeisaed smfb den1eras defaatad wdden
ToDAY,s PAIRINGs.
Singles.
10 o'clock-Austin Rice VS. DOYLE Royal
-; "; G, Peet, Jennings Randolph VS.. Carl
n.1t. oeloek-Hpsh clock Ids Lynch vs. Eddie
Robert Bensinser vs.: Alan staubly Ray
IL o'clock - Bill Garnett VS. Jahes
Esdey wsES Rsph A Adas tnd VS. De WITT sp R1
Turner VS.. winner, Randolph -Fontanini
match.
oclock-Winner, Lynch-Becker match
vs.. winner Rice-Royal match.
Doubles
! o'elock1Lyneh-John ys; Hutshin-
sonLake s AdalrGarnett p.s vs. CowanWad
Curran Curran VS.. Maybry Edmonds
lsh-MitcheI. vs.. Haas-partner.
2 oclock-Alphonso Smith Murphy VS..
Miller Coolidge, Bensinger-De Witt Smith
VS.. Cassini-Bollings.
3 oclock-Winners. ynch-Johnsen VS..
Hutchinson-Lake match VS.. winners. Adair-
Garnett VS.. Cowan-Wadden match; win
ners Shore-partner VS.. Train-Peet match
VS.. winners Curran-Curran VS.. Maybry-
Edmonds match.
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