Evening star., 1940-07-19
Torrid TussIes Loom
For Public Courts
Titles Tomorrow
Hieh-Ronkine Roeketers
Being Mustered for
Exhibition Sunday
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

With the men and women finalists
who will battle for Washington's S
1910 public parks tennis singles
championships tomorrow determined
and arrangements for exhibitions at
the Rock Greek courts Sunday by
several Of the nationally ranking
players now in Baltimore practically
completed. the stage was set today
for one Of the Capitals biggest ten
mis- week ends of the season.
History repeats in the meeting of
Allie Ritzenberg and Ray Stock
linski for the mems parks crown, as
they met last year with Allie beating
Ray for the championship.
The women's final will present q
new face, however, with Lefty"
Margaret Keever, unseeded entrant
from California who eliminated two
favored rivals early in the week,
meeting defending Champion Willie
O'Steen Herbert for the diadem.
The match between Mrs. Herbert
and Mrs. Keever will open the titular
double-header at 2 o'clock, with the
mems final going on Immediately
upon its conclusion or not later than
$3.50. II the women's battle becomes
prolonged.
Stars Being Selected.
Definite selection Of the stars now
playing in Baltimore who will play
here Is being postponed until their
elimination from the Maryland State
tournament, but all was set locally
Tor their presentation. Sideline
bleacher seats and individual chairs
will be provided at the Rock Greek
courts with a nominal admission
charge of 40 cents being asked. Last
year, when Bitsy Grant met Gil
Hunt IN a similar exhibition at the
same price, nearly 1000 fans turned
out. ''
A. K. Tigrett, the local contact
man with the stars, is trying to get
both OF the English woman stars
Mary Hardwick and Nina Brown. in
addition to Gracyn Wheeler of Cali
lorna. He also is after Elwood
Cooke, No. 6 on the national list
and Henry Prusoff, also national]y-
ranked, among others. If such top
notchers as Van Horn, McNeill or
Kramer are eliminated before the
flnal. efforts will be made to get
them.
Because of the unexpected treat
tournament Manager Felix Silva
Will postpone the parks title matches
IN mems and mixed doubles until
Monday and Tuesday. Allie Ritzen-
berg and Paul Burkom constitute the
only doubles f1nalists yet determined
with their foes for the mems team
crown to be determined TODAY by
q semi-final match between Nv
Gutenberg and Steve Haney and
John Smith and George Herbert.
Mixed Teams Clash.
The semifinal bracket in mixed
doubles also was to be COMPLETED
today with Charlotte Decker and
Allie Ritzenberg playing Helen
Fechtman and Carl Fontanini. Mrs
keever and John Smith PLAYING
Nancy and F. S. McCandlish and
Hazel Bishopp and Hugh Triep
meeting Dorette Miller and Nv
Nuremberg. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Herbert, already in the semi. will
meet the winners of the match be-
tween the Bishopp- -Trigg and Miller
Gutenberg teams, with the other
winners clashing in the upper half
of the draw
Tomorrow's singles finals prom
Use to be hard fought in both in
stances. Mrs. Keever, wife of a
naval lieutenant, has impressed
tourney followers this week with
a, good net game, a forcing fore
hand and general steadiness. How
ever, Mrs. Herbert's supporters, led
by her husband, are confident that
she will end the string of setbacks
she has suffered in the City of
Washington and District tourna-
ments this year and openly are pre-
dieting she will successfully defend
her title. In their opinion, Willie
is just bit too good for the new
conner from the West Coast.
Torrid Mems Final Looms,
Last years final between Ritzen-
berg and Stocklinski went the limit
OF five sets before the former pre-
vailed, but "Stock" has licked Allie
with ridiculous ease on several
occasions and the outcome of to-
morrow's match probably depends
upon how each is hitting them at
the time. Both completed straight
set conquests of all victims yester-
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