Evening star., 1940-07-21
Rtzenberg and Mrs. Herbert Easily Retain Public Parks Tennis Titles
Conquer Stock|inski
And. Mrs. Keever in
Blasting Style .
Honey, Hy Ritzenbere
Reoch Doubles Final
With Upset Victory
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

D4oNAGINs
Clamping down like true cham
pions, Allie Ritzenberg and Willie
O'Steen Herbert successfully de-
Tended their public parks tennis
championships at the Rock Greek
courts yesterday. turning back their
final victims, like all their other
foes, in straight sets.
In decided contrast to his final
match last year with the same op-
ponent. who extended him to five
sets. Ritzenberg all but blasted lit
tie Ray Stocklinski off the hard
baked courts, 60, 6-3, 81, while
Mrs. Herbert. pushed only for
while during the second set,
squelched the bid of Margaret
Keever, a newcomer from Cali
fornia, 60, IS.
An upset of major proportions oc-
Cured in a semifinal mems doubles
match when the seeded No. / team
OF George Herbert and John Smith
was beaten by fourth-seeded Stan
Haney and Hy Ritzenberg In long
uphill fight, 1-6, Ga, 8-6. The
losers had match point three times
in the 18th game of the third set
but couldn't put the clincher across.
Victory put them in the title round
against Allie Ritzenberg and Phil
Burkom. whom they will meet for
the team title tomorrow or Tues
day.
Heat Hits Spectators.
= One mixed doubles flnalist will
be determined this morning when
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert meet Dorette
Miller and Hy Ritzenberg at II
o'clock. At o'clock, Mrs. Keever
and Smith are to meet Nancy and
S. F. McCandlish in quarter-flnal
engagement with the winners fac
ing Charlotte Decker and Allie
Ritzenberg. possibly at II.
Despite the intense heat, from
which the spectators apparently
suffered more than the players, the
tennis in both matches was OF high
caliber, with all four contestants
driving hard to the end, Play was
continuous in each with only in
frequent pauses for water as courts
were exchanged.
Playing in. his first local tourna-
ment Of the year. Ritzenberg ap-
peared a much improved netman
over the erratic, offering player
that District fans last knew. Ex-
hibiting a new-found forehand with
plenty of power, the champ sent
booming returns across from the
word play" with Stocklinski often
well nigh f1at-footed as the balls
went by. Although a stroke analysis
would show that stock" beat him.
self by more than an ordinary num-
Der of errors, many of them were
due to his utter inability to place
his racket in correct position to
meet Allies sizzling drives. Ritzen-
berg also mixed his shots well, fore
ing Stocklinski to the baselines and
then catching him off guard with
tantalizing dropshots.
Easy Going for Ritzenberg.
Only three times during the match
was the loser ahead-at 10 and
81 In the first set and 10 in the
second. Ritzenberg ran off with
the last five games of the first set
and established 81 lead in the
second before alternating the next
three. In the last set, Stocklinski
not only lost the first five games,
but not one of the entire seven went
even to deuce. Twice Stocklinski
was the victim of love games. while
only once did Ritzenberg fail to
score.
Ritzenberg never failed to win on
his service and cracked six of Stock
nnski's' 13.
The point scores:
First Set.
steek,isns.i s serving 4s4 s32 az 49, 49,
Second Set.
sss.ass4s ssss.! .srvna g. 81 ~ ~ t21ss
Third Set.
stockIinski --.------ 12l 204 l-i1-I
For while it appeared that Mrs.
Herbert was to make complete rout
of Mrs. Keever, taking the first
three games of the opening set and
losing only the fourth and sixth
both on her own service. But with
the score 81 against her in the
second, Mrs. Keever started a rally
which brought cheers from the gall
lery and before Mrs. Herbert knew
It, the score was tied at sail.
Mrs. Keever Erratic.
Willie again forged ahead at 4-3
by cracking her opponents serv-
ice, but Mrs. Keever retaliated to
retie the score at 4-all and then
went ahead for the only time during
the match by winning a deuced
game with two placements. At
this point, the newcomer fell into
a series of errors which continued
until the end. On her own service,
Mrs. Herbert tied the score at Sail
and when Mrs. Keever double
faulted twice in the next game
after the score had read 30-all. it
was just about over. Thrice in the
last game, Willie fed her services
which the receiver couldn't return
inside the confines Of the court,
the match point being scored via
this medium.
The point scores:
FIRST SET.
k:fS:rt k:sS:r 'ervins ~ esa !ss tss sss-sts sss
SECOND SET
keever serving 142 456 435 322-1-5
Herbert ------ 4l4 634 253 544-4b-7