Evening star., 1941-06-25
Julie fiske Captures
Girls s'CrownFrom
Margot Parsons
Schweitzer Scores Over
Sterling in Boys Test;
HolI Eosy for Bobby
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

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Of Washington's three youthful ten
mis- divisions today and, even though
Bobby Bensinger still has another
year as a junior, 1t appears that
the Capitals greatest little player
below the age of 10 is destined to
complete Ave years of boy and junior
competition undefeated by a local
rival.
Two 15-year-olds, blond Julie
Fiske of Western High School and
cheerful Britt Schweitzer Of Cal
win Coolidge, matched Bensinger's
straight-set victory in the final
round of The Star tournament yes
terday to emerge as new rulers mas
ters OF their classes.
Miss Fiske took the girls title
away from one of her closest friends,
l7-year-old Margot Parsons, who
lust graduated from woodrow Will
son High, while Schweitzer took the
ANAL boys match from little Da-
vid Sterling. Sterling, just turned
IA and a son of an American diplo-
mat, learned to play tennis In Paris
four years ago.
Take Pair of Titles.
Bensinger and Miss Fiske were
the only two to win a pair OF the
Star trophies at stake, both pairing
with the singles victims to win the
Junior and girl doubles titles. Again
the decisions were in straight sets,
Bensinger and Hall whipping Ben
Fisher and John Waits ahd the
Misses Fiske and Parsons taking the
e1ris' crown from the defending
champions, Ruth johnson and Mar
gerry Snowden.
The bows doubles final was the
only match of the day which went
the limit, Billy Bernard and Cot
ton Smith outlasting Sterling and
Steve Shafroth in a three-hour tus-
sic.
Bensinger's rout of Hall in the
Junior singles was even worse than
the one which Barney Welsh handed
Don Leavens on Sunday. Hall, like
Leavens, had been picked to give
the defending champ a scrap, but
folded completely and took only
two games in the three sets-the
second of the second and the sixth
of the third. The loser, obviously
nervous and pressing, found his
cannon ball service totally uneffec-
tive against Bensinger, who was
content merely to return it to get
the ball in play. Once it was, Bobby
was the master throughout. Hall
scored only IL points in the first
set and IS in each of the last two.
Only five of the 20 games went to
deuce.
Proves Glass of Tourney.
How completely Bensinger out
classed the entire field as well as
Hall is seen by the record, which
shows him having lost only five
games during the entire tourna-
ment, including the two he dropped
yesterday. Six of the II sets Bobby
played he took at love and not one
victim took more than one game
In any one set.
Hall looked a lot better in dou-
bles, in which he and Bensinger
trounced Fisher and Waits, Is
6-3, 6-3 The underdogs got of
to a +2 lead in the first set and
apparently were forcing the issue
but the two Bobs passed them at
81 and broke Fishers service tC
win. Except when they won the
first game of the second set the
eventual losers never were on ever
terms again.
Miss Fiske'S victory over Miss Par
sons marked quite step up for the
new champ, as she was eliminated in
the quarter-flnals of The Star tour
ney last year and had been seeded
no better than fourth. Yet she was
the complete master yesterday.
establishing a 40 lead in the first
set and allowing Miss Parsons to
come no closer than Ia in the sec
ond A strong, steady hitter with
lot of stamina, Miss Fiske should
be one of the city's best women
players when she reaches that stage
In the mid 40s.
Play Smoothly Together.
And if she keeps on playing with
Miss Parsons in doubles, as is likely,
both being members of Army Navy
Country Club, they should develop
into formidable combination. Their
victory over the Misses johnson and
Snowden was especially sweet, as II
was the same two girls, who went
on to win the championship after
defeating the new titleholders In
the first round last year. Yesterday
however, Julie and Margot gained
satisfactory revenge with 60, 6-4
triumph.
Schweitzer's victory in the boys
Anal climaxed a successful spring
campaign for the new champ as
he was No l of Calvin Coolidge's Is
team which finished second in the
high school series and lost only one
singles match, to Roosevelt's Fisher
who is nearly three years his senior
Schweitzer showed plenty of fight
despite being the underdoe, carried
1 of the II games to deuce and
wasn't held scoreless in any 1t
was just a case of superior age and
experience.
Smith and Bernard had to fight
TO take that boys doubles final
Sterling and Shafroth took the
first set, 60. but the winners
copped second-set marathon
12-l0, and bagged the deciding
one. 6-3. During that middle en-
counter, the longest of the entire
City of Washington tournament
Sterling and Shafroth got off to
90 lead. but from that point
until the score was tied at 10-all
neither side ever was more than 8
game ahead.
Smith and Bernard held the odd
game advantage five times up te
Is, Sterling and Shafroth seizeo
1t at 81 and held it at 9-8, but
never were able to get match point
Homers Boost N. 6. Score
Homers by Hoffman and Ros,