Evening star., 1941-07-22
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

Inc 1lrSC nndllSJS OF washington S
194l public parks tennis tournament
were to be established today and the
pressure distinctly was on two young
matrons who recorded a pair of un-
expected victories yesterday.
Projected into the spotlight by
their upsets of third seeded Sara
Moore and fourth-ranked Dorette
Miller were Peggy Keyser Smith and
Eleanor Craven Fishburne. two Wom-
en- who have been knocking at the
local door of net fame for quite some
time. Both won in straight sets,
Mrs. Smith defeating Miss Moore,
6-4, IS, and Mrs Fishburne elimi-
mating Mrs. Miller 6-3, 60.
Once again today, however. they
were destined to be underdogs in the
semifinal round, Mrs. Fishburne
against defending champion Willie
Herbert and Mrs. Smith against
second-rated Charlotte Decker. But
from their own observations yester-
day, Mrs. Herbert and Miss Decker
realized that they couldn't afford
to take their next opposition lightly.
Winners Much Improved.
According to the record, Mrs.
Smiths conquest of Miss Moore
wasn't an upset at all. They hadn't
met in a tournament match since
1884, but Sara never had beaten
Peggy in tournament competition
before that year Infrequent meet
ings in Women's League schedules
the last six years all had resulted
in victories, but close, for Miss Moore.
Peggy was not to be denied yes
terday, though, hitting out stronger
than at any time this year with an
improved backhand and serving al
most f1aWlessly. She showed 'moXie'
in winning that second set, too. over
coming a IA deficit to take six of
the last seven games of the match.
Mrs. Smith was beaten by today's
opponent, Miss Decker. in The Star
tournament in June. but she's
better all-around player now and the
odds weren't too great against her
Mrs. Fishburne is another whose
Improvement is marked. Equipped
with more power in her drives than
in previous years. she has developed
into one of the better netwomen in
the city.
Mems Singles Lag.
She may have acquired some
needed confidence, too. by playing
doubles with Miss Moore, for this
new team gained the finals of the
City of Washington event. their first
tournament together, and last week
won the District doubles champion
ship. She was the underdog against
Mrs Herbert today. but then no
one expected her to beat Mrs. Miller
yesterday.
Competition in mems singles was
round behind the womens. Three
semifnalists were to be determined
this afternoon, but the fourth won't
be known until tomorrow. That
was because Second-Seeded Ray
Stocklinski still has a fourth-round
match with Hugh Trigg to get out of
the way, all of the other survivors
already being in the quarterf1nals
as play resumed today.
This afternoons pairings sent
second-seeded Eddie Miller against
unranked Russ Barnes, third-rated
Bobby Bensinger against unseeded
Jack Bledsoe and fourth-ranked
Harry Brinkerhoff, jr, against I'M
seeded Ken Daily. Phil Burkom, the
ninth survivor. will meet the winner
of the Stocklinski-Trig match to-
morrow.
Miller Overcomes Freer.
Playing less erratically than at
any other time this season. Miller
overcame a rather formidable OBJ
stacle yesterday when he whipped
Chuck Freer, IS, 81. Freer
appeared too tense for his own good,
while Miller gained confidence as he
found his best shots working to
perfection.
Brinkedhoff had pretty stiff
fight before subduing Bob William