Evening star., 1941-08-17
Willis Downs Cowan
In Feature Match
OF Rec Tennis
Snort Brand Of Ploy
Marks Opening Tilt;
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Young Maurice Cowan and the
older, but still young. Hickey Willis
provided the fireworks for yester-
days opening rounds in the Recrea-
ton Departments fall tennis tour
nament on the Rock Greek courts.
Far from the dub class, both
played top-notch brand of tennis
that would have been more in keep
ing with late round, but yester-
days opening program attracted no
gallery.
The steadier and more expert
enced Willis, former captain of the
court team of the University OF
North Carolina, which Cowan, last
years Choate School captain, will
enter this fall, finally won.
Victor Loses First Set.
He went down, 1-6, in the first
set, but ability to gain points in
the pinches, plus his experience and
stamina in the final tough set, gave
him the match as he won the last
two sets, 6-3, 6-6. Cowans early
lead was due in part to his puzzling
southpaw shots and twists which
Hickey solved early in the second
set.
Second round mems singles
matches are to be played today be-
ginning at 8 o'clock. Womens
singles begin at 10 and mems
doubles at 2 o'clock. Women's
doubles will start either tomorrow
or Tuesday.
Another long, tight match was
provided by Charles Hackney, IT.,
member of the Western High team
last year, and w. N. May. Hackney
lost the first set, 4-6, and later
had two match points against him.
but he finally pulled out and won
the remaining sets, 1913 and So.
His mechanical play and steady
1orehand shots drove May into COM
mitting too many errors.
Charming, Easy Winner.
Only one of the four seeded plav-
ers not drawing a bye yesterday was
Charley Charming, No. 8, and he
had little difficulty passing Robert
Edmonds, 60, 6j1.
Summaries:
Mems Singles.
| First round-Charles Claiming dsfea,s5
SSstsated ksith stexaTi. 81 s teq P,Sfe: Mis:
%; Deane Judd defeated George Kelf.
! TfT: neT: default; Bill Morell. ir. defeated
GGeteated Tom Brsnsford BY defagit: BlIl
sseIlTichi sN6 ": defeated Richard Mahonsy.
ton defeated Laurence Myers. Hons ga Skenns: sms
ms Ghasslei id dHasknsy, jr; defsatea W. N May:
Dan Murphy, 20. 6-2 80, HsnT9
Brinksrhon, ir, defeated W s Wils5gg VnlH5g
oNesi 3 Nesiauft ~ Henry LEVIN defsstsd Thomas
gill defeated Willis Cannon. 81 so5:
bsie bofr NoGSa denfeated Clarence HERES
Dick White, 60. 81; Pick.v W,iI,.
oeieated Maurice Cowan, 1-6, 6-3, SIS.
Today's Pairings.
Mems Singles. First Round
! s,,s+ta I~F: r SULLIVAN VS.. Fred Dodge,
A1s' Mems S;nf 81 sinsiess sRsk Second sssS Round
s.m-Charles Claiming VS.. Ted
Pie5ce; gsl :, Nike boy,s osOu1ke vs. D. Judd Bob
Russ Barnes. Ralph Glocker VS.. Joe R.iss.
| Ed Becker VS.. Bob ThreadEili Ricksv
wills VS.. John Skefhngton, Harry Brinker-
| non VS.. Jack Cunningham
10 a.m-R. Z. Croft Us. Bill Helfrich
Dave johnson vs. earl Bean
IL a.m:-Bill MoreL vs. winner Sullivan
Oooge, Charles Freer vs.. Britt Schveitzer,
| Charles Hackney VS.. Charles King
Noon-Don Bent VS.. winner Rice-Levy
Mems Doubles, First Round.
| p.m.-JohnSen-Leavens VS. Hackney
and partner: Skeffln gton-Kelsey VS. Barnes
! Young. Lyman-Doyle VS.. Farrington- Baker
Bent-Walls VS.. Threadgiu and partner
underwood d-Bennion VS.. Cyr-Blackvel,
Brinkerhof-Covan VS.. French-Mikulick.
| BenSinger-Freer VS.. Anderson -Edmonds
/ Hall-Becker VS.. Charming and partner.
Women's Singles, First Round.
10 a.m.-Frances Rowan VS.. Jean Bube,
| Helen Porter VS.. Betty Zimmerman, Sarah
| Moore VS.. Becky Harper. Dorette Miller
| VS.. Mrs. Theodore Hackett, Mrs. william
Plane VS.. Eleanor Voith.
| Noon-Dorothy Towns VS.. La Jeanne
| Echols. Margaret Lee Mahoney VS.. BorE-
| hid Fond. Ruth Johnsen VS.. Joan Brsns-
/ ford. Ena Dillinger VS.. Hazel Bishop, Betty
] Lou Trowbridge VS.. Peggy Smith, Margaret
Graham vs.. Marion Vierra.