Evening star., 1941-07-02
leavens and Welsh
Likely Principals
In Title Clash
Heot May Be Big Factor
With 5-Set Limit Put on
Lost Two Rounds

Unless showers force a revision of
the schedule, the Middle Atlantic
tsnnis singles championship will be
decided before a holiday crowd at
Columbia Country Club on Friday
afternoon, Referee Clarence E.
Buddy Dawson announced TODAY
All signs point to another final
between Barney Welsh and Don
Leavens, although today's and to-
morrows quarter and semifnal
matches promise to be Just as hot
as the weather. Bill Breese and
either Hugh Lynch or Notre Danes
Dan Canale stand between Leavens
and the title round, while Welsh
must subdue Long Ellis today and
either Davey johnson or Buddy
Adair tomorrow.
Todays four quarter-final tits
were the last to be decided on
two-out- three sets basis. Sec
tional tournament regulations call
for all matches in the semifnal and
final rounds to go three out of five.
Unless the weatherman's promised
relief is Forthcoming, the heat may
play major part in determining
the winners in such extended
matches.
Two Seeded Stars i'm Action.
Canale and Ellis were the only
unseeded contestants in today's
quarter final battling, but only the
first advanced that far by beating
a seeded star. Canale's three-set
conquest of fifth-rated Charley
Charming earned him his meeting
with Lynch, but Ellis benefited on
the default of Frank Shore, who had
been seeded seventh. That is not
to imply that Ellis hadn't had to
work to reach the quarters, for the
tall blond whipped Deane Judd in
the first round and then eliminated
Baltimore's No. l entrant, Dever
Hobbs, in the second. An upset,
though, appeared remote in his
match with Welsh.
Breese isn't thought to have the
all-around game to cope with Leav-
ems in todays battle of southpaws
but the Johnsen-Adair match fig
ured to be long and hard fought.
with the winning margin coming in
deuce scores. johnson was the ia
vorite.
Dewitt Smiths and Breese's fine
stand against the recent doubles
champions of The Star tourna-
ment, Welsh and Lynch, necessi-
tated a continuance of their quar-
ter-final doubles match from yester-
day. Welsh and Lynch had taken
the first set, but big Bill and his
little partner battled point for point
In the second, which was halted by
darkness at TT. They may resume
today if Welsh, Lynch and Breese
complete their singles in time.
Leavens, johnson Breeze.
Leavens and johnson were the
only team called upon to double up
yesterday, but they came through in
great style. After warming up
against Dawson and Owen Hohen-
stein. 60, 81, they took three
sets from the formidable combina-
ton OF Bob Underwood and Dick
Bennion, So, 81, 81. Under
wood Is the former Stanford star
and Bennion was both singles and
doubles champion of his native
Utah.
Adair and Eddie Miller prevailed
by almost the same score against
John Bowles and Ed Kilgus. from
Presbyterian College and Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, respectively,
while Charming and Dick Murphy
had to travel four sets to defeat
Ellis and Shep Holt, 6-3, 60,
IS, So.
Seminal pairings will send Adair
and Miller against the winner of
the match between Welsh-Lynch
and Breese-Smith and Leavens and
johnson against Charming and
Murphy. These matches probably
will be played Saturday. with the
doubles final coming on Sunday.
B. D., ir,