Evening star., 1942-06-30

washington crown. Next year tne
freckle faced fly-swatter manipula-
tor will be out in long pants with
the elders of the game chasing after
Barney Welsh.
Bensinger also has halves on the
doubles crown with John Waits, jr.,
the result OF direct hit On Baker
and Ed Sachs with high explosives
that wrecked the latter pair to the
extent Of @3, 60.
And while all this was going on
young John Buckneu was setting
of a few firecrackers Of his own,
rallying to take the boys singles
chapeau from lie Roy Morgan after
dropping the first set, l-6. SO,
60. 1t could be recorded as a
double-header for the lad who was
born in far-away Peking, China,
and learned to play in Switzerland,
for he had to beat bad case OF
jitters before going after Morgan.
After settling their singles diff
ferences the rivals teamed up and
thumped Billy Bernard and Bob
Smith for boys doubles honors,
6-1, IS. and this triumph was as
spectacular as Bucknell's singles VIC
tory, for the winners had to win
the last five games in the second set
to overcome a 2-5 handicap.
Bensinger Forces Play.
Baker wasn't at his best against
Bensinger and that's akin to send
ing Red Riding Hood after q bull.
Bobby is all business when the chips
are down and he forced the play
throughout. Bensinger's booming
baseline shots kept Brownie 50 deep
in his own territory he had few
opportunities to take the net. but
spent most of his time getting the
ball back while Bensinger was set
ting him up for the kill.
Brownie also hurried like one Of
Mussolini's heroes in reverse gear
There was no dilly- -dallying on
either side of the net, but rather the
tempo was faster than customary in
even preliminary duels. This was
entirely unnecessary. as it turned
out that the Texan wasn't going
any place-not with Bensinger play
ing watchdog.
Baker showed flashes of his best
form, especially in the second set
when he captured two straight
games after Bensinger had anassed
a 80 lead. Then he passed Bob
three times. caught him mapping
with a high, well-placed lob, and
forced him into q couple Of net
errors.
But the champion bounced right
back to break his opponents service
on the next game and go on from
there to close out the match. Bak-
er's errors paved the way for his
downfall. He was guilty of six dou-
defaults throughout the match,
was passed II times, netted more
than 20 shots and knocked some IS
more out en- route to defeat.
Bucknell Bewilders Morgan.
Bucknell, wild and erratic himself
in the first set, settled down like
q weighty anchor in the second
and from then on Morgan was In
action only because the rules require
three sets. Johnny discovered that
Morgan had trouble returning shots
when not set for them and pro-
ceeded to snake a series Of wigwag
shots at him that had lie Roy
going and coming like q revolving
door. You expected him to meet
himself coming from one shot while
going after another.
Morgan's game came apart at
the seams in the final cluster as
Bucknell continued his same steady
play. The new boys champ, who
succeeds Britt Schweitzer, simply
kept the ball deep in his opponents
territory, refused to let him get
set and waited for him to bang 1t
out or into the net.
Morgan and Buclmell played bril-