Evening star., 1942-09-06
Coast Aces Trip
Segura, MuIIoy
In Keen DueIs
Ecuodoreon Bottles
To 4th Set; Broueh,
Betz Title Rivals
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

hSoOCidteo FEeSs Spofts WElIeE. =
NEW YORK, Sept 5.-Frankie
Parker of Los Angeles and Ted
Schroeder, jr, of Glendale, Calf,
fought their way to the final round
of the national amateur tennis
championships at Forest Hills today
as crowd of 5000 roared it's ap-
proval.
Parker, the 27-year-old battler of
Polish extraction who has been try
ing to win the title for 10 years,
reached the threshold of his am :
bition as he turned back Pancho
Segura of Ecuador, 6-1, 6-1, 2-6,
So. 1t marked the first time
frankie ever had reached the final.
Schroeder, 81, and the Nations
top-ranking amateur player in this
war year, survived a furious first set
to eliminate 1t. Gardnar Mulloy of
Jacksonville, Fla, 81, 6-3, Ga.
1t also was the first time he had ever
been within shooting distance of the
title, though he won the doubles
championship last year with Jack
Kramer.
Brough, Betz Women's Winners.
Winners of the womens semihnals
were Louise Brough of Beverly Hills,
Calf, and Pauline Betz of Los
Angeles, giving the coast State a
monopoly on the singles playoffs.
Miss Brough, after a shaky start,
recovered to lick blond Helen Bern
hard of New York City, ST, Ga,
60. Miss Betz fought off a match
point against her in the third set to
win out over Margaret Osborne of
San Francisco, 6-4. As, Is.
The womens final will be played
tomorrow, as we'll as the final in
the mems doubles, in which Schroe-
der and Sidney Wood, jr., meet
Mulloy and William Talbert of
Cincinnati Schroeder and Parker
are not scheduled to settle their
feud until Monday, when the worn-
ems doubles and mixed doubles
crowns also will be decided.
= Segura Battles Gamely.
Though the Schroeder Mulloy
match today undoubtedly produced
the sounder tennis, it was the do
or-die catfight between Parker and
Pancho that captured the crowd.
Parker was too steady for the
swartf,y little visitor. About the
only winning weapon Pancho pos
sessed was his two-handed fore
hand. Parker made a point Of
keeping the ball on Pancho's blind
side,
For the first two sets Parker
simply moved Segura down. 1t
wasn't even entertaining as the
stolid American. his eyes hidden
behind dark glasses, pounded the
ball against the sidelines until Pam
cho missed. 1t looked painless
straight-set win for frankie. But
| Segura at the start of the third
set called upon some hidden reserve
and played the most brilliant sort
of tennis to win it easily.
1t proved the swarthy little fell
lows swan song. When they re-
turned after the intermission
Parker quickly polished him off.
Final Point Spectacular.
On the final point of the match,
after a spectacular exchange at the
net, Parker barely got his racket on
the ball and then fell fiat on his
face. He couldn't have moved. But
the ball popped over Segura's head
for placement and in a few Sec
onds Pancho was around the net
helping Parker to his feet and
pounding him with Latin feryor in
the small of the back. The crowd
whooped for minutes.
Schroeder and Mulloy played a
Slam bang match of furious services
and blazing drives, with both men
storming the net at every oppor-
tunity to put the ball away. Mulloy,
for example, scored 62 placements in
losing this match, whereas Parker
scored only 20 in winning from
Segura.
Mixed doubles, quarter-hnal
round:
Mis- Paul Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, Calf;
Mrs. Madge H Vosters. Lansdovne pa
and Corpl. j. Gilbert Hail. Fort Knox, KY,
6-l, 6-1.
Louise Brough, Beverly Hills, Calf, and
defeated Miss .Jinx Falkenburs and Tom
Falkenburg, Hollywood, Calf, 60. 6-2
Margaret Osborne and Tom Brown. ir..
San Francisco. defeated Hope Knowles
Avon, Conn, and William Talbert. Cincin-
natl, ONO, 6-3, 6-4,