Evening star., 1944-06-11
Buckne|I, Boy Champ
Beaten but Grabs
Tennis Spotlight
Nearly Upsets Curtiss
As Star Event Opens;
All Fuvorites Win


High School, Alexandria, twice win
ner of the boys title in The Stars
City of Washington tournament
made an auspicious debut in the
mems department of that annual
event yesterday by nearly upsettine
seasoned Navy 1t. John Curtiss
He won the first set, 6-1, ano
dropped the next two only after 8
vigorous battle, 3-6, 3-6.
John, now Is, will play this yea1
for the junior title. His showing
against 1t. Curtiss was the closest
to an upset of 81 matches reeled
off to open tournament.
Army Lit. Gilbert Hunt, a high
ranker nationally and seeded No. /
Ia Washingtonian playing his first
tournament here in many years
eliminated Emanuel Vardi, 6-1,
|e.
Davey johnson, defending cham
pion, breezed through his match
with Morris Ruckman, 60, 60.
Staff Sergt. Buddy Adair of Boiling
Field, one of the Capitals best
racketers, probably in his final tour
nament for the duration, caught a
tartar in Martin Dupraw, who went
down fighting, rs, 6--3.
Britt Schweitzer, junior flnalist
last year, trimmed Harry Brinker-
hoff, jr., 6-3, 60.
Cotton Smith, crack all-around
athlete of st. Albans, fell before
David Lind, 6-1, 60.
jerry Courtney, near the top in
District rankings, polished off A.
McCarroll, 6-3, 60.
Austin Rice, chairman of the
tournament. took time out from a
busy evening to wallop Keith Sy-
mon, 60, go.
Play will be resumed this morn
ing at 8 o'clock. Mems singles and
doubles and women's singles are on
packed program. Thirty-six pairs
are entered in the mems doubles, a
surprisingly large field.
Results and pairings:
- 1t; Gilbert Hunt defeated Emanuel
ssted Dick dempsey tdsfaal sfan ANGRY goD Mfsr ds
Dave HapDock defeated Al Msrsullo. SO, 90,
aavoishek Iii E / 5,Il asosss astestsd q. stsy.
feated Karl Gerhard. 6@2. 90. Walter
skenetick defeated Andre, zerega. So
stern;beurse ; George Warwick defeated Wesley
defeated W. MARTA DupraW peast. suoay % aa adaar
A. Brooks defeated 1t. Art Simmons, 6-3,
eooe Sen 1 hesmsh Hnstin dsdsstes ses s.ts,t e.
sell de5sassda Robert v. MOTIFS. slm camp s2.
Harry Brinkerhoff, IT,. "a, e-2: How
ard Halptn defeated Frank J. Gramonti,
60, 60: Austin Miller defeated 1t.
ssIsated Morrs S Raekmsn s David so 5onss5 so
Irving storch defeated Frank vander-
f.ofton ho9f $50; sa,;;,, 6-2; David Lind defeated
defeated Mac Balagner, 60, Ies sMo; jim In
Green defeated Stanley Moore, ~
SldoG S9; sanS Cant Merit cutler defsatsd e
PhIlip NeT nm defeated sai E L. a. 4o IS gi; Erni;;
sandeen. g. 90: Carl Beall de-
afs sefsasea eSDAmae nocsrro I "a 5c }erS'
g--e; e-s 6-4. Samuel Hayes % defeated Gated
feated Marvin A. Bacon, 6-3, 6-3; II
sonn Curtiss defeated John Bucknell, I-6
HS-3 S--2 Howard Cooper defeated John
fsatsd a'1oI6s john PARKS, se, s "a Flcsy willis ds-
Shields Hauhart, jr., defeated TED John
VI Today's psirinss:
10 a.m.---Hunt VS.. AnCary, Miller VI
Happock, Rice vs.. Campbell, Lo VS.. Green
Mainin MInS vs. Hs,ian HHas,1ihart' Holdings VS.. Jones
Il am. VS.. Martin, Kemetick VS.. War.
WICK, Adair VS.. Brooks, Nef VS. Beail
Courtney ys: Castleberry, Hayes vs.. Suiio.
Storch. 70
I2-Lind VS.. Shoemaker. cutler VS.
l p;m.-Theeman VS.. winner of He'd
dings-Jone match, Schweitzer VS.. win.
ner of Halpin-Miller match
Mems Doubles
p.m.-Brister and Biesel VS.. Cool
m;1Jehnson and Lynch VS. Shoe
maker aiss 81 and % %Sshweitzer. Prescott and Var
Warwick VS.. Storeh and Gerber, Hetchel
and Cage vs. Beall and Moore, Marzullt
and Jefferson VS.. Curtiss and Hunt, Bacor
3 pm:-Hayes and Adair VS.. Bond an,
Owens, Lynch and Middlecamp VS.. Greer
and and H9w,and Ha9m,ens Rll and Miller VS. pubos'
bell and Boardman Brown, Brinkerhoff an,
and Pbmsmitn bnpras enafnsv and Woods zs Thssmar
Chentakanada and Kaufman, ROSS ant
Srisssard vs.; Love and partner. Rice ane
Cutisr sr,,nv. VS. Price @ and L. Thrall and POND
Mathay VS.. cooper and Lind.
Women's Singles.
pm;-Felecia Miller VS.. Edith Lower
Margaret Graham VS.. Marion Chester
Meryl Stratman VS.. Anna Mutt: Pes r
Mccoy VS.. Martha Proctor. Mrs Bradley
IScheer VS.. Mrs T. j. Hohenthal
p.m.-Jane Miller VS.. Mrs, Ruth
Johnston, Nancy Miller VS.. Beverly Dank.
ers, Ann Gyay VS. Carrie Root, Rose Moore
vs.. Ann FennesSey, Betty Zimmerman VS.
Borghild Fond
3 p.m.-polly Thompson VS.. Mrs. @. C
Black, IT. Charlotte Decker VS.. Jane Free.
man, Gwen Groves VS.. Naomi Donnelly
| Dorothy Dyer VS.. Madge Lennon, Ciarf
Bias VS.. Elinor Voith