Evening star., 1946-05-31
Welsh, A. Ritzenberg
Rice Are in Semis
In Net Tourney
By Rod 1homas

It's Barney Welsh against Allie
Ritzenberg and Austin Rice against
either Frank Dunham or 1t. X. K
Jones in the other semifinal of mems
singles in The Stars City of Wash
ington tennis tournament on the
public courts at Sixteenth and Ken
nedy streets NV.
Dunham and 1t. Jones clash today
at 4::30 and No. seeded Welsh takes
on Ritzenberg at S. Allie put on a
show all his own yesterday when
the former University of Maryland
ace hung up two upset triumphs.
In the first he bumped off Phil Neff
No. player of Georgetown Uni
versity, Ga, 6-8, 6I1, then elimi-
mated ex-Naval Officer John Curtiss,
now assistant to the director of the
Bureau Of Standards, Ga, 8-6.
Neff was seeded No. and Curtiss
No. Z. In another surprise, No.
seeded Charlotte Decker fell before
1t. Margaret Black, e3, Ga.
To gain the semifinals, Tourna-
ment Chairman Rice defeated N. E
Powell, 60. 60, and Alan McCar.
roll, IS, 6-1. Welsh erased Hy
Ritzenberg, 60, 60, and 1t
Comdr. Charles Jones, 6-, 60.
Today's interest centers in the
Dunham-Lt. Jones battle. Both are
newcomers to Washington tennis
1t. Jones, a naval combat flyer
sports quite a war record, includ-
ing a stretch Of duty in the Aleu-.
tians where the worlds most danger.
GUS flying conditions are common.
1t. Comdr. Jones likewise was dis.
tinguished as an air fighter and h.
and 1t. Jones (no relation are fly.
ing high as doubles team. Look fol
tailspin, however, when they NEE
Barney Welsh and Hugh Lynch to.
day at 6. Results and pairings:
Second round-Welsh defeated Hy Rit
s,!a ThG,!SatCn, ,,s.S Moore. ~ Ss: prsysf Dc
Third% found Tound%.Weish defeated It. comdr
ssntlssi Bs1s sssi.s5ed s Men s ~ Als s Etssn gen
tss deieassa sdfafsS sexeH herS.n e, Msc.TIeI ns
ss1ss'ss 5enes deteassd as!t pfe,ei se 81 se l. x s
and Dunham defeated Dewitt Smith, 7-5
ro pals W:lsh ded:ssss dtd nsS.I Ss;s
s. go. AND Allie Ritzenberr defeated
defeated Paysitt-araay. sWS: SIS. sns
s,s.n Fist sS,a,. ESunamsmith- Herbert detsatse
ae[oSa astes.ea SwahselsT:Lei1htonA. sMi' go
HdEAni berg defeated oeliaHd- -pennison. Geeai s9s
"a; Welsh-Lynch dsieated swanson
tested HesI Lineburr.Ievy. 6ms. e@4: Jones
Jones defeated Potter-Mendle BY default
4; dstsstss { q 1kssssnsy-ssHsh: 1s by dsisuit' A
aosss; Second "a; lound&snit5,rarrtn nd % defeated
Smith Herbert, e-2, 81; MooIe-spotts-
Soos e:..tt'd saa4alpfk kas dete.tst
smith .deieased Moore .deTden. ST
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asisssse Sss ;sf:hsE:! sss rs s' s@s. s~i
Second round-dray .defested gannick
60, 6-1; Macdonald defeated Levy
|6-s. 50; Dyer defeated sransiord
81. 60, and Graham defeated zim-
norman, 6-1, 81.
ouarternnsls--Gray defeated MacDon-
aid, 60; SM3; Moore defeated Dyer
6-4, and Rose defeated Graham, 6-1,
6-1,
Wemen's Doubles.
First round.eRose. .osiin defeated Black
ausrternnslsIdray-Macpon.ld defeated
Gibson defeated Leyy-Puto. e.. 81.
and Moore-Dyer defeated Graham-Visser-
ing. 6-1. g..
PalrinEs for Frid.y-Men's SINGLES.
4:30 p.m.-Lt. K. K. Jones VS.. Durham.
p.m.-Welsh VS.. Allie Ritzenberg.
Mems Doubles.
Smith
$50 pm.-Rice-Nen VS.. Curtiss- -SpriEEs.
6 p.m.-Welsh-Lynch VS.. Jones-Jones.
Women's Doubles
pm-Decker.CsibSOnV VS. Moore. Dyer