Evening star., 1947-08-03
Neff and Ritzenberu
Only Ranking Aces
To Lose a Set

Phil Neff and Allie Ritzenburp
were the only seeded players to lose
a set as most of the first round
matches and nearly half Of the Sec
ono were completed in the Middle
Atlantic tennis tournament yester-
day at Columbia Country Club.
Neff, ranked seventh, was ex-
tended to three sets and had to
scrap all the way to defeat Fred
McNair, 2-6, SO, Ga. Ritzenbere.
ranked sixth. won Ga. SO, 60, over
w. MacMartin. jr.
Second seeded Barney Welsh, a
former titlist, was the only player
to win two matches, with the rest
OF those who advanced to the third
round scoring victory and drawing
bye. Welsh lost only four games,
two each against w. Fallon and
D. Nelson.
District Cha mpion Jim Thack-
ara, top-seeded, won 6-1, 60 over
w. Malkin in a warmup. Several
Of the seeded players were not
scheduled, including Don Leavens,
who probably will win by default
over the Junior star, Gil Bogley.
The latter was in Kalamazoo, Mich,
Yesterday where he competed in
the junior nationals.
Second and third round matches
In the mems singles and first round
matches in mems doubles are sched-
uled today while the women's
events start tomorrow.
Upper Bracket.
First FIRST 'srS"i found-r. Moore defeated =.
sniiipan.. aafGa; eG % a.: d4 EratD defeated D.
j. Thaekara defeated W. Maxim, al,
So Kesrnsy defeated ',,.a H. si.athaS Hathaway
ssfsaflt aeNsr 50, 50 60 e Fen r1o ae'fnsse mstchss
to be played today.
HalIer' rpFf' s 90 ana Middiefsme Sssae ds:
feated c. Gordon, 90: 81; ?; Smith
senness ey s EeTs powers es,edfe aefeated
G. Meinineer. 3-e. 81. So; j. Tewes
assnssrs atssfs q d.fssssa sassi's W. s a.
e4, 3-6. So. C. Hackney won by
s.at. a,taat d.,s.sd Rsssns Eon sBseSsa Ps default
lnTedCRHl Q6Iedteu oI6cHhus -
60; 3. Theeman. defeated j. Darling
S.l; SO; gccaTroll dsfeatsd ,.se, N u
Be- bs'rSs; playea ete today - infee "a''"s' ~
Lower Bracket.
First I fenndMB Welsh defeated W. Pal
lon, al, 6-l: D. Nelson defeated B
KessR2 < Gbbs "a K ssTsss GSEsn dsfsstsd
w Woernle. Ga. 6-3: E. Beasley de-
tested p Yeemsns e9a e-s; N Fox Fox
Sefssted, / FerpaP, 40; So. -:
e2ssl eRsnnns dsfess defsaea cEHs0e F. Dreamy s se
s-i; E. Galbresth defeated A. Myrup,
SO, 6e-1 B. Davis s.s Defeated es I Rev; Hrat7
Miller, 1-6 81, 6I1. Three matches
Second round-welsh defeated Nelson,
Second section:
Second round an drew g, first round byes,
l. sarner defeated ]. L. Thomas, .s-4
Ga: B, Adair won BY default: D. Leighton
e,,sas,e ssteated ?: Reilly, 6rs, e a-7 W
6-4; A. Keiles won by default: E. Miller
defeated l.; IL MULTI, l e. 60, One match
Tcdays single pairings:
10 o'elock-smith VS.. Pavtt sprigss
III O'clock LThackaEa VS.. Kesrnsy;
Amsden VS.. Bower. johnson VS.. Long,
Yates VS.. Hamilton, Frank VS.. Middle
camp, Powers vs. Tewss Ritz VS., Hackney,
Bucknell VS.. Threadgill.
12 oclock-C6ndens VS.. Amsden Boyer
winner. Cantwen VS.. Wesley. Charming vs..
Calhreath, Davis VS. Mccarthy, Moor
head vs. Theeman, Curtiss VS.. sarner,
Adsir VS.. Leighton. Keiles vs.. Miller.
2 clockWGifford VS.. Napolitan. West
vs. Woernle.
3 o'clock-smith vs. Lewis.
oclock-Powen VS.. West-Woernle
winner. Wheeler VS. Sloat
o'clock-McCarroll VS.. Wheeler-SloatI
winner.
Todav's doubles pairinss:
o'clock-Thomas and Herman VS..
Moore and Williamson, Powell and Ritzen-
berg ys. Fry and Avon. Curtis and clifford
vs.. Fontani and O'Neill. Claiming and
Moorhead vs.. Sheehan and Sweitzer,
Keiles and Fox VS.. Haller and Lewis. j.
and H. BuckneH VS.. J. Thomas and
Darling.
) oclock-Farrin and Smith VS.. Rich
srdson and Cowan, Ryan and Cora VS.
Hohenstein and Beard, Frank and Mertz
vs.. Powers and Hellfrick, Threadgill and
spriggs VS. Herbert and ]. Smith, Nef and
Thackara VS.. B. Reilly and Hratz, Long
and Sloat VS.. Nelson and Kientz.
Leavens and johnson VS.. bye, Welsh
and Mitchell VS.. bye. McCarroll and