Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
City Journey Crowns
For Senior Players
[At Stake Today
By Lewis z. Atehison

By Lewis F. Atehison
Riding out a storm of shots
famed his way by the busy racket
of Gerry Thomas, Gil Bogley came
through like a real champion to
capture the City of Washington
junior crown, 81, GA, ct, in al
scorching finale yesterday at Co.
lumbia Country Club.
And while "Old Sobersides" was
adding to his growing collection of
honors, freckled Ted Rogers was
busy busting off John Zavitz for the
boys title, GO, 6-1, in another hotly
contested wind-up of The Star
sponsored tournament.
Both champs later picked up more
silverplate by sharing in doubles
victories. Bogley teamed with his
Landon School buddy. Jack Yates,
and walloped Ed Wesley and Bill
Stair in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, while
Rogers and Billy Morris finally con-
quered the durable duo of Harrison
Stralay and Tim Coss for the boys
tandem crown, 2-6, 6-3, Ga.
The Bogley-Thomas setto was an
almost amending succession of
broken services with more deuces
than in a wild-card poker game.
Thomas, using a quick lob to ad-
vantage, time and again seemed to
have the champ on the ropes, but
couldn't find the finishing shot to
put him away. Rarely did either
player take two consecutive games
on his own service, although Bogley
did show the necessary stability and
power to hold his own when the
chips were down.
Bogley Given Hot Fight.
The final game of the second set.
a l6-point affair, was deuced four
times before Bogley finally swatted
the decisive shot, good indication
of the tense, close play.
|. Rogers was more fortunate in his
singles appearance and although
zavitz hit some good shots and
made his rival work for every point,
the new boys ruler had enough in
reserve to carry the day.
In the senior division at Sixteenth
and Kennedy streets, meanwhile,
Champion Barney Welsh and DR..
Dave johnson pounded their ways
into the mems singles final in one
of the most exciting and colorful
seminal rounds in Washington
tennis history. King Barney out
1oStad L.hn rtI,rf}ee 10 m
while johnson came from behind
in both sets to nip dark horse Jim
Thackara, 6-4, IS.
The outcome paved the way fol
what has all the earmarks of a
scintillating championship match
with johnson expected to go into
action a slight favorite over the
laundering thin man. The match
is scheduled for 2 pm, following
the Ann Gray-Charlotte Decker
battle for womens' singles honors.
johnson Shows Courage.
johnson showed the large gallery
lured out by Thackara'S excellent
play in earlier rounds that he is
at the top of his game by running
out each set to win with five con-
Secutive games. He was behind
Al, when he began to bear down
and was behind, So, in the second
before he swung into high gear
| 1t was one of the finest exhibitions
tof courage and shot-making wit
messed here in many years.
Welsh gave some fans the impress
sion that he was trying to save
something for today, but others,
pointing to Curtiss' cratic start,
were equally firm in the belief that
Barney had to show his best to win.
Curtiss definitely was not up to the
game he showed in the semifinal
against Buddy Adair. but righted
himself in the second cluster and
had his angular antagonist in trou-
BILE.
Ann Gray's Ga, 81 triumph over
Willie Herbert was sufficient notice
that she has no intention of relin-
gushing her singles crown to Miss
Decker today. The latter, however,
peppered the pill at steady pace
in downing Pearl Mccoy, 90, So,
which was warning that she'll be no
setup. 49,
Welsh, Lynch in Doubles.
Welsh and Lynch trounced Curtiss
and Clifford to gain the doubles f.
nal, 60. 3-6, 60. The latter team
had advanced at the expense of
Herman-Pavitt, rs, Is, 81.
They will meet johnson and Buddy
Adair.
One other title decided yesterday
was women's doubles, claimed by
Ann Gray and Charlotte Decker by
virtue of their As, 81, 81 VIC
tory over Sara Moore and Margaret
Sweeney.
One semifinal mixed doubles
match remained to be played today,
with Herbert and Herbert scheduled
to meet Shaw Clifford this morning
for the right to meet Gray-Neff for
the crown