Evening star., 1947-05-23
|AnnG Gray, WeIshHeat
Seniors; Youngsters
Look 10 Big Meet

Look 10 Big Meet
A Drawing brood of racket guys
who make sweet music with tennis
strings, begin blasting away tomor-
row in the City of Washington tour
nament,, first major net event Of the
season.
Sponsored by The Star, seniors
will congregate at 10 am. at Six
teenth and Kennedy streets NV.
for the start Of play IN that diyi-
sion, while boys and juniors are to
report for practice at $50 am. at
Columbia Country Club. Pairings
for the latter were to be made inn
mediately after the draw at pm.
today.
A total Of 90 men and SO women,
topped by Champions Barney Welsh
and Ann Gray, are entered, and on
paper 1t shapes up as the toughest
and most colorful of all City OF
Washington tournaments since the
1929 inaugural. Doping the winner
of crooked hound race would be
child's play compared to picking the
ultimate yictors in this affair, al
though on paper Barney Welsh and
Ann Gray must be conceded an even
chance of retaining their crowns.
Noteworthy is the return Of such
formidable pill Founders as DIR.
Dave johnson, Jim Farrih, Don
Leavens, Bill Clifford and the addi-
ton of dark-horse Eddie Miller of
the University of Maryland. At
peak form all of them are danger
GUS and no one knows better than
Welsh that his title defense will be
no cake walk.
Welsh Gets Break in Draw.
But critics who saw Barney In
action against Jean Borotra couple
Of weeks ago argue that he showed
enough against the former French
Davis Cup ace to establish himself
solidly as the pretourney favorite
and q tough man to handle In a
tight spot.
Welsh apparently got the best deal
in the draw, falling into the lower
bracket with the following seeded
players: Leayeris 90, K. 4. Jones
(6l, John Curtiss Gid, Doyle
Royal CID Chuck Jones 13), Miller
Q4 and Buddy Adair ca.
johnson, seeded No. 2, topped the
upper bracket, a sizzling package of
firecracking competition, including
Clifford ~, Allie Ritzenberg 80,
Farrin (9), Frank Dunham Q0),
Jim Thackara (15) and Austin Rice
(16). You can pick q winner with
a hatpin easily as you can figure
the winner in that crowd, but it
all adds up to an excellent finale.
Chet Adair and Betty thinner
man, representing the District of
Columbia Tennis Association, sat
in last night as Tournament Di-
rector Joe Jones, Bill Shreve, Bill
Helfrich and Rod Thomas made
the draw and arranged the first
day schedule. Jones, transplanted
Georgian, competed in the tourna-
ment last year while assisting Aus
tin Rice with its management, but
gave up competition this year to
help make it one of the best tourna-
ments ever held here.
Stars to Start Late.
Ann Gray, who has dominated
the distaff division of the net game
here for the last several years. was
seeded No. /, with Willie Herbert,
No. 3, going into the same upper
bracket. Charlotte Decker, No. 2,
and Alice Macdonald Jones, No. 4,
were placed in the lower bracket,
and all will swing into action to-
morrow.
Chairman Hickey Willis today an
nounced that arrangements had
been made to postpone opening
round matches for Gil Bogley and
Jack Yates of Landon School. If
necessary, to permit them to enter
the Junior tournament. Landon is
at Deerfield Academy this week
end for a match and 1t is possible
that the squad will not be back in
time for tomorrow's inaugural. But
with so many youngsters clamoring
for shot at Bogley, particularly
Gerry Thomas who gave him good
battle in the final, Willis group
agreed it would be more satisfactory
to all to permit them to make
tardy debut.
Ed Wesley, Georgetown Prep's
No. l player, and Ted Rogers, who
won, the boys crown in the recent
Friends School tournament, are
among the better-known younger
players entered in the City of Wash
ington. Willis said today he thinks
the tournament represents the best
junior field ever grouped in local
tournament.
Doubles Begin Monday.
Doubles will begin Monday at Co.
lumbia in both boys and Junior
ranks. Tomorrow's pairings:
Men.
10 am, Gerson Fuss VS.. Charles s.
Grant; Col. c. J. Long VS.. Ashbel Green
West vs.. Leonard sarner: Otto Fried
lander VS.. George Weare; John Andary
VS.. Mack Taylor: William Dugan VS.. Daniel
P. Murphy: Al Wheeler VS.. Tom Creamy:
Glenn E. West VS.. Emanuel Lawrence.
IL an, Bill Helfrich VS.. Woody Nor
gan, Harry Kearney VS.. 1t. r. S. Boyer;
Chester Abenschiend VS.. Joseph Dougherty;
Elijah Perlman vs.: Emmett Sheehan;
Davis vs.. Leon Forman: Shepherd VOL
man vs.. G. 8. Armstrong; Ben Theeman
Il noon. David johnson vs.. Eugene
Yeomans. Frank Durham VS.. Risoue Gibbs:
Seth Booth VS.. Capt. Oliver Shaw; j. B.
Gay VS.. Alan McCarroll Don Leayens vs.
0. L. From: Harry Schwartz VS.. Mai. L.
H. Joran; Buddy Adair VS.. Kahl Spriggs.
pm, Phil Men VS., Ed Richardson;
Austin Rice vs.. J: Russell: Jim Miller vs.
Gene Fry: K. K. Jones VS.. Bill Pavitt, Ray
Sherry VS.. Robert 6. Williamson: John
Curtiss VS.. Donald Nelson: A. W. Sher-
wood VS.. John P. Shipman.
.9Sis MULTI ns Y eares opssna s,s9a
Ba rney welsh VS.. 1t. G. b. Robinson: =
3 pm. Allie Ritzenbers VS.. Robert T.
Moran: Paul Penney VS.. Col. F. Z. New
conner: Robert Hacken VS.. Charles Gordon
PM, Eddie Miller VS. John J. Nc
Carthy; Bernie Dennison VS.. George War
pm, Bob Burgess vs.. Bill Maxim
match: Roger Spencer VS.. W c. Brister,
pm, Gene Herman vs.. Hilliard Brick
man.
10 am, Eleanor Shaw VS.. Ellen Oberti
II an, Joan cratE VS.. Dorothy Joiner.
12, Alice Burkowsky VS.. Mary Eeichers
l Pm, Ann Gray VS.. Ellen SArner;