Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-25
HippenstieI, Oliver
Look 10 Leech Cup
After Net Cleanup
By Cospor Names

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square today with Lieut.. Charles
Oliver in an Air Force tennis
rivalry following his triumph in
the mems singles final Of the
Middle Atlantic championships at
Kenwood Country Club. Lieut..
Oliver, who defeated Capt. Hip
penstiel for the Air Force crown
q week prior. fell yesterday before
his service rival, Ga, 6-4. 81.
Then the pair took off with the
doubles diadem by overcoming re-
doubtable DR.. Dave johnson and
Alphcnse Smith, Ga, 6-1, Ga
Their tennis union will tighten to
Damon and Pythias status next
Friday when they fire away with
the Air Force team against the
Nays in the annual Leech Cup
matches at Army Navy Club.
Mrs. Magda Rurac. national clay
court champion. added the Middle
Atlantic crown to her collection by
scoring over Mrs. Ann Gray
perennial Washington titleholder
6-3, 6-3. She then paired with
Frances Barry to take the doubles
event by defeating the Baltimore
combination of Marion Ausness
and Dorothy Estes, 3-6, 60
60.
Play Topfiight Tennis.
For two sets theAgallery of nearly
1000 saw Hippenstiel and Oliver
play tennis worthy OF Forest
Hills Stadium match. Both men
exploited every possibility Of both
forecourt and backcourt play. and
each varied his shots to keep the
other guessing.
At 4-all in the first set Hippen-
stiel broke through divers serve
by virtue of several Oliver errors.
a net-cord shot that dribbled over
the barrier and singing over
head placement. Serving his high
kicking twist and seeking the net
at the earliest opportunity, Hip
penstiel took the next game for
set with the loss Of only one point.
In the second set Oliver gained
40 lead by taking his opponents
serve. but he dropped his after
deuce had been called and the
advantage has lost. Each man
won his delivery until 4-all was
reached. Here the reak-through
was gained by the Washington
player when Oliver made four
errors. Hippenstiel surprised the
gallery by fighting his opponent
on even terms from the back
court, where Oliver was consid-
cred stronger. The District star
then forced four errors by virtue
of rs vigorous service to win the
game for the second set.
Oliver Loses Control.
divers, control went way of
in the final set, errors flowing in
steady succession from his usually
consistent drives. Hippenstiel kept
the pressure on and swept through
six straight games after Oliver
had won his opening serve.
Mrs. Gray played very we'll in
winning six games against an OPP
ponent who will prove tough for
any but the very top women
racketeers Of the country. The
Washington players backhand
and occasional sorties to the net
forced Mrs. Rurac to keep her
smooth game going at top speed.
The visitor drew gasps of ad-
miration from the crowd with her
hard-hit, undercut backhand and
her smooth drop volleys at the
barrier. Her performance was a
polished one, presaging trouble
for some of the present top
ranking stars in the important
srasscourt events.
Both doubles contests went as
expected. Hippenstiel and Oliver
simply proved too strong for john
sen and Smith. though many ex-
citing rallies kept the gallery s
interest to the last. Mrs. Rurac
and Miss Barry, after shaky
start which cost them the first set
in the distaff final, were too SUI
perior all around for their Balti-