Evening star., 1953-08-23
Seixas and Trabert
Lose in SemifinaIs
To Rose and HartWiq
BY the Associcfed Press

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Rising to impressive heights,
Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig
frightened Australia'S recently
tarnished tennis prestige by de-
feating Americas best, Vic
Seixas and Tony Trabert. 46,
Ga, 6-1, 8-6, in a mems ma
tional doubles Semifinals match
today at Longwood.
The AuSsie cond-Stringers,
rated below 18-year-old Lewis
Hoad and Ken RoSewall, needed
only one and a half hours to
avenge the five-set setback SUI
fered by the Australian stars at
the Newport Casino last week.
Rose, who shared the national
titles with Seixas here last year,
and Hartwig gained their decisive
victory by blasting Trabert's
supposedly invincible service.
Americans Suffer LetdOwR.
The American aces started OF
In brilliant fashion and then Suf-
fered a severe letdown, the Aus
tralianS winning seven straight
games while wrapping up the Sec
ond and third sets. Then they
moved into the title round by
breaking through Trabert, for
the fourth time, in the 18th game
of the finale.
A domestic team has not won
the national team title outright
since Gardner Mulloy and Bill
Talbert prevailed here in 1948.
Now those oldsters-Mulloy. al
most 80, and Talbert, crowding
35-are f1nalists again.
Passed over as United States
Davis Cup possibilities, Mulloy
and Talbert amazed an overflow
crowd of 5000 by displaying all
of their old time court wiles to
defeat Straight Clark of Pas
adena, Calf, and Hal Burrows
of Charlottesville, Va, 4-6, 6-3,
Boosted u. S. Morale.
6-2, GA, in the other semifinal.
Clark and Burrows had boosted
American morale for next De-
cember's challenge round by up
setting Hoad and Roosevelt in
the quarter-flnals.
AS was expected, Louise Brough
of Beverly Hills. Calf, and Mrs.
Margaret Osborne dupont of
Wilmington, Del, who won nine
consecutive Women's doubles
championships before quitting
major competition two years ago,
became f1nalists for the 10th
time since 1912.
They needed only a half-hour
to humble the British Wightman
Cup players, Helen Fletcher and
Mrs. Jean Quertier Rinkel, 6-2,
6-1, in their semifinals.
Final matches were played in
three of the Journeys four minor
divisions.
Roger and Hamilton Richard
son of Baton Rouge, La, became
the father-son titlists by defeat
ing Capt. James M. Farrin.
U. S. N, and James S. Farrin
Of nearby Newton, 6-1, 8-6.
Top mems senior doubles hon.
ors went to San FranciSco's
Edward Chandler and Gerald
Stratford with a GO, 81 vic
tory over Sidney Adelstein of
New York and DR.. v. Lemain
Heuser of Elizabeth, N. J.
Wins WOmen's Crown.
Mrs. Marjorie Gladman Buck
of Manchester, Mass, became the
Women's senior singles champion
for the fifth straight year by
coming from behind against Mrs.
Harry Hopman, wife of Aus
tralia's non-playing Davis Cup
captain, 4-6, 60, 6-2.
Then they combined forces to
defeat Mrs. Ellwood Beatty of
Cynwyd, Pa, and Mrs. John
Prfzer of Philadelphia, Go,
6-2, in a senior doubles semi
final. In the other such match,
Virginia Ellis of Brookline and
Freda Scharman of Brooklyn,
N. Y, vanquished Mrs. j. B.
Pierce of Dedham, Mass, and
Mrs. Dan Goldman of Green
Wich, Conn, 6-3, 60.
Midway through the days pro-
gram, Mrs. John B. Moore of
Cleveland was presented with
the 1853 Service Bowl. awarded
annually for "the most notable
contribution to the sportsman
ship, fellowship and service of
tennis" She was hailed for eff
forts as head of the National
Junior Wightmar1 Cup Com
mittee.
All of the remaining final
matches will be played tomorrow.