Evening star., 1953-07-31
KoVaIeski and MuIIoy
Meet in Mid-AtIantic
Quarter-FinaIs Today
By Cosp0r Nonnes
Star Stoff Correspondent

6tAA 4IAOEbGI, July 81. -
Straight Clark of Pasadena,
Calf, who defeated Mervyn Rose
of Australia yesterday in one Of
the major upsets of the year,
will attempt to add another vic
tim to his string when he meets
Hamilton Richardson of Baton
Rouge, La, today in the Middle
Atlantic Grass Court tennis
championships at the Baltimore
Country Club.
Clark and Richardson, ranked
No. Z nationally, will meet at
pm. today in a quarter-f finals
match.
The Californian, rated No. IL
nationally last year. beat the
left-handed Australian star,
ranked sixth in world listings,
4-6, 6-3, GO. Clark is known
to Washington tennis fans by
virtue Of his victory in 1850 of
the Middle Atlantic Clay Court
championships at Kenwood
Country Club.
Another quarter-finals contest
of great interest will see Fred
KovaleSki of Washington, seeded
No. 8, face Gardrar Mulloy,
Americas No. / ranking player,
at S pm.
Trabert Meets Golden.
The remaining two matches are
Tony Trabert of Cincinnati,
making comeback in tourna-
ment play after serving two years
in the Navy, against Grant Gold
en- of Chicago at 2 pm. and
Noel Brown of Los Angeles VS..
Bernard Bartzen of San Angelo,
Calf, at $3.50 pm.
Golden yesterday beat the
young Japanese Davis Cup play
er, AtSushi Miyagi, rs, 6-3,
and Trabert defeated Dan Sulli-
van of st. Petersburg, Fla, GO,
6-3, to gain their quarterf1nal
berthS.
Clark owed his victory to Su-
perlative volleying and uncanny
steadiness on his ground strokes.
The Californian is noted for a
consistently effective if not dev-
astating delivery, which he uses
to pave the way for advances to
the net. Once at the barrier, he
is one of the hardest men in the
game r '"r tn pass or lob over.
Clark Finds Touch.
Yesterday, after Clark lost the
first set to Rose on an early
break through of service, he
found his touch and made low
and high volleys for crucial
points in the next two sets.
Rose was a little more erratic
on his service and volleying than
usual. but part of this might be
explained by the relentless pres
sure applied by his opponent.
Clark reached his heights in
the third set. He broke through
Roses serve with a down-the-
line passing shot to take the
opening game, held his delivery
after deuce had been called in
twice and then cracked the Aus
tralian again for a 80 lead,
with Rose double-faulting on
game point. From then on the
Californian concentrated on
winning his service, and did so
to run out the set and match,
Ga.
Clark's dramatic victory pro-
jects him into the picture as a
candidate for the Davis Cup
team. Rose undoubtedly will be
one of Australia's singles play
ers, and if our team reaches the
challenge round, the question of
who could beat him might we'll
be a deciding factor in selecting
the American team. On this
basis. the 28-year-old Califor-
nian will merit serious considera-
ton.
Richardson Beats Burrows.
Hal Burrows of Charlottes-
vile, Va. made a valiant at
tempt to create another upset
but he fell short in his match
against Richardson. The inter-
COLLEGIATE champion won a hard
fought contest, rs, IS.
When Burrows got his fiat
first service into court, he had
Richardson on the defensive and
usually won the point. But too
often, at critical times, he missed
the vital opening delivery, and
then Richardson hammered back
the weak second serve and fol-
lowed his return to the net.
The former University of Vir-
ginia star had his best chance
to win the second set when he
led 5-4. But the latter, aided
by a lucky net cord shot at 30
all. pulled out that game. Then
followed titanic battle for Bur-
rows delivery, deuce being called
10 times before Richardson won
it on two errors by his oppo-
nent. He then took his service
for the set and match.
Eddie Jacobs of Baltimore and
Alphonse Smith of Washington
played better tennis against Vic
Seixas and Trabert than the
6-1, 6-f score indicates. The
former team held it's own in
numerous rallies. but the latter
had the high-powered shots to
clinch the important points.
Seixas and Trabert, seeded No.
/ in the doubles, and Mulloy and
Richardson, seeded No. 2, will
see action today in the tandem
event.