Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-29
Fred McNair
Seeded No. |
In C|ayCourfs

The NO. ! seeding OF both
Fred McNair and Belmar Gun
derson in the Middle Atlantic
clay court tennis championships
appeared somewhat shaky on
the eve of the opening singles
matches at Edgemoor Club in
Bethesda.
The tournament, most impor-
tant Of the year for sectional
players here, is set to get under
way at 8 am. tomorrow. Eighty
matches are scheduled before
dark.
McNair was ranked second by
the Middle Atlantic and Dis
trict of Columbia groups after
last season of his showing in
this tourney in 1855, when he
was a f1nalist against Tim
Coss. CosS now is in the Army
and McNair naturally moves up
| But in the two important Sec
Itional tournaments so far this
year, McNair has failed to win.
Don Dell beat McNair in the
Columbia 1nvitational and Bill
Demas turned the trick in the
tsemiflnalS of the D. c. Commits
sioners tournament, on the way
ito the title. Dell gets second
seeding and Demas third tomor-
row.
Steve Potts is seeded fourth
Don Floyd fifth. Bobby Green
sixth, Phil Nef seventh anC
Doyle Royal eighth.
The women's singles also lack
la defending champion. judy
lDevlin defeated Ann Gray fol
this championship a year ago but
us not playing this time. Mrs
Gray does not move into the No
u spot because Miss Gundersor
Iastounded the tennis world last
year by upsetting the Wimbledon
champion, Louise Brough, in the
Nationals at Forest Hills. Miss
Gunderson was beaten early ir
the 1855 Middle Atlantic by
Nancy CorSe. however.
Tomorrow'S pairings:
a,m.-David Hearne VS.. Jack Yates
Eichard Palmer VS.. Henry Foss, Rober
Johnson, VS.. Elton King, Paul Jones VS.
". Il, Izlar. Craig Colgate VS.. Don Burns
Don Schweitzer VS.. Lou Miller, Charlie,
GORDON VS.. Pierce Gardner
10 a.m.-Wenden Childs VS.. Franz
onsd chs 04 os vs. jack Ss s 9Sr ouy psry
Handy vs.. Barney Welsh, Fred Reed VS.
FRANK Menard. Hank Todd VS.. Bob Mar
zke. Bobby Green vs.. Frank Mehner
Keiies VS.: Bob schwartzman. Jim Farrei
Ivs; DICK White, Bill Thaler vs. John Ben.
II. a.m.--Gustave Johansen VS.. Jack
Stanley, Ed GaIbreath VS.. Paul Alexarider
FRED McNair, VS.. Larry Sherry, Paul Gil
bert vs.. Ernie Ingram, John Harris VS.
pacI Morong, Phil Bennett, VS.. Jack Ran
3 Ventura VS.. Bill Grady, Tom West VS.
Kit Huettig, Ted Thomas VS.. Larry
MI Al Olga Mahoney VS.. Marian
| IL noon--Zdenks Dalecka VS.. Josn
Rooinson, Helen Espey VS.. Dore Thomas,
Jane Meleney VS.. Katherine Holtz. CLARK
Jnage vs.. Fred Cone. Al Talkin VS.. Larry
| s.,
Edgar Lee VS.. Bob. Castle Steve Potts vs.
Cnarles ,Taber. Ward Stewart VS.. Art
lSchoen. Wesley johnson VS.. Kahl SprieQs,
p.m.-Bin Wickersham VS.. Dana
squire, Ann Gray VS.. McGregor Stewart
elizabeth Rutz VS.. Nancy Gates, Sue
Devlin VS.. Virginia Betz, John Kopf vs..
Bud Miller. Left Beck VS.. Paul Mcbride,
EoneTt Schmitz Us. .Orme Wilson, Carol
Gentley vs.. Annie Lomax, Donna FLOYD
ys. Sarah Moore. Ted Rogers VS.. Rodney
p.m.-Doyle Royal VS.. Mike Gill
Donald Floyd VS.. Bill OBrien. Frances
Men VS.. Frances Topping, Nancy corse
vs.. Dot Buttrey. Charlotte Decker VS..
Dorothy Kott. Margaret Tillson VS..
FRANCES Frank Donald Dell VS.. Hal
aker
3 p.m.-winner Hearne and Yates VS..
winner Palmer and Foss, winner Jones
and Izlar vs.. winner Colgate and Burns,
Childs and Murphy, winner Handy and
Loretta Lowe vs.. Carla Daniels. Pearl
MCCOY VS.. Bettye Meehan. Joel Minded
Sloat '0N
4 p.m.-Lindy Kehoe Va. Ronald
Rosden. winner Green and Mehner VS..
Milliam and Boes, winner Kettles and
Wilson, winner Farrell and White VS.
winner Thaler and Bennett winner
Johansen and Stanley VS.. winner Gal.
9 Tonx T ana Alexanders Ned Brown vs.
Beasley
5 p.m.--John Lands VS.. Clyde Free
man man austin Rice vs.; Frank Durham
ard vs. Mort stiinier winner ' Hertei END
and Ferris vs.. winner Lee and Castle.
- p.n1.-Winner Potts and Taber VS.
winner Stewart and Schoen, WHINE
Thomas and Middlekamp VS.. WHINE