Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-15
HoadConvinces
D. c. Fans as
$3.50 Watch
Runs Margin Over
Gonzales to III;
Chicago Next Stop
BY CASPAR NAMES
star stan writer

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Lew Hoad and Pancho Con-
zales headed for Chicago today
to continue their battle for the
worlds professional tennis
championship, leaving WASH
ington fans convinced they
were seeing the birth of a new
titleholder in the Australian
strong boy.
Hoad defeated the big Cali
fornian again last night in
straight sets, 81, 60, max
ing it two in a row in their
matches at Uline Arena. The
score in their 100-match tour
now stands at Ill. with Hoad
out in front. An overflow crowd
of $3.50 saw last nights play.
The blond Australian did not
hit the same superlative stride
he displayed Thursday until
the second set. Once he did, he
made a shambles Of the famed
Gonzales service. breaking
through twice to take a quick
40 lead and then holding
onto his own bludgeon delivery
to run out the set at 60.
Australian Takes Over
During this set, oHad stood
slightly inside the baseline to
take Gonzales service as it
came up, and then slammed
the ball back before Pancho
had a chance to swing into
position for the return. Lewis
dipping passing shots. both on
the backhand and forehand,
skinned past Gonzales with
lightning speed and landed
almost on the sidelines.
But it was in the battle of
serves that Hoad showed ire
mendous power. In the hard
fought first set, the Australian
matched the famed delivery of
his opponent game for game to
the very end. His breakthrough
of Gonzales came on two volley
errors by Pancho, a sizzling
passing shot and a well-placed
lob that brought an error.
The final game of the first
set produced the best tennis of
the evening. with both men
fighting grimly for each point.
They reached 30-all in rallies
that had them scrambling to
every part of the court. An
error by Gonzales then brought
up match point. This. unfor-
tunately, proved anticlimactic
for Hoad'S service hit a bad
spot in the canvas and bounced
high over Pancho's head with
out his having a chance to
reach it.
Four Aces For Lew
Hoad scored four aces in the
two sets and Gonzales one. The
strength of the Australians de-
livery can be indicated by not
ing that he lost only one serve
in the four singles sets he
played here against Gonzales, a
kind of record for this league
play.
Still another record, for ten
mis- attendance at Uline Arena,
was set by the throng of $3.50
persons present. The seating
capacity for tennis at the arena
is slightly over $500. Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dull
les was among those present.
Tony Trabert, former Ameri-
can and Wimbledon champion,
defeated Pancho Segura, color
full Ecuadorian. in a one-set
preliminary contest, S-5. In
the matches, the winner is the
first to win eight games with
a lead Of two.
Trabert played with power
and confidence, hitting his
service with tremendous speed
and following it up with
strong ground strokes. The
contrast in play between Tony
and Segura and the feature
match was marked. Whereas
the latter was characterized by
net rushing, in this contest
long rallies generally preceded
the advance to the net.
Segura Takes Lead
Segura took an early lead
of Az, breaking through with
a perfect forehand passing
drive down the sideline. But
from then on Tony took COM
mand to win five straight for
a IA lead. Segura, using his
two-handed drives to advan-
tage, won his service.
He Mad a good chance to
take Trabert's delivery by 60
ing to l5-40 on a double fault
and a volley error. But Tony
was determined to close out the
contest and brought the game
to deuce with a superb FORE
hand crosscourt volley and a
forced errer. Deuce was called
three more times before Tony.
with a volley placement and
a drive hit so hard Segura
drove the return into the net,
brought the set to an end,
as. Trabert now leads Sc
gura in their rivalry. 3d..
Gonzales and Trabert de-
feated Hoad and Seolira IN q