Evening star., 1961-05-02
TENNIS
TALK
TIM COSS
By TIM cosS

The last week end marked
the opening of the tennis tourn.
ament season in the Washing
ton area. Eager youngsters be-
gan matching their SkillS ir
the Sidwell Friends Invitation
event. while equally eager
adults traded shots in the Ar
lington County tournament.
Play at Sidwell Friends i;
progressing in two divisions
There is one group for boys IL
and under and another fol
those in high school more thar
Is years of age. Twenty-one
public and private schools from
the metropolitan area are rep
presented at Friends this year.
Bobby Goeltz of Leland Junior
High and Dickie Dell Of Landor
are the two top seeded players
In the 15-and-under Tourna-
ment. They met in the finals
last spring. Since both have
another year after this in boys
competition, there is a gooC
chance that they will play fol
the title three consecutive years
Bobby and Dickie are mem
bers of we'll known tennis fam
lilies. Bobby's father. Frank
Buddy. is in his 23d year as
professional at Columbia Coun-
try Club. Two other Goeltzs
Cynthia and Buddy, jr.. also
are prominent in Washington
tennis circles.
Dickie Dell is the younger
brother of Donald, ranked No
8 in the United States.
Although a Goeltz-Dell final!
in the 15-and-under group ap'
pears likely, it is far from GER.
tain. There are several othel
Of the younger boys that can
be overlooked.
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Ron Goldman, a Sidwell
Friends entry, is top seeded
in the Interscholastic Divi-
sion. He had a close call in
an early round match. Ray
Gates, a smooth swinging
youngster from Yorktown
High School in Arlington,
carried him to three sets.
Ron'S main opposition in
the remaining part Of the
tournament should come
from Glen Gould, Jed Court
ney and Larry Friedman:
The championship round in
both the Boys and Inter-
scholastic divisions will take
place Thursday afternoon,
barring rain. The two Inter-
scholastic finalists will
qualify for the National High
School championships in
Charlottesville in June.
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The Arlington County tourn
ament is being held on the fou
newly reSurfaced courts of Bar
croft Park. Five events are un
der way: Mems singles an
doubles, women's singles an
doubles and mixed double!
Finals in all divisions are Sc
for next Sunday.
Don Floyd, although nov
eligible to play in the senio
ranks, still reliShes taking O
younger competition. Seede
No. l at Arlington, Don ha
shown no signs of slowin
down. He outlasted Ala
Citrenbaum, a recent grad
uate of Maryland Universit!
in a long three-set encounte
Sunday.
Don will have his work Gu
out for him in order to win tn
tournament, however. Phil Nef
Buddy Goeltz. jr.. Dick Razett
Ron Goldman and Herb Rar
paport are all capable of SUI
prising.
The biggest upset to tax
place at Park Barefoot thu
far occurred in mems double
Buddy Adair and Dave Levi
ranked No. 2 in the Midd
Atlantic region last year, 10
in the second round. They fe
victims to Dick RaZetti an
Walter Kit by the unusu
score of 1-6, SO, 6-1.
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Although there were only
13 entries in women's singles
at Park Bancroft, some out
standing players are partici
pating. Olga Mahaney. 1866
Middle Atlantic champion. i
the favorite. Carol South
mayd and Norma Slauer ar,
strong contenders.
Nina Russell, a newcome
to the Washington tenni
scene, could give some of tn
established stars a tougl
time. She hits a lot of place
ments off her forehand an,
volley.
Herbert LeGrande, tenn
coach at Friends, must be CO
vinced by now that there's
rest for the weary. Before t
dust can settle from the t
tournaments now being held
his courts, girls intersct
lastic event will get start,
LeGrande has organized t
boys and girls interschola1s
tournaments for many yet
and has done q topflight job.