All Ranking Netmen Advance as Star's Meet Gets Under — Steadily City Way «$»--—— ___ Third Round Is Gained Macfarland Annexes By Three Rackefers Meet by Scoring As 31 Progress In Last Event Field to Narrow to 16 Beats Eliot Two Points; Today; Doubles Play Adams of Runners-up Scheduled to Start Only Double Victor By BILL DISMER. Jr. Relentless pressure, exemplified Landing a tie for third place In by all but one of 31 entrants who the high Jump, final event of the won their first and second round program, Macfarland nosed out matches in straight sets, marked Eliot by a slender 2-point margin the opening of The Star’s fifth for the junior high school track annual City of Washington tennis championship in the annual city- Eliot tournament at Edgemoor Club yes- wide meet yesterday. picked •roa.v as favorites advanced with- up points for second and fourth out a break in their ranks. places but couldn't overtake its old Maurice Cowan, one of the Dis- rival. The final trict's ranking .iunior players, was point standings were the lone victim to extend his con- as follows: Macfarland, 67 9-10; queror to three sets, taking the, Eliot. 659-10; Paul. 50'2; Taft, 43; second off Eddie Becker before Powell, 38'i; Alice Deal. 28; Stuart, bowing, 7—5, 1—6, 6—4. 8; Hine, 6)4; Anacostia, 4; Gor- don, 3. Two seeded stars and one of the Although the meet developed into most dangerous unseeded contest- a private duel between the new ants—C. Alphonso Smith, Frank champion and Eliot at the halfway Shore and Dick Murphy—won two mark, it was crammed with excit- matches to set the by advanc- pace ing events from start to finish. to the third round. a ing Murphy, Lone double winner of the after- exhibiting much of the southpaw, noon was H. Adams of Eliot, who form which enabled him to cap- captured the unlimited 100-yard ture the fanved Longwood Bowl dash and topped off his performance In 1933, stopped Georgetown Uni- with a record-breaking 20-foot leap Meyer Gelfand, 6—2, 6—2, versity's in the broad.jump after turning back George Stoner, Adams’ feat shattered the 10-year- 6—2, 6—1. old record of 19 feet 7 inches. Johnsen Given Battle. Summaries: cham- Smith, the national boys’ K5-Pnund Class. pion 16 years ago, knocked off C. 50-yard dash—Won bv L Dever« (Paul': second. Richetelain (Paul'; third W. R. before elim- Train. 6—0. 6—2, Murphv (Stuart': fourth. F Way (Mac- inating Tom Wadden, Washington farland': fifth. D. Gonella (Stuart). Time. (Ps second^. boys’ champion of 1937. by a 6—0, 22o-yard delay—Won by Macfarland: 6—4 score. Shore, another former second. Paul; third. Tafi fourth. Anacostia*. fifth Powell Time. 20 seconds Junior champion of the District, High jump—Won by Del Bella (Mac- Frank Martin, 6—2. 6—2, farland): second. J Hunton (Taft i: third. whipped J Daniels : third. Hunt (Taft); IN WINNING BATTLES—Frank Snore, eignth-seeded player in The Star's tennis tournament at fourth. Wheatley 'Anacostia). fifth Revins. fending Champion David Johnsen Distance. 14 feet 2 inches. Club and one of three entrants to two came closest to what might be Edgemoor win matches yesterday. Shore whipped Frank lOO-Pound Class. E. Crandall (Pow- Max a Martin, 6—2, in a first-round encounter 00-yard dash—First. termed ‘'pressed.” Bost, 6—2, and then stopped Billy Contreras, ex-playground ell); second J. Roe (Paul* third. L. better-than-average player, sent 6—J. Maciulla (Macfarland' fourth. B. Rud- champion, 6—4, —Star Staff Photos. 'Mac- But pert (Powell): fifth. Econonopoulos him to 6—3. 6—4. Barney farland*. Time. 735 seconds. Welsh, Ray Stocklinski and Ralph .ioo-yard relay—W'on by Taft: second. Eliot; third. Macfarland. fourth. Paul; Adair all came through impres- fifth. Powell. Time ;***.•* seconds. sively, while Yelverton < Bill > Gar- High jump—Won by Salvenelli 'Mac- Central's Fisher Head Is farland*; second Mantzouris (Taftr. third, nett, another unseeded dark horse Steiner, Easley Repeater Crandall iPowell): fourth tie. Gumphrey W'ho several stars’ apple carts AFTER (Powell*, Essex (Eliot). Height. 5 feet 1 upset VICTOR!—Tom Mangan, who won the first two City of Washington tournaments back in inch. in the 1937 tourney, had little more Broad jump—Won by P Man'zouril 1928 and 1929, and the in Star's • probably oldest the current off to a start Diamond Band Taft); second. Cloey (Eliot1; third D than a workout with little, but player competition, got good All-High In Run Trans-City Wallace 'Macfarland fourth Salvenell John 6—1. He plucky Sterling Lee. Garnett al- by defeating Curran, 6—0, meets the defending champion, David Johnsen, in one CMacfarland >; fifth. Upthegrove (Eliot). lowed the tot of the home club of today's feature matches at 11 o'clock. Distance, 10 feet 4 inches. Culled From Seven Tearns 115-Pound Class. exactly one game. Of Colored Y' 70-yard dash—Won by Cross (Hine': second. Martin (Paul*; third. Leonard Bobby Bensinger, Washington’s By ROBERT HENRY. each game. Both boys are clever ■Macfarland*; fourth Madden 'Paul*; oc- fifth. Clark (Pauli. Time not national boys’ indoor champion, an school base- ball hawks and seemed to know given. Naming all-high Richmond Defeats 400-yard relay—Won by Macfarland; casioned some by a bit more about their Boy eyebrow-lifting Blozis Shatters Two Winner Gets ball team this year required a mini- positions second. Taft; third. Paul: fourth. Enot; Playoff fifth. Gordon. Time. 40.4 seconds. Brinkerhoff, jr„ $1,000; than the ot course. Harry mum of rest, excluding, repulsing effort, for in most cases Baltimore's High jump—Won by D Wells tPowell'; an- Cassell; 6—3. 8—6. while Doyle Royal, , the players listed earned the honor Gatton. second. C Weems 'Powell); third. W. licked Brown 'Eliot' fourth. Chipman (Taft'; other promising youngster, to Loser Will a wide Several on the second Hurtt Junior Victor Marks Feature Receive by margin. Central, public players fifth. Blubaugn 'Eliot). 4 feet his i $800 Height, Freddy Haas, several years high champion, naturally leads the team would have made the first 11 inches. Broad jump—Won by Deck (Eliot1: sec- senior. 6—2. 6—1. John Hutch- By the Associated Press. but a race. Rob- Big Ransom, Port Worth, Tex.; Jack' list with five positions, while Eastern, group for exceptionally tough: Running nicely paced and Powell (Mactarland' third, tie be- inson carried Bill Breese tween Bassin (Macfariand) and Hopping equally big N. Y. A. CANTERBURY GOLF CLUB, Ryan, Louisville, Ky.; Sam Parks, runnerup. gets three places. Roose- competition. Martin Green of Tech, ert Easley of the Van Der Vyen C. Meet 'Paul*: tie between *Mac- filth, Otrenbaum to 8—6 in the first set. but faded velt and for instance, was a crack CLEVELAND. June 8.—The and A1 De- Woodrow Wilson, both of shortstop, School, Richmond. Va., covered the farlana* and Dodge (Eliot). Distance. 17 6—1, before the drives golfing jr„ Pittsburgh, Kuske, feet 2 inches. away. power which had poor seasons, complete but had to be placed behind Steiner. Ham Fish's professionals fire for kalb, 111., $30 each. 3'2-mile route in 18 minutes 44 sec- 130-Pound ( las*. of Representative Ace Hurls primarily pres- the first team wdth one Billy Hite, an Eastern boy. was a Georgetown apiece. onds to win the eleventh annual ]«>0-yard dash—Won by Gray (Taft*: in the second. not for in the W. second second. nephew tige. money, National Wehrle, Nilees, 111, the leading The good sacker, but found too Gales (Macfarland*: third. Fear- Star's 1940 team includes Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. trans- son