| Show Tennis Tourney At Al S. S L. L Club Down to 10 Aces Parker Schroeder Grudge Battle Baffle af tie Looms for Finale Mary Alary Prentiss of San Bernardino Bernardino Bernar Bernar- dino CaL upset Barbara Krase Kruse the defending champion in the feature match of the women's singles competition In the national national national na na- na- na clay day courts championships at Forest Dale Dole Saturday afternoon after after- noon Miss 1 Prentiss won 6 3 6 7 By BILL COLTRIN That long-awaited long grudge battie battie battle bat bat- tie tle of at the tho tennis courts between Frankie Parker Parke time one-time boy wonder of the nets and Ted Tet Schroeder hero of at the last lost Davis cup matches was only one step away from tram realization Saturday as the semifinals of at the national cl clay y courts tournament were reached at the Forest Dale Dole courts court in Salt Lake City Parker Porker had to beat Seymour Greenberg of Los Angeles and Schroeder had Ed Moylan of ot San Francisco to get past in semifinals Saturday to give Salt Lake tennis fans a a. great final on Sunday From the way Parker Porker and Schroeder are playing right now Greenberg and Moylan can expect nothing but a lacing Incidentally that semifinal setup setup set set- up shows how tennis runs true to form fonn and how futile it is for an ordinary player to try to spring spring- an upset Top Four Players For this tournament Parker was seeded No 1 because he is defending champion Schroeder was seeded No 2 Moylan No 3 and Greenberg No 4 They came down to the wire in this order all the players left out of the or orso orso so who started firing firing- a a. week ago All An quarterfinal matches were d decided in straight sets Parker playing with all the deliberation of a chess champion made young Richard Pancho Poncho Gonzales the Los Angeles Angeles' blaster himself Pancha for the r b ivan was out ut of ft MS claSs Is' class Friday as Frankle Frankie did e everything er right while Pancho was evening up rip his terr terrific ic aces with double faults and rather sad shots into the bottom of t f the net Steady Game Gome I Gonzales tried to force his hand obviously figuring there was no nD percentage in trying to one of the steadiest players in the I game gome So he raced rated up to the neton neton net net- on practically every point only tf to have hove Parker pass him by a milor mile mil or drive one practically down his throat Since Parker was playing back court and depending mostly on Pancho's Ponchos erro errors he didn't have to torun torun torun run much and so he was fresh as asa asa asa a daisy when the match ended while Gonzales had hod about run himself himself himself him him- self out of gas Parker won 6 4 6 3 6 Schroeder beat his doubles partner partner partner part part- ner Jack Jock Tuero of ot Tulane 6 4 6 1 7 5 putting over the clinching two games fames in the final set set- Just when the fans were cheering Tuero on in hopes of seeing at least one set Bet taken from Schroeder Forehand Drive Unlike Parker Schroeder pulled off oft about every shot possible In fact his volleying volleying- game was the best ever seen In t these ese parts while his lis booming forehand drives were tUcking nicking up the white dust on the lines all afternoon Tuero played a good game It was a game which looked almost as if it had been designed to make Ted look good But on the payoff rallies too many times Tuero was missing those lines by inches and md the inches were outside While these two matches were hogging logging t the h a Interest Friday Greenberg was mechanically and deliberately cutting Robin Hippenstiel Hippenstiel Hippenstiel Hippen- Hippen down to size and Moylan was Y sho showing Herbie Flam that a boy cant can't play ploy up to the men even If the boy is a champ 6 Poker Face e Greenberg two times national I clay lay courts champion plays ploys tennis like like- e a good poker player plays cards That Is he has a poker face and he plays the percentages at ataU atall atall all aU times HIppenstiel be best beat t Salt Lake City had hod to offer in the tho tournament tournament tour tour- was defeated 6 4 6 4 6 2 but ut naturally the match lacked the Jie color of at the Parker Porker and Schroeder victories In the other divisions of at the tournament form fonn also was being See Page 8 Column 8 Parker Schroeder Near Clay Court Tennis Finals S S A S. S 5 i j S s S 'S I 45 fr S. S 4 S 'S A. A b J S 'S Sr 1 r S 'S 5 S. S tj S fr r 5 T 0 f i S. S 5 5 1 S 5 5 l PLANS TO UPSET CHAMPION Seymour Gre Greenberg twice national clay courts champion was to play Champion Frankle Frankie Parker In semifinals today at Forest Dale Date Continued from Parti followed like a hound dog clog fc 1 tag ing coon tracks Schroeder and Tuero tea teams team h to down Dick of and Joe Davis of ot Los Loa Angel 64 6 4 and Jim and Jerry Eve Evert Notre Dame combine turned b h Bob Goldfarb and Ed B Br Texas Texa 6 4 6 4 in two qu qi final matches in the doublet Vo Women's ens en's Division Barbara Krase and Shirley I 1 undoubtedly the best women p ti tiers ers era present teamed up in into dog to win two matches first fint j ft Kay Rigby and Marian P of at Salt Lake City CUy 6 0 8 8 0 then from Betty South Orange N. N J. J an and II E Elst of Hollywood 6 0 Q Gertrude Moran of ot Santa Ji lea ica and Mary Prentiss of of Bernardino turned back D Head of ot Alameda Alamed Ca Cal an W Smith of Oakland 6 1 7 7 5 ba la other doubles encounter Matches Saturday were were to start at 1 pm p.m. and continue afternoon Parker was to j Greenberg at pan i Schroder was to to play Moyl 2 pm p.m. in the headlines headliners Sunday afternoon the fbi finals be played in all divisions singles and md doubles and wc singles single and doubles ii be obtained at the courts |
