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Show Netters Sweep Series With West Courtmen Starting the tennis season off with a bang, the South netters won both the "A" and the "B" matches. The "A" game was played last night, while the "B" tilt clicked off Tuesday. Scores for the A duels are: Doubles: 6-3, 8-6. Davidson-Cobb match: 6-3, 6-2. Weidner-Gehrke match: 62, 1-6, 5-7. Playing against stiff wind, both teams made expert showings. Cobb of West was out of condition and Davidson took that match without difficulty. Cobb broke his racquet in the middle of the game, but after borrowing Fred Weid-ner's Weid-ner's he did considerably better. Davidson Excels Davidson was placing the ball all over the court, and Cobb couldn't could-n't see to return them. , In the Gehrke-Weidner matches, first game was practically given to Weidner. Gehrke gained considerable consid-erable confidence after the' first set, and gave Weidner a run for his money. The first and second sets proceeded in a normal manner with Weidner taking the first and Gehrke taking the second. Both players did some spectacular playing, although Gehrke, after getting started, seemed to play a better game than either of his fellow fel-low weserners. Third Set Slow Breaking into the third set, the game proceeded in a slow manner. Weidner began slowing down and Gehrke began playing good tennis. The end seemed very near when Weidner was holding the lead in games, 5-3. However, Gehrke won the next two games and placed the score at 5 all. Throughout the game, Weidner made some smashing kills that bounced clear out of the court. Game Goes Slow During the phase of the battle, Gehrke and Weidner stood for an abnormally long period of time smashing the balls at one another, Gehrke playing the net beautifully. Scores for that match are: 6-2, 1-6, and 5-7 against Weidner. Harvey Schmidt and Jack Richards Rich-ards provided the doubles combination combin-ation for South. The Junior matches carried smoothly, South winning them all. Dick Brower and Joe Bonny played extra well to best their rivals by wide margins. Jimmy Neeley also set down his opponent in a quick manner to polish off junior efforts against West in the initial series. |