European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes u a. earn Wightman cup on 4-3 win Over British netters of i hard Fleitz from press dispatches Sewickley a. The . Won Back the Wightman cup Emble Matic of women s Tennis supremacy Between America and Britain As mrs. Beverly Baker Fleitz Long Beach Calif., applied the clinching win sunday Over 18-year-old giant Christine Truman. Mrs. Fleitz swept by the 6-foot Star of last year s stunning British upset in convincing fashion 6-4, 6-4, after Darlene hard Monte Australia duo advances in . Doubles tourney Brookline mass. A Australia s third p 1 a t o o n of Ken Fletcher and Marty Mulligan crushed their first round opposition sunday at the 79th . National doubles Tennis Champion ships. However a tooth extraction and a default prevented two other seeded men s pairs from making an appearance. Fletcher and Mulligan displayed too much service Power and Volley ing finesse for new England teen agers Harry Hyde and Fred Vanderbilt in a 6-0, 6-1, 6-0 decision. Alex Olmedo and Earl Buchholz,jr., . Davis cup team members and top seeded american entry Here had to postpone their first round meeting with Don Kierbow los Angeles and Venezuela s Lyo Pimental until monday afternoon. Buchholz remained at his hotel after he had a painful impacted tooth pulled. Fifth seeded . Tandem Mike Green Miami Beach fla., and Whitney Reed Alameda Calif., defaulted when Reed phoned tournament officials to say he Complete travel arrangements. As a result the unseeded pair of Harry Hoffman jr., Philadelphia and Edward daily Harrisburg pa., advanced to the second s action had a twofold effect. First it left Green without a Chance to try and Clinch a added berth on the Davis cup squad. Second it virtually assured Wimbledon champions Neale new . Problem Row Over parking san Francisco up Gratkl-.,j,Ury has asked the recreation and Park commission to hold up approval of the contract for the parking Concession at the san Francisco giants new candlestick commission agreed to Post Pone action on the contract for two weeks after it was Learned that one of the concessionaires approved by the parking authority had a police record. The concessionaire in question Walter Barkett is awaiting trial on a charge of taking a $300 bet on giants Chicago cubs baseball game. Fraser and Roy Emerson top seeded foreigners from Australia of reaching the quarterfinals with out working up a sweat barring a tremendous upset. Coasted to Victory Fletcher and Mulligan no. 5 foreign seeds and third aussie pair behind Fraser Emerson and Bob Mark Rod Laver coasted to Victory As their opponents were Able to hold service Only managed the feat in the sixth game of the second set when Mulligan s Baseline Volley attempt sailed out. Three times in the first set an twice in the third Hyde 18-year old Hartford conn., youth and 16-year-old Vanderbilt from South port conn., had the aussies at Deuce but each time the Winner turned on the know How. Fletcher closed out the match by serving an Ace which he drove past Vanderbilt. Women s play was to begin Mon Day at the Longwood Cricket club along with the balance of the men s first round matches. Bello Calif., disposed of Angel Mortimer 6-3, 6-8, 6-4. The . Girls went nto the second Day s act lbs of the Edge Worth club courts with a 2-1 Lead Nee Ding two victories in the final four matches to recapture the cup. Miss hard and mrs. Fleitz applied the clinchers right away. Subsequent losses by Sally Moore Bakersfield Calif., to Ann Haydon and the doubles team of miss Moore and Thanet Hopps Seattle to misses Haydon and Mortimer Reade the final count 4r3. In regaining the cup that Britain won last year for the first time since 1930, the . Court misses Rah their margin Over 4he British to 26-5. Miss hard who lost her opening Day singles match to miss Truman but teamed with Jeanne Arth St. Paul minn., for a doubles Victory engaged in an Exchange of service Breaks with miss Mortimer in the deciding set. Match Point at love the first five games All resulted in service Breaks. But then miss hard began to hit sharply and find the court s Corners. The match followed service until Darlene broke through at love in the 10thgame for Victory. The second set had been interrupted by a violent thunderstorm with the games tied at .5-5, in that set miss hard had won the first five games and the Blond eng Lish girl came Back to take the next five. Mrs. Fleitz achieved her second singles Conquest in disposing of the towering miss Truman who last year led Britain to its Triumph with two singles victories and Ashare in a doubles win. Miss Haydo disposed of Heyoung miss Moore 6-1, 6-1, and teamed with miss Mortimer for a6-2, 6-4 doubles win to make the score closer than it really was. Pickard cops Casino singles by beating Holmberg in 5 sets Newport . A unseeded englishman j. A. Tony Pickard sunday won the Newport Casino invitational Tennis tournament sin Gles defeating third seeded Ron Holmberg Brooklyn 5-7, 6-4, 6-1,0-6, 6-3. Speed afoot and tenacity at the net gave the Casino title to Theno. 5 ranking British player. A member of the British Davis cup team he is making his debut on american courts this summer and will compete in the National Dou Bles with teammate Bobby Wilson plus the National singles. Sunday s outcome was never assured until Midway through the final set. Down 3-2 in games Holm Berg served and lost four straight Points the last on a muffed kill. Ahead 4-2, Pickard pressed the Tulane University senior. Games followed serve until Pickard won the set 6-3, on his own serve. Holmberg scored heavily in the first set by drawing Pickard out 49ers Edge redskins 27-24, on last minute scoring pass san Francisco a y. A. Title s 16-Yard touchdown pass to in Clyde Conner with nine seconds left gave the san Francisco 49erg a come from behind 27-24 Vic to a Over the Washington redskins. Sunday in their opening National league exhibition. Jnie-40ers, handing red Hickey a Triumph in his debut As head coach were Down 24-20, with 59 seconds Ifft but with old y. A., starting is 13th year As a pro doing the pitching and Rookie Paul Lowe the running the 49ers came Back Towin. -lo.we, a 178-Pounder from Ore gon state romped 78 Yards in the second Quarter on his first play As a professional scoring the 49ers second touchdown. In the final drive which went 80 Yards in five plays Lowe s 40-Yard dash was the key run. A crowd of 21,201 watched coach Mike Nixon s redskins fight Back from a 14-3 half time deficit mainly on the throwing of Little Eddie Lebron. Of position and routing him with Cross court strokes. But the Brit on took the next two sets with Forecourt game and a stinging backhand. In the doubles final Gerry a Dantonio Palafox Mexico City Cou sins who were seeded third upset the top seeded pair Wilson and Pickard 6-8, 6-4, 6-4. Aussies beat India 4-1, to Challenge . For Davis cup Brookline mass. A Australia completed the Long Trail into the Davis cup Challenge round sunday As Neale Fraser crushed India s Ramanathan Krish Nan and Rod Laver f a m e Premjit Lall. The Fraser Victory was All the Edge Australia needed outcome in matches was 4-1. Eraser playing at his Peak turned Back Krishnan 6-2. 6-3, 6-4, to Blunt India s Only Hope of sur Vival. Krishnan had stunned Laver on opening Day. Laver won 6verlall, 6-2, 10-8, 6-4. It Marks the 16th straight time that the aussies and the . Will meet for the Davis cup the americans Are defending the prize International Tennis trophy a Forest Hills ., aug. 28-30. Kelly wins Golf title Elmsford by. Up Paul Kelly sleepy hollow Won. The metropolitan Amateur Golf championship by dethroning 1958 titleholder Bob Gardner Essex country club 5 and 4, in the scheduled 36-Hoie finals. Edited by Leo Levine Salzburg Austria is Edgar Barth clinched the 1959 International Hill climb championship Here sunday despite the fact that he drove his porsche ask to a surprisingly Low seventh place in the austrian grand prix Hill climb on the Gaisberg. The event run in a rainstorm was won by a formula Junior car much to the Surprise 6f All concerned. The Victor German Gerhard Mitter driving a Dow in gifted vehicle finished in front of some of Europe s top Hill climb ing specialists mainly because when he happened to make his two runs it was t raining quite so hard. Mitter. Was timed in 5 39.2 5 35.911 15.1 for the two climbs up the 8.6-km. Stretch while the top sports car was a porsche ask driven by Austria s Ernst Vogel 5 51.6-5 37.411 29 0 Germany s Wolfgang von trips the 1958 Champion and Gaisberg record Holder 4 41.9 finished third in the sports car class 6 02.9 5 43.911 46.8 in his first Hill climb this year. Earth s seventh place gave him 25 Points according to the scoring system used to decide the title. Vogel who is in second place has Only 15. Even if Vogel wins the Swiss event at Kloster Davos aug 30, he will Only wind up with 23 Points eight going to the Winner. Barth picked up his pre Vious 24 markers with fastest time of Day victories at it. Ventour France Trento Bondone Italy and Freiburg Germany. Porsche Driver Edgar Barth. Clinches Hill climb championship Rosmilde Denmark up englishman Stirling Moss continued his tour of the racing hinterlands Here sunday driving a 2.5-liter Cooper Monaco sports car to Victory in the International to Skille races. England s David Piper at the wheel of a two liter Lotus was the Surprise second place finisher with australian Jack Brabham winding up third in a two liter Cooper Monaco. Fourth in the two Day event was Britain s Peter Ashdown driving an Lola. Over 40,000 fans were on hand for sunday s final heat. Lisbon up the triangular Duel involving Tony Brooks Jack Brabham and Stirling Moss continues Here. Sunday in the grand Pri of Portugal which will be run on the Scenic Monsanto circuit in the Hills adjoining this nation s Brabham at the wheel of scooper will be striving to protect the slim Lead he has Over Ferrari Driver Brooks in the fight for the world championship. Moss who is out of it As far As this year s title is concerned will be handling an other Cooper in an Effort to make it three straight victories in Portugal 1958first at the Vila real sports car race and the Portu Guese . In Oporto. Fifteen formula i cars Are expected to be on hand with the following Drivers Ferrari England s Brooks Phil Hill Santa Monica Calif., and Dan Gurney Riverside Calif. Cooper Brabham Masten Gregory Kansas City and new Sealander Bruce Mclaren Aston Martin England s Roy Salvador and Carroll Shelby Dallas Brm Joe Bonnier Sweden Harry Schell the american living in Paris and Ron Flockhart Scotland Lotus englishman Innes Ireland and Graham Hill. Moss and France s Maurice Tran Ignant willbe piloting privately entered Coopers. Hamburg Germany special entries for the aug. 23-26 nuer Burgering Drivers school Are still being accepted the organizing Sci Deria Ila seat announced Here monday. The school which will have such internationally known racing figures As Wolfgang von trips Edgar Barth Hans stuck Richard von Frankenberg and others As teachers will have special English and French lecture sessions for persons who do not speak German and All practical instruction will be delivered in English As Well As German. For information Contact the Scuderis Han seat 78, hamburg., 18. Heidelberg Germany is regulations Cor the fifth annual Schwarzwald rally one that looks to be the Best yet were announced Here last week by the organizing Heidelberg sports touring club which has set up an extremely interesting series of special tests on the Solitude circuit near Stuttgart As the highlight of the aug. 29-30 Atma championship event. The v Schwarzwald As it is being called includes a regularity run of 750 Kilometres that is split into three sections five special tests at Solitude Swiss Sia pm Hill climb standing Kilometre acceleration and Brake test and flying Kilometre and a six Lap High Speed regularity run at Solitude. The event will Start in Heidelberg saturday afternoon and will return to the someplace sunday afternoon. Early entry deadline for Atma members is this Friday postmark and All persons considering entering Are asked to Contact rally chairman Gene Kirkland 3c Lexington Phi Heidelberg Kirchheim Telephone Heidelberg civil 73371. Nurnberg Germany special the Fuerth motor sports club has scheduled another of its very successful Petite grands prix for sunday to the 2fl Anna Cav Airstrip near soldiers Field it was announced Here last week. Registration for the event will be from 9 am noon Ana the first car will Start through the course to 83q sin
