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St. Joseph native Mike Gardner lived up to
his lofty advance billing by whipping John Holtz of Overland
Park Friday night in the highlight Open Singes match of the
7th Annual Bob Symon Memorial Handball Tournament.
Gardner, who presently resides in Tucson,
Ariz., took 21-4 and 21-2 victories in opening-night action
of the YMCA tourney. The victory moved him into the Open quarter-finals
where he'll meet Tom Kezlan of Kansas City at 10 this morning.
At the other end of the bracket, Jim Cosentino
of Kansas City downed Omar Atlas of KC, 21-10 and 21-11. In
other open singles matches Friday, Kezlan downed Bob Marshall
of Prairie Village by scores of 21-20 and 21-14. Marshall
is the current Kansas State champion.
Max Gaither of Topeka took the measure of
Joe Sutera (KC), 21-9 and 21-8, while Greg Bayes of St. Louis
downed R. Kelly, 21-11 and 21-8.
Jim Faulk of Dallas prevailed over George
Cahill of Shawnee, Ks. in one of the toughest matches, 21-10,
6-21 and 11-0.
Edwin Stead of St. Louis, seeded fourth in
open singles, took a default when George Riggins of Des Moines
failed to show. Stead will now meet Bill Bauerly of Sioux
City, who beat Michael Kelley of KC, 10-21, 21-7 and 11-3.
In contender's singles, Jim Roth of St. Joe
gave Shawnee's Michael Booth a tough go before falling, 17-21
and 19-21. Art Burnstein of St. Joe was overpowered by third-seeded
Arthur Hemmerlein of Gladstone, 21-1 and 21-7. At 10 this
morning, Phil Lipira of St. Joe will face Roger Gondek of
Bonner Springs, Ks.
Other scores in contender's singles: Jay
Vader (KC, Ks.) over Marke Kohnle (Beatrice, Neb.), 14-21,
21-15 and 11-5; Alonzo Lewis (St. Louis) def. Bob Lowe (KC),
21-11, 3-21 and 11-6; D. Bruce Stahl (Topeka) def. Dan Wetmore
(KC), 21-20 and 21-19; David Stephens (Whiteman AFB) def.
Jim Lewis (KC), 21-18 and 21-10; Tom Bokern (St. Louis) def.
John Pochodylo (Blue Springs), 21-8 and 21-11; John Martin
def. Geoff Dahlman (Topeka), 21-17 and 21-18; Dennis Vokolek
(Lincoln) def. Earl Hansen (Overland Park), 16-21, 21-11 and
11-2; Dennis Egan (KC) def. Walt Frazier (KC), 21-9 and 21-11;
Jim Martin (Prairie Village) def. Robert Waldo (Lees Summit),
21-14 and 21-20; Dave Boone (Overland Park) def. Vincent Nowak
(Overland Park), 21-7 and 21-11.
The tournament resumes this morning at 9
on the four YMCA courts, with quarterfinals in the open singles
division. Contender's singles swing into semifinal play, while
the open singles semis begin in the afternoon.
Play will conclude with four championship
matches on Sunday morning.
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