The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-17
WILL TACKLE
PALMER FOR TROPHY
By Defeating Grant in Finals Of Tennis Tourney
atCountry Club He Earned Right to Battle
for Challenge Cup Play Begins
This Aftern son
This Afternoon.

Theodore Roosevelt Pcll. of New
York. earned the right to challenge
Richard II. Palmer. of Ridsewood. n.
j.. by defeating Wyiie c. Grant. also
of New York. In the final round OF
the seventh annual Old Dominion ten
mis- tournament at the Country Club
yesterday afternoon in Il well-contest-
cd five set match by the score of 4-6.
i-6, so. 6-2, 6-2. The match between
Pell. the challenger. and Palmer. the
holder. will begin al s: 80 o'clock this
afternoon and a large crowd is eN-
pected.
In the doubles Per and Grant de-
feated Charles e. Evans. of Danville.
and II. Fl. Palmer, in straight sets by
the score of Gil, G3. 6-S. In the wo-
mems singles, Miss sophie Meredith
defeated Miss Pauline Power l6. Ga,
81 in the final bracket. thereby gain
ing the title of challenger to Mrs. Sui
Ivan, the holder. In ali probability
this match will not be played until
Monday since both oontendcrs are To-
GALS. In the mixed double Misses RAN
dolph and Oglesby reached the final
round In their victory over Misses
Joynes and Shancr by the score of
GA. 63. The latter will play the
winners of the Misses Meredith and
Page VS.. Mrs. Sullivan and Miss Gore
match. In the consultations a. J. Gore,
of Washington. reached the final
bracket. and Will play the winner OF
y. II. Allen and James Mullen.
Graut Won Two Sets.
Pel and Grant appeared about 3
o'clock and after preliminary prac-
tice occupied their sides. Pell started
serving and won the opener at 80. but
Grant took his service At love, The
odd went to Peil but matters were
soon even at gall. Here Grant broke
lowed suit with his own Scores.
Grant 4; Pell,- 2! Ate was again
reached, when Peil annexed two. At
all and +O-15. Grant volleyed and
smashed effectively and merited the
game. At deuce in the tenth Pell
knocked two points out OF court and
the set was Grants. Score, 81. In
this set. Grant played superbly, get
ting Pell out of position. and return
Ing his strokes crisply and showing
Judgment Score of first set:
Pell ......... 4 o. l 4 53-29-4
Grant .....243644l1o 5-35-6
Pc,l served g fault, Melted two, and
was passed once in the opener Pell
Melted the ball ive times in the next.
although the score went TO deuce be-
fore Grant won Grant took the third
by we'll placed base-line strokes
Grant again won, and led al 40. Pell
rallied. rushed to the net, and won hi.
first game. Grants outs and nets
helped Pell annex two more Score,
TO 8, Grant leading. The following
two were divided, but Grant won the
tenth, and with II his second set. The
score:
Pell .......l 3l2t184 As 3f4 2-29-4
Grant .... . 4 4 Oi1E3 ) / I-3l-6
PclI Took Three StrnIghts.
Before many games in the third set
1t was seen that Pell was striking his
stride. Ills famous back hand was
working and his whole play improv-
ing. Pell began passing his man. and
was helped by errors Of Grant. Pell
won this set at love, doubling Grants
points. Score:
Pell .-.............. 474 A 5--2s-s
Grant ..-..,..... 2 2 o 3-14-0
~ this point hostilities were halted
for seven minutes rest. Although
Pell had taken the third set at love.
Grant had two sets TO HIS one. and The