New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
.FAVOR|TES WIN A TITLE
Bronx Lawn Tennis Doubles Go
to BaggS and VoSheI|.
TIDE TURNS IN THIRD SET
Grant and Burt Fight Hard IN
Fast Final Rounds at
Bedford Park.

Frederick &. BaGgs and :. Howard
Voshell won the doubles championship IN
The Bronx tournament yesterday on the
courts of the Bedford Park Lawn Tennis
club. The pair, which has held together
for two seasons, displayed the most effec-
tive team work and combination play by
defeating Wylie &. Grant and /" MlllehS
Burt after four hard fought sets. az S.
IS g.. 6i. The margin Of detcat
was q games TO IS. and ii was wider than
had been expected. although Bagss ana
Voshell were the favorites.
Before taking the court for the cham
pionshp contest Bags and Noshell played
the semi-dnal round in which they de-
feated Morris s. Clark and ]. l.. Robert
son. of the Bronxville Athletic Associa-
ton. I'm straight sets by n score Of 6-3'
s.
I'm tho final match Grant worked Wei. ana
his 'cross-court shots often found the open
Ing on Raggs's side Of the court. \oste'
also worked like A whirlwind and his left
handlers. hprd-hit. served to pun out some
OF the close games Things were even
M 10 G-all. although Grant ana hu''
seemed 10 have had the better Of NUMBER
~ tho terrific encounters al close range.
with III. score At games all Basgs and
yoshen cut loose and Won at IS
Rurt took command In the next set ana
10th no and Grant continually forccd INC
battle AZ the net Grant was fairy steady
overhead at this stage despite the all too
evident purpose Of the opposing PAR 10
topplo over his smashing hy giving nm
more than his share " a. Tn" rallies
of this 50, proved szzlers with Grant anu
Burt leading To tho end at ST
The tide turned in tho third set Grant
hexan 10 miss overhead smashes while
Bags and Voshen simply leased him with
all sorts Of alluring chances. on their
side they aimed chiefly 10 play steadily
and take as few chances as possible. The
result was that they won tho set a g.
Then Grant and Burt sunencd again and
ran into the lead ~ Il I'm tho fourth set
That vas the signal for th" champions
,o-hc Who Hcrcoly forced the playing.
coupl-d with tcrrinc smashing and ly run,
r,nG of nyc sames in ,rdcr. they captured
I, has been arranged by \. J. Ostcndorf.
tho referee, that Theodore RooSeN"lt zen
and Joseph &. condor viii meet In the
singles final tomorrow afternoon. Hustaye
+ Touchard viii meet the winner In the
cup match on TUESDAY. The summary
follows.
Tronx Championship mems double second
,orindl Frederick e. BaREs and $. Howard No-
sl,I defeated . g. \. child and 4. g. LORD by
default. .
/ scmi final round Froderics g Basgf and ;.
Unv.ard NosheH def atcd Morris =. 'lark AMI }.
+ Robertson. Ga Gi
Final and championship round Frederick g.
Easgs and :. Howard NOshell defeated w 10
& Grant and j. Milleus Burt N-" -" -
& -,
Consolation singles tsoni final rounl-Ralph
81 Baggs defeated Preston cummings, y :.
; g. norris : clark defeated " j. Ftz7atrick'
= . 6
RAYMOND n. Little and Gustave i.
Touchard. the national champions I'm tho
doubles. are to meet Harold II. lIackott
and Theodore Roosevelt Pcll In a special
match this afternoon on tho courts OF the
Apavamls club at Rye, y. Y. II will he
the first appearance Of the champions
matched against a pair Of high rating this
season Tho contest also marks the be-
ginning of "A long list Of weekend special
tournaments and matches scheduled at the
Enollwood Country club. tho Nassau Coun-
FRY club. the Tuxedo, the Rockaway Hunt
club and elsewhere which will he feature
~ the season on the courts In this section
OF the country