The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
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TENNIS tourney
READY TO START
Expert Racketcrs From Many
States Will Battle for Hermi-
8s tage Challenge Cup.
ON COUNTRY CLUB COURTS.
Wallace johnson, of Norfolk.
Runner-Up at Newport,
Will Attend.
ON COUNTRY CLUB COURTS.

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Tho splendid clay courts OF the
Country Club OF Virginia will hold the
attention OF tennis enthusiasts dur
inS this week for the ninth annual
Old Dominion Tennis Tournament will
start at $3.50 o'clock Tomorrow after
noon. and continue through each OF
the following days until completed.
The tourney Will be under sanction of
the United States National Lawn Ten
ais Association. and expert players
from the east and tho South, as well
as the best players from Virginia and
Richmond will participate in the
eyents.s
DR.. Nat Thornton. of Atlanta, Ga,
who won the Hermitage Challenge
Cup In the singles last year, will be
here to defend his title to 1t, against
James, OF Pennsylvania: T. p Pell. of
New York. and Richard Hooper. OF Mas
sachusetts, who have each won the cup
once. and against Freq POLAND. of
Richmond. and r. II. Palmer. OF New
Jersey. who have won the cup twice.
Other contestants of note will make
their first try for the cup The cups
for the mems singles are known as
the "Three-Year Trophy Cups" and
become the property OF the players
winning them three times. not nee
essarily In succession
Mrs. Taylor VIII Play.
Mrs. ]. A. Taylor. of Norfolk, va.
who holds the Hermitage Challenge
Cup in women's singles. will also be
here 20 meet all contestants, and this
event Is expected to prove one OF the
most interesting of the week, as the
women enterd for the match are among
the imost expert In Virginia.
The contest for the Hermitage Chale
lenge Cups in mems doubles, will also
prove highly entertaining and excit-
ing, for it will bring together ex-
perts from several States. including
~. D. Bundy. of Norfolk, champion 81
Virginia. q
and &C. Shaper. and have also been
won twice by Wylie c.. Grant and T. r.
Pell, 1909-11, and once by these teams:
II. c. Bridgers, of North Carolina, and
Fred g. Pollard. of Richmond; r. L.
James. of Pennsylvania. and i. H.
Nicely. of Chicago and Forest eAdair,s of
Wallace johnson. of Norfolk, Va,
runner-up at Newport, and who stands
forth as the best tennis player In the
United States. will be in attendance,
and Will add interest and enthusiasm
to the weeks sport.
The play will begin each afternoon at
$3.50 O'Clock, aud John A Coke, Jr..
will act as :cferee. Where deemed
necessary, the tennis committee may
authorize games to be played in the
mornings.
Out-of-Town Entries.
Besides the thirty-hve local entries,
the following out-of-town entries have
been made:
Wallace Johnson. Charles F. McIn-
tosh and n. D. Bundy. OF Norfolk, the
latter champion OF Virginia: A j. Gore.
of Washington. .. c.; B. NJ. Grant and
DR.. Nat Thornton, of Atlanta. Ga;
George linn. of Montpelier" Orange,
Va; X. G.. Afarsteller. of Fort Monroe,
Va: Charles G. Evans. OF Randolph
Macon Institute, Danville Va; Owen
G. Shaner. Frank ]. Hall, John w.
James. Marion Howerson and r. d.
oglesby, Of Lynchburg. Va; r. e..
Bowie; of Wheeling, w. Va; Andrew H,
Allen, OF Heosick Falls. New York; r,
L. L. James, of Saratoga Springs. N. ":
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