New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
Earns Right TO Challenge
Touchard for a Lawn
Tennis Title,
MRS. RAYMOND is
CROWNED CHAMPION
Fully 800 Persons See brl'liSn'
Contests on the Courts OF
Orange Club.

FeIl, NOlNtA " 80 r
Gun Yesterday in the final round OF
,ho annual Middle States lawn tennis
tournament on the turf courts oil the
orange Lawn Tennis Club at Noun
,,ip station. y. ]. The score was io-S'
as. SIS. GO. 6--l.
Nv virtue Of his victory Behr also
aimed the right to meet Gustaye F.
Toucbard. the champion, in the ehai-
lenee round, which it is planned 70
MA Tomorrow at o'clock p. M
Mrs Louise. Hammond Raymond was
.-o,r,o5 woman champion OF the
,uaHo states after she had defeated
,Tss Edith Roteh, of Boston the
tolaer Of the title, in straight sets az
% IS Before engaging IN the
.h.IIeDce round Mrs Raymond had oe-
1900 Mrs. Marshall Mclean, tor-
osr national champion, in the maj
round at 60, 6-S. = .bo +ourna-
According 20 the plans OF the '9ui t i'
,,.,,,,sittee. the final round IN 'ne
lHSu, Sonblas will be played to,moI
IHe" SEQ n. NJ, with the challehee
~" =, which the winners wli NEE
-- ou.I, and Watson NJ. NasnouIu,
~ r~esent champions, on iUeSU"'
T.,ii,, ffteen hundred persons %HeIe
-.tbere5 about the court Wheh l 20
"a PEI began warming up IoI ne,
Itch women being IN the hlS -. go,
Tbe turf was wet and rather So l',-t Of
r aw
the e.. s.ov.oo1. and for time 1t 1ookeu
~ match would have TO De pos'Il
~ for lowering clouds noNe ItS
49, - Orange hills. soon alVet Iho
owe. -, Of the first set, however Vne
use 'L-ote through and bathed coGLe'
..S,,ors and spectators IN d e0'u0
glow. -.r,.;.a and took the
- with Pell coming BACK anu
..-;,,,;Tc on his own service. i nus w
Wllli..''s s1terrated until the SIXTH "Aei5
Se ~1a,.;no in daring fashion iaCeS
pe .L - ot every exchange ana nlpPeu
70 1.S ny eosbing backhand drives oeS!e
ga - foirIv started. Behr TOOK ms
ne s,,+,s service in this game ah1
~. poll cot to going at hlgh speSu'
ts,-.ooal.i,o through Behr's service IN tue
HS T5e s' advantage swayed, first on one
.hon on the other, but the inter
SSt;onalist finally prevailed ana 'o Ot
tbree games in row ana 'he "i''
a' 49, ~ daring in racing in to the net
Of everv opportunity against PiaS &c
80 pel1s calibre has been lne SCI.
his success thus lar. In thS -,
Uncertain footing the ola lale 10, 10
showed a marvellous IaCul'S - a,,d
inc his feet and covering ms 800 he
The clean-cut manner n WV was a
shattered Pel's hardest drlNeS was
revelation to the gallery. II ,,.;4b
D. tbe end was not yet, and win
a. spn shining brightly Pell Jooh d
IN on himself. so TO speak, ana IoI 1-sI
81 .,P ;e-ue winning the first two ga!uSs
" ~ second set with the loss OF ohly
r.. noints. He, too, began 20 nSsh o.
a. NET and pitted his voleylLB
. wy AGAINST Behr's with great sue
cess. ,:.4.,1,. fouoht for.
nj i..ne5 into a winning strlQe anu
- tLa second set at Sc. lie was
.ei;l;nr, himself at every opporIuhl,y
90 tis yyonderful backhand strokes, aIu
~ v-sv i'm which n passed Benr az ~
net with the ball just nicklng the c Ig..5
lines. caused the gallery 10 aPpi"'U
loudly and often. III. &c r.
Rebr had shot his bolt. lie snoT nov,
sions of fatigue between every s.io ~
and apparently it was only Oy ",
Greatest effort he got about nus c9ui -. :,
Ills power overhead, 100 se eIlo poII
leave him in the lurch, ana alssI -
had taken the third set at % many
Thought Behr's end was near. 18th
Then came the surprise OF 'he ~" ~
WITH Pell beginning the service ~ eno
18th set Behr took on new leaSe
Of life and began meIe0IlT bie
Totbirg Pell could do could keep ms
, -'.,,,o,e1t from the net, and once there
h. was easily master Of the SITUATION.
Into midcourt. back to the base me,
= do,yn the side lines, Behr placed the
hall with remarkable accuracy. ~
v'oe facing a stone wall in Behr, ane
49, bsrdeT he sent the ball sNmmlhg
.,,yer the net. the harder it returned 20
rim from his opponents haShlhg
-scouet Straight through the SET
Rebr marched, losing not game anu
scoring % points to PelIs l. -.
THOSE who figured Pell as the logl-
cal winner nodded their heads know
irglv at this point, and ventured tIt
ouinion that Pell was saving hlilse tt
~ yhirlwind finish. So, IN truth,
~ ,'.os hut Behr supplied the whirl-
,,iod which was destined to sweep
Tcli off his feet in that final struggle
After taking the opening game on
his own service, Pell wilted before
tbe viciousness Of Behr's dashlng at
fack and never gained a game there
fer Desperately as he tried TO pass
Pebr as the latter came leaping TO the
net the former internationalist would
not be denied and simply smothered
everything that came his way, winning
the final set and match al 6-l.
In the forenoon Mrs. Raymond took
On Mrs. Mclean and defeated her with
surprising ease. The first set was a
walkover for Mrs. Raymond, at GO,
with Mrs. Mclean always Outplaced,
outdriven and outspeeded.
In the second set the latter tried
bravely to retrieve her lost ground, but
h was Mrs. Raymonds day, and she
scintillated in every department Of the
game. Did Mrs. Mclean attempt to
gain the net, Mrs. Raymond forced her
into back court by her deadly lobblng.
Occasionally, when her opponent did
reach the net. Mrs. Raymond passed
her with brilliantly placed drives, or
else smashed her way to victory, TAX
ing the last set and match at 6-3.
The match in the challenge round
was very like the final round. Mrs
Raymond quickly gained a command
ing lead over Miss Rotch and never
allowed the champion an opportunity
of striking her true gait.
After winning the opening set at
CO, Mrs. Raymond increased her
speed and shot the ball through the
smallest openings in Miss Rotch's court