Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-30
OLD DOMINION TOURNEY
WILL START TOMORROW
No'eo riaFers Are Arriving for
Big Southern Tennis
Fixture
TO PLAY AT COUNTRY CIdR
fourteen Dirt Courts Are in Tipto,
condition - Champions in Roth
men,s and Women's Singles viii
Try for Hermitage Challenge cuns

Players who will particina, T.,
eleventh annual Old Dominic, r,o
o"' nam ent' which begins Tomorrow
oi "'"s on the courts OF the Country
oiuo or Virginia, are ready for tho
opening OF the big Southern hxturo
number Of participants arrived h.-o
Yesterday, and many more are exnected
quay. The list OF out-of-town on
tries is the largest in years. and cav
eral players of national and ,nto
l,A''ohal prominence will participate in
the tourney.
me tournament will open tomorrow
morning. being played on the four
eeen art courts at the club. The rains
-, the past few days have been Of
great benefit in getting the conrts in
shape and they will be in tin ton con
dltion when play stars.
me entry OF Miss Molla Bjurdstedt
the norwegian champion and holder ~
Two American titles. in the Iad,es,
s.ns,es and doubles will give those
events natural interest Niss Rimns
stedt, since her arrival in this covntu,,
nHe months ago. has won the indoor
championship by defeating Miss Marie
wagner. and She is now rated as RI.
nhcst woman player in the game NOT
excepting Miss May Sutton. Miss
6iiZaoeth Moore and Miss FLORENCE
balm, two New York entrants. are
players OF first rank, and will mal.o
MISS BJurdstedt extend herself to win
MISS Mary Boyd. the Virginia State
champion. VIII be strong contender
tor the cup. as will Miss Pauline Pow
cFs ana Miss Margaret Carlton.
PELI. AND bull. WILL
BE PARTNERS IN DOUBLES
the present Old Dominion cham
plon' Theodore Roosevelt Pell, will de-
reno ms title IN the challenge round.
and VIII play in the doubles. Charles
NJ. Bull. Jr.. the Crescent Athletic club
crack. will play in the singles and
doubles. Bull Is rated as one of the
very best OF the Eastern players. and
VIII have Pell as his partner.
Nat thornton. of Atlanta, many times
champion of the South and thrice win
ner Of the Old Dominion championship
IN singles. will try this year to win
Tor the third time the championships
and by SO doing acquire permanent
possession OF the handsome silver Her
mitase challenge cup.
tIea z: Inman. of New York, the
most brilliant left-hander now PLAYING
the game. with the exception OF the
great Australian. Norman Brooks. will
be seen in action for the first time
in Richmond
carlton Y. Smith, of Atlanta, the
southern champion in 1918. Will play
IN both singles and doubles.
Richard Tunstall and Hugh White
head. the Norfolk cracks, will play in
both singles and doubles
Among the local experts connecting
VIII be Erskine Buford, winner in 1914
or the Old Domonion tournament. and
Mckee Dunn. the present champion of
Richmond
John Coke Ir Jo~a, >f,,p
Blair and Francis Johnson will be
among the Richmond representatives.
fosltlve out-of-town entrants are:
andrew II. Allen. Hoosck Falls, ".
y; H. Eugene Heine, Philadelphia; o.
Z. Shaner and y. Oglesby. Lynchburg;
Whitehead, Norfolk: Charles NJ. Bull
New York: Theodore r. PelI New
York; Captain K. C. Marsteller. Fort
Monroe: a. Willis Robertson, Buena
vista; c. NJ. Fisher. Paul Trainer. New
york; Eaton Mansfield. Atlanta c. Y.
smith. Atlanta; Fred C. Inman. New
York; w f. Harrity. Philadelphia:
Mosier. New York; Elmer S. Warning.
Columbia. S. c.; r. r. Baylor, Douglas
Htllyer. Washington; Albert j. Gore,
Washington; Leonard Person. Fred
erick W. Nelson Page. Win
chester; r. A. Owen. Lynchburg: DR..
Atlanta; Reeve Schley, New York;
Mathew Page Andrews. Baltimore:
George linn. Atlanta: Miss Molla
Rjurdstedt. Norway; Miss Elizabeth
Moore. New York; Miss Florence Bal
lin. New York: Miss Carrie B. Neeley,
chicago Miss Dorothy Wake, Nor
FOLK; Mrs. Wellington Hardy, Norfolk:
Miss Francis 2. Walker, RirminC CHAM.
Miss Carolin Sinhler. Mrs Reeves
Schley. New York.
Knyaees Fire Harris.