Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-16
LOCAL RACKETERS
TO PLAY HARVARD
Strong Intercollegiate Tennis
Team Will Be Attraction
Here on Thursday.
FORMER CHAMP Is CAPTAIN
r. Norris Williams Heads Wis
itors-Meet Country Club
of Virginia Cracks.

Under the captaincy OF K. Norris
Williams. H. former national cham
pion. the Harvard Univcrsity tennis
team Will invade Richmond on Thurs
day. meeting strong aggregation OF
racketers from the ranks OF the
Country Club OF Virginia. The match
Will start promptly at 2:43 o'clock. and
Will be played on the Country Club
courts.
The Harvard team makes an annual
pilgrimage to the South. but this will
be its first visit to Richmond. The
Cambridge rackcters will play in Nor
folk on Wednesday and will he In
Washington on Friday.
Five matches III singles and two in
doubles will tie played. Harvard has
one Of the strongest intercollegiate
! tennis teams in the country and TO
beat it. the local players will have 10
be in rare form The Country Club
team has not yet been selected. but
1T will he chosen from among such
we!l-known players as Ersiine Buford.
John Coke. Jr.. s. Ayers. Francis John
son. Peyton Fleming. Fred Valentine.
BERNARD Robb. Fitzhugh Rafferty,. An
drew Christian and Edlo. Donnan.
LOCAL COURTS ARE IN
GOOD SHAPE FOR MATCH
The courts are in great shape and
The local players have been praCticinc
hard during the past few weeks III
anticipation of the visit from the Har-
class condition. and while they do not
expect TO defeat their more expert
enced opponents. they hope to give
them a battle that will be remembered
X. Norris Williams. captain OF tho
Harvard team. was formerly national
champion. but lost his title in spec
tacuiar match against Johnson last
summer. He has been improving stead
! ny. however, in his play and will
make a strong bid for honors at tho
! N nal oh, ,,l>;,
Other members of the Harvard team
are II. O. Hill, 'l6. manager w Rand,
( IL Z. Canes. II: Il. y. Williams, H.
le, captain: II. Hart, ~ l.. Antes. H..
10 J. $. Ffaffman. 'lS.
Z 1t is expected that a large audience
will see the play on Thursday, AS ten.
mis- Is growing In popularity here as
was attcstcd by the large galleries
which witnessed the Old Dominion
tourney last summer The match has
created considerable talk at the Coun-
| try Club, and If the weather is good
. "A record attendance is expected.
Old DOMINION TOURNEY WILL.
DRAW MANY NOTABIt;s
Prospects for the Old Dominion ten
ms tournament, which is to he held
! at the Country Club during the week
Iof June y. looks very bright TIL.
number of out-of-town guests is OK
nected to be much larger than last
! year, which was one OF the best in
me history Of the local racket classic
some OF the best known players in
] the country have asked to he entered
I'm me event Among those who have
decided to play here are Miss Mol,
hJurstcdt. the national woman's
champion. Miss BjurStedt was pre
vented from entering the tourney las,
week through an accident "A few DAYS
prio, To its opening
among some of those asked to he
entered arc: Andrew H. Allen. IJoosicL
rails, ~ y; II. Eugene Heine. or
New Haven; j. ID. L.. Jones. or New
York city: j. r. Adoue. Jr.. of Dallas
TeA.; craig Eiddle. OF Philadelphia: W
" McNiiiian. OF Atlanta; William
IRoSenbaum. New York CITY: Edwin :,
aorrey Clinton. y. y; Miss FIor.rcc
hal,ih' New York Miss Molla Blur.
stedt, of BROOKLYN