New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
Teddy PelI's Backhand
Stroke Is a Paragon

ment Of impact, but Is turn,
more and more as the follow.,s, W
progresses. No smoother s,S'k
beautiful sweep has ever ~. esa
than the finish Of Pell's s,rots W
sup"rb footwork carries his wsi.sss
waId with the racquet with tbsHis
es, possible freedom. The raeo,.
ishes well across his body. and ~ =
Usually hits within a few inch.. k
line The point is ended. WV
Remember the bears in N. .
"Goldilocks and the Three psar
One was a great, big bear, win sh'
bic voice. Another was a niddi.e
berr, with q middle-sized yoies ~
there was little Baby Bear. witt .,e
tie. wee voice. u
Pelps backhand Is big Bear A.
vice middle sized Bear, and k.,M
hand Baby Bear. The frst 40
comparisons are undoubtedly go
but HIS service Is middle-sizcd ave
the respect that il has not the s,,.y Z
speed Of McLoughlin's, MURRAY, ~
trell's, or Willlams's. w.
Like HE backhand, Pelps dellv.,.
a beautiful stroke 20 watch. n
American twist, served with NOR. a..
tiveness per square inch Of re.n,,,, e
than any in the country. I,s sp,.S !
only moderate, but its length 49, |.
rection are excellent. Pell MAJ.
right up TO the line, stops an iu,,,,. :
avoid foot-faulting because OF H. 49,.
rule, and serves in what ia appsr.,,
the most careless fashion imsei,Tl
Yet he rarely loses a service IN 1arsi.'
due to the excellent length and pl,.'
ment he manages 10 get, while Al n,
same time he conservcs his strersa
Pells forehand must havebeen i,sr.
at Keen's Chophouse. lie doesut \
VIVA, he does on his backhand. Tia,
he gets no top-spin, his toreh,ni /
easy to volley. and frequently ai, -
Of court because there is no,hin, /,
drag IL down In its flight. Nor hub.
the accuracy here that he Possesses =
his backhand.
Referring 20 the Bears again. Il,
Behr defeated Pell three times lar, n,
son by playing TO his forehand ana n,
ming to the net, where his superb "a,
In sharp volleying won the points p.
trying 20 protect his forehand By n,
ming around. WAS promptly sced On 4,
backhand side when he ran around y
far. The matches went In straight ~,
Karl made Pell as gentle as q rt&
Behr.
In 1915 our hero won the Old Dc-l,
ion, Maryland and Real Estate 0oen
tors tournaments. He was fnalla ,
Rockaway and Southampton and seq
finalist in the all-comers'. Here he Il,
10 Mclaughlin. after defeating z 1
Whitney, Watson VI. Washburn, rsni.
eighth last year; Charles VI. Bull, h
and Irving c. Wright.
To complete Pell's record, in al
tion to the defeats given lin BY N
Loughlin, Swayne and Behr, he N
also 70 Washburn and S. Hou'
Voshell. His victims included w,la
Merrill Hall (2), Leonard Beekmsn {
+. C. Inman, Vanderbilt Ward. VA
Dawson, Clarence j. Griffin. 7.
Bundy, Washburn, Whitney, Be-
Wright and Johnston.
Pell's defeat OF Johnston came IN Il
semi-finals at Southampton. The rs'
was Go, ca. The champion ne:
the fatal mistake In this match Of "
ing to play Pell from back court, vhtl
he is best, although his network q,
is high class. Pell, who likes Z b
bound. was admirably suited By d
Californian's plan of campaign, and "
content to match his backhsnd ena
against the great forehand OF Jon
ston.
Pells backhand won, in perhaps D
prettiest driving duel Of the year, az
man BEING at the top Of his form: u
Fasteners famous shot just stinr'
the net, as usual, and Johnston bad ,
chance against such markmsrstl
With Johnston in back court, Pell b
an opportunity 70 take nearly esq
shot on his best side.
We remember going 10 Forest III
last summer with a rising tennis pa
err, a lefthander, who had never bs's'
seen Pell play. The southpaw a
heard so much OF Pells backhand n
he was prepared for almost snya,
in the way of perfection. The BAD
hand was going Ane, agains, washbsr
and the portsider was lost in sniil
ment and in calculations Of sstonl'i
ment
In fact, so excited was he that
the middle Of the match he exelair.
Gee. wha. a shame that Pei 1871
lefthander. so | could copy bis stron'
That Is the effect Of Pells bseffi'