The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-11

(Continued from Page l.) than tenth. But Grants four set upset of Donald Budge in the quarter-finals yesterday lifted his stock considerably.
 Following Wood and Grant, Will mer Allison of Texas and Fred Perry of England, defending cham pion, clashed in the second semi final. These two met in the final last year and Perry won after five bitter setes.
 To-day's program will be closed by the women's final rouond match between Helen Jacobs of Berke- ley, Cal. and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Boston.
 The weather was perfect. A crowd of 5000 was expected by midafternoon.
 Woad won the first set, 6-2.
 Wood broke Grants service at love in the first game, and then swept the second with the loss of but a point. Wood was hitting out viciously, and coming to the net to polish off the rallies with stinging volleys.
 Grant won the third game as Woods forehand caught the net thrice in succession. The New Yorker took the fourthh to go 31 with two volleys placements and q service ace, and then made it Al as he again broke through service. Wood was dominating the net and Grant, in attempting to hurry his shots, overdrove and netted.
 Grant attempted to lob Wood from the baseline in the sixth game, but the New Yorker, hitting wich the accuracy of sharpshoot- CT, put away three of the high ones to go 5-1. Wood foolishly att tempted to out-steady the little fellow from the baseline in the seventh game and scored but one point. In the eighth game an ace ard two volleys gave Wood the set at 6-2.
 Grant won the second set, GA.
 Wood cracked through Grants service in the opening game on the second set. Grant broke Wood in the second with two beautiful pass ing shots that nicked the side line. Grant took the third game at love as Woods backhand buckled. The fourth was strictly baseline duel and Grant won four points in a row to break service at love and go 3-1.
 Wood took hte fifth with two lovely cutoff volleys and deep Kill from the baseline, and the sixth at love to level at 3-all. The New Yorker blasted two Jobs in this game. He dropped the seventh, however, after missing a net set up when at advantage.
 Grant then broke through again to lead 5-3. Wood saw four open ings ir the ninth game and poured untouchable forehand drives to break through and pull to 4-5. But the little Atalantan came right back to break Wood for the third time to take the set.
 A pair of passing shots gave the now confident Grant the first game in the third set, and he pro- duced another brace of them to go 40-0 on Woods service in the sec ond, but the New Yorker pulled it out with two aces and kill.
 Wood erred thrice off his fore hand to lose the third. In a duel of pat-balls, Wood took the fourth to make it 2-all. Wood netted three volleys as Grant swept the fifth with but the loss ot a point, and then broke through in the long sixth with a magnificent lob to take the commanding lead of Az. Grant now had Wood playing soft ball and was consistently out steadying him.
 Wood came to the net for a series of sparkling volleys to break service in the seventh and pull up to 3-4, and then swept the next at love as Grants forehand weak ened to square at A. Wood made it three in a row and took the lead at 5-4 as Grant continued to hit unsteadily off the forehand.
 Grant recovered his steadiness m the tenth game and finally broke through to square at 5-5 after II points had been played.
 Grant took the eleventh to go 6-5 as Wood made four straight errors. Desperate, Wood took the net in the twelfth and won it with volleys. He stayed at the net to take the thirteenth, and was with i'll two points of the set in the 14th but Grant outlasted him many long rallies to break through service and square the score at ". Grant pulled up from 15-40 to take the Sfb and an 2-7 lead
 Grant was within two points of the set in the next game but Wood pulled i.' out to make it 8-S.