The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-28
Net Finals Listed
InWon1en' S Title
Matches Today !
BY HARRY COSTELLO

BY HARRY COSTELLO
Mary Cootes vs.. Edith Clarke,
for the singles title.
Mary Cootes and Mary 0reasod
VS.. Edith Clarke and Margareu
Robinson, for the doubles title.
That's the lineup in today's City
Of Washington Women's Tennis
championships. as
Play will be on the excellent
Edgemoor courts. Singles will
start at Q p. m. Doubles will fol.
low Immediately after. All this,
of course, provided the weather
will permit.
The Misses Cootes and Clarke
qualified for the singles final day
before yesterday. Yesterday, on
the Edgemoor courts, the Misses
Cootes and GreaSon, best known
as "the two Marys," defeated Sara
Moore and Dorette Miller in the
semifinal, 6-3, 6-3, while Miss
Clarke and Mrs. Robinson were
turning back Kay Baker and VIII
lie O'Steen, 6+1, 81, in the
other seminal. Both matches
were rather lopsided, the losing
pairs in neither case being up to
offering anything remotely re.
sembling stubborn resistance.
Several letters this morning ask.
ing the same questions about the
| forthcoming 'imeSHearSt Grand
National Amateur, June 12-June
20 inclusive, on the Rock Creek
and Potomac Park courts.
Entries are now being received.
The player desiring to enter must
write letter to this observer ask
ing that his or her name be placed
on the list of entrants.
Each entrant must be 16 years
of age or more and must not have
been ranked in the first ten on
the U. S. L. T. AS 1886 list. There
is no entry fee. :..
Thumb-nail sketches Of Amer.
ica's Davis Cup players:
Bryan ("Bitsy'D Grant-Born
at Atlanta, Ga, December IS.
1910. Has played national tennis
since 1927. Has been Southern
champion seven times in that
period. Won the National Clay
Court Championships for the
first time in 1880, and again in
1884, retiring the trophy by his
third win in 1885.
Very small in stature, Grant Is
only five feet four inches tall and
weighs but 100 pounds, he makes
up in agility, persistant court
covering and sound stroke pro-
dHction what he lacks in size. In
1893 he astounded Forest Hills
gallery by defeating Vines in
straight sets and winning through
to the semi-finals of the singles
championships by defeattn g
Bulge too. Such featS as these
have given the tiny Albanian the
nickname Of giant killer" by his
many admiring fans. 3
International Player
Named for the first time on the
Davis Cup team in 1896 he won
both his single matches against
Reyes and Hernandez in the
United States-Mexico tie. He went
abroad with the team and. was
seeded eighth at Wimbledon, right
behind Austin. He beat Henner
Henkel, German Davis Cap player,
in the first round by the simple
expedient Of softening up his
game. Grant Is a willy taetician.
In the round Of 10 he defeated
McGrath easily in straight sets.
Grants 1895 record also includes
victories over Allison, Bulge, Hart
} man, Sabin, Hendrix, Buxby and
McDiarmid among. others. He de-
feated Van Ryn in the singles
championships and was q semi
finalist, bowling finally to Perry
in a stirring four-Set match.
Grant won the 1887 Bermuda
singles and the doubles with Gill
bert Hall. Grant is third ranking
player in the United States one
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