Honor Among Racqueteers

In the elite game of racquets, nobody seriously disputes the U. S. supremacy of 27-year-old, London-born Robert Grant III (Eton-Harvard-Wall Street). A dark, intent-eyed broker with shoulders that slope as ominously as Joe Louis', Grant can drive a racquets ball faster and more tellingly than any other racqueteer. In the last three years he has cornered the vaunted Tuxedo Gold Racquet, U. S. amateur and open, Canadian singles and both U. S. and Canadian doubles (with Clarence C. Pell Jr.). U. S. racqueteers predict that Grant will handily win the world's open championship from David Milford, if & when World War II permits them to meet.

Last week, at the select Racquet & Tennis Club in Manhattan, 14 of the leading U. S. amateurs and world pros went after the prized Clarence C. Pell Cup for 1940. In the semifinal, Canadian Pro Kenneth Chantler disposed of Norbert Seltzer, Rac quet & Tennis Club professional. In the other bracket, Amateur Grant faced tough Tony Bertolotti, another Racquet & Tennis Club hired hand. Grant breezed through two games, 15-2, 15-4, had Bertolotti down 11-4 in the clinching game when the two collided. Grant came up game, but with a strained ankle. Then Bertolotti, who might have gone on to win, gave the gallery a courtly sample of the honor among racqueteers. He lobbed the next few shots, let Grant limp home the victor. The final, scheduled for next day, was postponed until March 3.

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