Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
QUITE A GOOD MOVE.
Local Tennis Players Making Efforts
to Have a League Formed.
SOME ADVANTAGES OF THE SCHEME
Lady Players Also Intend to Try and Capt
ure the Prominent Prizes.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

During the past week there has been a
movement on foot to make the Western
Pennsylvania Association, of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association, big
feature in. lawn tennis, and strong
effort will be made to get all the
tennis clubs, who have 20 or more members,
to join this association; the fees will be only
nominal, something like 81 year for each
club, and the. advantages of becoming
member of this association will be innumer-
able! A number of clubs, in addition
to the five who form the associa-
ton at present, have expressed their
willingness to become members, and q meet
ing will be held very shortly to act upon
their applications. 1t is the desire or the
promoters of this scheme to have all the
tennis clubs within the radius of go miles
from Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania,
who have membership as above stated, to
send in their application for membership,
stating. the number of members in their
organization, giving the names of their Off
GERS, the number of courts and how long the
club has been in existence, addressed to Sec
retary "Western Pennsylvania Association"
care of Mr.. A. G. Pratt, Wood street, Pitts
burg, Pa. 1t is not necessary to have the
secretary's name, and this address, will
answer the purpose.
The advantages of the organization of this
kind are great. The principal idea in form
ing such an association is-frst, to promote
the beautiful and healthful game of lawn
tennis, which was known in "ye good old
times as the game of kings and the king of
games; second, to enable all members of the
different clubs who are members of this
sociation to compete in all lawn tennis
tournaments of the United States which are
governed BY the National Association play
ing rules, and members of the association
can compete in such open tournaments as
those held at Newport, Narragansett, ETC.,
and thus competition for the "all comers''
prize at Newport will be within their reach.
So, ifany of these local clubs develop a phe-
nomenon, he will have wide field to test his
ability.
The third and last reason for forming this
association is the best, namely: to enable all
the lawn tennis players of Western Pennsyl-
vanfa to form each others acquaintance and
to meet each other socially, as well as on the
field: also to enable the secretaries of the
different clubs to arrange tournaments,
which will not conflict, and they can also ar
range to have each club represented at their
various big tournaments. The officers of the
association will consist of a president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer combined
and board of directors, consisting of one
representative from each club. "A meeting
will be held the second week in June to act
on applications received by the secretary.
The lady members of the East End GYM
nasium grounds have become very enthu-
siastic over their tennis prospects, and in
tend to play almost, every afternoon, COM
mencfng the first week in June, They have
Some very good players in Misses Nellie
Nought, Edith Ramsey, Madge Gossett,
Marie Hughes Nellie Dauler and a number
send representatives to compete in the
ladies' doubles and singles at the Pittsburg
Tennis Club, and they will probably carry
off some of the honors.