Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-10
LAWN TENNIS.
A TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD AT
RIVERSIDE.
Proceedings Yesterday of the Southern
California Association-A Meeting to
be Held at Riverside Beginning Feb
ruary 24th.

An important meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Southern Califor-
MIA Lawn Tennis association was held
yesterday at which the following mem
bers were present: M. S. Severance,
president; r. H. Lindsay, secretary,
and Messrs. Tufts, A. H. Halsted, Les
ter and A. S. Halsted-
The object of the meeting was to de-
eide on the advisability of holding a
winter tournament. 1t has been the
custom heretofore to hold one tourna-
ment at Santa Monica in August, at
which were decided the champions for
the all comers' events open to the
world; the association events open to
members of the association only, and
handicap events.
But many of the players complained
that SO much tennis was too great a
strain, and the managers also found
that the interest began to wane toward
the last of the meet. At the last tour
nament held at Santa Monica it was
suggested that a midwinter meet, at
which part of the events could be
played would obviate this difficulty.
Riverside had evidently kept this in
mind, and with the generosity and thor
oughness with which she always under
takes things notified the secretary of the
association short time since that If it
would allow them to hold a tournament
under the auspices OF the association
Riverside would provide handsome
prizes, bear all the expenses and see
that the visiting players were royalty
entertained during their stay in the city
of oranges.
The meeting of the executive commit
tee yesterday was for the purpose of con-
sidering this proposition. TWAS decided
to accept the handsome offer and hold a
| tournament at Riverside on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, February oath,
25lh and Goth, at which the following
events will be contested: Association
singles, association doubles, association
mixed doubles, association ladies' sim
giles.
This only takes two events from the
Santa Monica tournament, as the last
two were previously concluded in the
all-comers' events.
| A committee consisting OF Messrs. A.
HI. Halsted, E. B. Tufts and HI. Ryan
was appointed to take charge of the
| tournament.
The long (dis)cussed question OF the
nerve of Northern California in includ-
ing the southern portion of the state in
their charter for the National Lawn
Tennis association came up again and
the following resolution was unanimous
| ly passed and the secretary instructed
to send a copy to the secretary of the
northern association:
Whereas, The Southern California
Lawn Tennis association was formed in
1887, being four years prior to the forma-
ton of Pacific States Lawn Tennis as
socation; and
Whereas, The distances are SO great
that they prevent the S. @. L. 7. A.
from taking any part in the tournaments
of the P. S. l., I. A.;
Resolved, That the P. S. s. 7. A. be
respectfully requested to segregate from
their territory the following counties
Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego,
| Orange, San Bernardino and Kern, in
order that the S. @. L. 7. A., compris-
ing these counties, may be enabled to
join the National Lawn Tennis associa-
ton as separate organization.