New-York tribune., 1902-02-07
LAWN TENNIS.
CHANGES IN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
ELECTIONS IN THE NETWORK AND WEST
SIDE CLUBS-THE LATTER TO
MOVE ITS GROUNDS.

SIDE CLUBS-THE LATTER TO
MOVE ITS GROUNDS
The annual meetings OF the New-York Lawn
Tennis Club and the West Side Tennis Club have
recently been held. and many plans are already
afOOt for the coming season in this game. AT the
New-YOrk Lawn Tennis Club meeting last week
there prolonged contest over the question
Of Sunday playing. which had caused some dis
cussion and dissenson IN the season recently end
ed. Finally an amendment was carried bv the
"antis.'' and the field rules forbid playing
on the club grounds Sunday. The club also
decided to apply for the right to hold the metro
politan championship tournament mis- season. and
the United States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion will have to choose between It's grounds and
the proposed new courts of the West Side Tennis
Club J. Parmly Paret and Louis J. Grant were
appointed the delegate and alternate delegate to
the annual convention OF the National Association
TO be held February Is at the Waldorf-Astorfa
They were instructed 20 urge the change The
club also put in nomination for the coming year
the entire old board OF officers OF the United
States National Lawn Tennis Association with
the exception of r D. Little. for whose place on
the executive committee Clarence Hobart was
nominated.
The annual electioa OF the club officers resulted
in choosing the following board TO for 1902.
Robert T. Bryan, president; Louis J. Grant vice
president; Robert NJ. Beckley. secretary: Edward
J. Martin. treasurer; Dimon E. Roberts. captain;
David Sands. first lieutenant: J. L BeckIey. sec
S. Clark, additional members OF the board OF gov
At the annual meeting OF the West Side Tennis
Club, held short time ago. there was a contest
over the club presidency that grew rather ami
mated at one time. The regular officers put in
nomination by the committee included Hugh Tai
liant for president In place OF DR.. James Ewing
who had held the office for the last year
majority OF the members favored keeping DR.. E.w-
ing In for another term however. and TaIant
was turned down when it came to vote A
place given TO him the executive commit
tee, however. which the committee had selected
for DR.. Ewing The full board chosen was as fol-
lows: Dr. James Ewing. president; Raymond d.
Little, vice-president; Albert E Kent, secretary:
Sheppard HOmans, treasurer; OviedO NJ. BoStwick
captain, and Charles b Collins. Calhoun Cragin
Hugh Tallant and Henry ID. Belts, additional
members OF the executive committee.
Tho future of the club IN the balance FOR
some time this winter when 1t became known that
the former grounds at Eghty-ninth-st. and Cen
tral Park West would not be held for another
year, as part Of the land Is 10 be up for build
ing purposes. The special committee appointed to
locate new grounds. however reported that IL
thought IL could secure the use of piece of land
at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and the BouIe-
ward. and it is expected that five or six courts
Will be laid out there this spring Just how this
will affect the we'll known metropolitan Champion
ship tournament is not known yet New courts
matches on and IL Is not likely that any buiIr FOR
this spring VIII be in proper cOnoition FOR the
metropolitan championship matches in June This
question viii probably come Up at the annual
meeting OF the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association on February Is Jonn A Allen ana
Calhoun Cragin will be the clubs delegates to ths
convention -