The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-01
LAWN TENNIS HERE AND THERE
NOTES or TIE SPORT IN TINS
COUNTRY AND ABROAD.

A Little WrangIe Over P~erSOnalities About
Miss sutton I'm England Activity or
Three Americans ON the other Side
Big .Tri-state Meet ~ Cincinnati.
A iuckleas person writing about Miss May
sutton In the london DGilD Mail was 80 In
discreet as to say: she still disdatns the
corset. which English girls. perhaps mis-
takenly. consider indispensable" This was
In add ton to mentioning other less personal
details about the change In ap earance IN
Mas Sutton since the year previous.
The Immediate consequence OF this was q
series Of letters to the Oficial paper on the
game. Ldrn TeHntS. In which 10 was suR-
gested that something ought 70 be done to
the man mllilner type Of tennis reporter.
The A~I-EnRIand Lawn Tennis Club, by
the way, Ia In the midst OF an argument with
the lawn Tennis Association. which wishes
| to take over the control OF the British AVN
tennis championship after the club which
has .fostered lawn tennis for many years
has brought the tournament up to a truly
successful point. II was suggested that the
club take a secondary place In the manage
ment OF the tournament hereafter. because
II was not right that any organization snoulo
be in charge Of q national championshlp'
This proposition has met with strong opposi-
ton, because British tennis players think
that without the Al-England l.. 7. C., there
would be no tennis worth while In England.
At present there are aboard three American
\ tennis players who are taking active part
In the tournaments on the continent ana IN
the United Kingdom. Wylie G. Grant OF the
| New York L. T. C. and II. Tavern Westfall
OF the Kings County T. T. c. are taking
| part in the championships In Ireland, Later
they will make a tour OF the meetings At
[ Homburg and thereabouts. ID. p. Rhodes
is on the Continent.
Grant h"s been abroad before. but this is
Westfall's first trip. They have been meet
Ing with fair success. Grant ls a peculiar
player. On this side OF the water he does
not customarily show to great ADVANTAGE.
yet abroad, where the average OF class ~
higher he Is well pp among RIt t5s ee Bsl, I tssInss
and the like he is able TO make q good showing;
He and Robert Leroy made g successful
Wight hRrG also 'p pSrtnsred Grant, on another
tour, With the two young Americans Is
Grants hosts Of friends IN Scotland and Ire
Isn a nave ,o been tna m tnn So Sne 'T men
Who has retired from the game is one Of
promInent Competitor for the past eleven
| Years. One peculiar thing about his play
said: "c "colI fnSeV Wins the western champion
ship with monotonous regularity and gets
R ike Tes sSss ~ SSht Goiiins ~i was oq Sere in ni0 the
sTrina Before the Davis cup team sailed for
a; other side and PLAYED VERY ,I ISSgrl INIT, Hs
few weeks after he returned TO the United
States. To wind up his career he won, the
He may be a competitor in the big ~tri-State
tournament. which begins this coming week
in CINCINNATI. Collins has a leg on the oowl
When Beals c. Wright returned from Eng
land he echoed the statement OF HolGomoe
Ward that there were plenty OF young PLAYERS
in this country from whom future challenging
teams for the Davis cup could be formed.
port especially. showed how true that was.
In the East Karl II. Behr, Jr. has been rails.
LEI 6SvG the w" form ass EEOtiigg%55ia ne captain %S ! N while
not exactly new to the game, Is still In the
youngster class, His play at Newport has
the, young brother OF the champion. shows
gndOSSted P1TOP4 sSt, n Rvs tnS " West DS Sns 81
who won the Illinois championship. Byford
got into the semi-1nals of the Western cham
won the Tournament. These are only four
Of the better known young players.
class Of women PLAYERS Miss Helen Romans.
the national woman ,champion, VIII be out
there. IL is understood. Mrs. Men. the West
tor. Miss May q. sutton and her. sister
Florence ais) are down to play: Miss Romans
be Interesting to see how she Glasses with
Miss sSs sG nd'3Id d II would IA. BE- s.i- 1 GSl ffdTGid Tor b hSt
that In hardly on the cards.
Heath Byford. spoken Of above. did quite
o feat this spring in winning the South Side.
successive weeks. He learned to play tennis
while attending the Williston Academy. He
entered the University Of Chicago two years
ago. but has been ineligible for the ~intercol-
; legiate tournament because OF his studies, II
is presumed. u, was declared that had he
been In the college tournament this year
Hayes OF Cornell College. who won the title,
could hardly have been the winner; Byford
has beaten Hayes twice or thrice since then
in open tournaments and without particular
Robert d. wrenn, the former national
test on a mans endurance, Wrenn was a
well known football player during his course
selection, Still he says that he would rather
play against Yale and Pennsylvania on sue
cessive days on the Rridlron than play one
three out OF Ave" tournament tennis match.
Those who have seen the utter exhaustion OF
some Of the crack players are inclined TO
A somewhat unusual thing YVES seen in
the first round Of the Western wonrsns
tournament recently when Miss Caroma VIM
and Miss Lelah Bclden met. Both are left
handed players. There are very lew South
paws among women tennis players BeaiS
SpeakinS TO an English newspaper reporter
lust before she left. Miss sutton had the
national w0men's match:
- think It's a beautiful idea. and 1 only
I'm trightfuliy keen on the visit. and / cannot
tell you the kind OF reception your women
PLAYERS would receive IN the StPteS, u Nculu
eclipse anything ever done in the past. You
see, American girls are just waking up to
the charms Of first class lawn tennis, and are
burning TO get more into line with the men.
who at present are miles ahead Of them.
IF four Of your tOpnOtCh players came
over and contested an international match
Il would boom women's tennis tremendously
Mrs. Aston, by the way, is Just the right
person to interest herself in the matter.
She Is not much OF a player herself. but she
Is as keen as mustard and goes round to
all the principal tournaments.
As for American chances. ] don't think
We should do so badly. though we. might
not win. Probably both. and inly one.
If my elder sisters would play for America.
Then we have the present champion, Miss
Homans. who ia quite good. and myself.
Really. I think we should take some
beating" concluded the California. exponent.
with an exhilarating laugh. I'm pretty
sure that an American Urls team would pay
a return visit 20 EnRlend the year after,
The interest shown by Mrs. BarRer-W aIlach
and Mrs. John Jacob Aston in tennis, II dis
played by the fact that they are willing TO
put up a trophy worth while Tor the inter,
national match. Mrs. Aston may. not feel
OVerdattered. though. at what Miss sutton
has to say about her abilities.
The tennis season practically comes 70 an
end with New port. although there are several
good meetings thereafter. The prominent
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