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

A Little wrangIe Over Personalities Aboa'
Miss sutton IN Enthusiastically oi
Three Americans IN the Other Sid
Big Tri.StAte Meet ~ Cincinnati.
luckless person writing atout Misc May
sutton in the London Daily Maj was 90 IN
discreet a. to say: she still diedRins the
corset. which English girls. perhaps mis-
takenly. consider Indispensable" This waa
In add tlon to mentioning other less personal
details about the change In Ap earancO In
Miss sutton since the year previous.
The immediate CONSEQUENCE OF this was Q
series Of letters TO the ofioial paper on the
game, LdvR Tennis. In which N>Was sug-
sested that something ought 70 be done to
the man mllliner type Of tennis reporter.
The An-Engiand Lawn Tennis Club. by
the way. 10 In the midst Of an argument with
the Lawn Tennis Association. which wishes
10 take over the control Of the British lawn
tennis championships AFTER tho club which
has fostered lawn tennis for many years
has brought the tournament up to q truly
successful point. It was suggested that the
club take a secondary place in the manage
mcnt OF the tournament hereafter. because
lt was not right that any organization should
be In charge Of q national championship.
This proposition has met with strong opposi-
ton. because British tennis players think
that without the All-England l.. T. c.. there
would be no ennis worth while In England.
At present there are aboard three American
tennis players who are taking active part
In the tournaments on the continent and in
the United Kingdom. Wylie c. Grant OF the
New York L. T. Z. and II. Tavern Westfall
Of the Kings County L T. C. are taking
part In the championships In Ireland. Later
they will make a tour OF the meetings at
Homburg and thereabouts. d. p. Rhodes
Is on tho Continent.
G-ant his been abroad before. but this lie
Westfall's first trip. They have been meet
Ing with fair success. Grant is a peculiar
player. On this side OF the water he does
not customarlly show to great advantage,
yet, abroad. where the average OF class is
hlgher, he Is we'll W, among the best. Against
and the like he is able 10 make a good showing.
He and Robert Leroy made a successful
MP sbroad two years ago. and Irving c.
Louis j. Grant. ,wyiie's father. who has long
Grants hosts OF friends in Scotland and Ire
land have been making the trip exceedingly
plfKS rsi9s f0 Collins 1hs two he yoS W...s %en' ob.ro,oD,
the yetsrans Of the sport. He has been a
years, One peculiar thing about his play
was noted recently by a Chicago critic. who
ship with monotopous regularity and gets
neaten east OF Chicago with equally clock
s IKE resuilS rt collins vas here IN the
n. other side and played very poorly. He
did not begin to hit his true speed until .
states. 70 wind up his career he won the
Western and Northwestern championships.
tournament which begins this coming week
~ cincinnati. Collins has a leg on the bowl
When Beals c. Wright returned from Eng
land he echoed the statement Of Holcombe
Ware that there we're plenty OF young PLAYERS
teams for the Davis cup could be formed.
Inc recent tournaments and that at New
r. RST The si Esst Kari ' H. Sshr ho ~. tE Ess S ss:5 T Ts::
Leroy: the former Columbia captain. while
youngster class. His play S% At Newport has
been exceptionally good Irving G. Wright,
g SRs sHSeS G promise OF IN 1ne ,S Ssa% %sss on ssoC "
the comers iis Heath Byford Of Cincinnati,
who won the Illinois championship; Byford
pionship to be put out BY Nat emerson, who
won the tournSment.\ These. are only four
Oh the ne t Rftsss en tOTnn SSSRS p %iii Gsiv. a Nm.
class Of women players, Miss Helen Romans. |
there "1 Il Is nnGsr %So cn? Mrsl %;er' The ." %s SS.
ern woman champion. also Is 10 be a ccnpeti-
tor; Miss May g. sutton and her sister
will have a severe test Of her ability and it will
be interesting to see how she classes with !
( she could defeat the fair Californian, but
that is hardly on the cards.
Heath .Byford. spoken Of above. did quite
Illinois and Wanderers tournaments in three
successive weeks. lie learned 10 play tennis
while attending the williston Academy. lie
entered tie University OF Chicago two years
ago, but has been Ineligible for the intercol-
iesiate tournament because Of his studies, it
been in the college tournament this year
Hayes, Of Cornell College. who won the title,
has beaten Hayes twice or thrice since then
IN open tournaments and without particular
Robert D. wrenn, the former national
says that tennis is a very severe
test on a mans endurance. Wrenn was a
al, Harvard and was an. all America team
selection; still he says that he would rather
ceseive DAYS on the gridlron 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
4 somewhat unusual thing was seen in
t toS tG T&ecentiy when me Miss Misc carom moW Wins
and Miss Lelah Belden met. Both are left
handed players. There are very few south
Wright is a left hs nder.
Speaking to an English newspaper reporter
to say about the proposed inter-
national women's match:
Il think It's a beautiful idea. and ! only
it won't end In talk and nothing more.
ell you the kind Of reception your ONE
piayoIs WOulu TSCelVe IN the SLAtes, " NOulO |
eclipse anything ever done in the past. You
zee, American girls are Just waking up to
he 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
Dver snd. contested an international match
: would boom women's tennis tremendously.
Mrs. Astor., by the wsy. is just the right
person to interest herself in the matter.
She Ia not much Of a player herself. but she
8 as keen as mustard snd goes round to
IL the PRINCIPAL tournaments.
We should do so badly. though we might
rot win. Probably both. and certainly one,
my elder sisters would play for America. (
Then we have the present champion. Miss
Iomans. who e quite good. and myself.
'eatinR." concluded the California exponent, {
With an exhilarstlnR laugh. I'm pretty {
that an American girls team would pay
return visit to England the year after. I
The interest shown by Mrs. BarRer-Wallach
nd Mrs. John Jacob Aston in tennis In dis {
by the fact that they are willing to {
mt up a trophy worth while for the inter {
lational match, Mrs. Aston may not feel
VERT uttered. though, Mt what Miss Sutton '
rs to say about her abilities.
The tennis season practically comes to an
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