The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
Persons in Charge of TOurna-
ments Are TO Cancel Ger
tain Entries.
THIS WILL MAKE TROUBLE
AMONG TENNIS PLAYERS
None but Amateurs Will Be
Allowed to Enter for Any
Match.
,ribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service
NEW YORK, May 4.-Recent dis
cussion of the amateur standing Of
some of the wellknown lawn tennis
players Of the country has brought af-
fairs TO such a turn that the execu-
tive committee of the U. S. n. L. T. A.
has prepared most unusual plan for
this season. 1t is going to result in
some unpleasantness. tennis men say,
unless the operations are kept very
secret. The scheme is that the L. s.
n j.. I. A. is to send to persons who
are in charge of tournaments listed by
it notifications that they should scan
their entry lists carefully and that
certain players must not be permitted
TO play. In the case that one Of these
men sends in an entry it is 10 be re-
turned to him.
That this is going to cause soma
trouble among lawn tennis players may
easily be expected. A few men in the
game have been very careless about
their amateur standing, and if investi'
CATION shows that they come within the
professional rule, they will be barred
from amateur tournaments hereafter.
There will be no going behind the re-
turns, for the executive committee in
the first instance will furnish the pro-
hibition against the player. This will
affect mostly men who are booming
lawn tennis goods. which is practically
the only form OF professionalism with
which the association has TO contend.
With this idea IN view, the rules for
amateurs Of the association have been
reframed and have been sent out to all
clubs. They are:
None but amateurs shall be allowed
to enter for any match or matches
played under the auspices of this asso-
cIation.
An amateur is one who has never vio.
lated any OF the following conditions:
HE has never entered any compe.
tition open 10 professionals nor played
for stake, public or admission money
or entrance fee.
Pie has not competed with or
against professional for q prize.
3-IIe has not played, instructed,
pursued OF assisted in the pursuit of
tennis or Other athletic exercise as a
means of livelihood or for gain OF any
emolument.
His membership in any tennis OF
athletic club OF any kind was not
brought about or does not continue be-
cause of any mltual understanding, ex-
pressed or implied, whereby his con-
iinuing as member of any such club
would be of any pecuniary benefit to
him or the club,
5-If connected with any sporting
goods house, such connection was not
brought about nor docs not continue
because Of his proficiency in tennis or
any other foIm of athletic exercise.
The executive committee of the as
sociatiou shall nc the tribunal to de.
eide whether a player is a professional
or an amateur,
No PLAYER shall be allowed to enter
for any match given by this associa~
tjor unless he is an active member in n
club belonging either directly to this
association or Indirectly, as specified in
the first paragraph above. But the ex-
ecutive committee is empowered, at its
discretion to invite any foreigners 20
enter Tor any match given by this as
Sociutlon.