New-York tribune., 1907-05-27
DAVIS CUP PRACTICE.
MATCHES BEGIN TODAY
Lazcn Tennis Players Object to i'd
Uerti@n9 of Their Names.

Players of the American international team or
chaengers for the Dwight F. Davis cup beglh
their series of preparatory practice matches on the
lawn tennis courts of the Country Club of west
chester to-day BeaIs Z. Wright and Karl H.
Behr already slated for the team by the commit
tee. will engage William \. Larned Hocombe
Ward Raymond ID. Little and Edwin p Larned In
series of round robin singles trophy offered
by the club 1t Is the first appearance of Edwin F.
I'arned. the younger brother of William a Larned
and his entering upon competition is regarded as
significant for should he display sufficient degree
of form he is to be added the American team
that will journey London.
From the beginning of the Westchester round
robin singles to-day the will play continuously
in this vicinity until the of their sailing for
on t tb rm . 10 81. Ior 9ui9 = ll,ey VII It niU
White Plains Friday. Saturday and Sunday
Crescent Athletic club. at Bay Ridge next week.
Dr. James Dwight, Robert d. Wrenn and Will
team has arranged the following schedule for the
RAYMOND d. Little; Tuesday. Beals G. Wright vs.
D Little; "wednesday Beals G Wright vs. VIII
lam IA f. LaTPed and BolGombe Ward vs. RaymopG
Ward and Karl II. Behr VS. Edwin P. Larned
being to finish the schedule at the KnoIIwood
Country Club.
Several of the prominent ranking lawn tennis
players have expressed their dspleasure that their
names have been used i'm booming tournaments
with which the season has opened and in which
they had not entered. One of these players the
holder of number of championships declared
that the time had arrived TO stop this practice on
the part of tournament managers The fragrant
use or ms name when he had no thought of COM
peting aroused his ire. and he threatens to bring
the matter before the national executive committee
clubs
As this player pointed out the Amateur Athletic
Union had taken action In similar where
athietes had been falsely entered to boom certain
athletic track meets The athletic governing body
had made the penalty for false entry a severe one
and he thought the time had arrived when the
law lawn tennis players should be protected az well as
expecting 10 witness matches by PLAYERS whose
names names had been made free of by the mana gers
chlN 10 meet with disappontments AID co1se-
quehtiy the recording of default aga!rs; player
me tournament. in which his name had been ECU
je iaiiy drawn ara and posted The players with this
with '' u70eI'oi uone away
A. l. Hoskins of Philadelphia. has annointed
the two players who will aid him on the ranking
committee this year. He has selected Thomas G
Irask. OF tho West Side Lawn Tennis Club and
''e eN-farvard champion. Edgar W. Leonard The
work OF the ranking committee last year was
begun at the beginning of the season which re-
suited in a much more satisfactory rating of the
players and also the early announcement of the
list The latter In itself Improvement as
heretofore the ratings had been made until
ldi" III DeceHpel OF january HOSklnS chair
OF the committee last year and he svstens-
tZed the work Il had never before been done
His assistants r. II. Carleton, Crescent Ath-
letic Club and George H. Miles. Orange Lawn
Tennis Club. This year Chairman Hoskins decided
to place active tournament players his staff
TraSk was present at the finals of the Long Island
championship last week and also witnessed inter
VenluE matches. Both Trask and Leonard will
watch the payers in the International and New
York tournaments this week and their work Will
be carefully carried on throughout the season.
In addition 10 the work Of the international
players the tournament of this week will he
the initial holding OF the Central Jersey champion
ship the courts of the Trenton Country Club at
Trenton, y. ]. The cup at Trenton won last
year by William b. Cragin jr.. OF the eth Regi-
ment, who will this year act referee of the new
titular meeting the challenge trophy for which is
TO be known the Oakands Challenge Cup. IL
is be three times. necessarily in success
sion. become the property of the holder The
committee i'm charge OF the tournament includes
William Gummcre. william T. White. Elzey s
Atken. William Dickinson T. Conover. James
Messler. K. J. Stokes. r. I. Haven and G. Ken
nedy. The entry list has drawn heavily from
Princeton. the University of Pennsylvania. and
many of the country clubs in the New Jersey
League.
The hodOver tournaments OF the week include
finals at the West Side Lawn Tennis club and the
playing of of the consultations In connection with
the Long Island championship and the New York
doubles will be put in fun swing the courts at
I25d street and Manhattan avenue.