The sun., 1908-05-03
IF NORMAN BROOETS COMES
AND FILDING TOO THERE'LL
BE GREAT TENNIS HERE.

Reports indicate That Great AuStralSSlan
Pair WIN BE Seen In Action on Ameri-
can Courts ThiS seasOn-COllege Play
ere Make JOng Schedules--Dual Meets.
Great interest has been aroused among
lawn tennis players heresbouts by the reports
that Anthony T. Wilding, the Australian, may
come over here this summer accompanied BY
Norman +. Brookes, the great left handed
player, who won the Al-Englsnd single
championship last year. II these players
come here, In addition 10 the British players,
whose presence practically has been prom
ised, this will be the greatest season lawn ten
nis In this country ever has enjoyed, Al
though all these players are eligible for the
national singles at Newport In the week Of
August IL, they will not be able to 20 after the
doubles title unless they get here early enough
to enter the qualifying tournaments.
On July the Southern doubles will he
played at Atlanta. The Western doubles
come on July rs at Chicago. The Eastern
doubles are at the Longwood G. e. folio 8
July ~. Players must win one Of these ihr' q
tournaments to qualify for the East ". West
vs. South matches AZ the Crescent A. {. IN
August rs, u and 49, The play on the Crescent
grounds In turn qualities for the challenge
round at Newport against Frederick B. Alex
ander and Harold X, Hackett, who won the
national title last year.
Hugh l.. Doherty, who, IL Ia hoped will
come 10 the United States this summer Is the
only foreigner who has won the American
title In singles since the beginning OF cham
pionshlp lawn tennis here IN 1891. He won
In 1909, that III fated year, when the DaN'
cup went from our shores not 10 return nm
til-perhAps 1908 DR.. ". V. Eaves won the
alIcomers In 1897, but r. D. Wrenn beat him
In the challenge round. Reginald !. DohoTty
won the allcomerB In 1902, but william 4
Larned defended the national title success.
fully Hugh Doherty did not come to Amer.
icG In 1904. 40 the title he won passed by default
10 Holcombe Ward. The Dohsrtys Won tho
doubles championship In 1902 and t0o2
The effect OF visit Of such players A.
Brookes, Wilding, the Dohertys and some
others Of the first rank, ought to be q greai
Improvement In tho quality Of play In this
country. II should be . liberal education 10
observe the work Of q man like Brookes,
who is, without qualification. the greatest
player In the world Even II u is not great
championship. he will come here II he realizes
how great an interest his coming will arouse
II ia safe to say that not even the Davis cup
finals would prove a. big an attraction here as
Watching Brookes In the American chamN
The feature Of Brookes's play IL the sharp
ness and severity Of his service. He uses
the reverse twist, made 40 popular By Beals
MSsst SGs to SfS B2odRs RRsseG SsTs STffS 5s
that both players are left handed, both men
OF excellent physical make up and both good
humored and sportsmsnlike players. no doubt
help out the resemblance, II Wright gets
back into condition, such shape as he wasin
IN 1905, he may 80 far toward beating Brookes.
He was the master Of Brookes then. but that
was some time ago. Brookes has improved.
while WHghts injury made q mark on him
that II took some seasons 10 eliminate
There is greater amount Of activity in
college lawn tennis this year than before for
some seasons, There are more dual meets
this year This match win ,be on May %
and will follow one with oberlin on May 49,
Both these are to be at Ann Arbor.
Michigan was after q date with Columbia
on. May 0, and 80 i was impossible this year.
Columbia and Michigan now are arranging
two year agreement 70 start with 1912,
providing for series Of home and home
matches
The Amherst lawn tennis team is working
now for a busy season. Capt Wolf. Hub
bard, Goodrich, McN auRh, Wyckoh, Corey
Gardner, Keator, Kellogg, Pratt, Porter,
son, Riker and Smith, the seven last named
being freshmen, are candidates for the team.
The schedule IL:
May Q, Wesleyan a. Mlddletovn: i6 Brown Al
Amherst 2j Intercollegiate Al Longwood S0,
Wesleyan al Amherst; juno I, Dartmouth at Am.
herst; g. Williams al Amherst.
Each dual tournament will consist Of two
doubles and four singles matches
The Cornell Lawn Tennis Association will
have an interscholAstio tournament in Ithaca
on May 2S II will be the first ever held by
the association The winner will be privileged
TO enter the national intersoholastic cham
pionshlp at Newport against the winners
Of the Harvard Yale Princeton Pennsyl.
yania. Bowdoin and Chicago tournaments
The schools In the Cornell interscholastic are:
Detroit University School, Cleveland Uni.
versity School, Rochester East H. s.. Roch.
ester West H. s., st. Johns OF Manlius Cas-
csdila, the Ithaca University Preparatory,
Ithaca II. s. and Wyoming Seminary Only
singles will be played this year
COmell's university schedule, In addition
to matches with Hamilton and Princeton,
already played. IA:
May g. Pennsylvania at Philadelphia: o. ColuHabia
ct New York II, Union at Ithaca 10, Yale Al Ithaca
~ Chicago al Detroit - Michigan At Ann Arbor
%, Hamilton al Clinton; o. Williams at Williams
town; 30, Pennsylvania a. Ithaca.