The sun., 1908-03-20
LAWN TENNIS DATES FOR 1908
SS TOURNAMENTS GET THE L. s.
n. l.. r. 4. SANCTION.
Few Conflicts Of Importance In LOnE Sea.
son Schedule-LOngwO God Earlier This
Year Southampton and national
Doubles Preliminary the same Week.

Doubles Preliminary the Same Week.
The list Of lawn tennis tournament dates
for the season Of l9os was made public yester-
day by the [ S. y. L. 7. A. There are eighty
eight tournaments for the year. and in addi-
tion the indoor championship date, February
%, is assigned for 1902 The season begins
this month with the Vedado 7. C. tourna-
ment. held for the hrst time. in Havana,
Cuba and ends with the intercollegiate cham
pionship on October 5. There are twelve
tournaments In May, twenty In June, nine
teen in July, twenty seven In August. eight in
September and two in October.
In two cases where there were conflicting
applications for tournament dates the clubs
holding them formerly were recognized by the
committee. The Longwood tournament
comes a week earlier than last year, starting
on July q. There is a conflict between the
national doubles preliminary at the Crescent
A. c, and the Meadow Club invitation tourna-
ment at Southampton in the week Of August
10, as there was last year. The metropolitan.
New England and Massachusetts cham
pionshps all come In the week Of June g.
The. national championships are at Newport
on August Is.
The list announced this year throu Oh
10 as follows:
March S-vedsdo Tennis Club, championship
May o Princeton. interscholastic championship
May li-unverslty OF Pennsylvania, Inter.
scholastic championship,
May ll--Haryard interscholsstlc championship.
May i6-Columbls, interscholastlc champion.
May io-Yale, lnterscholastlc championship.
May ls-Bowdoln, lnterscholastlc championship
May 20 Kings County Tennis Club, Long Island
championship
May 24~Bschslors Lawn Tennis Club, Wash.
ingion. middle Atlantic states championship.
May 25-LongWood Cricket Club. Boston, New
England intercollegiate
May t5-New iork Lawn Tennis Club. Manhattan
May SO-Brae Burn Country Club. West Newton,
Mass. Massachusetts State doubles.
May Si-Hermltage Golf Club, Richmond. Va,
Old Dominion championship.
June i-Merion Cricket Club Philadelphia,
women's championship OF Pennsylvania and
Eastern States
June i-slsten Island Ladies' Club
June s-Menon Cricket Club. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania State championship for men.
June s-West Side Tennis Clue, metropolitan
June sHartord Golf Club, championship of
June io~NOrfOlk Country Club, Virginia State
June is~Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, Masss.
chusetts state Championship, Singles.
June i5-Greenvllle Tennis Club. championship
June i5~Nsw Haven Lawn Club Association.
open tournament,
June iS-AmAcksssIn Country Club YonEers,
n. y. open tournament.
June i5--Crescent a. G., invitation tournament.
June le-TrenIon c. C., Central Jersey champion.
June I1-MaDlsnd Country Club, Maryland stat.
'DJfIp'iS june iSPhllsdelphla Cricket Club, national
championships. womens singles. doubles and
mixed doubles
June . Dunwoodle c. c., Invitation tournS.
June a2-New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club, Gulf
States championship
June 2s-WannanoIsett Country Club, Provl-
dence, r. l., open tournament
June 26-inlermountan l., T. Association. Salt
Lake City championship Of Giah c,,,s r.....
''J June ss~oTsnge l. T. Club. Middle states cham.
July i-Pacinc states L. T. Association. SaA
Francisco, California State championship, mems
and womenS singles
july Country Club Of Springfield, Mass
july S-Wesichesier Country Club Invitation
July S-Atlants Athletic Club, Southern cham.
july ! or ls-Engewood Field Club, open tournS.
July s-st Joseph. No, Lawn Tennis Assocla.
July ii-WilminGton Country Club, Delaware
July iiIAIIec Club, Chicago. Illinois State
juiy iiEIcelsIor Tennis Club. Bristol, R. l..
Bristol county championship.
July. iS.-7LtchneId Club, Connecticut state
July is-IoC Cabin Club, Macon, Georgia State
july iS~Sesbrlght L, T. and c. Club, invitation
July is-wandsrers Cricket aud Athletic Club,
chicago S Spsn & IouyTHSE'aIO ynlE I,O,.uc cun Nav vo,S
july sO~Couniry Club Of Augusta, Ca. South
Atlantic states championship.
July 25-Chlcago, Western championship doubles
Western singles for men and women.
July LOngwood Cricket Club, Eastern doubles.
Seventeenth annual Dongwood singles
July 2s-Oregon state championship, Multi.
nomah Amatuer Athletic Club, Portland.
August 2-Rdgewood Golf Club, open tournA.
August Fast End club, Cleveland. Ohio State
August sHcrawford House Tennis Club. white
Mountain championship.
August s-lowa State championship, Hyperion
August SNTscoma Lawn Tennis Club Pacific
Northwest championship, sixteenth annual
August s-1Detrolt Athletic Club. Michigan State
Aug. l~llnne tonka Club Lake MlnnetonkA.
MINI. Northwestern championship,
Aug. 4-Norfok Tennis Club. Norfolk, Conn.
Aug. i0Bedford Springs pa Tennis Club,
championship Of southern Pennsylvania,
Aug lo-Town Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin State
Aug. io-aeadOw Club, Southampton invitation
Aug, iO--swmmlng Club. Bar HSrbor Maine
% Aug. ii%oid Pine Golf Club. St. Johnsbury,
Vermont State championship.
Aug. Ii--GrAnd Forks Town and Country Club,
championship OF Red River Valley and OF North
Aug. i2-Slou1 City Tennis Club. championship
OF Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota or Kansas.
Aug. IA a and is-Crescent A. C., East Vs. West
ASS, 4 Omaha Field Club. championship of
Aug iS-Newport national cham pIonship singles,
doubles and lnterscholastlc singles,
Aug a-ParkersbuTg Country Club. champion.
Aug. s4-lntermountain L. T. Association. Salt
Lake City, lniermountaln championship singles
and doubles for men and women.
Aug. 24-KanSas CITY Athletic Club, champion.
Aug, z~Esst Jersey L. T. Association, open
tournament al Elizabeth Town and Country Club.
Aug, 1-Nlagara L. T. c., International and
Aug. es-CincinnAu, Th.StAte cham plOnShlp
Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
Aug. 5i-Denver Country Club. Colorado State
4ut' si@Syaek Country Club open tournament.
Aug; Sl.Sagamore Tennis Club. Lake George
championships.
Sept 5-Agswam Hunt, Providence Rhode
Sept, S-SwOTcss.sr Tennis Club, championship
OF Worcester county, Mass.
Sept. 7-Paoinc States l.. T. Association. Del
Monte, Cal, Pacific States championships mems
and women singles and doubles and mixed doubles
Sept. 7-Hudson River l.. T. Association, Hud.
con River plonship.
Sept. s-M6ryland and Baltimore County Club,
open tournament, challenge cup,
Sept. i0-Belmont Cricket Club. PhllAdelphia,
championship Philadelphia and district
o, Sept. le-NorItslovh' Field Club, New jersey
Sept; ss,Bschslors L. T Club, Washington, Dis
trtct Of Columbia championship.
Oct 5-Longwood Cricket Club women's sinFles