The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
TENNIS DATES ANNOUNCED
Eighty-nine Events Scheduled to Be
Played in United States.
season WnI Begin on May . with
Princeton InterschOiastic Cham
piOnships-Ends In October.

Lawn tennis championship and t0urna-
ment dates for the season OF 1903 were
announced a few days ago by the executive
committee OF the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association, The list in
cludes eighty-nine events, with more 20
be added. The season IN the United States
begins May 2. when the Princeton inter-
scholastic championship will be decided
and continues until October 3. when the
intercollegiate championship brings it TO
a conclusion.
outside of play at the colleges. the sea-
son starts in New York on May %. when
the Kings County Tennis Club Of Brook
lyn holds the Long Island championship.
The Bachelors Lawn Tennis Club OF
this city. follows with the Middle
States championship on May o. after
which the meetings come thick and fast
A number OF meetings figure in the list
for the first time. but all except three
were played last year without Official
sanction. The tournament OF the Staten
Island Ladies' Club on June / is new
The ties between the East. West. and
South in the national doubles champion
ship will be played August IS TO Is. the
same week as the southampton tourna-
ment, as they were last year Aside from
this, there are few serious conflicts. with
the exception that the Metropolitan. New
England. and Massachusetts champion
ships. played at the West Side Tennis
Club. Hartford Coli Club. and Longwood
Cricket Club. respectively, al come in
the same week. The partial list. follows:
May g. Princeton inteTscholastic championship;
II. University Il Pennsylvania interschoasiic cham
ponship; IS Columbia University iuters-holsstic
championship, Yale University inferschoastic cham
picnship: IS, Bowdoin interscholsstic Championship
%, Kings County Tennis Club. Bruukiyn Long
Island Championship; open. "a Middle Atlantic
States championship. at Washington; =. Long
wood Cricket Club Boston. Mass New England
intercollegiate. and New York Lawn Tennis Club
New Iork City. Manhattan doubles. open singles
30. Brae Bum Country Club West Newton Mass
Massachusetts State championship doubles.
June J. Merton Cricket Club. Philadelphia Pa
ladies' championship Of PENNSYLVANIA and Eastern
states and Staten Island Ladies Club Staten
Island, y. Y: 3. Merton Cricket Club. Philadel-
phia, Pa, Pennsylvania State Chamunnship for
men, and West Side Tennis Club New York City
metropolitan championship: Q. Hartford Golf Club
Hartford. Conn, championship n New England
l3, Longwood Cricket Club. Boston. Massachusetts
State championship; Is. New Haven Lawn Club
Association. New Haven Gem. opCn tournament
Amackassiu Country Club. Ionkers y Y open
tournament. Crescent Athletic Club. Brookiyn iuYi-
tati0n tournament. and Philadelphia Cricket Club
Philadelphia. Pa. national championship for
womcn's singles. doubles and mixed doubles: Is
Trenton Cricket Club. Central Jersey champion
ship: o. Dunwoode Cricket Club Yonkers y Y
invitation tournament: Q. Orange Lawn Tennis
Club Orange. y. j.. Middle States championship.
July G. Westchester Country Club. invitation dou-
bles. and l3. EngleWood Field Club Engiewood
y. j.; open; l3 SoabTight Lawn Tennis and
Cricket Club Seaoright. \. J.. invitation; % New
York Athletic Club. TraYers Island New York State
championship
August s. Ridgewood Golf Club. Ridgewood y J..
| open tournament; 10. Meadow Cluh. southampton.
L. l.. invitation tournament: Is. u. and IS. Cres-
cent Athletic Club East. West, and South doubles
ls. United States National Lawn Tennis ASsocia-
, ton. Newport, r. L., nat;onal championship in
singles championship doubles, and inferschoastic
singles championship; 3. East Jersey Lawn Tennis
Association. open tournament az Elizabeth Town
and Country Club. Elizabeth. y. J.; 81 Nyark
CouatTy Club. Nyack. y. Y. open tournament.
/ September Z Hudson River lawn Tennis Assoca
/ tion. Hudson River championship; l6 Belmont
Cricket Club Philadelphia Pa. championship Phil
adelphia and district and Morristown Field Club,
| New Jersey State championship.
October 5. LOngwood Cricket Club. Boston Mass
Wumcn's singles. doubles and mixed doubles and
Merton Cricket Club Philadelphia, Pa, intercoI-
/ legiats championship
| February p. Seventh Regiment Lawn Tennis Club,
New York City, indoor championship.