New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
TRIAL TOURNEY At HAND
Lawn Tennis Stars 10 Tune Up
at Southampton.
A "PREP" FOR ALL C0MERS
Many Contestants in Recent Clay
Court Battle in Omaha Will
Be on Hand.

Be on Hand.
In almost every phase the lawn tennis
tournament on the turf courts of the Mead
CIV Club, at Southampton. Long Island,
during the coming week. will be similar to
the aIl-comers' national championship that
will follow it on the courts Of the Casino
at Newport. r I. The week a the Meadow
Club is tuning-up week for the national
Not only that but this year the list will
represent nearly every lawn tennis state
in the Union, for practically every ranking
player is TO be on hand, and 1t is the form
shown on the courts beside the oceans rim
that affords an indication of what may be
expected at Newport.
It will be remembered that Wallace r.
Johnson won there last season in the sin
giles, and there seems to be q great oppor
tunity fer a young player again, although
the five times national champion, William
A Larned. is scheduled for the singles por-
ton OF the tournament Lerned has won
a. Southampton a number of times and he
has Acknowledged that the week beside the
oceans rim exactly gives him the right
touch for Newport Then Frederick c. In
man whose recent victory In the New York
State singles has created considerable in
terest In his prospects, is to try himself out
on the courts at the far eastern end of
Long Island.
The two Californians, Maurice z. Nc
Ioughlin and Carleton r. Gardner, are also
10 be included. II will be the first time
Mclaughlin has gone down there and as he
has shown signs Of wavering 'fn-and-out
ness" of late his performance will be
watched for Indications OF what may be
expected from him at Newport. There
is the certainty also that Harold H. Hack
ett and Frederick B. Alexander, The ma
tionaI champions in doubles, are TO shape
up their game In the pair event.
Among the other we'll known men are
Richard H. Palmer. Nathaniel ". Niles,
Charles L Johnston. jr., Clarence G. Pel,
Theodore Roosevelt Peu, Frederick c.
CoIston, Alfred stillman, J. D. E. Jones.
Henry ". Slocum, the veteran ex-naronal
champion; Robert D. Wrenn, George L.
wrenn. IT., Frank ] sulloway and all of
the present collegiate stars Of Yale, Prince
ton. Harvard and elsewhere
From the outlook this year It will take
some excellent management. together with
almost constant play, to complete the
meeting within the allotted time There
is a bumper list of competitors for the
singles alone; with the doubles and
mixed doubles the proportions of the meet
ing call for great managerial skill. With
Adrian H Larkin, William Nanice and
". Scott Cameron as the committee, how
ever there is slight cause for anxiety in
this respect.
One Of the excellent features of South
ampton is that all of the players are re-
CURED to play through. There is no chal-
lenge match, and so no advantage TO any
one. for the true survival Of the fttest is
likely to be attained. AS the week draws
10 close the mixed doubles always pro-
duce one OF the liveliest and pleasantest
features, for many of the women are really
capable players, and their matches attract
large and most enthusiastic galleries.
The attention of lawn tennis followers
will be centred upon the Meadow Club
meeting during the coming week Form
shown there will be considered the tell
tale for the national championship. and
there will be the revealing Of better meth
DDS and improvements In skill and general
ship al the game.
It is now certain that a number Of the
lawn tennis players who have been COM
peting In the clay court championship
tournament Of the United States. on the
courts Of the Omaha Field Club, Omaha,
will be seen this week in the big tour
nament at Southampton. In dispatch
from Omaha last night DR.. Phillip 3.
Hawk, a member of the national associa-
ton executive committee, sent word that
party leaving there last night included
Drummond Jones. of st. Louis. a former
Yale crack; Frederick G. Anderson, Of
Reading. Penn; Melville II. Long, the
Pacific Coast star, and Walter Merrill Hall,
of this city
pOYr+ usbip haar
such remarkable tournament that it has
cvershadowed many other events upon the
courts. Players of fifteen states competed,
including New York California. PennsyI-
vania Illinois, Minnesota Nebraska. Iowa,
South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mis-
souri, and Texas The field numbers 1G3
competitors for the title, and it was drawn
down tc the semi-fnals, with four survi-
vors, by Thursday. q record that Newport
has never approached.
That the tournament has come to stay,
and that. with the backing 1t is receiving
from the packing house millionaires of
Omaha. It is destined To become one OF the
biggest meetings upon the lawn tennis
courts OF this country. goes without saying.
From every side the declarations come
that the clay court championship has set a
new record for management, good play and
for sportsmanlike treatment on the part of
those vested with the work OF directing
the championship. 1t is certain that all of
the Western clubs numbered in the national
association will accord IL their unqualified
support at the next annual meeting of the
national association. and il is evident that
the West is TO cut prominent part in the
national politics Of lawn tennis from this
ftyss forth