El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-27

U n I1ndl O1Ilcldl lawn TENNIS
tournament in North Amerl-
l. ca for the season of 1910 will
take place tomorrow in Mexico city,
Mexico. under the auspices Of the
Mexico Country CLUB. This meeting
was to have been the opening num-
Der of the season, but was later post
poned to be the final event This
season has been one of incident, and
has marked the highest point thai ten
ms has ever reached in popular inter
est. Both in regard to the number of
players in the various events recog-
ni1ed by the national OrganiZa slon,
and in the number of people who have
constituted the galleries at these meet
ings unprecedented interest has been
manifested.
Australian Tournament
One great international event re-
mains on the calendar. This is the
tournament in Australia for the custo-
dy of the Davis cup, the blue ribbon of
the entire tennis world. 1t has not
been determined definitely whether
America will send a challenging team
to Australia in an effort to reclaim the
cup. This trophy is to the game or
tennis what the Americas cup is TO the
yachting world. 1t was presented by
Dwight Davis in 1900 to be con-
tested for as often as there should be a
challenging team. In that year Ameri-
ca succeeded in winning it. The fol-
lowing year there was no nation to
challenge for it. In 1902 it was played
for by teams representing the United.
States and Great Britain, and the
American players were successful in
defending their title. The next year
it was taken by the English team, and
England held it against all corners in
,, four successive tournaments. There
after 1t went to Australia, where 1t
has remained, neither England or
America being able to win it back.
At the historic game at Wimbledon,
played under the auspices of the All
England Tennis club, the champion
ship of Great Britain went to Wilding,
New Zealander. In years gone by
this championship was proudly claimed
by the English to be the world s
highest tennis honor, but in recent
years the United States has succeeded
in disproving this claim. Wlding can
justly assume that he is the champion
of the old world. but until he meets
the veteran American champion. W.
A. Larned, he will have no right to
claim that ne is the champion player OF
the world Larned has never lowered
his colors to the New Zealander and
1t is believed by American tennis ex-
perts that a match between them would
result in the triumph of the American
New American Glasses.
A notable feature of the present sea-
son in America was the establishment
of a new championship class; that Of
the clay court. At the February meet
ing of the United States National Ten
mis- association, it was decided to give
the supporters of the clay court a ma
! tionaI tournament, and the honor OF
| conducting this event was awarded to
| the Omaha Field club of Omaha, Neo-
] The tournament was voted by all ten
mis- authorities to have been magnl-
| ficent success. There were 103 con-
| testants entered and the crowd which
constituted the gallery was conserva-
lively estimated at 5000 The champi-
| onship went to a California player,
of the team which went to Australia
last year in quest of the Davis cup
/ There seems to DE little question that
/; the clay court championship has estab-
Iished firmly and will be one Of the
principal events Of the future tennis
| seasons.
Heretofore the grass covered court
1 has been used in all the principal tour
naments, and it is the hope of most
tennis enthusiasts that such courts will
remain the favorites in future The
eliminating event of the year is the
| Newport tournament, where the gallery
/ is made up largely of the millionaire
| club, and 1t is hard to tell whether
! the players constitute more of show
| for the gallery or the gallery for the
PLAYERS. This tournament is fought
out on grass covered courts.
OIL Courts Popular.
| Numerous experiments have been