Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-13
DATES FOR 1910
Active Season Planned for
Lawn Tennis Players the
Country Over.
HAVE TOURNEY IN OMAHA
Event Over Which Much Controversy
Has Waged VIII Take Place
First of August.

Two features loom large in the an
nual list Of championship and open
tournaments for the season issued
| from the headquarters of the United
| States National Lawn Tennis associa-
ton in New York recently. For the
| first time in the history of the game
the all corners national championship
tournament on the casino courts at
Newport, r. l.. win begin on Mon
day instead of on Tuesday, the desig-
mated date being Aug. 10. This meet
ing is to be the climax of the lawn
tennis year, as is made evident by
placing the clay court championship
tournament of the United States, over
which so much controversy waged, on
Aug. 1 on the courts Of the Omaha
Field club.
The latter date is a change from
the original intention, as the first week
of September was asked by the west
ern players From these dates it is
evident that the executive committee
intends to allow nothing to overshad-
ow Viewpoints time honored session on
the courts. The woman's national
tournament, as usual, Folds the courts
VI the L NIlChGL CluD dI w Is
sahickon heights the week of June 20.
AS 1t stands, the list of 119 tourna-
ments is most representative and is
larger than in any previous year.
List of Tournaments.
The list OF important tournaments
follows:
May A-Longwood Cricket club, Boston,
New England intercollegiate champion
ship.
May 23-BacheIors' Lawn Tennis club.
Washington. middle Atlantic states cham
pionship.
May 2S-New York Lawn Tennis club.
New York city, Manhattan doubles. open.
singles.
May Is to 9O-Brae Burn Country club.
West Newton. Mass, Massachusetts
state championship. doubles.
May SO-Merion Cricket club. Philadel-
phia, women's championship of Pennsyl-
vania and the eastern states.
June 6-Merion Cricket club. PhiladeI-
phia, Pennsylvania state championship for
men.
June 11-Longwood Cricket club Bos-
ton. Massachusetts state championship
singles.
June 14Trenton Country club, Trenton.
N. J.. central New Jersey championship.
June 1s-West Side Tennis club New
York city, metropolitan championship.
June 2O-Philadelphia Cricket club, Wis
sahickon heights. Philadelphia, national
championship for women's singles, dou-
bes and mixed doubles
June q = Orange Lawn Tennis club.
Orange, N j. middle states champion
ship.
July 9-Ininois state championship at
the Aztec Tennis club. Chicago.
July 1-Northwestern championship at
Lake Minnetonka. MINI.
July 1S-LOngwood Cricket club. Boston,
eastern doubles championship and nine
teen annual Longwood singles.
July 23-Onwentsia club. Chicago, west
ern championship doubles, western singles
for men and women.
July n Crescent Athletic club. New
York state championship. singles and
doubles
Aug. l-Omaha Field club. Omaha. Neb..
clay court championship of the United
States.
Aug. 2-Onwentsia club, Chicago. prelim-
mary national doubles.
Aug. 15.-Newport casino, Newport, R. L,
United States National Lawn Tennis as
sociation's championships in singles, dou-
bles and interscholastic singles.
Aug. 22-Niagara Lawn Tennis associa-
ton. NIagara-on-Lake. Canada. interna-
tional open tournament.
Sept. re. Merton Cricket club. Phila-
delphia intercollegiate championship.
Sept. 12-Morristown Field club. Morris
town, N. J., New Jersey state champion
ship.
Sept. 12-Bachelors' Lawn Tennis club.
Washington. District of Columbia cham
Sept 26-Longwood Cricket club, Bos-
ton, women's singles. doubles and mixed
doubles.
Feb. e. 1s11-Seventh Regiment Tennis
club. New York city, indoor championship
for men.
March 11-Seventh Regiment Tennis club.
New York city, indoor championship for
women.