New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
Suggestion PIeases Clubs All
Over the Country.
PRENTISS CALLS MEETING
Organization Of Governing Body
Will Be Effected Soon by Ex-
ponents of Game.

Tmpeiied by The. immediate response 70
recent suggestion national association
TO govern squash will be organized at once
John w Prentiss. chairman of the squash
committee of the Harvard Club issued the
formal call yesterday for the meeting Of
the organization His announcement fol-
lowed the enthusiastic support which the
project received from the officers and boar d
~ managers Il The Harvard CLUB in ac-
coping the transfer Of the national cham
p,onghip cup and tournament 20 its holding.
through Pierre Loriilard and the Tuxedo
Racquet and Tennis club.
None of tho variations Of tho racquet
games has attracted such tremendous in
terest a. has squash during the last two
seasons. This was demonstrated at the
time tue board Of managers met at the
Harvard club last week unanimously
agreeing in ,aking the preliminary step
toward the holding Of The championship
tournament and The fostering Of its national
association.
Following the favorable decision Of the
board. the squash committee OF which Mr..
Prentiss is chairman. and Alfred Stlllman.
y
to-day and Malcolm Douglas Whitman,
the former national lawn tennis champion.
are members got 10 work to bring the
ncsional association project to IT'S fruition
The following is the call for the meeting
which Mr. Prentss issued Yesterday:
The Tuxedo Club which for several years
past has held tho national squash tennis
cfa n,piOrship tournament has found II
o. a
nament, anG has. therefore. written a lot
ter TO me. a chairman Of the squash
committee OF the Harvard club. suggest
ing that in the future the national squash
tennis championship he held at the Har-
ward club I'm New York CITY.
Tie board of mana gers Of the Harvard
Club Is heartily in favor Of holding such
a tournament. Representatives Of the
Princeton Club. the Columbia club and
the Brooklyn Heights Casino which clubs.
together with the Harvard club. Al present
constitute the Metropolitan Squash Asso-
cation. also approve OF this tournament.
Il IS planned for the good Of the game
10 form a national squash tennis asso-
citation. The tournament will be held un-
dor its auspices. The leading clubs
throughout the country will be invited TO
become members and enter players for the
championship. The meeting for the organ
ization Of such national squash tennis
March 20. at o'clock 2. m at the Har-
ward club You are invited 10 send q
representative 10 that meeting
This letter. augmented by many personal
ones-for there has been considerable cor.
respondence among the squash players as
n the subject in the last few weeks-nas
been sent all over the country. Among
those who are taking an active interest II
the championship and plan Of organization
are Barrett Wendell, jr, OF the Tennis
and Racquet club Boston rated as one
OF the best players in that section: Angus
Smith. champion of the Detroit Racquet
Club: Seton Porter. If the Rockaway Hunt
Club John c. Nicely and Glidden Osborne
Of the University club. Chicago: J. Victor
Onativia, jr. of the Bsltusrol Golf Club
Frank Kidde, Montclair Athletic CLUB
Charles NJ. Bull, jr.: Crescent Athletic
club: J. .. Low, he Heights casino
Brooklyn Fred. s. Keeler. columbia CLUB
and W A. w stewart, Princeton CLUB.
Interest has likewise been shown by the
Boston Athletic Association, the Brookline
Country Club. OF Brooklino. Mass: the Hi
nois Athletic and Chicago Athletic "a,
sociations, the Tennis and Racquet
club Of Philadelphia. the German
town Cricket Club and the RacQut'
club 81 ST Louis In and about this city
the clubs expected 10 he among those en-
rolled as members Of the national associa
ton at its frst meeting are the New 1orH
Racquet and Tennis Club. ArdslAy Cluo
tuxedo Racquet and Tennis Cluo, New
York Athletic Club. Metropolitan Cluo
Fngle wood Club and number OF others.