New-York tribune., 1911-02-26
BODY TO GOVERN SQUASH
Tourney for National Title Is
Also Planned.
MAY PLAY HERE IN APPEL
Project of Messrs. Prentiss and
Lorillard Meets Favor-Win
Organize Soon.

Squash is TO have national organization
which will control the sport IN this coun-
try. Plans TO this end have been in process
Of formulation for several weeks, inspired
Jointly by John W. Prentiss. of the Har-
ward Club, who is chairman Of the commit
tee at that stronghold Of the game, and
Pierre Lorillard. ir., Of the Tuxedo Racquet
and Tennis club Not only Is o national
association 10 be launched, but, most I'M
portant OF all. national championship
tournament is to be played, which will prob
ably be decided in this city in April.
The preliminary steps toward bringing
about such an organization began in Pierre
LoriaTd ir., as the mentor of squash al
Tuxedo. suggesting 10 the officials Of the
Harvard Club that as that club was the
recognized leader in the game al the pres
ent time the national championship trophy
be turned over 10 them for an open tourna-
ment Tuxedo had found II impossible to
bring about a tournament for the last two
years The reason for the failure was due
TO Tuxedo being some distance from the
city. and II was impossible to secure lead
ing entrants 10 give up week for the
matches In the opinion OF Mr.. Lorillard
the staging OF the championship upon city
courts would allow Of competitors attend
ing to business and also fulfilling match
| engagements.
| With the view Of ascertaining the recep-
ton that would be accorded the project a
| few Of the clubs have been approached. All
have signifed their Willingness 10 enter
/ into the association and promote the cham
! plonship. The promoters are encouraged
] md &c "a b.
meeting for formal organization Will be
| called within a week or ten days Ihe
nucleus of the association is expected tc
be the clubs that now form the Metropoh-
! tan Squash Association and which compete
IN the team matches for the interclub chai'-
piorship. This includes the Harvard CluD
the Princeton Club. the Columbia Univer'
sity CLUB and the Heights Casino OF Brook
lyn.
THE growth Of squash has been anaz-
! ing" said Mr.. Prentiss yesterday in out
! lining what the proposed national associa-
tion hoped 10 accomplish. In the vicinity
Of this city there are considerably more
than one hundred first class courts. Their
| suuash-or TO be specifically exact, squash
tennis-is a game which the tyro may
easily understand and accomplish some
| thing at. II combines all the fascinationS
/ of lawn tennis with the possibilities OF thC
, strenuous exercise that Is afforded by
racquets. In the whole country there prob
ably are about ten racquet courts, and the
number Of players or spectators who really
understand and appreciate the game is
necessarily limited. on the other hand
squash is being played more and more ovei
the entire country. There are many pri
| vate residence courts in this city.
While the project of a national associa
ton similar 10 the National Lawn Tennis
| Association has been tentatively talked or
nothing had really been done toward sucf
on organization until the proposal Of Mr.
| Lorillard for the Tuxedo Club made some
action imperative. Now II is hoped that th'
| organization and its first national cham
pionship will be decided before the outdoor
season comes around. II the plans q
through as expected there will be abundan
opportunities for spectators TO witness tn
matches. as il will not be necessary u
limit the galleries. as in racquets.
The number OF clubs in and near thi
CITY where squash is played, and played
well. includes the Rockaway Hunting Club
Crescent Athletic Club, New York An
letic Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, Montclai
Athletic Club. Englewood Field Club
Meadow Brook Hunt Club. City Athleti
Club. the City Club, Metropolitan Club
Country Club Of Westchester, Apawamis
Morristown Country Club, Knollwoo
Country Club, New York Racquet and Ten
mis- Club, Meadow Club Of Southampton
and Others. West Point has put In
squash court II is said that several OF III
colleges are 10 follow this lead.
Then there are the Boston Athletic AS
sociatjon, the Tennis and Racquet Club. o
Boston; the Racquet Club OF Philadelphia
the University Club. OF Chicago: the Mis-
souri, Athletic Club. OF ST. Louis. and i'm
J portant clubs elsewhere about the country
All will be requested 10 join and thus es
tablish squash upon a permanent and stanl
basis"
Through the efforts OF Mr. Prentiss. u
! eether with Or. Alfred Stillmsn. Cd, an
Malcolm ID. Whitman, members Of IN
, committee at the Harvard Club, that clu
, has taken a leading position In the gam'
II is their wish, however. 10 broaden II
scope and TO develop players. tournament
9 and championships through systematic oi
ganZation.
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