New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
Mr.. Mahan Says Fight Will Be
Fought to a Finish.
DATE SET FOR TOURNAMENT
Delegates Vote in Favor of Send
ing Team to Australia for
the Davis Cup.

Roth Karl II. Behr and Lyle E. Mahan ad-
mltted this yesterday. The fact OF the
matter is that the Philadelphlans. who
could easily have had the tournament, were
bluffed off" remarked one OF the players
Before the meeting the Quakers, who were
expected TO come forward as applicants
received the third degree scare. They were
told they were only setting themselves up
10 he defeated, 10 be made Laughing
stock of. and that the vote and sentiment
against Newport were not able to muster q
cornoraTs euard-it was all in the imagina-
t,on Why get In bad and make show
Of themselves? The trick was done. the
Philadelphians pleaded unpreparedness, and
go without a nome to lodge the tournament
In. the crusade against Newport met oe-
feat"
But the vote surprised the Phlladei-
phians." said Mr. Mahan. They admitted
tbev had misiudged the sentiment. | feel
certain that l can guarantee two fhiia-
delphia applications for the championship
next year Those who have begun this
movement are in earnest. we VIII Keep
right on. Our campaign TO take the touriia-
ment away from Newport for lSIZ pesinS
right now. This time we lost oy elsh'eeN
votes. That represented the floating III
dependents. who now know what the rea
sentiment Of the players Is
Frederick T. Alexander, the national dou'
HES champion. said yesterday: i came tc
the meeting intending 10 vote the chaiii'
! n,onship away from Newport. But WIN
ma Mace 10 take X to and the Philadei-
mia clubs scrambling to repudiate 1t cas'
the vote Of the Skiyi club for Newport lo'
another year"
II may be set down that the usual MS.
tory Of reform movements was not chahseo
| at the annual meeting. with all Oh 'H'
aro,,ments brought to bear by leading play
ers Of the game, the lawn tennis map i'
| nained unchanged. For the thh III
time the all-comers championship lhe o'u'
| r,hbo, tournament OF this country, Is u
| =, boId on tho courts of the Casino at New
| nort r l. beginning on Monday, Ausus'
/ ., Frtbermore, as one player said yes
-. ,hera were no promises that th'
| tournament will be any better or any woIs'
| than those which have preceded IT.
| add. "The acts OF the executive com
mittee are to stand as supreme Al 'so,
/ tbat is lust as well. perhaps, for II deciue'
! whore the blame may be placed Il ''''''
| a disposition 20 criticlse' -. =,
,rbere was the disposition on the pai' "
tho delegates assembled at the annual me-
To-, 90 tho national governing BODY ho"
- 60 do something TO better the cohoi
| ,o., Even those who stood pra'eIy -
49, nc sunnorters OF the policies OF til'
~. % the national association ao
o,i..od that there was ample room for I'M
provement. In that respect the a.
nos unusual At times 1t appedreu
,ba officials realized that righteous no
! ro,ion must have its innings
! - ,,bo more or less vehemehlIy "''
49, oseociation TO task for its shortcon'
,,,,,. 1,ora allowed full sway BY TINS ou''e
- ovrression the danger point OF an CA
io,Hp Nos averted. But the result wa
| - os in other years-the controi
those who have governed law"
long remained unshaKeh' , ~.
Still. II was not as easy 10 Iiai"ts',,, ,n,, .,
o,,on balance Of things as II hau 'e'' :
otber wears The insurgents "eie
ord with a trife more prepare
might have been successful IL was % 80
tn rho voting that a margin OF eisn'ee'
..-,., n,ould have turned the balahce' O.
! .t,o.,-eva votes were cast IN laVor "
ocain holding the national chafhpio'''''li
! on the courts at Newport 10 Sixty W.
| against a continuance on the oIu II
Al no previous meeting of the hauoiia
association has the opposition 10 'He ",
order OF things been so wei orsaniA.I
Tba task Of launching the opposition lei
- KarI Rehr. He stated that the senu
mont of the leading players had been mos
carefully ascertained and that the major
itv had said that they were aVerse y
Newport. He believed that the maJoii''
favored a change and that the uiiie h"'
arrived 20 make such cnanSe. ,,
To the surprise Of the delegates, WIN
ian, r. Kurtz, of the Germantown. Crlche
Club responded that the name OF MS clu'
had been used without It's SANCTION 'i'a
the Germantown Cricket club was no
readv 10 apply for the championship ah'
was not prepared TO hold II. He challense'
the opposition TO show speclhc appica
tion for the tournament from fhilauo'
phia club or any other club. Ills reiiaiN N
fell as A bombshen and knocked the prop
| from, under the insurgents. Inc cIose"eS
of the vote was overcome right there
robn H. Whitaker, Of the Philadeiphls
Cricket club. followed, stating tnat 'h'
onnosition to Newport was as oid Amos
"a the game. and had been up for discus
sion more or less frequently FOR twenty
five years.
II remained for William ]. Clothier, th'
ex-champion. TO inject an element OF humol
into the situation by beittiins philadelphia
In all seriousness he calmly stated ina
the sun set earlier in Philadelphia thah II
other places; that IL would be lmposs1oi'
TO attract gallery for matches played u
the morning Anyway. few courts In Phlia
deInhia were fit 10 play on and he coul'
not imagine worse place than the quaker
city for holding the championship.
TWO important innovations brought aoou
during the meeting met with general ap
proval. The delegates placed penalty upor
! any prearrangement of the draw Ih'
change reads: "Infraction OF the rule re
ouiring a random draw renders club ol
! other organization liable 10 loss or III
tournament the following years Except tina
J :, con,netitions between nations, states
/ oi,ies clubs and similar bodies, where th'
oo,,ne,ition Is between such bodies and no
ho,,veen plavers as individuals, players may
| be placed III SUCH ildi''i "' '' ~
upon by the management OF the coHhPe
t,tions." The opinion of the meeting wal
strongly against any drawing arrangement
DR. Philip b. Hawk carried mouor
through to the effect that the three oes
rrayers available be sent to Australia II
ouest OF the Davis international challeng'
Gun. The details were left 10 COMMITTEES
TO be appointed later. The proposed dua
matches with England were turned ovel
"a the executive committee.
According TO one player, the meeting wa
| ohinav nntahla for the things left undone