Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-23
CLAY COURT TENNIS is SOON
Local Men Prepare to Do the Enter
tainment HOnors.
MANY ENTRIEs ARE RECErvED
Admission f. 60 ne Charged to Defray
Expenses Of Erecting the Grand
stands at the Field
Club.

stands at the Field
Club.
with the big event but two weeks away,
plans for the handling Of the national
clay court tennis tournament which Is
to be played al the Omaha Field club,
August 10 r. are fast taking definite
form. The appointment Of local commit
tees announced during the last week.
marks the beginning OF actual work
The committee on grounds, which is to
have complete charge of the club acres
during the progress OF the tournament,
consists Of r. r. Rainey, @. Rasmussen
and c. II. Young. The furnishing Of UNI
pires for all matches and of umpires and
lnesmen for the most important matches
is TO be in the hands Of Or. Lee Van Camp
A. Scribner and r. Howe. jr. r. r.
Rainey and John Epeneter are to con
stltute a locker committee and will fur
nish lockers to visiting palyers on appll-
cation.
Entertainment Committee.
The largest committee of the lot and the
one upon whose shoulders will fall by
far the greater part of the work of the
week is that on entertainment, consisting
OF:
s. s. Caldwell Herbert Kohn
William Wood Harry Koch
q. III. Scribner r. II. Rainey
j. Webster Cuthbert Potter
@. Rasmussen NJ. Swartz
Q. II. Young Robert Howe
Y. Mcconnell Lee Van Camp
M. Colpetzer Frank Pollard
L. Kountze John Epeneter
Earl Buck
An innovation in tournaments in Omaha,
which is to be inaugurated with the clay
court event, is tho charging of admission.
This is made necessary by the expense
which is incurred in erecting grandstands
and other seats for the comfort Of the
spectators. General admission giving the
holder grandstand privileges, ia to sell
for so cents, while a season ticket, admit
ting the holder to. all the tournament
porch is to be reserved for members and
their guests.
PrOgram of Entertainment.
No sooner was the committee on enter
tainment appointed than 1t proceeded to
put its collective, shoulder to the wheel
and as result program of entertain
ment has already been announced which
promises to keep the visiting racketers
as busy when off the court as when they
are engaged in actual strife.
On Monday the tennis experts will be
guests Of honor at the Ak-Sar-Ren den
as was the case last year when so festive
an evening resulted, On Tuesday night
indoor tennis is to be played, the drawings
being the same as those for the outdoor
events, but the contestants in this event
are TO settle their differences on ping-pong
tables. One set is to constitute a match.
For Wednesday and Saturday evenings
dances are scheduled at the clubhouse,
on Thursday evening the players will be
entertained by the Happy Hollow club and
for Friday evening there is planned a
Smoker under the direction OF r. N. Blish
Many Entries Are In.
Entries continue to come in on every
mail During the week Jack Can
non, of Kansas City, who has just
Won, the central states championship
at New Orleans and was last year
that he will attend the tournament as has
II. " jones' also of Kansas City Jones
spent last year in Europe, but held the
Missouri valley and Kansas City titles
for years.
Brodix and osthaus. two of the promis-
ing young players of st. Louis, are to
come with Hoerr and Drummond Jones'
osthaus succumbed to Jones in the semi
finals of the central states championship
Grant, the old southern champion, and E.
V. Carter, southern intercollegiate cham
pion, win also be on hand.
The Doyle brothers, who held the cham
pionship OF the south in doubles last year
and won 1t again but few weeks ago
will come to Omaha from Chicago. where
they play next week. Another strong pair
recently entered Is ]. d. Grant and B. A.
Smythe OF Erie, s. ID. These men played
in the final round Of tournament at Erie
for the championship Of the northeastern
counties Smythe winning in a five-set
match. A. e. Grantham of Lexington.
Neb. writes that OF the twenty very en-
thusiastic players In that city. four will
attend the tournament here.
And so the news comes in from every
quarter of the United States of players OF
national reputation who are to make the
pilgrimage Omahaward the first week In
August. f, T. Bailey, the Oklahoma
crack who has always been a sturdy
booster for the Omaha tournaments states
in letter that all through the south great
interest is taken In the event and he ex-
poets big Dixie representation
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