New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
WANT MORE YOUNGSTERS
Development of New Men an
Issue in Lawn Tennis.
TO ENCOURAGE THE BOYS
Leading Lights of the Game Now
Planning for the Dis
tant Future.

Development Of the younger p'aycrs
promises to be a feature Of the lawn tennis
season that IS about 10 begin calhoun
Cragin. the captain Of the West Side Ten
mis- Club. in discussing the limited number
OF players Of the top flight IN America. ani
also Lyle r. Mahan. I'm reviewing the disas-
trous contests OF the Americans. led by
william \. Larued against the Australia
slams IN the Davis cup matches stated That
II the cup was 10 be returned this nation
must begin to develop and encourage the
younger men.
II was pointed out that Larned Reals c.
Wright. William H. Clothier Karl II. Behr
and the wonderful Maurice F. McIoughlin.
the California comet. began playing a.
kids" and Il has been the rule in this
country that the player who started early
I'm life upon the courts and kept at IT was
successful in winning the greater number
Of the championships
Mr.. Mshan referred 10 Watty Washhurn,
the youngster who has twice captured the
Columbia interscholastlc championship and
who al Newport last year created sensa-
ton by defeating Raymond y. Little. In
the estimation OF Mr. Mahan, Washburn -
destined for high honors. and he believes
that with more attention 10 the promising
interscholastic players the strength OF
American lawn tennis can he placed I'm the
forefront of the world. from which II has
been dislodged, and where the wonderful
Frenchmen promise TO push Americans fur
ther into the background.
A number OF the clubs have become in
terFted in the work of the school players.
and there is every prospect that the season
for them is to be one q! activity. The team
OF Stuyvesant High School has attracted
some attention, and under the inspiration
OF Philip Bodkin, the captain. and Louis
Mumford, the manager, there Is likely 70
be greater number Of wielders Of the
racquet sporting the 6tuyvesant colors this
year than ever before. Mumford. Schuck.
Bodkin and Jacoby. who have represented
the school on teams IN other years, are
playing again this season.
An effort is being made 10 build up
team at the High School Of Commerce.
Low. the captain. and Hall are the only
players OF any experience who have taken
an interest in the matter so far. There is
the expectation. however. that It will be
possible to enter a representative or two In
the Columbia interscholastic championship
tournament, which is to be decided early
next month.
Strangely enough. IT seems to be the girls
of Morris High School who have taken the
initiative in lawn tennis. A club has been
organized under their leadership which
promises to be interesting before the sea
son closes.
The plans OF the players representing
POLY Prep" of Brooklyn. are more ambl-
tious this season than heretofore. sched-
ule OF interteam matches was arranged last
week, including d match with the Colum-
bia freshmen. The team will probably con-
sst of Raymond Balfe, captain; Richard
Maynard, Hammett Norton. John Conway,
Howard Maxwell Tremper Longman, and
Dudley Miller, as manager.
The schedule follows:
April %. Manual. -, Pe1die INSTITUTE %
Boys High 49, -
Commercial. 9. De witt Clinton; II, Columbia
interschoIastic: H. Erasmus; 10, Richmond HID;
ls, open: IL Horace Mann; %. Yale inter
scholastic.