Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-07
NEWPORT MAY LOSE TOURNEY
Strongly Opposed as Seat of Ma
tional Tennis Game.
ENTRY LIST no. BIZ SHORTER
VIII BE Cut Down to Fifty, Only
the Real Good Players Being
Given Chance to
Take Part.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Lawn tennis play
ers are beginning early to interest them
selves in important questions which will
come up at the annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION in February. II has been evil
dent during the last week that the OPP
position to Newport as the place of hold
ing the all-comers' national championship
will not down. There is good reason at
this time for predicting that the campaign
to take the tournament to some other
courts will be more effective and better
conducted than the sensational effect
made year ago, which missed by only
few votes.
There is no question that the tourna-
ment at Newport last August was better
conducted than ever before. Henry w.
Slocum, A. L.. Hoskins and others who
espoused the cause of Newport at the
annual meeting worked zealousy in the
hope that an ideal tournament would hush
the opposition, but the idea appears to
have gained more widespread favor for
taking the great meeting to some other
place. To offset this feeling those who
favor Newport plan to offer resolution
requiring a certain qualification as to
skill in order for a player to be eligible
TO enter the all-comers They favor limit
ing the list TO fifty players, so that the
tournament may be positively finished in
one week, and not continue over two
weeks. as It has done for several year.
past. They point out that last August tn,
entry list was actually 204 players; that II
1905 the entry was 100 players, and tina
continuing lat this ratio the nationa
championship is sure TO be of unwieIdy
proportions even as they regard It now
They point out that the list last Angus,
did not include more than thirty men O.
class, and that the opening rounds pro
vided nothing more than dreary elm,
mating process, compelling the expendi
ture OF unnecessary time and effort.
Plan shorter Entry List.
The campaign to cut down the size ,
the entry list is being vigorously COZ
Quoted and an open letter is being SCI
to many OF the leading players and cluh
throughout the country This letter has
also been circulated through America
lawn tennis, and In part is as follows
There should be appointed by the @,
eeutive committee OF the United States
National Lawn Tennis association a
committee OF three. to be known rs the
national committee. The duty Of this
committee should be, to pass upon the
eligibility of any player wishing to enter
the national singles championship.
"A resolution should be passed at ID
national meeting In February to the effc,
that 1t is the sentiment OF the maiorit,
OF tennis players that only such players
as are really sldllful enough TO have a
fighting chance OF winning the titIe. cd,
who can be considered of sufficient ran,
should be allowed TO compete for IN,
championship. This resolution should D.
published so that It could reach all 20.
sible contestants Every player VIII
should then wish 10 enter should forwal
the Endorsement OF the tennis commit,
or his club or Of two or more OF its OFF.
GERS TO the effect that he Is in then
opinion fit competitor. This indorse-
ment should be passed upon by the ma
tional committee, 10 whom appeals could
be directly made.
1T would cut down the entry, which
totaled over 300 last August, to not more
than fifty at the outside, and very easily
to almost half that number. making Il .
simple matter 10 run off the tournamen,
and challenge match In a week. even al
lowing day or two for bad weather"