The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-10
tennis TOURNEY
! RECEIPTS
Sum Of $4,000 Taken n y
/ Result Of the Recent Da-
WIS Cup Matches.
PLAYED IN BRITISH ISLES
Interest Shown Ssrpassss al Expeeta-
toas-Maximun Price Il
:, Seat Five Dollars.
PLAYED IN BRITISH ISLES
suei.l 70 N. w.shinstou Herald.

spscisl to The Washington Herald.
New York, Aug. a-That the United
States Lawn Tennis Association has tax
zen in a total OF more than slS,ooo on
the participation Of the American team
in the Davis Cup matches was learned
today from leading tennis authorities in
this city. The men who are sponsors
for this information have just received
advices from members of the victorious
American combination. Letters from
them give particulars as to the
size of the crowds and the gate
receipts in the challenge round played
lat Wimbledon and the preliminary
matches played in England. The gate
from the foreign matches. added to the
large sum which resulted from the
matches against the Australians, brings
the total income to more than $ls,ooo
Even the most optimistic tennis en-
.thusiasts will be surprised to hear that
this sum has been acquired for the
treasury of the national body controlling
tennis. The remarkable interest shown
by the public in the Australian matches
played here had prepared the tennis
contingent to expect a nice sum result
ing from that series. But the total re-
ceived abroad from the matches played
against Canada and Germany was far
beyond expectations, and the demand
for seats at Wimbledon when the chal-
lenge round was played was so great
that the management could have sold
the entire stands out at the maximum
charge for the best seats-SS per head.
: The matches against Germany, which
were the first in which the American
team participated on British soil. were
played at Nottingham. As q tennis
center Nottingham does not compare
with Wimbledon. and there were prophe-
cies in some quarters that the revenue
would be low. In spite of this. 1t has
been learned that the American team
received more than 5000 as its share In
this series. The Davis Cup arrange
ment calls for an equal division Of the
gate between the two nations in any
series. The matches against Canada,
which were the finals for Capt Hackett
and his teammates before their encoun-
ter with England, Melted the United
States Lawn Tennis Association more
than 1900, and the challenge encounter
put more than 5000 on the credit side
of the American book.
One of the American team. writing to
a prominent tennis player in this city,
SAYS that the total expenses OF the
American invasion will not be much
over 5000. this sum including the cost
of the trip of Robert ID. Wrenn, Presi-
dent. who went across the Atlantic TO
see the matches. The ocean voyage
round trip for the men who were sent
by the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation will not cost more than H,5oo
and the expense in England since their
arrival there has been under $50 day
for the complete team.
1t is understood that the final count
of receipts for the Davis Cup matches
at the West Side Tennis Club gave the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
$500 net as its share. As the cost of
the trip abroad has been held to about
5000 the total of $4,000 means that
the national tennis body will have more
than $1,000 to prepare for the Davis
Cup matches to be played in this coun-
try next year.