Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-27
Plan Tennis
TOURNAMENT
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT IS
PLANNED FOR THE MANY
TENNIS TEAMS.
ONLY 4 few WEEKS away
American, Australian and English
to Participate in the Contests
for Honors.

new 1OFk, June Z6.-W1tn the
Davis cup international tennis SEIZED
ule completed both the National AS
ISOLATION and the clubs allotted pre-
liminary and challenge rounds are
making elaborate preparations for
handling the matches and the thou
sands of spectators expected to wit
ness the play. If the English and
Australian teams reach the final
round, as is generally predicted, there
will be almost as much interest in the
match between these two nations, to
be played at the Lo1gwood Club on
August 6, Z and 8, as in the challenge
round at Forest Hills, Long Island,
the following week. With this in
view the Boston Club is preparing to
seat close to six thousand spectators
and the West Side Club will almost
double these figures for the series
between the United States team AID
the c%hallengers which will decide the
1914 winners of the trophy emblem.
attic of the worlds team tennis cham.
pionship.
Interest In the international play
will not cease with the Davis Cup
matches, however. for the members
Of the English, Australian and Ger
man teams, II the latter come to
America at all, will all play in the ma.
tiolal championships tournament at
Newport during the week of August
1929. With Brooks, Doust, Dunlop,
Park, Lowe, Barrett, Dixon and other
foreign stars competing against Nc.
Laughlin, Williams, Wallace Johnson,
Touchard, William Johnston, Cloth
Ter, Pell and other leading American
players who will enter at Newport,
the national championship tourna-
ment is certain to attract a good re.
cord assembly to the Casino courts.
That this will be the case is clearly
indicated by the demand for reserva.
tons even at this early date. De.
spite the fact. that the seating cap.
acity at the Newport courts will be
greatly increased it is apparent that
the demand for tickets will exceed
the supply. The boxes surrounding
the grand stand court were complete.
ly sold out a month ago and addition.
al stands r being built to provide
for the thousands who are expected
to witness the all-star matches to be
played on this court.
Additional rows of temporary seats
will be placed in front of the gand
stand and two new stands will be
erected. one 'at each end Of the
championship playing turf. The east
stand will also be wide1ed by the ad.
ditio1 of rows of seats at top and bot.
tom and when the alterations are
completed it is expected that mora
than 5000 spectators can be accomo.
dated around the star court Of the
Casino grounds. During the early
rounds many of the other courts will
be occupied by prominent American
AID foreign players and it is not un
likely that should the draw distribute
the leading players evenly, an at.
tendance fully equal to that at the
Davis Cup challenge round will be
present on certain days.
While rapid progress is being made
In the matter Of accommodating spec.
tators at these matches the same can,
not be said of the assembling Of the
leading entrants, considered as ma.
tons. Australia Is to date the only
compatitor with its team formed and
practicing as q whole. In view Of the
formidable aggregation Of players
that the Antipodes possess in Brooks,
Wilding, Doust and Dunlop. this ad,
vantage is not one to be disregarded
Before the Australasians sail fol
America early in July both the United
States and English tennis authorities
will have begun the assembling OF
their teams, but at the present time
there is little definite idea OF the
strength or arrangement of these
teams.
The American cup defenders vii
be called upon to face a heavier at
tack this summer than in any Davis