The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-14
AMATEUR IN TENNIS
Is SAME AS BEFORE
Drastic Rule Fails Of Adoption.
as Also Does Lenient One
Proposed by Merrihcw.
COMMITTEE HAS PROBLEM
Executives Now Must Decide as
to Desirability Of Joining
International Body.

After long and strenuous session re-
pletc with argument for and against a
drastic amendment to the amateur ruling.
| the National Lawn Tennis Association OF
! the United States ended it's annual meet
ing last night at the Waldorf Astoria in
exactly the same place regarding the
amateur question as 1t was last year.
The original amendment was SO stern
| that IL probably would have barred many
good amateur players from competing in
Journeys away from their home towns.
through inability to pay expenses. :. W.
| Merrihew proposed less severe amend
ment to the original amendment, telling
| that an amateur IL one who:
| Has not accepted money for playing the
game In q tournament. match pr competi
| ton. but player. when invited by CLUB
or .TSad ,sS 20 pSfpeb t IN by 'P"rn
| sanctioned 10y the L ). y. l.. r \, may
accept actual railrcad Ear. to and from his
| held and such hospitality as the club may
provide. but shall no; accept any money In
4 player When ofncialiy selected TO rcpreseu.
| an association or club IN worlds champion
naP nam held under ths' auspices of the l..
y, /, r. a, or in a reb.esen's,iyc team com ,.
/ or club his necessary travelling ana reason.
able living expenses: such association or
| club must report the total amount paid 70
committee Of the L. :. = L. r g. CLUB
the holding OF t. tournament, report TO the
amounts paid Sv :hem covering the trans
F, portation ami expenses of players who par
uclpated In such tournament. with the
names OF such players.
\ vote was taken on whether or NOT
Merrihews amendment should stand.
There were eighty-two IN favor uf and
seventy mine against It. So 1t took the plac,
! Of the original amendment. To get its
place In tn. constitution II had To Toe
passed BY two-thirds vote with was
emineitly al iinpossibi!ity. The very fact
tina; II killed the drastic amendment how
| ever, was a measure Of victory for III
! above amendment supporters. for II lett
| the rule where II was-cuinparativrl!
| lenient
ON motion l.. II. Wreun George 1.
| Adee and Henry ". Slocum were selected
| as "A committee to take entire charge ~
| thr Davis cup matches. This Is the same
trio that managed AFFAIRS IN 1918 Tor
| America.
| In the election of officers the presi-
! dental chair Was considered hrst, ana
| Robert D. Wrenn, the incumbent. WAS re-
| turned once more without opposition The
! cc-president.al position went 10 A l..
| uosltins of Philadelphia after some close
balloting. Henry W Slocum. the old tim.
national champion, and last years vice.
| president, was the other candidate. He
received - votes. while the winner gained
| 90 A motion was made later TO make
! the election unanimous and the motion
was carried.
Richard stevens 6f Hoboken was made
treasurer unanimously. but there was "a
| vote taken for secretary. as two candi-
dates were In the field. l.. f. Torrey OF
! Clinton, " Y. proved successful with SO
votes to George r. Adee's 81. Two new
sectional delegates who become members
! OF the executive committee were appointed
] Ward G.. barton Of Minneapolis. North
west, and Palmer r. Presbrey Of Boston,
New England. Three other sectional dele
gut-s-Sumner Hardy, Pacific coast I:
Ralph Hoi,erhoff, Tri-Stato, and Elmer
Scott. Southwest--were reappointed. Henry
W Slocum was chosen member Of
the executive committee to take the place
of Palmer h. Presbrey. The delegates
AT large who will hold office until 1917
are q. r. Adee. New York j. q. Ames.
Proyi dence, and Craig Biddle, philad.l-
phia. Clinton Childs Of Pittsburg was
| in the field. but. receiving the lowest
number Of votes, was not elected.
To Newport the national championship
| mems singles and the final Of the doubles
were awarded again without opposition.
although II was supposed that other clubs
would look for the big events. The
women's national championship tourna-
| ment and the mixed doubles national
championship was awarded 10 the fhla-
delphia Cricket club. The indoor cham
pionshp Journeys were given 10 the Sew
enth Regiment again.
There was n fight between the Pittsburg
A. a. and the Cincinnati Tennis Club
for the national clay court championship
A fakrn and the ONO civ
gained the victory by 90 votes To s3.
Cleveland has been trying To get this
event for years without success and so
her representatives put IN an early bid
and asked to get II in 1916.
The West Side Lawn Tennis Club and
the Longwood Cricket Club Of Boston
were both so anxious for the Eastern
doubles that an extra vote was taken
Iongwood got the decision on the narrow
margin OF three votes, the vote being
So to 20. The southern doubles go To
the New Orleans Lawn Tennis club and
the Western doubles and the sectional
preliminary doubles to the Ontwentsla Club
Lake Forest III. The awarding OF the
Pacific coast doubles has been held over
II was reported by the treasurer that
there IL $4,000 in the treasury and that
Sl,704 profit was made from the DAVIS
cup matches.
Harold II. Hackett read a report on the
said that he could not see any reason for
a change, but suggested that the rule
be enforced as It stands, and that there
| was no reason why America should meet
England in the matter of the server
holding both feet on the ground behind the
service line,
Myles Charlock of the ranking COM
mittee recommended in his report that in
doubles the same pairs stick together for
the season. This. according to Charock.
would eliminate guesswork In the rating
/ OF doubles teams
Up 10 the present time only two coun-
tries have challenged America for the
! Davis cup. Belgium and Australasia. There
| is no doubt that others will come In be-
! fore the draw Is made early in March
Along about That time the L. s. \. l."
r. A. must inform the challenging coun-
tries when their ties must be completed
and II Is barely possible that some Of the
challengers will play their preliminary
rounds here.
At the present time the Davis Cup
competition Is thing separate from the
International Federation. America IL the
only tennis playing country which Is not
a member OF the Federation and IL two
nj. in, thn nj al