New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-14
WEST SIDE CLUB
SHOWS ITS HAND
Opens Fight to Get Davis
Cup Lawn Tennis Matches
for This City.

Julian s Myrck, OF the West side Ten
mis- Club, in a statement issued yester-
day afternoon, made It plain that the club
is in the forefront of the fight 10 secure
the coveted lawn tennis matches for the
Davis Cup.
Realizing that the Dongwood Cricket
Club, OF Boston. is its most dangerous
rival for the blue ribbon fixture OF the
lawn tennis world, the West Side Club has
come out with statement showing its
unusual facilities for successfully conduct
ing the matches.
Twenty thousand persons can be &C
commodated at the new ground in Forest
Hills, Long Island according to Mr.
Myrick, and arrangements have been
made with the Pennsylvania Railroad to
transport the crowd to within a hundred
Yards of the courts in about fifteen min
utes from the heart of the city.
The West Side Club also guarantees
that the turf on the courts will be as fine
as any In the world, not excepting the
famous grass surface at Wimbledon.
The statement follows:
In order to avoid any misunderstanding
on the part of the followers of lawn
tents the board of governors and officers
of the West Side Tennis Club wish TO
make it clear that the club has applied
for the challenge matches for the Davis
international cup.
Robert d. Wrenn, Henry W. Slocum and
George T. Adee, the committee Of he
United States National Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION, that it IS prepared on its courts
at Forest Hills. Long Island, TO oner
fsgn IL fArNs I'll "a
the cup and the challenging nation SUI
perior to any other field in the country.
1t has carefully developed a plan OF
transportation in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Railroad, which will make
il possible TO accommodate twenty thou-
sand spectators or more with case, dis
patch and comfort.
In addition 10 its willingness TO under
take the challenge matches for the DAVIS
Cup the West Side Club is also ready to
hold any Of the preliminary matches in
which France, Germany, the British
Isles, Australasia Canada and Belgium
may compete. the officers OF the West
Side Club in making the application TO the
national association have offered tables or
cost Of building stands. etc, the greatest
item Of expense in holding the matches.
showing that the outlay OF money and
time may be greatly reduced by holding
two or more of the international series
at the same place.
Realizing that the most important -ac-
tor is the perfection OF the turf of the
courts the West Side Club has secured
the services OF William Tucker. the turf
expert who has assured Robert d.
Wrenn and the others of the committee
that the playing surfaces at Forest HIS
will be az perfect as any in the world.
Already $1,000 has been spent in the
preparation of the special field OF turf
courts alone
The officers of the West Side Club be-
lieve that the club has the unqualified
support Of the majority of the players OF
the country. The matches OF year ago
were PLAYED successfully 10 a gate that
amounted TO $4,000 the largest sum ever
known IN the world. not even excepting
Wimbledon.
The club has mad two vears--in -Jl
and l9l3-of experience in the manage
ment OF international cup matches, and
on both occasions has surpassed all pre-
vious records in this country for attend
ance II is possible at Forest Hills TO run
trains through from the Pennsylvania
Terminal 10 the courts within fifteen
minutes and TO land the spectators with
IN one hundred yards OF the grounds.
IL is the expectation OF the West Side
club that the Davis Cup challenge
will be awarded TO ii and that
all previous records for attendance AMI
income will be overshadowed. as New
York is the logical place for holding such
imDortant contests