The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-30
PLAN AGAINST RAIN;
HOPE FOR SUNSHINE
Annual National Tennis Title
Play Starts This Morning,
Weather Permitting.
BUNDY rs COMING TO PLAY

watchrul waiting ard preparedness
were much in evidence yesterday al the
West side Tennis Clu courts at Forest
Hills. Long Island. where the national
lawn tennis championship will start TINS
morning. The watchful waiting was
for the sun. which failed to materialize'
although the corps of ground keepers
pra we'd for II TO come out and put tho
finishing touches on the turf for the
%thlrty-hfth annual titular event. the first
70 be played outside OF Newport. The
preparedness was in the nature OF many
huge tarpaulins which formerly pro-
tectcd the turf on the championship
courts at the Newport Casino from mois-
turc. Because OF these coverings II IL
expected that the turf will be In excel
lent shape this morning when the men
come out TO play.
At a meeting OF the officials yester-
DAY in the Vanderbilt; Hotel, where the
players and committee have made their
headquarters the opening days playing
achedule was revised. The first OF the
matches TO be put on the main courts
at 10 o'clock will bring together Cedric
A. Major, former Cornell player ana
holder of the Connecticut state cham-
pionshlp, and Bernard &. Law OF Prince
ton. simultaneously with this match
Ward Dawson OF San Francisco will
play John C. Mckay, and on the twenty
other courts there will be a host OF other
good matches.
Alri>k II. Man. Jr., former New Eng
land champion. and Douglas S. Waters
OF New Orleans. ranked No. l among
the Southern players, will play on the
main court at II o'clock. Maurice f..
Mclaughlin will meet Ernest Fritz
Kuhn. "A German player. in the first
afternoon match on the main court at
2:l5, while at the same time, on the
grand stand court, Charles VI. Bull. Jr.,
of the Crescent Athletic Club and Lyle
r. Mahan OF the West Side Club will
clash. on the side courts in the early
afternoon session there probably will
be some of the best competition OF the
day. DR.. william Rosenbaum will bat
tie with Robert lie Roy Fred 1nman.
former New York State champion. will
b pitted against Clinton L. Childs, a
Pittsburg player OF prominence H.. "
Forster, the young Westchester school,
boy. will meet Craig Biddle OF Phila-
delphis Arthur ). Cragin, a Sew
eHtn regiment 81 d'h' W ] oDlDOst mar z
J.. Johnston. Jr.. former New England
intercollegiate champion. and Edward II.
Whitney. former Harvard captain. will
hook up with Harold A. Throckmorton.
the young Jersey ~schoolboy.
The late afternoon session will bring
together Frederick Il. Alexander, former
Davls cup player. and Nathaniel w.
Niles, the Longwood Cricket Club star,
on the championship court at 3:l5.
While Alexander is trying his hand
against Niles, his old teammate in many
championships. Harold II. Hackett will
take on William NJ. Johnston OF San
Francisco.
Julian S. Myrick, president OF the
Wese Side Club, yesterday
that he had received a letter from
Thomas c. Bundy of Los Angeles In
which McLoughlin's partner in the
doubles championship team stated tina
he expected to leave for New York on
Tuesday. The date for the playing OF
the challenge round in the doubles will
not be fixed until Bundy arrives here.
The schedule Of to-day's matches:
10 A. M,-Inuis Graves VS.. Norman
J1hnson; Herbert l.. Bowman vs.. g ".
chambers; :, + Palmer vs., II. g, Thomas
J. $. Eaton ys a. =, Copeland; L /.
stone vs.. T. I. Fall; W. /. Pitt VS.. b. Ia
silva: =. =. Henshaw vs., W =. Anderson:
VS., J, &. Mckay; Russell Brown va. j. s.
ppfanman; j. r. Allan rs = W. Gibbons;
+. Prentice vs.. W. d. Bourne; A. +. Coney
W Harold Swain; r. II. :. Andrewes vs..
Benjamin NJ Phillips; Irving Riker vs.. II,
Ii 4, Nv d Cunningham vs.. G. s.
9sriSnd; = y; Man: j., vs., ID $ Waters
ONeslC, Jr.. VS.. W. VI. Blair; Clarence q.