The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-05
BRITISH TENNIS FIXTURES
PUT OFF UNTIL END OF WAR
Decision of English Association Means That Only I'M
portant Tournaments This Year Will Be
Those on This Side of Atlantic.

ito fortify the Eastern contingent from
which an international team could be
picked In the absence OF international
play the season coming ought TO go a
long way toward developing new ma
terial and seasoning the best men for
the struggles of 1915. with the healthier
surroundings Of the championship at the
West side club to foster this sporting
spirit.
The war IA playing havoc with tho
European players OF many nationalities.
Otto Froitzheim. ths German champion.
Ia locked UP In England a prisoner of
war. He was an officer In tho active
army when war broke out but over
here for the international matches. He
caught the first ship available, head
ing for Italy. but was stopped at Gibral-
tar and captured by the English with a
lot OF other Germans Recently he was
transferred from Gibraltar to England
for safe keeping. With him was Oscar
Kreutser. his partner In the interna-
tional team, and Mauricio Gaivao. a
German American player who won
many tournaments around the local
circuit early last season and the year
before.
Galvao'e father Was Portuguese
and his mother a German. 40 his name
let him slip past tho British officers
reserve man. and he worked his way
up through Italy and Austria to Ger
many. Many letters have been received
over hero from him. some of them as
recently as last month. in which he
tells OF his life In the trenches on tho
firing line in northern France. In Janu-
airy Gal was still hoping to reach
Paris soon. he wrote. although no was
in Won Kluck's right wing that was
NNaV -. ~ al t..
October and November.
On the Allies side Wiltiing il driv-
ing An automobile for one of the Brit
ish star officers in the fighting zone
and Of Frances two great players De-
cugis and Colbert, the former has been
wounded. while the latter Is close to
the front In the French artillery. Ken
meth Powell. one Of the leading English
players. has been killed In the fight
ing. while Or. Otto Nirnhe!m. secre-
tary Of the German l.. T. A.. has also
been killed near the Russian frontier.
X Kleinsroth, another OF the leading
German experts has been badly in
jured In an automobile smashup near
Munich while in the service OF the com
missary department of the army. The
Tennis Club de Paris. the finest OF the
indoor clubs on the Continent. has been
turned into "A hospital and is presi ded
mer woman champion of France
Norris Williams. the national cham
pion, 10 laying out a severe campaign
for himself this season and has begun
his preparation already. In tho recent
indoor tourna rnent IN Boston he showed
distinctly better form than last season.
his winters Indoor practice seeming 10
have rounded out some OF his weak
II ~
easily. despite the fact that tho field In
Guided e-nong Others Peil OF New York.
Johnson OF Brooklyn. Jones OF Provi-
dence and Gardner. Niles and Dahney ~
Boston There was quiet confidence
and a eteadying down OF his former back
hard w1ldness tina, promised wei. for the
big championship matches later IN the
season
As captain OF the Harvard University