The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-09
WEST SIDE FIGHT is
ON FOR TITLE TENNIS
Players Committee Will Try 10
Bring the National Tour
ney Here.
NEWPORT MAYOR PRESENT

zion had o. meeting at Delmpnicos las
nigh. This question cannot be decided
uut' the annual meeting OF the National
Lawn Tennis Association next month
nut tho West side Tennis Cluh came gu,
with the statement that it moi only wants
me nutoual tournament hut iH eager 70
rct H.
An that the West Side Tennis Club az
'uallv did at the meeting was to signify
tie Intention o. taking the tournament II
d h. offered 10 them by the national as
sociatinu TIE club left the matter t.
the PLAYERS committee which was formed
O. carr, the firnt 10 the national associa-
zion FOR thu purpose OF taking the tour
uameut uwuv frOm the Casino and bring
ing a. here The committee bv the way
seems To- be one which g. more lhan
auxiouF Tor thc fight and BE- headed ~
Dwight J. Davis ~ 81 Louis donor Of
Tho Duvif International lawn tennis cup
and one o. the moss prominent figures
.u the lawn tennis world
Just what thc tournament means d
Newro-. and 20 the WeE. Sld, Tennis club
was brought out boy IN, fact that into thu
dor o. the W rs, Sidcrf came Warren h
JFuiIus Mayor ut the pchccfu' little CITY
o. newport Icusuf was There with
man, tsgucf about me ethics o. the lawn
tcunis rumc ana tine value o. holding the
fnu~uc' ir NCvun~. fl' WAT strong IL
the especial opinion tha the talking or u
avn, from Newport mEr nave g. Ter.
dvucv toward the commero. ali2atior 81
tho game and b., was E-rlng for explain
mC how
TIE, Muvu- ~ Newport however nevcr
hau any rnuure tu air hif viovt on the
mattor. for ur b. mo- member uf the
West side Tennis Club and as guest a.
.h. meeting hHr ~. r4gnf Co. EJ, anything
bearing pu the business %. She Cluh. Thit
was n~ourh. pu b, The chairman o. the
meeting O--iu g. Ijop. president o. the
" Vest side Tennis Club. VINO refused IL
g-uu. NJ JolI.uf permission 20 speak
Nj Jenkins thcr rui ur auc said that
No. considered his presence there as an i'm
position. auu us 30 wag wholly unp~cmedi-
tated he would MOI argue ~ favor o. New
port, hut would Withdraw from the meet
ms which he dad immediately he finished
speaking Aftcrwaru Alr Jenkins said
.uut he was wholly with the West side
rlub TO- hc figured thar they had taken
tine proper stand n regard "a their own
club. although he cnuir not see what sd-
vantage could be gniued hy lawn tennis
as 81 spot % the tournament waf taken
away from Newport be also attempted
To prov. that Newport o. not wholly a So
claI centre and ,but the lawn tennis tour
nameut meant mucn a. HE town, hut all
tins oXtrHueuus o. the meeting.
Alr Jenkins wHs uot atone In his IDEA
New YurE for directly he had finished
William Thompson. member o. the Wes,
Side club rnt M ana expressed his views
81 he subject Thompson said that AS
q mcunrr o. the FOres' Hills o-Eanizn-
tiol ne WIS not cEpenlal.r anxious 20
see al. o. the outside features coming TO
MS club tor whereas She tournament
mrnt ouuuurc the rio-r 90 IN, club O.
rreut d,u 10 could to tine mcmp,~t
nothing uu' harm. His stand wus taken
Oh tu, pulu. that whcucv"r q tournament
is uIuv,a a. tue West ~u" club o~ Tor
that matte" az any other club tine mem
ue~s had o. give way tu the visitors and
-hc~c ore could no. re- O chance To get
nu. on tine courts TO- PLAY tennis. priv
lere Toy winch they were paying their
durr Il utHs- wu~tis THOMPSON idea
wuA 20 keep the West S,d, Tennis Clur
Tor West S.uers
LYLE T. Mauau cher took the foor ana
presented motion that the West Side
club should e. after th, national tou~na-
mput a. concrete s-vl, Muhur die NOT
p.uL very long nus what h- satu had
weight o. argument behind b. fDr ne read
ont tie, names o. some OF those VINO are
nuSluus q. see th, tournament come 20
New No-. fIf motion mad, 90 necessary
10Y th, mculnp~s of th' West Side Tennis
club to- vote tha' ~ the event OF thetr
helms offered Ga, national tournament they
wnulc TAX, IS,
Tu iudg, from tho names ~ thOs, who
had seu' ir ictte~s ia "a, PLAYERS com
mittec on thei~ desire to nav, thc tsu-ua-
men' held In Now ovE uuuodv wants q
tu go tn Newport Letters came IN from
tn, North Eue, South and West,
Among those VINO do uo, want 10
visit Newport AGAIN aye Hotc0mDe Ward
of D~uuro fnrmer Duvif ruU player
pwirh- = DAVIS Of 81. Louis Harold
n Hackp', CgWair ~ the Davis cup
team m 1913 karl IT. Heh7 mem
be~ o. last vcu.s fluvie cup team
George NJ Church ur PRINCETON in
tercollor.pte champion RAYMOND T.
Ia-tIe member o. tho 1913 inter-
national team Watson NJ. Wash
hum Giistnve T. TouChurd, Cis~eUCo !
Griffin Of California. Dem Muthe' Of
Crawford n d.. AicH SquaIr % Chi
ruFo, ~ Alfred SH!lmuu I'd OF the
Harvard cub stephen MilIott John +.
Strarhnr OF California Roland Horrr OF
=. ouiy = rHre' and LYLE F. Mahan-
Others supporting the West SIDE duh
ur, Perez y S'verr o. Fl-tsnurG. t. =
Dowhurs' OF Philadelphia. ed Ander-
son %. Baltimore. d G. Itnvu' 81 Glove
hand. G d Dpvir OF Washington. Fl L.
DovIe OF Washington. Semi Russ o.
Texas Nat iuudN Of Norfolk, Jonn
Bailey of oklahoma Walter l.. Pntc OF
the ranking committee. Walter Merrill
Fuli OF the ranking committee Harry u.
ElrkCvor Of IuflulO Conrad n. AounE OF
Omaha. Walter n TuylOr 81 Norfolk.
Fanueth T. McNcal o. Chicago, Richard
Hooker o. Springfield Conn Y ". Cole
OF Hartford Conn. 7 II s. Cake of
WashurtoL pnlI = Hawk OF Philadei-
Min Hugh g. Whitehead OF Norfolk.
George Nettictou a. Now Haven and C..
y Jones Of ~ Louis
These were only the more prominent
among the tennis PLAYERS VINO want the
tournament taken away from the Casino
al Newport and the players committee
had "a string Ot other names remark
able feature ui the meeting wus that -
though the v est Side Club which b. the
most Interested party n the iight, would
no, come out natlv m u and declare that
che organization would go after the tour
uament tooth ana NAH PLAYERS from all
over the country showed their Willingness
to Try and tahe The event away from
Newport
Toward the close o. the meeting Kari
II Rchr one ~ the prime movers IN the
fight got M and announced that ne felt
that al the members VINO voted IN favor
OF the West Side club taking the tourna-
mant should n ne offered should hack tne
fight AlHhauF original motion hud h"en
carried with only q Few dissenting votes
After O litt.o tall hy Eddie gOnlm It wm
made unanimous.
Iiehr SAID that there war biz under-
current working against the mon that