New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-29
FOREST HILLS
PREPARES FOR
The TOURNEY
Last Touches Put on the
Stands and Turf for Lawn
Tennis Classic.

Forest Hills began to dress in gala
attire yesterday in preparation for the
national lawn tennis championships,
which will be held on the West Side
Tennis Club courts this week. At the
courts the last touches were put on
the already seemingly perfect stands
and turf. so that everything will be
in readiness for the first matches at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The foul championship courts, which
are surrounded by the grandstands,
were groomed and trimmed until they
looked like stretch Of yelvety green
carpet When the sky became overcast
and the first drops Of rain began to
fall in the midafternoon there we're
hurried orders. and five large strips
of waterproof canvas were stretched
over the playing surface TO prevent its
being softened.
Although the twenty courts outside
Of the pale were in readiness save for
the nets. few Of the 12S PLAYERS who
are to pair off tomorrow were out for
final tuning up. None Of the stars
were on hand. and altogether not more
thar a dozen of the men WHO are en-
tered in the tourney were at the courts.
Most conspicuous Of those who were
there we're Dean Mathey and Louis
Graves. who played a practice match
on the court Immediately behind the
championship inclosure. G.. A. l..
Dioune and DR.. William Rosenbaum
also went through an hours light rrac-
tice.
The details Of the tournament have
received careful attention. The stands
seat a total Of 1000 spectators, and il
is possible that approximately another
thousand may be squeezed in on the
field to witness the challenge match in
the doubles, which has been scheduled
for next Saturday, and the champion
ship contest in the singles, which, with
the prospect of day OF two of delay,
Will come on the Wednesday following
Labor Day.
The .chedule for tomorrow follows:
20 oclocs-Lous Graves ans Norman johnson.
J1Ln q. M.kF and Ward Dawson. Cedric A
~. ,3 al 4. Eena[4 Law H. l. HoemAa and
bef.. Spencer J. Palmer 4ad d g. Thomas Julian
5. Eaton and A. J. copeland Llargae. Grianeu
aud Thomas A. Robinson. j. IT, blackstone alI
Frank a Ian. W. Irving PIN and B ia Su1a.
sidney +. Hel,h4N and " : Anderson. T.. A
Vale and $ r. McAllster Russell Blown ana
! iiafman. John T. Allen ani Pau Vs. Glh-
hons Andrew r. Allen and Leonard BseAm4n.
Bern0u : Prentice and " d. Bourne Arthur u
Corev. jr. and Harold Swan. r a. ) Andrews
aud Benjamin ) PHILIPS. Irving EEer and Harold
ID. HeUej
II o'clock-Wiuism y. Cunningham and Charles
:. Garland Fenim0re CatJ and J. -. To-
land. :. O'Neae. j.. sl1 william Mitchell Blair.
AlEick II. Man. u, AID Doug ts Waters. Car
elce c. Pel and Ferdinand l. TlrnDYu. J T..
Ad1le. IT,. All Paul > B-iasmade Robert RAM
and Edmund J. Peas.,e Leonard ". kLo1 and
j. ". Geary. ir. walter J. Pate and b T. Drake.
John q Thomas and william Rand. 50 Francis
". Cole and Carroll J. lnt. ir. I.ancis r Banter
and Murray Sargent william 4. taml1c. and
Felix Doubleday. q st.It4rd and " Hs..ey
Wood. Howard NosaeI AID Robert McL4se. Cor-
reIus Boocock ali Ralph Bass Ralph J. som
mcr and lWug Wright jane s. eastman aI.i
4 Colker Gamer ; r. Fre.rhu sen AID r g.
Thomas. ir.. Theodore Roosevelt PeI and An Fox
Us 0'coes-Crlrs- W. NlgAtmau ard Charlie.
lart. HEMP G. Martin and Kari ~ Behr DR.
William Rosenbslm aaI Robert l. RoJ. Richard
Stevens AUG A VI Ll1ler. Frederick G. lana. and
Clinton l. tlilds. Adrian laEsr and Z n. Will
fans a. Wallace J. Johnson 4rI Zion r. H0ober.
" Merrill Hal and Chandler Burrows Herbert W
Forster aud craig Bili'e q. A L. piorle ana
Middleton DE Camp Dudley Roberts and Dean
D. Walter Roberts 81 Phillip Roberts l. a.
house and Watson " Wish5Iu. c 5 McK-aria
and G. VI Church. George H. Ne'let0n and Arra-
ham Bsssford r. Ludlow Van he Neuter and
Il A Plumner. Ffed u Harris ard C. l. Russell
CHAMPIONSHIP COURTS
ei5 o'clock-C , Grmn ari sidney Thsrer jr
Harold Naasru alI "A ~ Johnston Maurice
NrLoughlin ant lrUs' Fritz Kuhn y IS N.i-t
ard Alexander. Charlie II. B4Il. IT, and
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