New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
Committee of Players
Fires First Gun in Well
Planned Campaign.
TELLS WHY TOURNEY
SHOULD BE MOVED
Brief in Favor of New YORK
Against Newport Submitted TO
the Clubs Of Country.
e, FRED HAWTHORNE

battle 90 decide Wn'cn ~fa. n't0 N'N
next national lawn tennis champion
ship tournament.
TIE tennis players committee. OF
ahicb lyIc Evans Nsran. che former
intercollegiate champion is secretary,
scrt out tvo circulars 20 clubs and 'n-
d,vidaals Yesterday advocating the
trsnsfe. of the tournament from New
Dor, 20 New Nora. and asking the dele
gates for the.r proxies Of thc next an-
r1Si meeting %. the United states Nh-
fioUa. Lawn Tennis Assoc aaf'on al me
Waldorf Astoria Hotel on February Cd.
TIE action Of the tennis PLAYERS
committee. which fs composed a.
more than one hundred players many
% national prominence on the courts,
is the first actual gun fired m the cam
psien TO Vrest rom Newport ifs con
troll of the lawn tennis attraction.
Hits from the Shoulder.
The committee strikes straight from
the Shout Ter .u stating is grounds for
wishiuG r hold the uauonsl tourna-
mcDt I'M .H city. and 100 asking Tor
rroHc- 80 ... rruLal meeting says;
eve a-. o.r club 60 give me ln-
closed circular. CmbodyinC some OF our
reasons frr advocating this change.
careful attention. Unfortunately. Fair
consideration OF this proposed change
in che usual manner Is made impo'-
s,blc ~ sr annual meeting, owing. I'm
,sr, ~ -1e limited sine omen for dis
,gss,or md also because certain of
-cers a. the association yearly hold
numbers Of un.rstructod proxies. and
naturally vote according 20 their own
..r-aorr f. 1- o. .f.f ions
"Iu 1911. after fair discussion on me
floor q the annual meeting. consld-
cradle majority % the delegates pres
ont voted ON the merits of inc argu-
ment ln favor %. removing me cnah-
riOnsnlp rom Newport ana \el we
motion was defeated. n tne man, oE
the unmsuucted proxy vote. ms was
done not" i1siandlnt me iac' 'nal lhe
desire OF me h"lotlts NaS y-t'L-E GU
phtslzea iH FAVOR o. l"e '"a"se p'O
posea. L... ........ 80,
ls Hn 'Ne "oo' ,I.,.',.,, ~
NINA anu II." we" u" va. ~.
fepetIioh o' c'uos N''.it aNe..s 800 C,-F;-e
pos'l"ie l"l TO" .'U"S' -
every cruz q" pc 'H"'leu '"'s 80,
register rs own NoW 10y ~
hoiding tne Singles V""'"p 'ohsN'p '"
NtN or ..--........ ..,,5 NOV
We tn-lt' o't - O- ~ -.
sonal delegates TO ne ann 1eI lnG ,,,Io
ing IN tolu7i. y. >, ,nl' 49,
ana you nSNe , ooIi''e ent van fo maze
-. .ts ircIosad blank
'N- III II.~old IT
u TO ~ III II m Nth mower
49,, plosse mail vour
..,ol.aI 1fobsr I'M Rroadway.
~ 49,
Nt .Et ,o,, 49, .,rc,d,. forwarded vour
YOU nav 800 ono "a,
viiI5 s,,,.,te,. 80 ,,g 20 mail your
49,, holder instructions relative TO
this matter or revoke such uninstruct-
rd proxy ana MAKE 0ul o"e Ut '"e Oh"
closed DO our favor.
The feeling between Karl II. Bchr.
Uolcoo,bo Ward. Iyle Nahau. George
n Church. Harold Il. Hackett. the
esders OF Inc f.ro ,bo corti1uspce
Of The tournament a. the Newport Ca
s;ro D.. lr++,, aud whom the real test
f .-..,,. .t. an,
comes at ''t "''"-ai '", ''-"H ~,
gumCnfs are certain TO be acrimonious
md cwphatfc
TL 49,. nh ..t t;. rol1c,, co
N.' '''' 'N.t o"'
ceuers 90 nor intend TO ne caught uH-
rrepared hence the careful lusfrCc-
ti.te a. ro.atHe tho Voting OF prOXics
''H.
ln inc trtnNI t.IcA.dI' "hHtI que
caption. "a R,icf i'm Favor Of New
Work fnr Holding Of the National
e.. ~ --.-.-
-!ngiee 'h-'1p' ohShIP' lnt ennis
Players committee says;
."Tho undarsi cncd are of the opinion
A.. .t. -.t.o,,.l s.,,,i,g rbeu,r;orebip
1ns' w '- . go,
thoulu nc remover 'Nir ear 'Oi"
N\ewyport 70 me ,NI'S,s' Hllc Gnnl'
.t-f
- 80 e.. ,c,sor. ror ,bis decision
go
-
! ennis is Now National IN ENtent.
"Tbi. game 3. mo- longer the pastime Of a
few. hut has grown to he a national her
tage. nnd a, such We believe eur dn'S
=" 'Neno '''"e' IVA" '''"'' ~ s''"'"'
New ! Ork Playing Centre OF
Country
or me hundred plalr,s ranked 'h,s yer
,mnedsatc ,I"'nit, thirteen nom New
England. thirteen from the Middle West.
IN from the Coast aud e,ght from me
\ apt"' .bn,,., ~ eoo ,.nni. en,in,i,.t,
in DAN, attsndnnre. Onls 20 ranked men
pla, ed ~ newport thi> year In tour
hs 9 %, ~" -, Mnn. ~ me ne @a@hi
nave hcen able to compete. London PAR.
and Stockholm ARE the centres Of tennis
~ Their Ts,prcii,,e c9nn,r'e,. and Ne"
.b"yld nat'lr,I,, hs thc ,rntre "f it, te"ni.
Ne call 30 YOUR attention that >cw Enr
snd With only thirteen ranked plsSers;
~, ps,u ,a ,n uooD'< a. "Is,c" sn.
while Ns~ lorI' With M, eight of IN.
ranked PLAYERS, held NO event Of national
importance.
some Leading Points.
Tho brief then goes on 90 recitc the