New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
mates Named for One Hun
dred and Sixty-Seven
Fixtures This Year.
HIGH WATER MARK
SET FOR THE SPORT
New York State Tourney Trans
ferred from the Crescent A. c.
Courts to Club in Utica.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.


Pobert u. Wrenn, president of the
RATED States Lawn Tennis Assoeia-
,;on. announced last night the official
r., Of dates and awards Of champion
hin tournaments for the season OF
1915
Never before in the history Of the
r,ne in this country has so great a
,rmber OF tournaments received the
ssnction Of the governing body. AS
.ignmerts have been made for l67 fixt-
rres this year. from coast TO coast. In
,o14 the total was 1S4. the record num-
bsr m 70 that time. This increase in
, single year is a plain indication of
,be way in which lawn tennis is forg
nc ahead IN leaps and bounds.
with no Davis Cup matches 20 be
.ortested this year. the tournament Of
c,eatest Importance for followers of
Ss game in the United States, and
rsrtjcularly in this city. is the national
iSsmpionship, 70 be held on the grass
soprts Of the West Side Tennis Club.
.. Forest Hills, Long Island, beginning
on August 80.
when the opening match is called
4, This tournament il will mark the
Srst occasion upon which the national
rbsmpionship has ever been held on
s,v courts except those of the Casino
stNewport. Il is certain the attend
snce will far exceed that at any previ-
Sns tournament of the kind in the his
.oTv Of lawn tennis in this or any
other country.
The women's metropolitan cham
,ioDships will be decided on the West
S;de courts on May %. instead of late
In the season. as heretofore, while the
vomen's national championships will
No plaved al the Philadelphia Cricket
Cluj. in Philadelphia, on June 7. On
the same date the New Jersey state
rbampjonships will begin on the courts
NJ The Eontclair Athletic Club, at
Montclair. y. J.
The West Side Tennis Club, in order
20 devote most of its energy 10 the
national fixture, did not apply for the
mems metropolitan championships this
year Instead. this tournament Will be
plsved on the dirt courts of the Bronx
Vile Athletic Association, at Bronx
vile. y. y. on June y.
The national clay court champion
.bjps will be held by the Pittsburgh
A A., at Pittsburgh. on June 26.
The Orange Lawn Tennis Club, OF
South Orange, y. j., gets the annual
Middle States championships, begin
ming on June 21, and the New York
State championship tournament Is
shifted this year from the Crescent
Athletic Club to the courts OF the
yabnundssis Golf Club, at Utica, be-
ginning on July The titles OF Cen
,raI New York State also will be de-
,;Ssd AT the same courts and on the
same dates.
new fixture this year will be the
Psnama-Pacifc championship tourna-
nsnt 10 be held at the exposition
grounds in san Francisco, starting on
Iulv 10. when both Western and East
EN- stars viii be seen in action.
The New Jersey state championships
for women Will be held on the courts OF
the Fnrlewood Field Club, at Engle-
wood. \. j., beginning on September 10,
and the annual LongwOod singles and
Eastern doubles 90 again y the Long
wood Cricket Club, of Boston, on July
g.
The intercollegiate championship
tournament will begin on September, -
on the courts Of the Merton Cricket
Club, at Philadelphia, and on the same
date the West Side Tennis Club VIII
put on the junior metropolitan cham
pionship. .., &c
August will be the busiest month OF
the wear on the courts, no less than
forty-nine tournaments being schea-
uled in that month, with July secohd III
activity, with thlrty-slX.