Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-06-30

After one of the most interesting
spring seasons on record in college cir
cies Princeton won the intercollegiate
team championship by an overwhelm-
ing victory over Cornell, writes j.
Parmly Paret in the New York Sun.
This sweeping defeat of the Ithaca
players came as Il surprise because III
the first meeting between the two col
leges little earlier in the spring they
broke even, e.ch team winning three
of the six matches played. Further
more. each college had beaten all OF
the other teams in clean-cut style.
The intercollegiate situation is more
difficult to follow in tennis than III
any Of the other sports, and few un-
derstand the inward workings OF the
system which decides the champion
ship. Every fall after the college sea-
son has opened there is held in Phila-
delphia the intercollegiate champion
ship tournament which decides the IN
dividual supremacy of the colleges in
singles and doubles. and the universe
ties themselves take a great deal OF
pride in the result of this, as there is
a challenge cup that goes to the alma
mater of the winning players, Ger
tain number of first places in singles
or doubles being required to make 1t
become the property of any college;
For the present cup Harvard mas j
points and Princeton !.
Entirely aside from this fall meeting
in Philadelphia. however, there is al
ways long schedule of intercollegiate
team matches in the spring season,
starting as soon as the outdoor season
begins and generally ending commence
ment week. The teams for this vary.
but rule there are either four or
six players on each team, the schedule
including four. or six matches in sim
giles and two or three matches in dou-
bles with the same players doubled
up There is no definite organization
in charge of these team matches like
the intercollegiate association that has
charge of the individual tournament.
Each college makes up it's own sched-
ule, as it does in foot ball, and the
schedules of the leaders do not always
include the same opponents, so the
definite team championship often is
undecided. The title sometimes-iS dis
puted at the end of the spring season,
because the results are somewhat in
consistent.
This year the issue has been settled
clearly and Princeton is entitled to the
championship with clear record Of
victories. not having lost n series. 1t is
the first time in many years also that
Princeton has been the king pin in ten
mis-. the honors more often falling to
Yale and Harvard. Not since the days
of Little and Alexander a decade ago
has Old Nassau had the tennis strength
that has come to her through George
NJ. Church and A few worthy helpers.
Church. it will be remembered. not
only. won the individual championship
in singles and doubles in 1912. but
added to his own glory as we'll as that
of his alma mater by beating the ma
tional champion, r. Norris Williams Cd.
representing Harvard. last fall in a
four-set match that upset all calcula-
tons. because Williams had beaten Nc
Loughlin, the worlds greatest master.
for the American championship a
month before at Newport.
Church captained the Orange and
Black team this spring with great sue
cess. and he and his men won every
series. except the first match with Cor
nell. which resulted in a tie. three
matches to three. In the Harvard
match Church met Williams again this
spring, but the Crimson representative
was prepared for him this time. and
the result of last fall was reversed by
-. Co.. although Harvard was
beaten by matches to .. Princeton
also beat Yale by similar score, Z to
., while Williams and Amherst were
beaten by to /.
Cornell beat Harvard 6 matches to 3.