The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
Visiting Girls Fine Tennis
Has It's Helpful Influence
Miss Bjurstedt Is First Really Excellent Player Northern
Country Has Produced-Strong Movement On
to Develop Junior Players.
TOURNAMENTS ARE PROPOSED FOR VETERANS

organizations IN the game 10 FOSTER the
interest and playing ability of the
Younger generation, The West side
Tennis Club is very keen on holding a
national championship Junior tourna-
ment this season. and at the Seventh
Regiment they held during the Christ
mas holidays "A similar event indoors
for the metropolitan championship among
boys under Is years OF axe. II Is TO
these youngsters that we must look Tor
our champions Of the next fiVc or ten
Years, and tournament competition with
the keen incentive for Improvement In
their play and the leavening influence
OF such matches will do more In a sea-
son to ripen their skill than three years
of ordinary practice.
There lis a dearth of hampionship
material among the older experts that
has been increasing from year to year
and We find few promis nC candidates
In competition to take the places or
those who drop out. M~cloughlin can
play only a year or two more at most.
1T IL understood here in the East Kari
Behr and w. j. Clothier are both vet
Grams who must soon retire for old age.
so the first class will soon he dependent
largely on Williams. the champion. VITO
Is an undergraduate at Harvard. and
two or three of the Pacific coast play
ers. In the East we have only Church.
WaShburn and one or two others TO
fll the gaps In the rapidly depicting
ranks Of the first ten.
In the recent Junior in
doors there we're no less than eighty
three youngsters entered for youthful
! honors. No fewer thar a dozen and
perhaps Ms many more showed really
promising material. and Herbert Bow
man Of Mount Vernon. the ltimat
winner. displayed form that showed
every evidence OF ripening. with "A little
! encouragement. into high class tourna-
ment skill. Bowman showed "A steadi-
ness that WAS surprising In 80 young "A
player, and tts wins over l.. NJ. Banks.
II. W Forster and u. H. Haines. all
/ considered more dangerous AT the start,
was a well earned victory for steady
play over crratlc brilliancy.
The one DANCE that hesets these
Young schoolhoys is the tendency to-
ward becoming self-important by tour
nament success. Taken at this axe,
when their muscles are supple and plia-
bile and they are full of enthusiasm.
IL needs only good coaching in the right
methods TO make future champions of
these lads. Rut the everlasting pitfall
hat CROSSES their path 10 success 10
the dangerous idea that they have
learned all there IL TO know OF the gam"
as soon as they have Won a tournament
or two. II takes ten years NJ hard work
under favorable conditions 10 turn out
an expert Of thu cha mpionship class. hut
these youngsters are starting seNeral
wears earlier in life on the right track
and ought to have IN" world before them
when they reach college. Ten years
ago We began tennis in college days and
when We really reached Newport form
il was time to retire and 20 into husi-
ness and give up the game.
There is a movement on foot row 90
extend the life of tournament players a'
the other end Of the line by establish
ing "A national veterans championship
tournament DR.. r. W. stephens ui
| Pittsburg Is the father OF the scheme
and ne IL meeting with some encourage
ment from the leaders In IN" game. \
dispute has arisen over what the age
limit should he for 4 veteran. In Eng.
land. where such tournaments are quite
| common, 40 is the age limit and ia al
most all of the veterans events hdndi'
caps are assigned IN the weiEh for ag
system. \ man Of ~ IL placed ~
scratch and the other players got hau1I.
caps ranging at oue-SlNth ~ uiiccn iol
every two years they are older than 1"
\ man OF 80 receives fifteen handicap
and nj - he gets thirty from the scratCi
players. When ! was I'm England sprn'
wears ago saw one hal" aud hearts
old gentleman Of - hard - tho gam.
and his odds were so heavy that %,
won many OF the veterans tournaments
In this country. however, attention
has been called to tn" fact that l.arncd
Wrcnn. Slocum, ANDERSON of Brook
Ign and several others who still plt'
high class tennis are over 20 and i'm
few years the ranks Of the veteran
1T L. 49, H-.IN |.HH
and some others among those near tn
top of the game at this time Forty
I'VE has been suggested as a better az
for a man to enter the veterans elias
and the matter Is still under discussion