Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18
INTERICTY RACQUETS
FIRST BIG MATCH OF
SEASON HERE JAN. Is
New York and Philadelphia
Teams to Clash at Racquet
Club-State Champion
ship January 20
SCHEDULES COMPLETED

Philadelphia is to see an imposing ar
ray Of contests In court tennis racducts
and squash racqucts during the next fcw
months, according to the imposing schcd-
ule just issued by the Racquet Club.
In all three sports tho best players of
the country will perform in the courts of
the Racquet Club. This season. however.
the national championships in court ten
mis- and racquets 70 elsewhere, as they
have been on local courts In recent sea-
sons.
The first big contest in which Phiia-
dclpha is Interested Is the intercity
clash with the mcmbers Of the New York
Tennis and Racquet club. This takes
place at the local Racquet Club on Jan
uary Is. New York will send over its
strongest teams in both sports. Included
among the players will he Clarence c.
Pcn. national amateur champion; Larry
Waterbury, famous polo player and pre-
vious holder Of the national title and
Payne Whitney, great court tennis
star.
Philadelphia will he represented by Jay
Gould, the worlds champion court tennis
player william II. r. HUM, Gould's
partner In tennis doubles: George II.
Brooke the present club racquet cham
pion: Wilson Potter and Joe Wear. the
latter Il year ago Joint holder of the ma
tional rccquet doubles championship.
From this lineup it will hc seen that
both this city and New York viii have n
strong lineup Of champions and former
holders of titles, so that the kccncet kind
of competition Is assured. 4 week later
this city will play Il return match in New
York with that team
The Pennsylvania state squash racquet
1. l. ~.
Racquet club, beginning January % and
running TO "A conclusion in the following
week In this tournament Philadelphia
will play a prominent part as among its
representatives will be Mort Ncwhall and
White. OF Germantown, both former ma
tional champions. These same players
will compete in the United States cham
ponship. beginning February IL, at Bal
timore.
The complete schedule of racqucts, court
tennis and squash racquet matches fol-
lows:
RACQUETs.
January 3-tO-Club racquet singles handirap
january ic-l7-Club racquet doubles handi.
January, l3-lntcrcity rasquets:. singles and
doubios p6adcphi vs. sew YORK skSG' at %aW %"%
January 20 (weck ofD-National racquets sin
giles championship, AZ Boston.
JanudTJ &f-1A-'lub Ehsiu'NA HlnkleH tUhUl-
pionship
February l-0-Club racauets doubles cham
pIonship
February % (week Of National racqucts
doubles championshlp. at boston.
SQUASH
January 1T-24-Club squash-racquet doubles
JANUARY 81 and following days-Penns yIvania
sguash-racquet championships, at Racquet
Club
FEBRUARY ~ and following days-u. s
squash-racGuet singles championship and inter-
city team matches at Baltimore.
February 2l-2s-Cluh squash racquet singles
handicap,
March l-s-Club suuash-racquet singles
championship
COURT TENNIS.
January i5-Intercity tennis. New York vs..
Philadelphia at Racquet Club.
January 22-InterCity tennis. New York vs..
Philadelphia. at New York.
March l-S-Club tennis doubles handicap.
March S-l5-Club tennis doubles champion
March lS-2O-Club tennis singles handicap
March 22-2n-Club tennis singles handicap;
April 2-Week ~ national tennis singles
championship at New York.
April u--Week OF national tennis doubles
championship AT New York.