The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-19
COAST TENNIS RESULT rs
NO MORE HAN EXPECTED
Different Story Will Probably Be Told When Western
Experts Come East to Play Under Real
Championship Conditions.

pected to make the trip includes
Mclaughlin, Bundy, Johnston. Grifin
and Clifton Herd. Herd IL a young
player from southern California who
has been steadily improving, and he
nay develop more strength under East
ern cond~1ons.
Strachan, Murray and Fottrell are not
expected to come east, and Or. Melville
Long, who has been playing in toutna-
ments again this spring. will probably
not make the trip. Long, it will be re-
membered, went OF to Australia for the
Davis cup on the first American team TO
make the long trip. Mclaughlin was
his partner In that expedition. and Lorg
retired from competition soon afterward,
settling down to practising medicine
Now, however. he has the tennis fever
again and he has been playing In tour
nainents out on the coast.
Mclaughlin, IL is reported. will make
his first Eastern appearance this year
In the East at the Newport tournament.
Just before the championships IL Is
not understood on all sides that the
Newport Casino viii continue It's an
null tournameu Just the same. even
though the championship composition
has been taken away from there. The
meeting this season will be an invitation
affair and the committee is hoping 10
J Ui ~ representative lSt vi payers "
take part.
The governors Of the Casino, in or
der to keep pace witt the growing needs
of the tennis players. bought last season
the old Ocean House grounds adjoining
the Casino enclosure. and new courts
were laid out there. Even with these
added courts ,he West side Club will
have better facilities this season thar
those at Newport Twenty-four grass
courts will he laid out FOR the cham
piouship at Forest Hills In August. and
this will furnish nearly twice the IA
~cilities Of the Casino last year.
-
The United states y. l.. r. \, in or.
der TO prevent an overcrowded entry list
made up OF a lot of players who have
no license TO play In the national cham
pionships. rave added "A number OF re
strictions this season. The entry fe'
has been raised and the list will clos'
far ahead of the tournament. No en-,
tries will be received directly from
players-all must come through the sec
rctaries Of the clubs to which they be
long. II has been especially requested
that no player enter who has not
serious idea NJ playing for the title
II Will cost just a. much to enter al
1t will 20 soc the play from the gran,
stand. 50 the old scheme OF entering
a. at Newport. In order to see tn
others play under more favorable con
ditions Will not hold good.
II these precautions do not keep tn
list of entries down this year to rea
, sonable proportions-that is. to undo
: 13S players-there may be NOR drasti
action taken next season. II Is possihl
, to require candidates for the cha npion
ship TO qualify in some way for tn
right to enter. either by previous rank
. ing or winning some district or ger
tional championship title. II seems dit
, iicult to work out IA rule that would M
I shut out some young aspirants for IN
title that might really he entitled to
chance. but a way may be found ar
1 other season II 1t becomes necessary I
I limit TIE lists more than this wear
e tournament develops.
The doubles are To- he played the sc,
t oud day, Tuesday. between McLoughll
I and Bundy, and the winners OF n
a Chicago p~reliminaries. Two large grsr
4 stands are to he erected at each 81,
p of the clubhouse, like those for Il
{ inierndtlonals last August. and the,
Will hold over three thousand spect;
o tors eacn. There will he four slnvl.
L courts side by side between these stand
n WIKI as many feature matches going c
at once on them. while the most I'm
portant each day will be placed on n
= end court next 10 the clubhouse porch