The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-25
PLANS FOR JOHNSON AND
 WILLARD FIGHT COMPLETED
Timely Comments On Various Topics Sport Enthusiasts Are Dis
 cuSSinQ

\ i s pears to be a possibility that the coming golf season will be featured by at least one international tourna- menta The entry of several of the
 more prominent of the English pro fessionals in the American open cham ptonship at BaItusroL June 15 to .S is almost certain in case the English open, set for about the same period. IistdeclRred off on account of the war.
 The English goffing authorities have not as yet made. definite an- i1ouncement regarding their tourna-
 nent but close observers of the trend of the sport abroad are. of the opinion that the open golf cham ptonships will be dropped for the season of 1915 as l.has been done with the Henley re- gatta, the Oxford Gaunbridg crew race and other English sports classics. With their principal home Journeys abandoned these professionals would welcome the opportunity to play in America for their sources of revenue have been greatly curtailed since the beginning of hostilities. There is an other side to the situation, however, which leaves the question of ultimate entry in doubt While there are a number Of prominent professionals who are not serving with the English regiments on the continent. a large ma jority are connected with various home defense organizations and are loath to leave England this spring for fear their motives ght be nnfsunder- stood If the war situation clears ssuf- fcient1ys Braid, Vardon, Taylor and others may yet be seen competing in the American open in June.
 At the annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association to be held in New York betty early next month the proposition to remove the National Champion- laIlips from Newpprt to another point, l probably New York. is likely to be lgiven careful consideration. The West ISide Club situated at Forest Hills, L. IT,. one of the leading clubs of the
 detropo1itan district is expected to of fer to stage the 1915 championshfp
 events. If this policy Of moving the laI1-comer's tournament from Newport Ills adopted it is thought that in years Ito come the cham pionship play will be shifted from city to city each sea- lson. as is done in the golf title tour lneys.
 Opposition to the plan ascertain te I develop for the All-Comer's has beer theId, continuously at Newport since k1SS1 when the National tennis cham fpionships were established. Withou1 I,eoTne form of eligibility rule witI (which to control the entries it is fear led, in certain quarters, that the tour. lnament. if held in the larger cities Twill be sWamped by ambitious rae. Iquet wielders who desire to complete 1! Newport, because of the expense in. ] leidenta1 to travel and accommodation never received much more than two l hundred entries yet the tournament 1T Irecent years has extended over a per. Iiod of six to eight days.
 ! Held in New York or Chicago it | probable that the entry would be dou, ..bIe these figures. In order to reduce
 the list to point where it could bs I handled with reasonable speed an6
 satisfaction, a rating or eligibility
 standard would have to be adopted
 While this is done in other nationa sport championships it is against the 1 ethics and standards of the U. S. N
 L. T. A., and would be certain to pro.
 yoke much comment and criticism IsAs a result the situation that will facs the delegates at the annual meeting lis peculiar one and. the awardins
 of the coming season title tournament
 a matter of much speculation amons tennis enthusiasts.