New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-20
u,ost Side Tennis Club Set
High Standard in Man
aging Classic
THAT
MADE FOR COMFORT
,.,.nitv HowlerS Who Protest
AGAINST Removal of Fixture
rom Newport Rebuked.
p, FRED HAWTHORNE.

By FRED HAWTHORNE.
c..,;, members OF the West Side
-es. Club and many outsiders the
,a,, Of course. largely IN the ma
.r EXPRESSED doubt Immediately al
..is s.'-comers' national lawn tennis
'..-,.onsh.p tournament had been
c-5c5 10 The New York club last De
-, As 20 the ability Of the club
&c = success OF The great tourney.
80 these persons il seemed 10 be
',~.ererar opinion that The Forest
orrsoization had orerroaChed
"a IN bidding for the biggest fixture
lmerican lawn tennis, and dire pre-
s."1rs we're made as 20 the ultimate
80, Of transferring the blue ribbon
...--,,mert from the historical Casino
80 AZ Newport 90 this city.
-sose who were ioUdcst in their out
49, against the ability of the West
81. tennis Club TO handle the all
....srs' tournament properly pointed
=. Rat the facilities for players
80. e, BE- extremely limited; that com
80 49,. officials would be difficult 10
- and that the personality Of the
,.sT5s would not measure up 70 the
,..,ssrd set BY Newport. The calam-
= bowlers also ridieuled the idea that
4, MYRIAD details connected with the
,-.,sssful handling OF the tournament
IA be mastered on the first attempt
\ hose aligned With the New YORK
as, bu; not least, the disgruntled
lie disparagingly about the condition
~ turf courts az Forest Hills when
r-psred 70 the famous Casino courts,
ar have been IN constant service for
=, asst thirty-fve years.
sven I'D 10 within a few days before
%, opening Of the tournament there
~, iorebodings expressed along these
nre lines, and II was stated that the
,rb would never ask for the all-com-
., sgsin. zone trial will be all the
-snbers want, and then IL will go back
. Newport again, from whence II
rosld never have been taken in the
,,c place"
lei US now see what actually did
hrpen and what tho universal feeling
,5g j. as regards the conduct Of the
far. from start to finish.
On the opening day, at the morning
,.ssion Of play, the great stands 10 the
,,-,h and south Of the championship
usr,s held not more than two hundred
rse;1.ors. and enthusiasm was at a
ts marx The officials in charge were
r,.ned 70 be just & bit worried be-
sssss Of this, especially as New York
lad been doomed as "the lawn tennis
t.,re Of America" when IL came 20
i,;.fsst in the game. ,
Be-, with the first trains that arrived
',o- the city in the early afternoon all
Ear we're dissipated. and by the time
re trst feature match was scheduled
q rlri more than FIVE thousand per-
gu we're in the stands, while several
i.itred more strolled through the
a,a separating the outer courts.
Robert D. Wrenn, president OF the
-,4d States National Lawn Tennis
hwtston; Julian S. Myrick, presi-
ti,i o. the West Side Tennis Club;
Gorge 7. Adee and Raymond d. Little
vgt the four men upon whom the bur
Ca Of conducting the tournament
Hgisd, and they did their work so well
"a, there was never hitch from the
~! Day until the last detail had been
cared away.
Tie system was marvellous. lnnovs-
t'ls we're introduced that proved a
iSl 70 players and spectators alike.
iH ene thing, every match started at
e. minute II was advertised 10 start,
formation as 10 the schedule 70 be
allowed on the following day being
gTth out 10 the newspapers before
'iad As q consequence. the thousands
40 attended the tournament every day
sea just when the men they most
'satd 10 see play would be in action,
q. on what court. II helped enormous
% arouse the public's interest and
Hf was q simple thing in itself, al
nough !; had never been put in prac-
us a, Newport.
On the desk before which Wrenn and
70 fellow officials sat each day was a
a' Of sixty men who had volunteered
esii services as Umpires and lines
1ei, and no match ever went on with
e;l complete set Of these necessary
''.anets 70 the game.
Two large scoreboards were set In
lAee Immediately over the clubhouse
wanda, IN plain view Of the thousands
NE stands, and on these boards were
FAeo the games scores of each match
he four championship courts. The
.spl'es' chairs beside the grandstand
gaHs we're provided with telephones
nssns Of which the result OF each
a.. was communicated 20 the keeper
ne scoreboard. Nobody was in doubt
% just how each match on these
Ssrs stood A little thing in itself,
~ Y helped the crowd 20 understand
~ hings were going.
zee work OF the ushers, the ticket
,lsfs and takers could hardly have
~ improved upon. There was never
confusion about the location OF
su or any difficulty in entering or
.-s'ihg the grounds, half a dozen en-
, ...ee and exit gates providing ample
%'nmodation.
Aneng so many thousand persons
came TO witness the tournament
Ing the week there was bound 20 be
sS'siaetion In one or two cases re
sssetg location Of seats or some other
ushee. In each case the money oil
-. dissatisfied one was returned with
question and cheerfully.
ae usnsit facilities from the Penn
''hla Terminal were as nearly fault
80 I" modern railroad management
20 make then. and those who came
'aA we're transported 70 and from
ss 81. destination with dispatch-and
aIs As Tor the courts? Maurice Nc.
Es'nn, r. Norris Williams, I'd, Kari
g. william VI. Johnston, national
~, -pion; President Wrenn and other