New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-20
Tourney Begins at West
Side Tennis Club on
August Is.
CLAY COURT TITLE
PLAY AT LAKEWOOD
Junior and Boys Championships
Also Will Be Competed on
Forest Hills Courts.

Americas blue ribbon lawn tennis
on the courts OF the West Side Tennis
Club, Forest Hills, Monday, August %,
and following days. The clay court
championships will be started at the
Lakewood Tennis Club, Cleveland, Mon
day, June 20. The announcement Of
the dates of the two tournaments came
Yesterday from George I. Adee, newly
elected president of the United states
National Lawn Tennis Association.
The date for the premier event IL
virtually the same as was chosen last
year. 1t will bring the important part
Of the tournament on Labor Day, Mon
day. September 4. With the fair wealth
or that characterized last years tourna-
ment, Labor Day this year should see
the seni-fnals in the singles and prob
ably the challenge match in the dou-
bles.
A feature Of the meeting at Forest
Hills this year will be tho democratic
innovation Of the junior and boys
championships. Sectional winners from
all parts of the country will assemble
al Forest Hills 10 fight 1t out Tor inc
championship and 10 help interest the
younger generation in the game. Pre-
dictions are freely made In tennis CIR
cles that the United States has by Tar
the greatest number OF competent
Junior players among the nations.
The places and dates of the All
Eastern and All-Western team matches'
so popular last year, have not yet oeeh
determined upon. However, the piac-
ing OF the clay court championships Ior
June % will permit the All-Lasterh
team to play in the tournament on lts
way 10 the Pacific Coast Tor the hrat
half OF the matches. The Fasteners
BIZ getting clay court practice, VIII pet.
ter be able 20 cope with the asphalt OF
.be Coast than they were last year.
The second half of the series will be
nlayed in this vicinity early in Septem-
her. but IT is likely that these contests
will be given to some other club than
the West Side. The Country CLUB OF
Westchester. which has held many IN
vitation tournaments in the past, has
been prominently mentioned for the
honor. An immediate objection, now
ever. is the inaccessibility OF the eluo
and the lack of accommodations for
SPECTATORS. Possibly the Crescent Attn
letic Club will be chosen. Clubs IN
Boston and Philadelphia have also
made application for the series.
The national associations greatest
efforts this year will be devoted 70
still further upbuilding of its member
ship. There is field for tremendous
increase 10 three or four times the
present membership. Heretofore few
clubs have joined unless they sought
10 hold tournament under association
direction or unless they had good play
ers who wished TO be eligible TO com
pete IN tournaments.
There is every indication of record
breaking number OF tournaments on
the schedule. u IS thought, also. that
many of the hitherto invitation events
will be thrown open 20 every one.
Announcements for the ninth annual
woren's national indoor singles and
doubles championships, TO be held on
March IS and following days al the
7th Regiment Armory, have come, while
the memory of Murray is yet being
added 10 at the mems tournament. Al
the present meeting all the women
players have had their thoughts FAR
away even while they gazed at the
sensational Californian.
The vomen's tournament will bring
a determined onslaught upon the cham
pion. Miss Molla Biurstedt, who
many Of the fair players openly state
is not unbeatable nj the indoor game.
Miss Marie Wagner, who lost her
crowr last winter 10 the Norwegian.
has been practising with her Of late
and has been winning many OF the
matches. II is fact that Miss Blur
stedt went through an extremely srdu-
Gus year of tennis and became some