New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-23
WEST SIDE CLUB
AGAIN SEEKS BIG
TENNIS TOURNEY
Determination to Apply
for AIl-COmerS Reached
at Annual Meeting.

The chances are bright for the hold
ing of the national All-comers' cham
pionship tennis tournament next Sep
TENDER on the turf courts Of the West
Side Tennis Club. at Forest Hills, Long
Island, where the fixture was conduct
ed last year with such signal success,
Other clubs are Liable to put in bids
for this tourney, but it seems probable
that the unequalled facilities offered
by the Long Island club will sway the
majority Of the delegates 10 the United
States National Lawn Tennis Assocla-
ton in favor Of the West Side organi-
cation.
The determination TO apply again for
the All-comers' tourney was reached
at the annual meeting Of the club at
Delmonico's on Friday night, when the
one hundred members present voted
unanimously In the affirmative on the
proposition.
Staging such large tournament as
the national championships is a costly
proceeding for any club. no matter
what its capabilities. and it is only by
securing the fixture for at least two
years in succession that a club can iig-
ure on a profit. Last year the West
Side Tennis Club had 20 purchase all
the lumber for the big stands, this
alone representing several thousand
dollars of outlay.
With the idea Of holding the All
corners in 1916. the club officials de-
cided to purchase the lumber outright
and store II on the grounds until next
autumn. Thus that initial expense has
been eradicated and 1t will be the work
of only a few days TO put the stands in
place again.
II is known that one OF the Phila-
delpha clubs intends to make bid for
the tournament, the choice apparently
lying between the Philadelphia Cricket
Club, the Merton Cricket Club and the
Germantown Cricket Club.
Each one of these clubs has grass
courts of the highest standard and in
sufficient numbers 10 insure the run
ming off of the matches in scheduled
order. But there are certain factors
that are bound 70 act as obstacles il
the path of those who wish 70 see the
championship decided in Philadelphia.
Not the least OF these is the compare
tive inaccessibil.tv Of that city as com
pared with New York.
Players living in the New England
states. the Middle West and the Coast
will find the West Side Tennis Club
courts far easier 70 reach than those
in the Philadelphia district. A shut
tie line runs out of Philadelphia TO
the courts Of the Germantown, Merton
and Philadelphia Cricket clubs, and
the service j. totally inadequate to
handle any such crowds as attended
the tournament at Forest Hills last
autumn.
Then, too. the fact that the national
golf championship tournament is to
be decided at Merton about the time
that the All-comers IS 70 be played IS
bound TO affect the attendance at both
fixtures. Lastly, the West Side Tennis
Club has proved in convincing manner
its ability to conduct the tournament
in better fashion than II ever was done
before.
The report Of Marshall s Hagar, the
retiring secretary, showed that the
Forest Hills club is in hourlshing
financial condition, with a surplus OF
more than $4,000 in the treasury, rep
resenting more than 500 a member
The club list is full, so the initiation
fee was raised from $50 TO S75 and
the annual dues from S25 70 S35.
Robert d. Wrenn, president OF the
L. S. y. l.. T. A., who will retire next
month from his Office, was elected an
honorary member Of the West Side
club because of his long and effective
service in behalf of the game.
The question OF amateurlsm was not
taken up at the meeting, 1t being the
general opinion that the matter was
strictly within the province of the ma
tional association.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were: President. Julian ). My
rick; vice president. Raymond ID. Lit
tie: treasurer, Theodore Hetzler; sec
rotary, ". A. Campbell; captain. 7. b.
Harringer, jr.; governor. for one year
Harold p. Daniels; governors, for two
years. John A. Tompkins, Charles S.
lsnders. Marshall s. Hagar and o. l..
Becker