Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-12

IN T. Tr1DEN,, 2D damentals of strokes
hs' -. - generaIship, will be worked out
IS follows
r,rst A swinging circuit of play at
~. S,,bs two days at each club. Gym
Va club has already signited its Will
,@,oss W. 10 allow play there. The other
ne" ~ o,uhs will be in all probability Ger
s.ontown Cricket Club and Philadelphia
r,uh thus giving a wide range of playing
s,sces TO reach the largest number OF
+ boys, ...,,,., .,, ,,,,,
49, times n week, twice at his home
club and once away IL a nemoer Oh any
a. these clubs, but he may play all set
Avs n he desires, or at any of the clubs
=. Aesires provided he meets the three
times-a-week rule.
TbIrl The men in charge will arrange
a. 90 that there will be visiting gentle
man In charge once in each two days.
That ia to say Monday and Tuesday If
rIaved at Cynwyd Mr.. p. w. Gibbons.
j ,ha home expert, would take one day and
poctor Dewhurst, the visiting authority,
the next, and so on around the circuit.
4 II "a hoped that Mr.. Alexander ID. Thayer
4 ean he Interested at Philadelphia Club so
that he will Join us in this movement.
4 other prominent men in tennis around
Philadelphia will from time to time take
charge for day and lend their support
4 and knowledge. This will be an oppor-
tlnity no boy should miss. If Richard
Norris williams I'd is in Philadelphia at
All next season every effort to get his
support will be made.
+ Fourth A volley board is already
promised for us at the Cynwyd Club,
. which in passing it is we'll to note is the
most progressive and active tennis club in
Philadelphia, this will be used for stroke
4 Instruction and stroke practice.
Fifth. A new Junior tournament each
month from June to September inclusive
will be held open to boys under 16. These
will be entirely new events and must not
be confused with the present junior tour
paments,
Sixth. The only expenses the boys will
Incur will be the entry fees to the tour
naments which they play in. No expenses
connected with the class will be charged
b them. Balls will be supplied at the
Various clubs.
This is a brief outline of our plan; ad-
ditlonal announcements will. be made from
time to time concerning other men who
lend their assistance to this work.
4 movement is now on foot to hold an
indoor junior tennis tournament the last
week Of February and first week of March
s Final arrangements have not yet been
completed but it is safe to say that the
Z boys had better take a look at their
acqRets before that time and get all re-
pairs made, as a big entry fist will in
s sure success which should make it an
S annual event
The necessary part of this plan to in.
sure success to the men who are giving
their time and skill rests not with them.
4 selves but first with the boys, who must
cooperate and work with them and,
second, with the clubs and schools of the
city whose support, both financial and
4 oherwise, Is most important
Germantown Academy, Penn Charter
ana Episcopal have already offered to
hep as far as they are able by giving
W the names of the best juniors among
ner students The following boys have
Nready sgnified their desire to play next
seasoh:
Boys under 16-Penn Charter School,
samuel Pennock, Richard Myers; Episco.
lA Academy Headley. Harper; Cynwyd
sluo' Karl Fisher; Germantown Academy
yaNd Beard, Lewis Smith, Rodney Beck,
lnomas Vischer. The following boys,
nshIly older, but under IS, will also play:
10Y Colin, Germantown Cricket Club;
george II. Thornton, St Lukes; RAYMOND
ilbllhlpIu IllBl sotHOOlI Eu-
Nara Cassard, of Philadelphia Club pres
sn' Junior city champion. This is a good
saH and worthy of the time given by
ls men In charge, but there are many
aoe boys who can play good tennis
NVuna the city. Let us hear from them
any boy desiring information con-
.ernIs this plan or having any sugges-
WI 70 make Will write TO William r. Til
~ a. EVENING LEDGER, his letter will
we've prompt personal answer Let us
~ some OF these letters and see how the
4 l'sn meets the approval not only of the
s'S out OF the men of Philadelphia.
me great interest in the junior de-
soplnent plan was again made manifest,
% %.n the lnterscholastic League ad-
~ ,s,''ed Two new members to it's organiza-
al aG ffankford High and Germantown
sn made application and were unani-
lsH elected. This will bring several
-sle exceedingly good kids into the
npsutlop while it Is always a pleas
~, y welcome institutions of the pro-
1--we and energetic type of these
into any league.
tleIessor Brookheld, of Central High
49,, 49, whose able hand the league has
htssssd SO rapidly was reelected pres
as.sn While Mr., Knowlton, of Episcopal
man whose interest in the
~ ot The league has materially aided