Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-30
GREAT YEAR FOR LAWN TENNIS
CIRCLES FOR PHILADELPHIA
This City and Vicinity Leads Entire Country
in List of Big Tournaments for
1916 Season
BY WILLIAM T. TILDEN, I'D


mems slngles and doubles. NToores-
town Field Club, Moorestown,
Sept i2-Intercoiieg!ate ehampionships in sin.
giles and doubles. Merton Cricket
Club, Haverford. Pa
Junior Philadelphia championships
(under 49, Singles, doubles and mixed
doubles for boys and girls. August 5.
Junior singles and doubles for clay court
championship OF Pennsylvania (17 and
under), at Cynwyd Club. Also one JUNIOR
tournament, held under the auspices of the
Philadelphia and District Lawn Tennis
Association, from June to September, in
elusive. The schedule of these tourna-
ments, tho exact dates and clubs at which
they VIII be held will be announced later.
The individual championship of the
Interacademc League, held the second
week of June. The Individual champion
ship of the Junior Interacademic League,
held the last weeie in May. Both events
will be held on dirt
School Title
School championships at all the leading
schools of the city.
The leagues of PhiladelphIa.-The Inter
club League, the Trstate League, the
Suburban League. the Interscholastc
League, the Interacademic League, the
Junior Interacademic League (under 15),
all play Individual schedules for team
championships.
Mr.. Paul w. Gibbons, in his article last
Sunday, in the PUBLIC LEDGER, said:
For the first time in the history OF
Philadelphia tennis there will be at least
one sanctioned tournament in the Phlla-
dephia section every month, and 1t will
| not only not be necessary for those OF
| Philadelphia's star players who deserve
placement In the ranking list to travel
4 the distances necessary to go on the big
! circuit of tournaments, but the Ranking
| W hA IN
these tournaments in arriving at their
! sequence of placements. 1t is. of course.
| desirable to take in the large circuit in
| Guiding Nassau, Seabrlght, Southamp-
| ton. Newport, Longwood and, by all
means, the national CHAMPIONSHIPS at
afford to do so could spend their sum.
mer in no moro enjoyable manner"
Ranking System
This is pertinent comment, and shows
| how clearly Mr.. Gibbons sees the defect
in our present ranking system, The Rank
| ing Committee has not, and. from pres
| ent indications, will not consider the rec
Ords of players in our Philadelphia tour
naments, They will bs forced to recog-
nize these tournaments this year, owing
10 the number of them, provided men OF
repute and ability play in them. Let all
the men of ability around Philadelphia
not only play themselves, but use thelI
influence 10 get visiting stars in our loca
events The entries Of such men as Wal,
| lace j. Johnson, Joseph j. Armstrong. DR.
u, B. Dewhurst, Willis Il. Davis, Alexan-
der d. Thayer. Stanley w. Pearson, 1.
C. WIster, Joseph r. Carpenter and Craig
| Biddle would be enough 70 make any tour,
| nament Then there is always the chance
! of William j. ClOthier or Richard N. VIII,
liams, Cd. being home TO play. With all
| or most of these entries In most of these
events, the Ranking Committee would be
forced TO give considerable thought tC
the Philadelphia tournaments. Add a few
visiting players OF repute, and these events
would rank with any tournament outside
the big circuit,
This is the year 20 make tennis boom
in Philadelphia. Let us all do our part
! both in playing in the tournaments our,
selves and in getting others 20 enter,