Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-28
WILL CUT TENNIS FIELDS
Julian Myrick Draws Up Resolutions
to Reduce Entries in National
Championship.

The question of fixing certain re-
quirements for entry into the national
lawn tennis championship has again
come up. The executive committee of
| the U. S. n. l.. T. A. desires to prevent
| big and unwieldy fields composed large
| ly of players who have no chance to
apture the classic from entering. At
the last meeting of the association Jul
| Ian S. Myrick, president of the West
Side Tennis Club, was appointed to
draft set of qualifica tons for entry
into the national championship event.
These will be presented to the execu-
| tive committee when it meets next
month. Myrick's proposals together
with his views on the subject are given
| herewith.
| After careful observation during the
| past two years we find that consid-
| era Bile number of players who are with
out tournament experience or any call
| Der whatsoever enter the national
| championship, it being the one tourna-
ment in the year in which they par
| ticipate. This is an extremely unfair
advantage to take of players who are
playing continually in tournamenttl
and also an extra burden to put upon
| the tournament management, and 1t IS
| clearly a hardship upon the twenty or
thirty men who might be termed as
| real contenders.
Qualifications for entry in the ma
| tional championship are suggested as
| follows
Entries shall close on published
date at least ten days prior to the be-
| ginning of play.
Entry shall be open to players in
| good standing belonging to clubs or as
sociations having membership IN the
| United States National Lawn Tennis AS
| ISOLATION follows:
| J. Players who have been ranked by
| the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association during any of the five
| 80 years last preceding the tourna-
ment, or who have al any time been
| ra ked in the first twenty.
;. Players who in the last three t3)
| years preceding the championship have
been semi fnalists or better in any two
| tournaments sanctioned by the L. $. y.
| l.. T. A.
| 3 Players who have in the current
playing season played in not less than
| three go sanctioned tournaments. and
| have made a reasonably good record.
committee of management of the tour
| nament to have the power to rule on
| the value of a players record.
| 4. Players who do not qualify in any
| of the above classes. but whose entry
| is acceptable to the executive com
countries, promise of skill or other cir
| cumstances deemed sufficient to cause
| exceptions in their cases.
| AS covering the present regulations
/ the official circular of the 1916 cham
| pionship said:
| In accordance with resolution of the
, executive committee. L. S y. l.. 7. A.,
| entries will be received only through
| the secretary Of the club to which the
player belongs This means that no
entry will be accepted direct from a
| player.
| THE executive committee of the ma
| tionaI association counts on the coop
Grafton of club secretaries and the
| PLAYERS themselves to see that only
serious contenders for the national
/ championship enter the tournament
| 1t will be seen that player has to
| prove that he is entitled to battle for
| premier honors before he will be al
| lowed to enter the national title event.
The same stand was taken in golf
| some years ago and has been followed
| successfully.