New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-30
And the doubles win
the same order. were;

Pron1-I Bsrman and Goti.ie1 ,,,,
csr,moni- tnks", ,as az N R n h''''
Csntrsi-F Gordon srd x hu's
Highiand-F Cook ana w Jones'
h r,S.pse,sj i'' Rooney ,nd J. G Fish'L
81 lanes NiIon and j lee
so,ssf-C Monfrose and A bei,e-
y,n Cortlsndt-J Muuigan and c. fnhonL
.rn.r. wa. dispute over sunsets champion sin
TM.eons.s doubles winners disputed
There will be several entries IN the
coming tournaments from PARKS 'has
have never competed before, and OF
course. out Of the thousands VINO play
on the public courts there is always
the possibility Of dark morse 10 oe
reckoned with; but close ooserVa..U,n
nrompts the opinion that Brown
most dangerous opponents will come
ss formerly from just two parks
Crotona and Prospect.
Incidentally. he will have quite
battle right in his own back yard,
Central Park. to achieve the crest. 80,
vhoever wins in the two atoremen-
toned parks-and. neither OsnmaAh
nor Fishel. according to players IN those
sections. - going 10 have anything
like a cinch there-these winners VIII
he the ones in Browns path TO the
trophy for 1916.
Doubles Teams Even.
In the doubles there is an even
balance of prowess Practically all
the marks came out last year with very
smooth working doubles teams. Stli'
Central. Crotona and Prospect seem
70 be the big three again. with tnat
famous international duo Mulhgan
ard Pazzoni. Of Van Cortlandt Park
having an outside chance. These pre-
oictions are made. Of course, on the
sunnosition that the various pairs are
not broken UP. a member OF Central
winning pair intends 10 move near an
other mark. Lew Oshmann, so follow
ors of the game at Crotona say, VIII
not have Max Rettig as his partner
for the coming year. Phil Bodkln, a
former runner-up in the interschoias-
tic event at Columbia, will be his run
ming mate. Then, again. that famous
old 42-centimetre machine. the brown
brothers" who have been winning
tournaments in Central for years, may
furnish an upset. -
However. the greater CITY is assured
no matter who wins. that the four or
Eve men who eventually will represent
New York, against the other cities OF
the United States will give an interest
ing little account of Themselves.
This year will be red letter chap
ter in the history Of public park,
tennis. Early in March the national
body. the L. s. y. L. T. A., admitted the
Parks Association 10 membership. IN
New York City alone the number OF
players enjoying the sport on pubic
courts is we'll over hundred thousand.
And, il the other great cities through
out the country follow the example set
L. fha hn0gf 70
the game this great impetus OF young
talent will give.
Park Players Hold Own.
One looks back only ten years or
90, when the public parks contained
on the average three or four courts
and these usually poorly kept, and
generally deserted-to the present
time. when every park IN the city
boasts dozen or more courts con-
tinuously occupied.
Growth Of the Game.
Some eight years ago saw the first,
and for quite long time the last. OF
the inter-park tournaments. There
was not much Of an organization that
year-fewer entries for the entire
,urnament than were sent in by any
of three parks IN l9l5-and the
p,sting, possibly, was not as good,
certainly the competition not as keen
ns was evinced last year. There were
no inter-psrk competitions from 1905
10 1915. Hardly I'VE thousand people
witnessed the matches IN the entire
seven parks during those 1903 con-
tests. And last year there were more
than 200 900 observers; what's more
they were keenly interested spectators
--eyincing that acute interest that only
comes from a good knowledge Of the
- camel
VI In that 1909 tournament Samuel
Weiss, Of Central Park, was the win
ner in singles, and the Brown brothers
also OF Central. took the doubles event
Since that time Weiss has been com
petng in the parks near San Fran
cisco, 70 which he moved. and he
writes that he has taken several cups
out there. And. believe me. fellow
must be good 20 win trophies in the
section that produced such men a.
William Johnston, present national
holder; Mclaughlin. Bundy and Muir
ray. In 1907 Macomb's Dam produced
the runner-up, Ira Strcusand. who was
second IN both events. His partner
vas Dr. A. Cottesnan. Last year 10
vas CrotOna's fortune % have It's rep
resentatiye, Lew Oshm8nn. come
through - runner-up in singles and
doubles. Max Ret,ig was his doubles
partner.
That the best o. The tennis players
on the public courts compare fairly
we'll with the country tournament
players IL evidenced in the records OF
the National All-Comers' tournament
OF last year Brown. the winner o. the
parks event, reached the third round.
Conditions Are Set.
At recent meeting Of the governing
committee the following qualifications
were decided upon. which Will enable
any one who plays IN the parks 20 mem
bership. Frat. he must not be an active
member Of any lawn tennis club. sec
ondly, he must not be a professional
player, or in any other way undesirable
ard. lastly. must contribute p cents
annually for q membership card. The