New-York tribune., 1916-05-24
RAINS FOREHAND
TOO MUCH FOR
TENNIS STARS
Weather Drives COmpeti-
tors in Many Journeys
to Shelter.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALE.

What a tennis week! Tournaments
come quicker than Miss Molla Blur
stedts forehand swat. The Sleepy Hol-
low invitation, with bevy of stars
entered, and tho Bronx County singles
and Manhattan doubles championships
at the New York Lawn Tennis Club
are now in progress. Rain yesterday
delayed until to-day the opening of the
Pelham Country Club women's invita-
ton.
Friday the open junior event OF the
Kings County Tennis Club will begin.
The title Of this tournament, by the
way, has been changed from the Junior
Championship of Long Island to TO
open junior tournament, according to
an announcement from the u. 5. y.
l.. 7. A. Then, next Saturday, no less
than five tournaments begin in this VI
cinity, in addition TO several other
events in different parts of these be-
nighted states.
The five added starters, who Will give
all good tennis reporters frenzy, arc
the Eastern New York State champion
ship at the County Tennis Club OF
Westchester, Hartsdale; the Nassau and
Queens County championship, at the
Great Neck Country Club, moved up
from May so; the annual open tourna-
ment OF the Marine and Field Club,
Brooklyn; the open mixed doubles event
Of the Essex County Country club,
West Orange, and the open mems dou-
bles conflicts scheduled for the courts
of the Elizabeth Town and Country
Club. Thus, IL Saturday is fair day,
these five tournaments and contests IN
the four others beginning before Satur-
day will be on the card.
Apropos of the growing dislike 70
cups as tennis prizes, and also the ten
dency 10 let tournament winners PICK
out their own prizes and get something
thew like. is the following authentic
stony of a man who won a tennis tour
nament. According TO Benjamin NJ.
Phillips, the Harlem veteran, the com
mittee advanced on the man as he came
from the court where he had just ham
mered out victory. They presented him
with a magnificent set Of engraved mil
itarv. silver-topped and gold-lipped hair
brushes. and called for speech OF ac-
ceptance. The perspiring player TOOK
off his duck tennis hat. He was stone
bald.
Five new clubs have recently been
admitted TO the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association. Three OF
them-the Gedney Farms Country CLUB,
White Plains; the Hackensack COLI
Club and the Public Parks Lawn Ten
= Nor VOrk-QTp
this vicinity. The second of these is
evidently IN a most sound financial con-
dition. c. II. Plenty is treasurer.
President George T. Adee Of the as
sociation has reappointed the 1913
women's ranking committee. The hold
ers Of fate are Mrs. William n. Pouch,
New York, chairwoman; Mrs. Benjamin
F. Briggs, New York, and Mrs. Thomas
c. Bundy Miss May sutton, Los An
geles. 1t will be remembered that some
time ago Mr.. Adee dropped the mems
old ranking committee, substituting
larger body and transferring headquar
ters from this city to Pittsburgh.
The tournament committee OF the Pa
cifc States l.. 7. A. has sanctioned next
Saturday as the day the fifteenth an
nual San Francisco city championship
will start. William NJ. Johnston, ma
tional title holder in singles and
doubles, has been practising for the
event and has signifed his intention Of
entering. The present champion, who
will defend is Johnny R
Strachan, whom Californians have al
ways ranked with Mclaughlin and
Johnston.
Princeton and Yale are to get two
rival schoolboy tennis stars next fall.
They are II. c. Harrison, of Iontclair,
and J. NJ Weber, of Chicago, both Of
Phillips ADdover Academy. Harrison
recently scored an upset by beating
Jerry in the finals Of the Harvard in
terscholastic in straight sets. lie will
go TO Princeton, Weber to Yale.
Later news OF Maurice f. McLough-
lin, the great comet, is that he will
not come East unless his physical con-
dition measures up TO his own critical
standard. Maurie was bothered by
stomach troubles at times last sum-
mer. Johnston has written that he will
assuredly come, probably in time to
play at Longwood. where he won in
1913.