Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-09
JUNIOR RACKET EXPERTS FROM
a PHILLY AND NEW YORK MIX TODAY
BY PAUL GIBBONS


THE Philadelphia Cricket Club, at st.
Martins will be in the tennis calcium to-
DAY when the best junior players of New
York and Philadelphia will meet in the first
htercity junior match on record. william T.
Tllden I'd, who has done more toward help
Ing the youths of Philadelphia to develop
their tennis skill than has any other Quaker
City tennis devotee, inspired the match, and
% him belongs the credit for the thought
ind the hard work most efficiently done in
Eoomlng the local boys for the contest
The New York team will represent the
maximum strength of the metropolis and
VIII be led by Benjamin Letson, the pres
-! holder Of the boys national champions
ilp who, in addition to being captain, will
pny No. /. The Philadelphia team will
nave Rodney Beck, Herman Dornheim and
Phngst playing in, the order named,
ehough these three boys are practically
sQual In ability. Pfingst has beaten Beck
several occasions, but has lost to Cas-
Slu Fisher and Dornheim, all of whom
~'e oeen defeated by Beck The playing
wv. susr was decided upon by a special in
HAuoh trial tournament held last week at
ny Germantown Cricket Club and in which
n
SsVA IN turn defeated Dornheim with equal
eecsyeness. Inasmuch, therefore. as this
,S.Ssh was the supreme test for position, the
s~n1'ee was justified in ranking the
T-sels IN the order given above.
~ ishnis devotees who journey to St Mar
VIII be amply repaid for the time
Ior the play Of these youths, who
IN he foremost in their respective cities,
u, poNe revelation to those who have
sss,I seen them perform. Watching these
s'.E, s--,I boys WELD the racket brings most
0y 10 mind the fact that the game has
.s 49,, Forward in giant strides, quite as
eaV In skill as in popularity.
tne Exhibition Match
n - addihon TO the boys intercty matches
s,hn,lin nv,oiinmttee has arranged to stage an
~ oh ~ match between Wallace +. John
y r,l sho Norman w. Swayne VS.. William
N, iuden and Stanley w. Pearson. II
Se recalled that the former pair de-
IN 'g n lhe pennsylvania champions, WisteI
ms,,t carson, several weeks ago, so this
49, should flash some brilliant tennis
NJ. should be a large outpouring of ten
deyotees for these matches. There will
~ldlslly invited
me West Jersey League of Field Club,
~ nuneh its 1917 season today. Tn,
eoe..ls tournament will be played on th'
H.ass Oh the Haddon Country Club a
nu,odsraonheld' nosa,.o N. j.. This is one Of the mos
a. ~ competitions in all tennisdom. Al
Az Vompeting clubs play at the samI
es 0n the same day. Each club enters 1
flv eight players, making a total o
NJ players who go through a series o
1lns,a nv Illumination events, one each in women
~ doubles, mixed doubles. mems sin
r0ru ahu doubles. II calls for remarkable
,rc,anlAee on the part of the entries, es
s,s.,sy sy so In the single events, for It 4
4 se ,Ss. mat the winner may be called upol
nopn. ''''''ies IN 'he same "i'ei
r.sh Club Entertains
IL Ny clubs which constitute the Ieagu
fsef are Moorestown Field, Ceilings
FIELD, Haddon Field, Merchantyiil
heddon Country and Woodbur
Clubs Zach club enterta|ns tn
On separate Saturday