Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-16
VITAL TENNIS POINTS
SOON TO Be CONSIDERED
L. $. y. l.. r. a. Gives Out State.
mcnt Concerning Rcsuming OF
Championship Journeys
REACH DECISION NEXT MONTH
Believed That Executive Commit.
tees Recommendations Will he
Accepted at Annual Meeting Dur
ing February.

inc executive committee OF the
United States National Lawn Tennis
Association gave out lengthy state
men, recently regarding tho court
game next summer. In the report
we're the various reasons advanced for
the rcsuminS of championship tennis
tournaments and the ranking OF play
crs at the end OF the ::cason. That the
executive committee intended to rec
ommend such move was intimated
after the meeting OF the board at the
Waldorf Astoria.
! Not that the recommendations OF the
executive committee necessarily mean
that both championship tournaments
and ratings Will be resumed next year
The question has to be decided At tho
! annual meeting of the organization
next February. 1t is generally believed
that the annual convention will ac-
| cept the report OF the executive COM
| mittce as outlined in it's statement.
The resolution calls attention to the
enlistment into active service OF the
first ten ranking tennis players 1t also
! refers to the money raised for the am
| bulancc fund OF exhibition games and
the benefits in physical development
! acquired by participants of the sport.
! 1t recommends all championships TO be
! restored. players ranked and tourna-
mcnts sanctioned by the association to
! be continued in 1918. 1t also says that
net profits Of such tournaments should
! be given to the War Department Com
mission on Training Camp Activities
TO carry on athletic work for men in
! the service.
Myrick Offers RESOLUTION.
Julian S. Myrick, West Side Tennis
| Club. offered the resolution 1t was as
! follows:
n Whsre s,,a the executive committee of tn.
, ,n. pSints with special pride to the fact
sa such the %a+ WORK has maeTay as
sen, INTO service ,hc nrsi ten Of Our " rank.
spicnous tennis ability :' and OF less con-
,n wh ,'Isns:a, in pasini is organization
raising funds for The purchase OF ' ambu a
hh9Isns
p m f%an or h durns The past summer II.
uNnIersIood: and "O' '' ms
ssds that sat n. p4 4fId%a'S q
m, ,fso- United NJ States anu Secretary or war
SOM a9etvi,ies as viii Improve the physical
and 0 S esa sn keep sSs Of M
as as, we'll as mental standards up TO high
i;ssso,;yed: arst: That al, cham lonshlps b.
The Gni,ed as States tauF Saslenai
SiS be conucteI a 70. the Of
second That the net pfoats Of ne suSh tour.
commssion on Trainn ne c MaT p HG.y
iei: or To such orga nisation as may in the
'hf nsst s stRs,9 - fqfiifss IN The
According to the statement issued nv
the executive committee. the orEani-
zation believes in promoting bows and
juniors tennis tournaments With thu
exception Of kumagac the Jap, all Of
| the first ten ranking men OF 1916 ara
now in service. That is why tho
Younger tournaments are going to be
boosted on an extensive scale
the coming year Special efforts will
be made to see that clubs provide
tournaments for youngsters The
scheme OF competition for boys and
JUNIORS in 1917 worked So we'll that
inc committee responsible for this
branch OF the game advised that II he
continued without change and bs
! widely encouraged
/ the auditing report also was made
public yesterday. 1t showed that the
"atiohal patriotic singles tournaments
at the West Side Tennis Club natted
s4S3l.2o for the ambulance fund NJ
ASrick also detailed the plans OF tha
na.iohal association to finance the am
ou'a"ee sections. About $4,000 will
be available for this purpose.
Regarding the Ambulance Funa.
y hrst section of forty-tive men has
already been enlisted, and orders for
recruiting second unit are expected
daily. According to present plans. an
ambulance will be named for each
club subscribing $1,000 Arrange
ments have been made by Mr.. Myrick
with Colonel l.. L. Persons, command
ing the United States Army Ambulance
camp at Allentown. Pa, and Lieutenant
James Boyd. OF the New York Red
cross Chapter, SO that all the autos
named after the clubs and the men
III tho tennis units will reach the field
OF service together.
The sum Of $500 is to be appro-
ia '"teo toward recreation building
at the Allentown encampment and
$1,000 was voted for trench boots ana
coats for the enlisted men. and $4,000
us 4 fund for each section This fund
- administered through the military
authorities and is designated to pro.
woe for the men while on foreign
au'y .'tt which they cannot procure
from governmental sources
Tie executive committees had
variety or matters brought to its at
leHtloh, many relating to activities
next season In general 1t followed
foiicy or avoiding discussion of con-
troVersial matters until after the war.
for that reason there was no recon-
mendation from the committee n,
equalization OF voting power. althourh
Mr. Myrick reported conferences win
DR. Sumner Hardy. OF the California
Association, and other Western men.
, >" N"iSli their IDEAS were found TO ba
in accord.
Regarding Tennis Balls.
! More intensive Investigation ~
weight, size. quality and prices OF
tennis balls than has been made bv
an! previous committee was indicated
by the partial report of G.. A. L. Dionne
This committee reports at the annual
meeting and the executive committee
authorized II TO make necessary ex-
rendiiureS in its work TO secure more
comprehensive and useful data on the
output of ball manufacturers
|, Complete coditication OF the laws Of
lawn tennis was outlined in a report
presented by 5. Wallis Mcrrihew. editor
/ or American Lawn Tennis. There has
oeen almost no change in the playing
safes Tor twenty years. the COM
mittec's recommended tons arc Of con-
siderable appearances. The executive
committee recommended the report 10
the annual meeting for adoption. Most
of h.a