New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-13
Forest Hills
Tennis Begins
On August 70
Date Moved Forward len
DAYS to Assure Entries
of Stars
By FRED HAWTHORNE

II was announced last night by the
executive committee of the onited
States National Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion that the national singles patriotic
tournament. originally scheduled TO be
plaved on the courts of the West Side
Tennis Club, at Forest Hills, Long ISL
and. beginning Thursday, August 81
has been moved forward ten days ana
will start on Monday, August ~ ana
will continue for one week.
There was more than one reason LOT
the change. In the first place, the Oh
fcials of the national body hope by this
move to get the entries of Richard Nor
ris Williams, ID, national Champion
Clarence J. Griffin, Watson NJ. WASH
burn. Willis E. Davis, George Myers
Church and Dean Mathey. All these
plavers are now in the service OF the
government at training camps and VIII
complete their training on August IL
The second series of camps will begin
on August 27. and, therefore, the ma
tional tournament can be completed SO
as not to interfere in any way with
those men who are either now IN camp
or enrolled for the next series.
Another Reason for Change
Another reason for the earlier date at
Forest Hills was the cancellation OF
the annual invitation tournament al
Newport. scheduled for August 20. This
made a Encouragement of the latter
half of the schedule advisable. Inc
Middle States tournament on the turf
coorts of the Crescent Athletic CLUB, at
Bay Ridge, beginning on July %, VII
probablv be held, but the regular INV
tation affair at Seabright, on July 80, is
liable to be changed into round robin
event.
The singles tournament at the Long
wood Cricket Club, of Boston, slated to
start on July %. has been definitely
abandoned, but the important tourney
on the grass courts of the Meadow Clup'
of Southampton, will start on August D.
The national junior and boys cham
pionships. scheduled for August 80 at
Forest Hills, will begin on August 20:
There will be no change in the date OF
the national doubles patriotic" tourna-
ment at Longwood on August ID.
One of the strongest features on the
programme during the playing OF the
national singles on the west SIDE
courts at Forest Hills on August 20 will
be a series Of five matches between
Miss Molla Biurstedt, national woman
champion, and Miss Mary Browne, of
California, champion in 1912, 1913 and
1914. This will be the first meeting be-
tween these two noted players on turf
courts, and should settle for all time
the question as to which is the greater.
Miss Browne defeated Miss Bjurstedt
decisively in California last March,
playing on asphalt courts.
Exhibition Matches
The series of exhibition matches for
the purpose of raising money for the
three ambulance sections. to be manned
entirely by lawn tennis players are
going ahead smoothly, and already
more than a dozen clubs have made ap-
plication for the holding of such tour
naments.
William ". Johnston, of California,
former national champion; Karl II.
Behr, former Davis Cup player; Fred
erick B. Alexander, former national
doubles champion; Robert Llndley MUIR
ray, another of the great Californians;
Harold Throckmorton. national inter-
scholastic title holder; S. Howard
Voshell. national indoor champion;
Nathaniel w. Niles, of Boston, and
Miss Bjurstedt and Miss Browne are
expected to compete in these Journeys,
a. well as in the national singles and
the national doubles.
Schedules are being drawn so that
these players will be able to appear at
as many clubs as possible throughout
the East and the Middle West. The
clubs are being asked for substantial
guarantees, in order to produce as