Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-06
CALIFORNIA TO
CONSTRUCT BIG
Tennis PLANT
Berkeley win Have Courts
EquaIIing Those at Forest
Hills; Best in West
my Associated Prsssl

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April G.
With view toward recognition of the
men who have starred for California
on the tennis courts and brought the
state into both national and interna-
donal prominence, plans have nearly
been completed for the installation of
one OF the finest tennis plants in the
country as the permanent home of the
California Lawn Tennis Association.
A handsome. property in the foot.
hills OF Berkeley, where the Clare
mont Hotel now stands, has been ac-
quired and bids will close shortly for
Fthe work. Plans and specifications
call for an up-to-date clubhouse,
grandstand with seating accommoda-
lions for 100, and ten courts, The
estimated cost will be between $4,000
and $4,000 Officials of the assoeia-
ton are anxious to have everything
in readiness for the California state
championship in September. ~
1t is the intention OF the officials
of the association to have plant
which will be on par with the IA
nous grounds of the Forest Hills Club
on Long Island, n Y, where the ma.
tional Championships are being held,
and to make the Berkeley courts the
site of future big tennis events held.
ION the Pacific coast, the Forest Hills
of the Far West, z as it were. +.
Pacific coast high school and uni
versity athletes have been invited to
participate in two indoor meets in
Oregon next month, the annual indoor
relay carnival at the Oregon Agricul-
tural College. Corvallis, April Z, and
the Columbia University track and
field meet, at Portland April IA. The
Columbia University also has incind-
ed the coast clubs in its invitation.
Several California institutions, Lee
land Stanford, Jr., University, Uniyer-
sity of California and University of
Southern California are said to be-
planning to send teams to the Cor
wallis meeting, and attempts will be
made to have the visitors remain In
Oregon to participate in the Portland
meet on the following Saturday
According to recent enactment Of
the legislature, the Idaho state game
warden is given the power to close
any county in the state on petition OF
the majority of the taxpayers when
il is reasonably certain any species OF
game or fish are about to become ex-
tinct -. a. @ /,
To throw further protection about
its wild game the cost of a non-resi.
dent fishing license has been raised
from 50 to S. Nonresident hunts.
men also must obtain license to
carry gun. For upland birds the Ii
cense will cost $3.50 and for Dig game
an outlay of $25 is called for
The open season for grouse has
been shortened 80 days, and the bag
limit reduced from IL to S. The fol-
lowing additional bag limits have been
made: Duck, "a to u; geese. to 2;
snipe. Is TO 6; elk, one of either sex
instead of bull; deer, one of either
sex instead of two bulls. It is IN.
lawful to have in ones possession
more than the limit at any time.
j. c.. Nelson, principal of the Salem,
Ore, high school, has been elected
president of the recently organized
Willamette Valley High School Ath-
letic League, which includes Salem,
Albany, Eugene, Corvallis, Newberg
and McMinnyille. The other officers
are W. B. Young, secretary, and S. w.
Amey, Newberg, treasurer. The sche-
dulles of the league will become eff
fectiye in the fall of 1917 and will
cover football, track, baseball and
basketball. ....-- D..
Twenty thousand for the opener"
has been adopted as the slogan of the
Portland Baseball Boosters Club,
which is making plans to give the
Portland team of the Pacific Coast
Baseball League big reception when
it opens the 1917 seszon in Portland
with San Francisco April IL.
There will be an opening day pa
rade through Portland streets before
the game. city officials probably will
form the honorary opening battery
and the crowd will be supplied with
badges or red. white and blue fans.
COAST LEAGUE STANDING