New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-15
Net Champions
Are Drawn for
Big Tournament
Sixty-F our Entries Paired for
National Tennis at
Forest Hills

In the presence of George Townsend
Adee, president Of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association, the
draw for the national singles tourna-
ment to stert next Monday morning
on the turf courts of the West Side
Tennis CLUB at Forest Hills, L. l., was
made yesterday morning in the Office
of the association.
Julian s. Myrick, president OF the
West Side Tennis Club; Paul B. Will
Jams, field secretary Of the national
body, and half a dozen newspaper men
were also present.
Sixty-four of the leading players
of the country, including six of the
first ten" will begin play in the
greatest event of the year on the
courts. Heading the list is Richard
Norris Williams, I'd, present holder OF
the national title, and among the other
stars are Robert Lindley Murray, for
merry of California; S. Howard Vo-
shell, national indoor champion; Clar-
ence J. Griffin, national doubles cham
pion; Harold A. Throckmorton, ma
tional interscholastic champion; NAL
colin D. Whitman, national title holder
of 1898, 1899 and 1900; Frederick B.
Alexander, famous internationalist and
former national doubles champion;
Karl Behr, member of the last Davis
Cup team; John r. Strschan, Of Cali
fornia; Theodore r. Pell, Joseph j.
Armstrong, Watson NJ Washburn, W.
7. Tilden, I'd, Craig Biddle and Sell
chiro Ksshio, Of Toxic, the latest play
er from japan TO try his fortunes on
American courts.
Guards Against Anti-Cllmax
Mr.. Adee, who will be a member OF
the next Plattsburg training camp, pub
licly announced that the draw would be
partly Seeded "-that is, that the six
teen leading players entered would be
so placed in the draw that there would
be no chance of their coming together
in the first round, and thus producing
an anti-clmsX. The other players were
drawn by lot, so that the top-notchers,
particularly those who have been pre-
vented from getting tournament prac-
tce because of their work in the train
ing camps, will have an opportunity
gradually TO work up their game before
facing their hardest matches.
In the top half of the draw are Muir
rsy, Pell, Tilden, Mathey, Alexander,
Biddle, Strachan, Douglas Waters,
Behr and Kashio. In the lower section
are Williams, Voshell, Griffin, Arm
strong, Throckmorton, Washburn and
Whitman.
A glance over this list shows that the
strength Of the field is fairly evenly
distributed, although the lower half is
perhaps a trihe stronger, considering
that Williams, the champion, is there.
The men who have been training for
officers commissions in the army for
the last three months will enter the
great tournament as unknown quanti-
ties in a way, owing to their lack OF
competition, and it may be that some OF
the most prominent will be moved
down by men of lesser note before the
semi-fnals are reached. From this dis
lance it looks as though Yoshell and
Williams, in the lower half, and Murray
and Behr, in the upper, would reach
into the semi-fnal brackets.
Receipts for Red Cross
The entire receipts from the tourna-
ment will be turned over TO the Red
Cross lawn tennis ambulance fund. The
first and second round matches will be
two out Of three sets, to be played on
the opening day. The others will be
three out of five. Tickets may be pro-
cured from Harry Parker, treasurer, at
the Hotel Vanderbilt, Park Avenue and
Thirty-fourth Street.
Tho draw follows top half Edmund J. FIX
man ". r. Llndley Murray: G. B. Emerson vs..
II. l. Wes;fall; r. H. Pel ". Or. William
Rosonb.um. otto salm vs.. W. T, Tden ID;
Dean Mathcy c. q. Burrows; @. A. Walker,
t.. v. Harm Seymour. + B. Alexander vs.. A.
Bassiord. r.; Craig Biddle ". {. A. Major:
John L. strLchan -. Bon Letson: II. L. Bowman
vs.. Elliott II. BlnLea: a. ". Macpherson ys.
Fred II. Harris; G. o. Wagner ". Moses Derk:
Douglas Waters J. T. Allen; seiichiro KAshio
rs. +. b. Ransom. c. $. Garland vs.. L. L. Mahan;
q. A l.. D0nne Karl Behr.
Lower hats. II. Noshen W Holcombe Ward;
r. {. Inman rs. II. s. Parker: =. w. Miles vs..
Marshall Alien Charles Chambers vs.. ]. d. Adoue.
r.; J. J. Armstrong IS. r. NJ Beck; herbert
VAL vs. X f. yisack. Clarence j. Griffin ~.
G W. MAeMullen. l. vUldeyentsT y; Christian
MACK II. A Throckmorton IS. II. C. Johnson.
r. c. Bags IS. J. 5. ONeale r.; Watson NJ.
W,shburn IS. H. T Dickinson: George Tlden Is.
X y McClave: NJ D. Whitman ". Irving {.
Wright: Philip yandeveuter IS. LEONARD BeekmAn:
H. Norris Williams. I'd. Walter i. Pate; i.
L. James VS. l. Ggynns Preach.