The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-30
NATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Will Start August 26, 1918 and Many Different Cham pionships Will Be Decid- ed.-For Benefit of Train ing Camp Activities.

rartment, all Tennis Championships for 1918 have been restored. The proceeds of these tournaments go to the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities to provide tennis equipment for men in military service in the United States and abroad.
 The National Singles Championship The Lawn Tennis Singles Champion ship Tournament of the United States will be held on the Courts of the West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills, Long Island, beginning Monday, August 26, 1918, and continuing following days. Entrance Fee-Five Dollars ($5.00)
 The National Junior Championship and the National Boys Championship The winners of the Junior Tennis Center Championships and of the Boys Tennis Center Championships will play at the West Side Tennis Club for the National Junior and Boys Championships respectively, the matches to begin on Wednesday, Au- gust 2S, 1918.
 The National Veterans Champion ship-The Lawn Tennis Singles Cham pionship Tournament of the United States for Veterans will be held on the Courts of the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Long Island, be- ginning Monday, August 26, 1918 and continuing following days. Men for ty-five years of age and older or who become forty-five years old during 1918, are eligible. Entrance Fee Five Dollars (s5.O0)
 The National Father & Son Cham pionship-The Lawn Tennis Doubles Championship Tournament of the United States for Fathers and Sons will be held on the Courts of the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Long Island, beginning Monday, August 26, 1918 and continuing following days. Each team must be composed of a father and son. Entrance Fee-Five Dollars ($5.O0).
 Award of Titles-The winner of the National Singles Championship tour nament will be awarded a leg on the championship trophy and the winner of the Junior championship will have his name inscribed on the Goddard Weld Saunders championship bowl. Certificates will be given the winner and runner-up in all events. Referee-Mr. Julian S. Myrick, Vice President United States National Lawn Tennis Association, will act as referee.
 Matches matches-best three in five advantage sets, except Father i and Son and Veterans, which are two out of three sets.
 Time-Play will begin on Monday morning, August 266, 1918 at 10 am, and the following days, on regular schedule to be arranged by the Com mittee The order of matches, the courts and the hour will be posted at the grounds, and players must report at the time set. After ten minutes grace, any player not appearing will be defaulted.
 Eligibility National Singles Championship tournament is open to players in good stnading belonging to Clubs or Associations having mem bership in the U. S. N. L. T. A., as follows:
 1. Players who have been ranked by the U. s. National Lawn Tennis As |. sociation during any of the five years last preceding the tournament, or who have at any time been ranked in the first twenty.
 2. Players who, in the last three years preceding the Championship have been i-finallists or better in any two tournaments sanctioned by
 the U. S. N. L. T. A.
 3. Players who have in the current
 playing season played in not less than three sanctioned tournaments, and
 have made a reasonably good record Committee of management of the
 tournament to have the power to rule
 on the value of players record.
 4. Players who do not qualify 1T
 any of the above classes but whose
 entry is acceptable to the Executive l Committee by reason of residence 1T foreign countries, promise of skill ol
 other circumstances deemed suffcien to cause exceptions in their cases. 5. All entries shall be mad' through the club secretary. Entries must be in thu hands of Paul B. Williams, Field Sec
 retary of the U. S. N. L. T. A, 2 Broad Street, New York, not alter thar . August 16, 1918. (Please note that thi is ten days before the Tournament be
 gins). Entries must be accompanie' } by fee.
 [ BaIIs.-The Wright & Ditson Cham ) pionship Ball will be used. 0 Season Tickets-Members of club belonging to the U. S. N. L. T. A. vii 5 be given preference in allotment o s season tickets Cncluding admission 5 and grandstand seat for the entir . Tournament). Application accom- :, panied by $500 for each ticket mus 1. be made by the secretary to Harr II Parker, Treasurer, 101 Park Avenue New York City; telephone Murra t Hill 36S, before August 12, 1918. Sea n son tickets for those not affiliate
 with the U. S. N. L. T. A. also are o
 sale
 Single Day Tickets Single da E tickets, including seat, will be sol
 only at the gate, on day of play, g . $1OO each.
 o Headquarters-The Vanderbilt He V tel, Park Avenue and 34th St., will b
 the official headquarters of the com V mtttee and players. A special rat e will be given to players upon applica n tion. A comfortable lounging an
 club room will be placed at the dispc
 S>.l of the players.
 Train Service will leave 0 H the Long Island Railroad, Pennsy
 vania Terminal, 34th St., at interva n of about twenty minutes, the runnin n time to Forest Hills being fifteen mir l. utes.
 d Automobile Route-Good macada1 h road available, crossing Queensbor