El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-07
LAWN TENNIS TAKES NEW LEASE
ON LIFE THROUGH TOURNAMENTS
Seven Clubs Agree to Take Part in the Metropolitan
Team Championship Series; Generosity Of the Older
Players Makes Way for Successful Entry of Juniors
to the Positions Left Vacant by War Recruits

next two months. The opening date
/ for the series Of competitions is set
for today. when the Montclair Athletic
club has as its visitors and cOmpeti-
TORS the team of the County Tennis
Club of Westchester. The final series
is scheduled for Sunday, July IS. On
that date the Terrace club players
invade the courts Of the West Side
Tennis club. at Forest Hills, and the
New York Tennis club team finishes
its part Of the championship program
at the County Tennis Club Of west
chester. at Hartsdale. If the original
plan is observed, the series VIII IN
clude nearly 200 matches.
Chambers has made a most compre-
hensive study Of the team possiDill-
ties Of each club He admits tnaJ
Beals Wright. Alexander, William A.
Campbell, and a few others cause the
west side to figure prominently as
the probably winners Of the champ
iJnship- Stil he is inclined 10 the
opinion that a club such as the New
York Tennis club, with more evenly
balanced team, as Elliott H. 5lnZens
the folmer national indoor junior
Champion Vincent Richards, the ma
tiOnal boy champion; j. Harry stein
kampf, lingo Hartman, Frank OhNer
and :. r. MacAllister and Benjamin
H. Letson is more likely TO take the
h1nOrs. The first matches scheduled
on the New York club courts are for
Sunday, June It. when the team OF
the West Side viii once more play
over the famous old field which they
left for Forest Hills several years
ago. The MOntclair Athletic club visits
New York on Saturday, June %, and
the Kings County on Sunday July Il
Three Strong Ones.
Fred Hovey heads a formidable trio
which includes Frank kidde, OF CO.
lumbia and ". A. McBurney. former
Seattle champion, for MOntclair- The
County Tennis Club of Westminster
visits MOntclair today; the West Side
plays there on June ] .. and their last
competition is on July 20, when the
University Heights forces stand as
competitors. The leading men who
have been talked Of for the UuiTer-
sitv Heights team are William ~
Fisher. Z. J. Clapp, Yale's former star
hurdler; Paul Martin and James W
Morsereau.
The players named for the Kings
County team are headed by the vet
Grams who have been rated in the tor
ten-Frederick G. Anderson and
Henry J. MOlenhauer- with young
Frank Anderson and a. T. Platt. The
Kings County have three dates in
July, z. Is. and y, on which they
have respectively teams Of the Ter
race MOntclair Athletic club and
County Tennis Club Of Westchester as
visitors. The metropolitan team
championship promises 10 be one Of
the best and most interesting com
petitions Of the year TO bloom the
game in new way for followers Of
the courts
Junior Movement.
From now until well into the latter
part Of August the players Of the
country viii be busy at the nets The
most encouraging feature Of the sea
son to date has been the remarkable
manner in which the boys and the
juniors. both masculine and feminine
have raised the quality Of their play
The great war overseas presents a
glowing opportunity to the younger
players to gain the high places left
vacant by those who have gone 70
battle with the Hun
But while IL is true that the
juniors viii largely occupy the
IimeliEht this summer IL Is also
well to remember that their pres
ent opportunities would not exist
were il not for the interest and
the generously OF those older play
ers. who have given freely OF their
time and experience to promote
the game among the coming gen
rentiOn OF stars.