The sun., 1919-06-28
TENNIS PLAYERS Do
NOT SAVE DAYLIGHT
Start Matches Late and Lose
Benefit of Tardy Nightfall
in Tournaments.
by EuGEsE r.. o,coNNELL.

ny w.
1t is only short time since the
United States National Lawn Tennis
Association sent out a notice that it
would fight tooth and nail for the day
light saving bill. This same tennis as
ISOLATION. which we have known to be
most sincere in everything that II has
boosted since the time that the Doherty
brothers played down at the Crescent
Club. Brooklyn, back some fifteen or
sixteen years ago, evidently has not
looked strongly into the daylight saving
thing, or II 1t has the tennis association,
has not taken the proper means to make
IL blessing instead of curse to tennis.
The days are well within memory
when tennis players worked out. their
matches within a reasonable time. The
daylight stopped an hour earlier and
they had to finish their matches. As
result they went 10 the court as early a.
possible, played as quickly as possible
and finished at a reasonable time. .,s
Now things have changed. All Of the
tennis players realize that they have an
extra hour of daylight. Do they come out
ana play earlier? They certainly do not.
They make It point to get to the
courts at the latest possible moment.
They make their tournament play sec
ondary to everything else, and as a re-
suit lately there has been volume of
matches played in what really should be
piShtfal. There Is no club outside OF
those which have run tournaments for
women which has not been an offender.
the tournament for the Middle States
! championship, however. has been q
classic for late playing. In that tourna-
ment, which Is running now, the COM.
mittee has allowed the players to come
at any time and there has not been q
day in the tournament when the COM
petttors in the mems events quit before
$3.50 p. NJ. 1t Is ardently to be desired
that the national association will take
cognizance of this fact and request that
tournament committees hereafter VIII
endeavor to finish tournament play at .
| reasonable hour.
Nassau Tourney starts To-day.
The tournament on the turf courts of
the Nassau Country Club at Glen
Cove. Long Island always has been
star feature of the year IN tennis. The
play in singles starts to-day on the pic
! turesque courts down there with some
OF the strongest players in the country
competing
Among those who will compete In the
singles this year are Beals Wright,
former internatonalist Raymond d.
Little. another former internationallst
Harold Throckmorton, New Jersey cham
| pion: Walter Merrill Hall, middle States
champion Charles NJ. Bull Of the Cres-
cent A. c.. Leonard Beekman, captain
| of the Princeton tennis team; Fred In
| man. former New York State champion
Theodore II. Pell. greatest American ca.
ponent of the backhand stroke !. Clarence
| c. Pell once American racquets cham
pion. DR.. William Rosenbaum. n. w.
Warner, Fred Baggs G.. A. L. Dionne.
! Lyle +. Mahan and others.
It will be remembered that In 1915,
three years ago. Richard Norris Will
| Jams I'd won the famous Achelis cup in
the tournament on the courts OF the Sea-
| bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
at Seabright, n. J. That was the year
| in which Karl Behr startled the tennis
world by his wonderful victory over
Maurice L. Mclaughlin. the California
Comet, but failed TO hold his own against
! the young Philadelphian. ~
! williams then won a cup which had
, been up for competition for fourteen
years and which carried the names of
some OF the greatest players in the his
tory of the American game. Beals
Wright Bill Larned. Fred Alexander.
Ray Little. BilAClothier. Teddy Pel and
Long. The famous Achelis challenge
cup then passed out of existence.
I Because OF the prominence in tennis
of the men who had their names on this
cup It achieved an unusual distinction.
| This the club wishes to maintain. and to
that end II has put up new bowl for
singles TO be known as the Seabrisht
bowl, and a pair for doubles. these also
to be designated az the Seabrisht bowls.
They represent not only the clubs In
terest in tennis, but the friendly atti-
tude toward the game of the whole COM
munity which has enjoyed in the past
some OF the most thrilling matches
played in the East. They will be offered
| for the FIRST time in this sea sons tourna-
ment starting July 2s.