Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-08

will play off a postponed battle on the
Municipal courts at 4:45.
Matches next Saturday in the Sub
urban League will find Home at Hol-
mead, Racquet at bureau of standards
and Argyle at Euclid. The Holmead
courts are located at 18th and Monroe,
the Argyle at 18th and Emerson and
18th and Emerson, and those of the
bureau of standards are adjacent to
the bureaus buildings at Connecticut
avenue and Pierce Mill road
There were a number Of formidable
young players who competed in the
middle Atlantic tourney, among them
being w. G. De Lacey OF this city. son
of the former Juvenile Court judge.
town student. appears to be conner
Kunkel, Coyle and Horstman. also OF
the Georgetown tennis team, played
well in the tournament, the last named
doing exceptionally good work
A. Y. I.eech. jr.. chairman OF the
tennis committee of Columbia Coun-
try Club, middle Atlantic delegate
to the National Association and mem.
her of the executive committee OF
that organization, is much pleased
with the establishment Of the local
chapter of the National EMPIRES AS
sociation, of which l.. 1. Doyle is
chairman. A number of men named
by the local chapter efficiently Of
ficiated in the middle Atlantic tour
ney. Leech. in speaking of the UNI
pires' Association, said: think
the work is quite as important as
any the National Tennis Association
is now attempting to do, for we all
know how hard it is to secure men
who are competent and willing to
officiate in matches. We certainly ap-
preciated the assistance the men
recently named by the local chapter
gave us during the middle Atlantic
tourney"
When Capt Richard Norris Will
liams. twice national champion of the
United States. gets through with the
many receptions arranged to welcome
his bride and himself back to their
native land and has chance to look
the tennis situation over carefully he
will be amazed 10 find how little at
yention is being paid to his pet project,
the eliminate of expensive prizes
from all tournaments.
Capt Williams was really respon
sible for the adoption by the national
association of resolution urging that
prizes be restricted to medals and GER
tifcates or at least that anything
given be as inexpensive as posslpie.
Thanks to prompt action by western
delegates, this resolution was not made
mandatory. 1t really only put the as
sociation, as a body. on record as OPP
posed to costly trophies. but left 1t up
to the various clubs to decide Tor
themselves how much they should
spend. ,s
The first outdoor tournament held
after the passage of the resolution was
at Pinehurst, in April, where the nortn
and south championship was playeo.
William T. Tilden. I'd, the winner, re,
ceived a remarkably good-looking gold
cigarette case, while the other prizes
We're in proportion.
1t does seem that there should De
more of the spirit OF sports ior
s,nrt,s cake, in tennis, but somehow
or other the players like to have a
chance at a real prize. A medal OF q
Certificate doesn't seem to take the place
of a big silver cup suit case, d
handsome clock or fine leather bag;
some top-notch players seem to reel
that they cheaper themselves II they
60 into tournament where only prizes
of moderate cost are to be given