Evening star., 1919-12-22
QUAKER CITY SEEKS
NATIONAL SINGLES
Likely to Fail in Effort to
| Take Event From West
Side Club in 1920.
BY w. II. HOTEL.

Philadelphia, or, to be more exact.
the Germantown Cricket Club, is 60
ing to make a determined bid to Sc
cure the national championship ten
mis- singles tournament for 1920. 1t is
facing a big job. and the chances are
that the title next year again will be
decided at the West Side Club, Forest
Hills. Long Island.
Boston, too, is said to want the
event, but its move to secure it for
1920 is not taken seriously, while
Philadelphia's Is. Boston means Long
wood. and it is stated that the grass
courts of that club will not be ready
for the national singles for several
years to come. Transportation ia
cil1ties to the new home of the Long
wood Club also are not good.
Faces a Big Task.
While the Germantown Cricket
Clubs efforts likely will be strenu-
Gus. it hardly will succeed. In the
first place, Germantown must secure
the backing of all the clubs in its
district. Then will come the consid-
GRAFTON OF such questions as adequate
accommodations for visiting players
At some first-class hotel at REASONABLE
rates. special train service from the
=,
ir>s out OF courts. an efficient business
manager with competent assistants,
enough Impires to go around, usbers.
tickets. gatemen, lockers and a score
OF other details that the West Side
Club has proved conclusively that it
can provide.
All of this organization work calls
ior solid financial backing which
must be arranged for at once Ger
mantown seems confident of obtain
ing all OF the money needed. and as
the men who are back of the cam
palgn are leaders in banking and
professional circles the raising of
the necessary coin should be the least
OIL their troubles.
Chances Favor West Side.
But even if the Germantown COM
mittee can go to the annual meeting
OF the National Association next Feb
suary win compact. complete prop
OSitlOD 1t Will be no easy matter TO
get the tourney away from New York.
Undoubtedly the West Side Club will
make fight to retain the tourna-
ment and it's offer to build a concrete
stadium large enough to seat 20. 900
persons and inclosing two champion
ship courts is sure to make hit with
the rank and file of the delegates from
distant points.
1t will take some clever manipulat-
ing to line up enough votes to give
Philadelphia the event next year. but
should the Quaker city be successful
II probably would mean that the tour
ney must go west in 1922. 1t would
take such Il "political arrangement
for Germantown to take the event
away from West Side. However. with
Philadelphia in the running for 1920
and Chicago casing toward securing
the tourney for 1922, the next ses-
sion of the L S n. l.. T A PROMISES
to be lively.
An interesting feature of German
towns effort is the fact that William
Connell. the prime mover, is a for
mer member of the West Side Club.
Clears Amateur Situation.
William NJ. Johnston of San Fran
cisco. the national singles champion
and William II. Tilden, formerly of
Philadelphia and now of Providence,
have severed their connections with
the sale of sporting goods. thus clari-
flying the amateur situation in the
higher circles of American tennis. AS
Johnston and Tilden seem certain to
be members of the 1920 Davis Cup
team, the. L. s. n. l.. T. A. officials
are highly pleased. Both have gone
into the insurance business.
Maurice McLoughlin. former title
holder, still is in the sporting goods
business in California, but he no
longer is to be considered factor in
Americas international tennis rela-
tions. He has said that he will not
come east to try for another cham
pionship.
Johnston's and Tilden's action clears
the way for the National Association
to Join the International Tennis Fed
GRAFTON and make ready to challenge
for the Davis cup next year. This
challenge is certain to be decided on
at the February meeting of the L. S.
n l.. T. A.
Tilden has become associated with
]. D. f. Jones. the tennis veteran. in
Providence He no doubt will join
the tennis forces of the 1>ongwood
Club. Boston, in addition to playing
for Jones' club, the Agawam Hunt, at
Providence.