Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-11
INTERNATIONAL
TENNIS TOURNEY
PLANS DEVISED
British and French Can Not
Compete With Central
Power Players.

New York, April 11.-Elaborate
plans are being devised for tourna-
ment competition in the American
army in France, according to Capt.
Watson M. Washburn, who has just
been appointed tennis officer for the
A. E. f. as an assistant to the athletic
officer. Col. Wait c. Johnson. Not
only will a number of events be ar
ranged for the army itself, but it is
team to the Allied countries may be
included. Captain Washburn de-
scribes the proposals as follows:
81 hope that we will AVE a series
of divisional tournaments this spring,
followed by team matches between the
divisions, corps, n army troops, the
winning team in each army area and
the service Of supply, to play off at
Paris at the time of the A. E. F.
games there the end of May. This is
the same general scheme as for base
ball, basketball and other sports.
I'm addition. 1 shall try to ar
range an individual championship in
singles and doubles Immediately be-
fore the team matches, open to five
entrants from each division or tour
nament. These events will probably
the east VS.. west matches. The teams
will also be of five in the inter-Allied
matches which follow during the first
week of June, I hope to arrange trips
to the Allied armies and countries in
the meantime"
Central Powers Barred.
That the British and French Ten
mis- association intends to forbid play
ers under their jurisdiction compet-
ing in any tournaments open to sub
jects of the central empires is evil
dent from the following regulations
appearing in the last issue of the
London Field:
mo British players shall be al
lowed to take part in any tourna-
ments or competitions organized by
our enemies and held on enemy terri
tory.
IAN enemy players are prohibited
from entering any tournaments OF
competitions sanctioned by the l.. T.
"F'or the purposes of lawn tennis
the new Czecho-Slovak nation shall be
regarded as Allies.
British players are prohibited from
taking part in any tournaments or
competitions organized in any neutral
country. unless hat country shall
have prohibited the acceptance fo1
the same by subjects of enemy ma
tons.
"Prospectuses or programs of al
LUuI ldIIlSIlIS anu SoiIApCt1tAOuo vi edH-
lied by affiliated associations, clubs
or committees must contain a condi-
ton to that effect that under nc
circumstances will entries be ac.
copied from players from enemy n a
tionality, and adequate steps must be
taken by all concerned to render thi.
prohibition effective"
The first effect of these regulation.
will doubtless be seen in the Swis!
tournaments, Of which about twenty
five appear on the schedule recent,
issued. The French authorities acted
some time ago in declaring that theil
players could not compete with an!
subjects of enemy countries, and it j!
expected hat similar action will b.
taken by the governing bodies of ten
mis- in the other Allied nations. Al
Interesting development of the war i
found in the decision of the British
Lawn Tennis association to establish
a new championship for the navy TIL
army and the royal air force. In de
scribing this event, Fl. Anthem.
Sabelli, the secretary, writes that, j