The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
TENNIS NEWS

Commencement marks the end of the intercollegiate tennis season and now that an opportunity is given to examine the records for 1919, It ap- pears that the game has more than regained the place it held before the war. In many sections of the country the schedule of sch ools and colleges surpassed anything that had been pre- viously arranged in this sport.
 Yale perhaps had the most remark able record fin the east and the team from New Haven, under the leader ship of Charles s. Garland, former junior champion, did not lose a single match. The freshmen at Yale also won all their events, so the prospects are for a strong team next season.
 Tine New England Intercollegiate Championship was resumed on the courts of the Longwood Cricket Club. being won by Hermann Brookman of Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy. The event attracted a good entry and was well played. Members of the New England Intercollegiate Tennis Association, in addition to their reg ular matches, held many interschol- astic tournaments, which attracted players from the preparatory schools.
 The interscholastic tournaments were quite a feature of the season for
 
 sylvania resumed the tournaments during the war. A number of these events were arranged in other sec tions of the country. An illustration of their importance can be obtained from the prominence given the Ohio Interscholastic Championship held at Ohio State University.
 In the middle west Walter West brook of Michigan and Fritz Dastian of Indiana were two of the most prom ising young players. Westbrook made quite a record in the east last summer and Bastian is remembered for his excellent record in the junior cham pionship. It is thought that both of them will compete in some of the inn portant eastern events this summer. Restoration of schedules was gener- al in practically every college where tennis had been played in the past. ! The Intercollegiate Championship Is also reestablished and will be played at the Marion Cricket Club in Phila- delphia on September 9th.
 It is felt that the prominence given tennis this spring is due in part at least to the action of the National Collegiate Tennis Association which voted at Its meeting last winter to recommend to It's members, first, that they provide sufficient tennis equip ment to meet the needs of the under graduates, and second, to extend the same recognition to the tennis teams as may be granted to representatives in other sports. Along this line the graduate manager of athletics at liar ward is on record as being in favor of making tennis a ma jor sport.
 At Princeton tennis was the most popular sport as shown by the choice of freshmen who were required to take some form of athletics Seven were open for credit-baseball, box ing, crew, life-saving, swimming. ten his and track. There were 1O5 en- rolled for tennis and the other figures follow: baseball 97, rowing 54, tra X 5s, life-saving 21, boxing IS. Carnegie Institute of Technology is laying out twenty new courts. Additional courts have been built at Indiana and at various other colleges provision is be- ing made for greatly increasing in- terest in tennis.
 In view of it's adaptability and the fact that it can be played throughout ' life, tennis is being recognized as one | of the most valuable college sports and the interest show throughout the | country this season is very encourag- | ing to followers of the game.