New-York tribune., 1919-02-08
Tennis Heads
Hold a Real
Peace Meeting
West Side Club Awarded
Singles Championships;
Plans for the Davis Cup
BY Fred Hawthorne

Perhaps the most striking feature of
the annual meeting of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association, held
yesterday at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel,
was the uninterrupted harmony that
prevailed from beginning to end Of the
long day. Nothing occurred to disturb
the spirit of peace among the delegates
gathered from all over the country.
East and West met yesterday and shook
hands, and wished each other happy
season. Kipling was confounded.
For several days before the meeting
there were various vague rumors that
trouble would start when the committee
on the equalization of voting power,
long tender spot with the West, came
to make its report at the Waldorf
Consequently, there was a slight ten
sion felt yesterday when Clinton l..
Childs, of Pittsburgh, chairman of the
committee, rose to read his announce
mcnt.
But the clouds rolled away when Mr.
Childs recommended that the entire
matter be put over until the annual
meeting Of the association in 1920
Having dropped the hot potato grace
fully, Mr.. Childs sat down and the
delegates, after ndorsing the action of
the gentleman from Pittsburgh, turned
their attention to the matter Of award
ing the various championship tourna-
ments to the different clubs and as
Goclations.
No Fireworks
In only one case did competition de-
velop in the bidding, and that was
quickly settled without any fireworks
The West Side Tennis Club, of Forest
Hills, J.. L., as was expected, received
the national singles, juniors and boys
national singles and doubles, veterans
national singles and father and son
national doubles.
The national doubles championship
tournament was again awarded to the
Longwood Cricket Club, of Boston,
although it had been predicted that
Chicago would make a spirited bid
for the event. The national clay
court tourney found two clubs in the
field, the South Side Tennis Club, Of
Chicago, and the Cincinnati Tennis
Club. rising vote was taken and
the Chicago club won by an over
The national mems, womcn's, juniors
and boys indoor cham pionship tourn-
ments were given to the Seventh Reg
inlent Tennis Club of this city, which
has held them since their inception,
and the Philadelphia Cricket Club
again received permission to hold the
women's national singles. doubles and
mixed doubles events as we'll as the
girls and Juniors singles and dou-
bles.
In this connection Joseph NJ. Jen-
nlngs, representing the Philadelphia
club, recommended that hereafter the
national champion play through in de-
fence Of her title thus eliminating the
challenge round. and the recommended
tion was adopted by the delegates. The
schedule committee will arrange the
dates for all the sanctioned tourna-
mcnts.
Prepare for Davis Cup
The Davis Cup committee, Of which
Henry w. Slocum is chairman, was en-
powered to prepare for meet in 1920
and President George Townsend Adee
countries had been invited to join the
international Tennis Federation and
that all had accepted, which will mean
Standardization of the rules of the
game and moro frequent competition.
The national doubles champion will
hereafter be played sectionally, as was
the case three years ago, with winners
Of the sectional tournaments playing
for the right to meet the holders of
the title in a challenge round. The
committee on juniors, boys and girls
offered resolution to include a dou-
bles championship event in each of
these classes, and further moved that
the rule be made retroactive, SO as
to recognize Vincent Richards and
Harold l.. Taylor as the national cham
pions of 1913. This was adopted.