Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-02
TENNIS LIST IS
DISAPPOINTING
Women Show Lack of Inter
est; Tournament Starts on
Monday; Extend Time

ENTRIES TOT the Greater harris
burg Tennis Tournament closed last
evening at 6 o'clock. The number
was rather disappointing. Officials
of the local Tennis Association made
tho drawings, but will keep the list
open until Monday in order to ac-
commodate late comers.
The drawings include the mems
doubles and singles. The drawings
for tho events for women will not
be made until Monday. Entries
will be received up to that time.
The total entries for the men is SO.
The following announcement was
made.
Entries for mixed doubles, ladies
doubles and singles, will be received
until next Monday evening at 6
O'Clock, at which time the tourna-
mcnt committee will reach a defin-
ite conclusion as to whether or not
they will attempt to run off any of
these events this season.
Much disappointment was ex-
pressed over the lack of interest
shown by local tennis fans, but the
committee was unanimous in its con-
clusion to extend the time for the
receipt of entries.
The tournament committee last
evening issued the following state
ment:
Lack of sufficient number of
entries for several of the events in
the proposed Greater Harrisburg
Tennis Tournament has resulted in
the decision of the committee in
charge of the events, to extend the
time for the submission of entries
for mixed doubles, ladies' doubles
and ladies' singles until Monday
evening. August 4. at o'clock.
AT that time the committee will
reach definite and final conclusion
as to the advisability of running any
of the events mentioned. If at all
possible, the tournament will be run
off as planned, but its success and
the possibility of this rests entirely
with the tennis players of Harris
burg and vicinity.
The committee is perfectly willing
and anxious to hold all the events,
but 1t would be manifestly ridiculous
to hold an event with only a hand
ful of contestants. If for no other
reason, 1T would be utterly impos-
slble to finance the tournament and
secure the medals the committee de-
sires to award successful contestants.
I'm addition to this. victory in an
event where only a dozen or more
entrants-were enrolled, would carry
very little honor, and could not
we'll be termed a championship in
any true sense of the word.
we have fixed the entry fee as
low as is absolutely possible in order
to secure any kind of adequate
prizes. The fee is considerably lower
than that charged at the majority
OF tournaments elsewhere through
out the country.
Entries will therefore be received
for any of the three events men
toned up until 6 o'clock of August
4, Monday. At that time they must
be at the Offices. of the City Park
Department, or in the hands of one
OF the members of the tournament
committee. This is the latest date
positively within which entries will
be received. Any event for which
| there are not a sufficient number of
entries at that time, will of necessity
have to be called off. Contestants
who have entered for any such event
and have paid their entry fee in
advance, will of course have same
refunded.
Signed:
A. S. BLACK,
CHARLES E. DASHER.
CLARK KOONS,
j. DOUGLAS NJ. ROYAL,
| The drawings made last evening
resulted as follows:
Mems Singles
Preliminary round = ]. H. Levan
VS.. E. l.. Nusky; Jeffries VS.. r.
! Shreiner; w. White VS. d. Kunkle;
e. Bortel VS.. George Schreiner; e.
Riis VS.. Haseltine; Handshaw VS.
Widder; Yahn VS.. Dasher; Sides VS.,
J. r. Robinson; Green VS.. Wald-
! schmitt G. d. Andrews VS.. Speak
man; Swartz VS.. George Beard
Royal VS.. Tate; Black vs. Frock: c.
B. Eager VS.. Middleton; Nissley VS.
II. E. Smith; Lieber VS.. ]. Hamilton
Robinson VS.. Lemer; J. C. Kunkel
VS.. Stroh; Clouser VS.. Haehnlen;
Hartmire VS.. A. R. Hoffman; Glen
Beard VS.. Glace; Bell VS.. Milnor;
Tyson VS.. j. Book; Huber VS.. C.
Beck; Hassrick VS.. r. Hoffman; N
Schreiner VS.. George Kunkel;
Frasch VS.. Egolf.
First Round
F. II. Eager VS.. II. B. McNair:
| Trump VS.. Flesher; Sponsler bye.
Mems Doubles
! Preliminary Round: Eager and
Eager VS.. Haehnlen and Hartmire;
Kunkel and Kunkel VS.. Lomar and
1
partner.
First Round
Pollock and Trump VS.. Tate and
Jeffries; Tyson and Bell VS.. Beck
and Beck Huber and Minor VS.
, Beard and Schreiner; Koons and
Black VS.. Hassrick and Hoffman
, Glace and Frasch VS.. Andrews and
/ Andrews; Royal and Dasher VS.
Sides and White; Widder and Rob-
inson bye; George Schreiner and
partner bye.
The preliminary and first round
must be played on or before August
8, according to ruling made by the
committee last evening.
MARY ZWILLING
[From the Mercyville, Ia, Banner. I
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