Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-06
New York. Feb. 6.

New York. Feb. q.
OFFICIALS, delegates and bugs"
~ from all parts of the country were
here today for the annual meeting of
the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association Besides the perennial
routine Of business that must be trans.
acted at each meeting other matters or
moment were scheduled to come up be-
fore tennis governing body at the ses-
sion due to begin this afternoon at 3
O'Clock somewhere adjoining Peacock
Alley at the Waldorf Astoria.
To the tennis public as q whole the
most absorbing subject was the group
of recommendation for changes sug-
gested by the rules committee, whose
main aggressive points were the foot
fault. scoring and handicap sections.
To the Philadelphia public the big
gest thing of the day was the fight which
the Quaker City delegation with TWEEN
ty- six votes was prepared to make to
prevent the awarding of the national
tournament to the Westside Tennis Club
or any other organization for a long
term.
Another important matter to be dis
cussed was the question of sending a
challenge team to Australia to play for
the Davis cup this year
just Sltirmish
The Philadelphians desired to pre-
vent such a move as preliminary
wedge to pave the way to have the yoar' 8
big tennis event staged at the German =
town Cricket Club. 1t was not their
intention to attempt to get the tourna :
ment this year, but to get close enough
to the front at this meeting to insure
success in 1921.
The Philadelphians also were armed
to make a struggle to have Joseph NJ.
Jennings, Philadelphia Cricket Club,
elected national treasurer.
Among the Philadelphians who came
early and were prepared, to stay late
were Paul Gibbons, Joseph Nj. Jennings,
w p Rowland, William II. Connell.
A. j. Batty, Arthur =. Halves, Howard
w. Lewis and Paul Nowland.
One of the mair reasons why the ma =
iority of tennis followers do not want
any changes in rules at this time is
because of the difficulties that surely
would arise in International competi-
ton. Should the national association
decide to unite with the international
federation, then it would be the proper
time for the changes to be proposed
with the view of having these changes
adopted by the federation to standard
ize the rules in all nations likely to com
pete against each other.
Committee Busy
The rules committee was making
every effort this morning to have its
proposals adopted for at least years
tryout. The committee gave out this
statement
The only suggestions that have diff
fered from the committee IS conclusions
related to the foot fault rule, the scoring
system and the method of conducting
handicap tournaments, which really Is
bound up with the scoring Advice from
tennis players and officials of note has
already resulted in a revision of the
proposed foot fault rule, to make it sc
explicit that there will be ro chance
for man to run before serving-tha
possibility having caused the only critl'
cism thus far. The advantages of thu
new rule in other respects Tin simpli'
flying the definition of foot fault
| have been so obvious that the rule seem!
to meet with general favor.
Nov. as to the scoring and handi
caps: Suggestions have followed publ