New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
Tennis Folk
Hate to Lay
Away Racket
Outdoor Season Drawing to
Close; Women's State
Title May Not Be Decided

These be dying days in the world
of tennis, state of suspended ami
nation as il were, too early for the
indoor game and almost too late for
the outdoor variety, and yet the real
enthusiasts of the sport are reluctant
to lay aside their racquets until the
snow falls.
holding weekly, one and two-day
tournaments. either in the form OF
team matches or club champ pionships,
and there is always deal Of spirit,
of keen competition, in these affairs.
The great figures of the courts, the
Tildens, Johnstons, ct al. have done
their deeds and passed on, some to go
to New Zealand, after the Davis Cup,
others to remain in obscurty until
another outdoor season brings mem
forth to strive for titles and tennis
fame again.
1t begins to look as though the
women's New York State champion
ship in singles will not be decided at
all this year First il was tempera-
mental differences that caused post
ponemen1 of more than three months,
after the final round had been reached,
and now it's the gentle rain that calls
a halt
The player who does win the eitle on
this occasion will not be blinded IN
blaze of glory, when we remember
the circumstances under which the
original playing Of the tournament last
June was conducted. The sooner the
matter is decided, the better 1t viii
be for all concerned, and the good
name of lawn tennis.
Miss Penelope Davies. the "song
bird" of the courts, whose playing IN
local tournaments early last summer
attracted favorable notice, has recently
returned after a three months Taca-
ton in her native land, Canada, and
before plunging into winter or con
cert work decided to enter one more
tournament before the season closes
Being a member of the West Side Ten
mis- Club, Miss Davies entered the WON
ems club championship tourney now
being played at Forest Hills, pairing
with Mrs. Joshua Brush, and the op-
cratic team win play its first match to-
DAY.
The Sunninqdale Country Club, Of
Scarsdale, will hold womens open
tournament on its clay courts, begin
ming tomorrow and finishing on Sun
Gay Singles and doubles will pc p ayed,
and the entries close at the CLUB TINS
afternoon. This tournament was orig
inally scheduled for September Il.
Among those who have already sent in
their entries are Mrs. Edward V. Lynch,
Miss Clare Cassel, Miss Marie Wagner,
Mrs f. r. Wiener. Miss Margaret
Grove, Mrs Samuel Waring and Mrs.
Percy WIbOurn.
Regarding the Davis Cup trip of the
challenging team from this country,
NV attention has been called to what
must look like an inexplainable error I
made in this column last week. In
speaking of the possible defending Aus
tralasian team l named Wilding,
Brookes, Anderson and O'Hara Wood as
members.
Wilding, Of course, was killed some
four or five years ago, giving up his
life in the World War. a fact Of which
was fully aware, having written sew
eral columns within the last four years
on this giant, heroic player and sports
man. But, through some mental lapse,
wrote the name of Wilding instead of
Gerald Patterson. and that is the only
explanation possible. I would that
words of mine could bring back to life
and to tennis the great New Zealander
who, with Norman Brookes, wrested the
Davis Cup from the defending Ameri-
can team at Forest Hills in 1914