New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Clubs Selected |
To StageCanes.
For Davis Cup
Preliminary Events Leading
Up to Challenge Round
Allotted by Committee
By Fred Hawthorne

It is a notable program of interna-
tional events that the Davis Cup COM
mittee of the United States Tennis AS
sociation has arranged for competition
this summer, with the West Side Ten.
mis- Club, Of Forest Hills; the Newport
Casino, the Onwentsia Club, Of Chi
cago; the Cleveland Associated Tennis
Clubs, the Allegheny Country Club, Of
Pittsburgh, ard the Crescent Athletic
Club, Of Bay Ridge as the fortunate
clubs that have secured the various
preliminary, semi-hnsi, final and cbal-
lenge round matches.
The meeting Of the international
committee TO apportion the matches
met at the West Side Tennis Club at
Forest Hills Friday evening and their
assigning Of the matches was an
nounced yesterday as follows: SeDtem-
Der 2, 3 and 5, challenge round, West
Side Tennis Club; final round, New
port Casino; semi-fnel round (upper
half, Cleveland associated Tennis
Clubs; semi-fnal round (lower halfl.
Onwentsia Club, .Slicago; second round.
winner of British Isles-Spain vs., win
ner of Australia VS., Canada, Allegheny
Country Club, Pittsburgh; Argentine
denmark match, bye, Crescent Ath.
letic Club, Bay Ridge
According to the notices already sens
to competing nations, first round
matches played in the United States
must be completed by July 80. second
round matches by August 6, third
round matches by August 13 and fourth
round matches by August 20.
It is expected that two other matches
will be played in this country. but
nothing definite can be done about
these matches until the United States
Lawn Tennis Association obtains more
specific information from the nations
concerned. Julian S. Myrick, George
Townsend Adee and Harry w. Slocum
were named as special committee TO
decide any points that may come up in
connection with the further award of
these matches.
discussion was held concerning tbs
selection of players to represent the
United States in the challenge round
matches. 1t was deemed wisest not to
make any selection at this time, but to
PICK those players who make the best
showing during the present season Of
tournament play. This decision leaves
the choice wide open. Samuel Hardy,
Beals c. Wright, Harold H. Hackett'
George 7. Adee and Robert D. Wrenn
were appointed as a special committee
to select the team.
Inc annual women S open tournament
of the Montclair Athletic Club will
begin tomorrow afternoon on the clay
courts at Montclair. N. j., with moro
than fifty entries IN the singles, in
Guiding Miss Florence Balm, Misc
Clare Cassel, Mrs. David c. Mills,
Mrs. Robert LIE Roy, Miss Martha Bay
ard and Miss Caroma Winn. Miss Wag-
Sheldon, Miss Marie Wagner, Miss
Adele Cragin, Mrs. L. G. Morris, Mrs.
G. B. Hirsch and Mrs. Percy Will
bourn.
Some of the leading combinations in
the doubles will be Miss Martha Bay
ard and Moss Caroma Winn, Miss Wag-
ner and Miss Cassel and Miss Ballin
and Mrs. Mills. The women's doubles
will begin on Tuesday afternoon and
the mixed doubles at 80 o'clock on
w ednesday afternoon.
The final round ratch in the North
Side doubles championship tournament
will be played this afternoon at 8
o'clock on the clay courts of the Uni
versity Heights Tennis Club. The
contesting teams are Leonard Beekman
and Walter Merrill Hall and Fred G.
Anderson and Ben II. Letson.