New-York tribune., 1921-02-06
Cup Challenge
Round Awarded
To Local Club
Annual Tennis Classic IT,
Be Played ON West Side
Ourts September .
By Fred Hawthorne

United States Lawn Tennis Assoc;.
ton began yesterday afternoon at u.
Hotel McAlpin, with several bvpd,n5
delegates from widely separated se,
tions of the country gathered toqetbs,
to vote on the various problems cor.
fronting the association.
The chief point Of interest and H..
cussion both before and during -.
afternoon session centered about ~.
awarding of the several national chs,,
pionship tournaments for the season a.
1921, and the holding place for tbs
challenge round matches in the Dsv;,
Cup. Next in line was the problem =,
the vexed amateur question, with mar.
tioular reference to the proposition n.
making it against the rules for anv
amateur to have a racquet named after
him or her, IS the case might he I,
was ruled that the names hereaf.s.
should not be permitted on the racquet,
Another subject about whi,h thays
vas considerable argument was Of =
revolutionary character, for the cAeeu.
tive committee came to the meeting
With a recommendation that .he exist.
ing system of ranking players. men
women and juniors. be radically al.
tered. In the future, it was moved, the
ranking committee should consist al
only three members. who will rank
only twenty men in singles. ten
doubles teams, twenty women in tn.
singles and ten juniors.
May Change Ranking System
The executive committee also sd.
vised that this ranking body b: per.
mitted TO use any system they deter.
mined was best, basing players
ranking on the performances in sane.
toned tournaments only. 1t was
strongly intimated, however. that the
ranking should be based more on
present disastrous mathematical"
system.
At the same time the executive com.
mittee recommended that every tennis
sectional body in the country draw up
its own ranking list and that these
additional rankings be added to the ma,
tional list. To obtain official recogni-
tion it was decided that the sectional
rankings should be submitted on or be.
fore November 10 of each year
Before the actual polling of votes
on the national title events began
was learned that the championship com.
mittee, of which George Townsend Adee
is the chairman, had recommended the
following places and dates for these
Journeys and that this program had
been officially ratified:
September Davis Cup challenge
round, West Side Tennis Club, Forest
/ Hills, l., /.
September 10 - National singles
championship, Germantown Cricket
Club, Philadelphia.
Mems national doubles and national
mixed doubles championships, Long.
wood Cricket Club, Boston, Mass, on
date in August to be announced later.
Women's national championships and
girls Journeys, West Side Tennis Club
Forest Hills, on a date in August to
be announced later.
Mems national clay court champion
ships, in Chicago or such other plae
IS may be decided upon by the West
ern association. Time to be announced
later.
AS for the other Davis Cup matches
to be played in the preliminary rounds
it was recommended that the best Of
these be awarded to the Newport Casino,
with Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland,
New York, Boston, Philadelphia andthe
Northwestern Association getting th.
others, if they are played in this coun-
try.
Buffalo Makes Bid
The clay court title event for tn.
men was offered to the California As
sociation, but the Coast authorities
turned the proposition down, declaring
there were not enough clay courts 81
any one club upon which to properly
hold the event. Buffalo made an sp-
plication for the clay court early in
the day, but it had not been acted upon
up to late hour.
1t was the general opinion among
the delegates early in the evening thai
the proposed change in the amateur
rule, as applied to the naming Of rae
! quets after players. would be over
whelmingly passed. The Western AS
sociation, representing 1900 votes, was
emphaticslly in favor of the change, sS
was the Northwestern body.
The report of the financial commit
tee showed the total expenses OF the
| Davis Cup team in regainng the coy
eted trophy were 6850.30, but thai
this would be reduced to approximate
ly $4,000 after the receipts from the
recent challenge round matches in Ne"
Zealand had been received.
he total disbursements made Dy Shs
national association during 1920 were
about $4,000, and the total receipts sp,,
proximately $4,000 The national
singles championship tournament a.
Forest Hills last September put total
Of $14,717 in the treasury, this amoun'
representing half the net profits of the
tournament. The national mems doubles
at Longwood brought in total Of 81
004, while the women's championships
at Philadelphia represented total loss
of $50.
The secretary's report showed that
twelve clubs were dropped last year
owning to non payment of dues and thai
other clubs had dropped direct member
cion. There are 322 memberships II
ship in favor of sectional represents
the national association. these repre-
senting a total of 500 clubs.