Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
TENNIS SEEDING
PLAN THOROUGH
National Body Virtually Sure to
Adopt Suggestion as Outlined
by Executive Committee
MEMS SINGLES HERE AGAIN
BY EDWIN J. POLLOCK

RAD1CAL. changes in the method Of
~ conducting big tennis Journeys
have been indorscd by the Executive
Committee of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association and now only the
D. *. of the national body is needed to
have them embodied in the laws Of the
game. This will be done at the annual
meeting in New York some time in
February.
Most important Of the suggestion
handed in by the sub committees and
passed by the executive body was the
abolition of the blind draw and the
means of installing the seeding process.
Another recommendation was that
tournament players be prohibited from
writing signed reports of the matches
in the daily newspapers.
Seeding Plan
The plan suggested for the seeding Of
the draw provided that where there
were sixty-four entries. eight players
mlttee in charge, the ranking to be
based on the showing Of the players in
the current year. The players thus
ranked shall be allotted as follows:
Numbers one and two to be placed in
opposite halves. players three and four
allotted by draw to lower portions of
both halves, players from four to eight
allotted by draw to places in various
quarters and cighths Of the draw.
In the case of prominent foreign play
ers. No. shall be placed in opposite
half from the No. 1 American player,
the plan to continue to include all for
eign ranking entries. Where more than
sixty four entries are received, the seed
ing shall be continued, one player for
every eight entries.
VIII Be Adopted
The plan thus outlined appears to
be very simple and thorough one. 1t
jority when the vote is called at the ma
tional session.
The committee also made recommen-
dations to the U. s. Association for the
distribution Of the 1922 championships
Journeys as followst
June 25, Intercollegiate Champion
ships, Merton Cricket Club, Philadel-
phia.
July 10, Mems Clay Court Champion.
ship. to be awarded by Western AssO-
citation.
August II, Notional Doubles and
Junior Championships, at LOngwoOd
Cricket Club, Boston.
September I. Challenge Round Davis
Cup, West Side Tennis Club, Forest
Hills, l.. /.
September 8, Mems Singles Cham
p'onships. at Germantown Cricket Club.
Philadelphia.
This means that Philadelphia again
will stage the intercollegiate and the
nationals. two of the biggest Journeys
on the list, for 1t is almost traditional
that the national body accepts the rec
concentrations of the Executive Com
mittee.
Nationals Profit $4,000
The Germantown Cricket Club con-
Quoted the nationals so successfully last
September that 1t was only fair to as
sumo that the Mannheim club would
again be awarded the honor of holding
the title play. The report showed that
Sl4 900 was turned over to the u. S.
L. T. A. as its share of the 1921 mems
championships. This profit ranks Sec
ond only to the Davis Cup challenge
round staged at the West Side Tennis
Club, from which $4,000 was earned.
1t was also suggested that such Davis
Cup ties as shall be played in this cOun-
try be held during the first three weeks
of August and distributed among one
or more of the following cities: New
York, Chicago, Newport, Boston and
Philadelphia.
Other championships awarded with
out dates include: Women's singles,
West Side Tennis Club; women's clay
court championship, to either Buffalo
or Cleveland; mems indoor to New
York. and women's indoor to Long
wood Cricket Club, Boston.