The New York herald., 1921-12-16
TENNIS OFFICIALS
HERE FOR MEETING
Executive Committee Prepares
to Tackle Sports Lead
ing Problems.
by SAMUEL J. BRooKmAN.

There win be a gathering of leading
tennis officials of the country tonight
and tomorrow at the Vanderbilt Hotel
to ponder over the amateur rule, the
seeded draw and other problems of
the sport, to consider suggested re-
visions and to listen to and pass on
tho reports of the various standing
committees OF the United States Lawn
Tennis Association.
Practically all the committees, to each
of which has been assigned different
problem, have completed their findings
and are ready to report to the executive
committee, which goes into session to-
morrow morning. The amateur rule COM
mittee. however, will shape its report
at a meeting to be held tonight The
work of the executive committee Is
either to accept, reject or amend the
various reports as they come up and
to draw UP its recommendations for the
delegates at the annual tennis conven-
tion In February to vote upon and dis
pose of.
The recommends tions of the executive
committee are Of nationwide interest
for with only occasional exceptions
they have been approved by the tennis
delegates at the annual meeting. They
are of further interest. because they
summarize all the vital tennis problems
of the day and their remedies.
Undoubtedly the amateur rule will be
one OF the principal topics of discus
sion. II has long been one of the most
vexing of tennis questions and appar-
emily Is just as difficult of solution
now. Every time the tennis legislators
grow confident that the amateur rule
difficulty has been disposed of up II
bobs again to prove that II hasn't. This
year the officials are concerned with
the questions Of compelling tennis stars
TO forbid the use of their names in
connection with any tennis goods ad-
vertising Of any sort and Of forbidding
tennis players to send reports of tennis
tournaments to the daily papers
The officials it is understood, do not
object to a. tennis star writing tennis
books or articles. but they fail to see
why any player engaged in tonrna-
ment should be permitted to telegraph
descriptions Of matches he may not have
had an opportunity to witness
The question of seeding the draw in
championship tennis tournaments so as
to distribute the strength as equally as
! possible appears to be OF secondary i'm
portance. More than ninety per cent.
of the leading players Of the country
who have been queried by the committee
| on the subject have declared them
selves ennphatically In favor OF the
change and it is almost certainty
that it will be approved. The ranking
committee will submit It's rating of the
| country's leading men and women play
| ers in singles and doubles, and the
| national championship committee will
| offer It's recommendations for the dis
| tribution of the tennis plums of the
| season of 1922.
! Those who are expected to attend the
executive committee meeting tomorrow
are Julian S. Myrick. president, New
| York Edwin Fuller Torrey. vice-presi-
| dent, Clinton. N. Y: Charles Garland,
secretary, Pittsburgh; Joseph NJ. Jen-
nings. treasurer. Philadelphia; Robert
/ u. Wrenn, New York city r. Norris
! williams, Boston Dr. G. y. Humes. In
! dianapolis Paul w. Gibbons, Phila-
delphia A. Y. Leech, Jr., Washington.
ID. c.: Craig Biddle, Philadelphia
II. w. Slocum. New York city.