The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-23
Tennis Contests
Dram Visitors
at White Sulphur
Interest in Tournament Holds
Easter Week Crowds
There.

Special Dispatch to THE New yoRK HERALD.
22.--while the spring season at White
Sulphur reached it's height Easter Sum
day, 1t has maintained It's interest all
the week, and the Easter colony has re-
manned with scarcely break to attend
the annual spring tennis tournament Of
the Greenbrier. Tennis Club. which has
become feature here in April.
Thefplayers have included some of the
best known amateur tennis stars, nearly
all Of whona took part in the North and
South TournaNant at Pinehurst last
week, and came up on private car
Easter Monday. G. Carleton Shafer OF
Philadelphia and S. Howard voshell OF
Brooklyn, who met in the championship
finals at Pinehurst, were here. as well as
Craig Biddle. Beals c. Wright, Henry r.
Guild OF Nahant, member of the Har-
ward tennis team: F.. p. Larned, Frank
T. Hunter, national indoor champion;
p. M. Whelen. r. B. Bidwell r. Thonet.
Emerson Macmillan Sd, b. f. Briggs.
Josiah Wheelright Fred Otis, Edgar
Leonard, S. Wallis Merrihew. John X.
Hodges. Miss Florence BALM, Miss
Martha Bayard and Miss Lillian Schar.
man.
The finals will be played off to-mor-
row. Mr.. Frederic Sterry of the Plaza
Hotel, New York, has given handsome
silver bowl. to be awarded to the win
ner in the mems singles.
In addition to the tennis contingent
the colony has been given additional
color by the presence of large diplo-
matte group from Washington. 1t has
included the Argentine Ambassador, DR..
Tomas A. LIE Breton, and Mme LIE Bre-
ton: the Gillian Ambassador, Senior
Don Bertran Matthew, and Sonora Ma
thieu, and a number of younger men,
bers of the embassies, among whom
were Arthur Yenken. Third Secretary OF
the British Embassy; Hubert Guerin.
Attache OF the French Embassy; Capt.
de Fregate Jean r.. J. Z. Rigal, Naval
Attache of the French Embassy: Senior
Don Mariana Amoedo. second Secretary
Of the Spanish Embassy. and DR.. Felipe
A. Espil, Secretary Of the Argentine
Embassy.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Sumner Welles Of
New York, the former of whom has
lately resigned from the State Depart
ment, have spent the last fortnight here.
Mr.. and Mrs Adolf Pavenstedt. the
latter Of whom was the former Baroness
Spec Won Sternburg, whose husba NJ
was long Ambassador in Washington
tanning has been exchanged between
these families and the Washington
group.
The tournament matches have been
postponed on several mornings because
of thunder showers and wet courts. but
as a general thing the colony has gath
cred on the Casino lawn every morning
and afternoon to watch the playing.
Luncheon as well as tea has been
served here and on the Casino veranda
so sojourers have spent the week almost
entirely out of doors, which has been
no hardship, as spring is coming on
apace, and this mountain country is
lovely. with trees and shrubs now almost
in full leaf, and lilacs. dogwood, tulips.
forsythia. fruit blossoms and other
spring flowers a riot of bloom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Armour OF
Chicago. with their great German shep-
herd dog. which follows them on a
leash, and which they recently acquired
at cost of ten thousand dollars, have
been prominent figures in the tennis
galleries. Mrs. Craig Biddle has been
an interested spectator of the matches
seated sometimes with Mrs. Alfred Bea
dleston of New York.