Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-05
LEADING COLLEGES ENTER
BATTLE FOR NET H0N0RS
37th intercollegiate Lawn
Tennis Championship Takes
Place June %.
ExrECy MANY TO COMPETE
Virginia Military Institute VIII Send
Team TO Merton Cricket Club ut
HaFcrford. PA, to Face Crack
College tYErcgatiOms,

NEW YORK. June 4.-Announce-
meht of tho thirty-sevcnth Intcrcol-
legiate Lawn Tennis Championship
have been sent to the leading col
leges and universities of tho coun-
try by the intercollegiate commit
zee OF TN" United states Lawn Ten
mis- Association. OF which watson
Washburn is chairman. This event
VIII begin on June - a, tho Merton
cricket Club. Haverford, Pa. being
conducted by the intercollegiate /.
l. a.. under the auspices 81 tho ma
Hawk. Of jefferson Medical college
VIII act as referee. Howard w
Lewis is in charge Of arrangements
Tor tho Merton Cricket Club. where
the players will stay during the
tournament
Entry Is limited 20 the members
OF the 1ntcrc"ilc giate Lawn Tennis
Association. Each member may en-
ter team of not more than four
singles players and two doubles
teams. The entry foe is 81 for the
team, covering all events. Entries
should be addressed to Paul II. VIII
iiams. 20 Broad Street; Now York
city. and must be received before
o'clock on Saturday. June "a
The draw vii! BE- made at the club
the evening before the tournament.
ana all contestants have the right
I" be present The eligibility OF
competitors is determined by the by
laws OF the intercollegiate Assoc!a-
ton. The playing rules OF the ma
tionai association govern the tourna-
ment. Prizes will be given to.thc
winners and the winning college will
be awarded win" on the inter
collegiate trophy according TO the
point system.
NirEIniHns Arc Entered
with tennis now recognized ~ y
major sport by eleven universities
and interest in this branch OF inter
collegiate athletics incrca sing rapid
~ throughout tho country. this
years tournament promises 10 at
tract tho most Representatives entry
in Ito history. Sixty players. repre-
sentinE California. Columbia. Cor
nell, Dartmouth. Georgia Tech IIar-
ward. Indiana. Lafayette. Leland
stanford I.oyola. New York Cniver-
Sity. pennsylvania. Princeton, Rice.
Rutgers. st. Vincent Swarthmorc.
Syracuse. Texas. Virginia Military
Institute. Williams, Wisconsin.
Wooster and Yale entered In 1921
officers OF tho Intcrcollc siatc l.. T.
y. are: president, Philip Nc.r Lo-
land stanford: treasurer. Charles \.
Shipway. Princeton: secretary, wal
lace Baies. California.
In addition to the New England
intercollegiate championship. which
for years has been a fixture on tho
courts - the l.onGwood Cricket Club
at Boston. ;hcr. have been cStab-
iiShed this season, two new inter
collegiate events IN the East The
Middle Atlantic intercollegiate l.. r.
\. vas formed this spring and held
itS tournament at the University of
Richmond. Plans are taking shape
Tor the formation OF a Middle states
intercollegiate T.. r. \. To- include
the colleges of Pennsylvania. Sew.
Jersey and Delaware. and It's cham
pionship probably will he held early
IN June Plans for tho organization
Of a New York l.. T. \. to include
the principal upstate colleges also
have been discussed The Western
conference championship is expected
TO attract the best entry in its his
tory.
EApcrt Large Entry.
With So many events Of this char
acter scheduled. The intercollegiate
committee anticipates the largest en-
try in its history for the national
tournament.
The members of tho committee who
are working to insure its success
are:
X. l.. Murray, Niagara Falls. y. Y;
'cah Mathey. New York. y. Y: Or.
L. w. stephens, Pittsburgh, Pa:
Frank y. Godfrey, Boston. Mass: -.
f.. TnoTward. Cleveland. OHIO; sgd
hey Ihhycr. Jr., ArdmoTe, Pa Il. NJ.
Grant. Atlanta. Ga: l.. II. Waidner.
Chicago. III: X. y. Williams H.. Ros-
ton. Mass; Charles $. Garland. Pitts
bnrgh. Pa: William r.. Tilden H.,
Philadelphia. Pa; Joseph j.. Werner.
~. Louis. Mo-: w. y. Porter. Tucson.
AriZ,; Lauren Gibbs, Salt Lake City: