New-York tribune., 1922-05-16
Club
Undertakes to
Aid Youngsters 9
Veteran Tennis Players Will
Make Particular Effort
to ID evelop Juniors
By Fred Hawthorne

The Seabright Lawn Tennis and
Cricket Club, one Of the oldest and
most famous tennis clubs in the United
States, on whose splendid and historic
turf courts many of the greatest play
oTs in the world have appeared, opened
It's season recently with great turn
out OF members. Among these were
Wiiliam a, Larned, former national
champion; Hoicombe Ward, also a
former holder of the singles honors;
Watson NJ. Washburn, member of las
years Davis Cup team. Bernon S.
Prentice, Seabright champion for al
most score of years; George M. Bod
man and Julian S. Myrick, president of
the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation.
AS BELTS club in it's commanding
position, the Seabright club, Prentice
informs nc. intends 10 take an even
more prominent part in tennis ac-
tiVltles thus season than ever bofore in
Its history. Team matches have been
arranged with the Tuxedo Club, the
Apawamis Club, Brooklyn Heights
Casino, Rockaway Hunt Club and the
teams Of Yale, Princeton and Harvard
Prentice and the other embers of
the tournament committee at Sea-
bright are particularly keen to develop
the junior element among the tennis
players, and in futherance of this plan,
William A. Ganlcy will again hold the
position of professional instructor at
the club fanking the picturesque
Shrewsbury River and the famous
Rumson Road.
tors i'll this country, has had unfail-
ing success in developing junior play
crs and will give special attention this
season to the younger set. in add-
ton, the senior players at the club
have arranged to devote two afternoons
a week to playing with the juniors in
order to give the latter the oppor-
tunity to gain experience in match
play. This is the kind of unsclnsh
interest on the part Of the older play
ers that we sorely need in this coun-
try if the juniors are TO show their
best, and the Seabright members are
to be congratulated on their action
The annual invitation tournament az
Seabright will start on Monday, July
81. and Ward, James Auchincloss, Rik-
er, Prentice, Carpenter and the other
Nom bers of the cOmmtte are expecting
an exceptionally strong entry in both
singles and doubles. 1t is possible that
several of the foreign Davis Cup play
ers will compete at Seabright on this
occasion, as wei as all our leading play
cIS, men ana women.
A late start and rain that made
the clay courts slippery. seriously in
terfered with the third day of plav in
the annual mems open tournament of
the Harlem Tennis Club yesterday. so
that only two matches were completed
in the second round and one in the
third
Leonard w. Knox, of Glen Ridge.
N. j., defeated Earle C. Backe by a
score of 4-6, Sc 6-3, after being
within single point of losing the
match when Backe held the lead at
Cd and 40-30 in the second set Knox
then came through with daring at
tack at the net position. winning that
game for Sail and then taking three
out of the next four games. In the
third set Knox generally had the ad-
vantage.
W. S. Pearce was the winner in the
other second round match. eliminating
f. A. Ready at 6-8, Cd, Cd, in a
struggle that was always close, with
most of the play from back court.
Kenneth Fisher defeated A, l.. Bruneau
at DC, 6--3, 6--1 in the third round,
his furious driving taking the last two
sets. Third round matches scheduled
for this afternoon are as follows:
Hugh Oakley VS.. Percy L. Kynaston,
Paul Martin VS.. l. Bltchick, f. D.
Powers VS.. Anton Won Bernuth, Alfred
Knox VS.. Elliott II. BinEen.