The New York herald., 1922-10-18
DRIVE ON DEUCE
AND LOVE BEGUN
Midwest's Opposition to Ira
4 ditiOnal Tennis Terms
Gaining Favor.
by SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

movement on the part of mid
Western officials to have the time
honored and apparently meaningless
terms OF love" and rdeuce" eliminated
from the sport is attracting quite a
little attention in tennis circles. espe-
cially among members Of the Tennis
Umpires Association and officials-of the
national association who attended the
national singles championship at the
Germantown Cricket Club of Philadel-
ohia.
Thousands who came to Germantown
tor the title event were surprised TO hear
some of the tennis ump.res In important
matches on the grand stand courts call
the scores Fifteen. Tllden." instead OF
tho usual Fifteen. love" "Forty-all. "
instead OF Deuce" and Games are
two-nothing. Johnston leads" instead
or Games are two-love. Johnston
leads" The gallery Immediately came to
the conclusion that the executive COM
mittee of the national association either
had ordered the traditional terms de-
leted or had decided to experiment with
the new system of calling scores to test
its popularity.
As matter OF fact the national as
ISOLATION officials had nothing to do
with IT, NO committee of the associa-
ton has any Power to delete or amend
In any way terms that are included in
the rules of the game, nor can the ma
ttonal officials order any sort OF expert
ment In championship tournament. The
umpires who were scoring the new way
were mid-Western officials who were
simply following out a method that had
been adopted for tournaments in their
own tennis section and which seemed TO
have found general favor I'm their par
ticular locality. II was not long before
the tennis fans at Germantown grew
accustomed to hearing Thirty, Tilden,"
instead OF Thirty. love-" and not few
OF the tennis regulars admitted that they
rather liked the change.
An international Matter.
II the mid-Western scoring method
continues to gain favor as rapidly as II
did this last season. It may not be Ion z
before the system is adopted. II will ,
no easy matter however to persuade the
majority OF the delegates at the annual
convention that deuce and love"
ought to be eliminated at this time.
The terms are used not only In America
but wherever tennis is played on this
universe; they are not national but in
ternatlonal. and wi.h international COM
petition go well advanced In tennis II
Is scarcely likely that the United States
Lawn Tennis Association would take
any separate action on the question. II
is a subject that ought to be suggested
TO an international tennis federation of
which the American Organization may
be n n1m Der before long.
Three years ago the Same question
came UP before the delegates at the an
nual national convention and the ef-
fort OF Western delegates to have the
deuce" and "love" terms stricken from
the sport met with failure. At that time
the proposed amendment also included
the elimination OF fifteen" thirty
and forty and the substitution OF
"one" two" and three" in thell
place. "Three-two" for instance wa;
recommended as a substitute for forty.
thirty '"three-aIP' for deuce" and SC
on. The supporters of the movemeui
urged that II any changes were adopted
they might as well be sweeping. They
contended that Fifteen" and thirty
were just as meaningless as love" and