The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05
TENNIS BODY VOTES
DOWN AMENDMENT
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the year. including the Davis Cup pre-
liminaries and challenge rsund. were
adopted without opposition. The West
Side Tennis Club of Forest Hills will
get both the Davis Cup challenge round
and womens national championship.
Philadelphia will retain the mems ma
tional singles and Boston the mems ma
tional doubles. The national clay court
championship for men goes to the West
ern Lawn Tennis Association and the
national intercollegiate to Merton Cricket
Club OF Philadelphia. THE dates recon-
mended for the events follow:
June 26--National intercollegiate champion
ship, Merton Cricket Club. Philadelphia.
July 10--Men's national clay court champion
ship. Western Lawn Tennis Association.
July 11-Rhode Island State championships
Agawam Hunt Club, Providence.
July 2i-Longwood Cricket Club singles Bos-
July s1--seabright invitation tournament
August Southampton invitation tourna-
August 14-Newport invitation tournament.
August 14-Women's national singles and
doubles: girls national singles and doubles
August 21-National doubles at Longwood
Cricket, Boston.
September S-NationaI mems singles. at
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia.
DAVIS CUP DATES.
August 3-5-First preliminary ties in thls
country.
August 10-l2-seco preliminary ties in this
country.
August 17-t9-F'nal round at Newport.
September 1-4-Davis cup challenge round. at
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills.
Regarding the womens nationa.
Championship the women's advisory
committee had recommended that the
event be held this year as late In
August as possible and 1t was upon tina;
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IA was agreed upon. The women's COM
mittee also requested that the girls
national championship which hitherto
has been held in conjunction with the
women's title event be awarded this
year to the Philadelphia Country Club.
to be held early in September during the
week of the mems national championship
at the Germantown Cricket Club of
Philadelphia. 1t was also suggested
that a girls national hard court cham
pionship be created andfbe assigned to
the Pacific coast. N
The constitutional amendment requir-
ing the draw in sanctioned tournaments
to be seeded" as suggested by special
committee OF which r. Norris Williams
was chairman and as approved by the
executive committee recently was
adopted practically unanimously after
the Western Association had suggested
that the matter be left to the choice OF
each sectional association. The latter
amendment to the amendment was
voted down.
A change In the foot fault rule was
accepted by the delegates which strikes
out the word continuously" in the
clause which reads: From the time of
taking such stand and until the racquet
strikes the ball. both feet shall remain
continuously on the ground behind the
basellne, &C." A change also was adopt
ed in the qualifications for entry in the
veterans championship, reducing the
age limit for doubles from As years to 40.
Julian S. Myrick of New York was
unanimously reelected president of the
association and Charles Garland OF
Pittsburgh secretary. Dwight +. Davis
of st. Louis is the new vice-president
and A. Y. Leech. Jr.. of Washington,
d. c.. the new treasurer. Other cleo
lions include:
Sectional Delegates Untii 1924-South-
westerly. ID. Adone. Jr.. Dallas. Tex.
Northwestern--Ward G. Burton, Mime
apolls, MINI. New England-Edwin c.
Sheafe. Boston. New York-Louis Il.
Daley. East Orange. y. ]. Missouri
Valley--C Drummond Jones. st. Louis.
California - DR.. Sumner Hardy. San
Francisco. Middle Administration II.
Bundy. Norfolk. Va.
Nominating Committee--J. T.. McLain.
Pittsburgh, Pa; L. n. Waidner. Chi
cago. and Hoicombe Ward. Seabright.
Delegates at Large Until 192+-R. Cliff
ford Black. New York; Harry s. Knox.
Chicago. and Henry c. Wick. Jr.. Cleve-
land
The report of the treasurer showed
surplus of more than s22 900. with $1,000
cash on hand. The national associa-
tons share of the 1921 Davis cup and
national championships had been close
to $4,000. and the total revenue for the
year over expenses more than $4,000.
Watson NJ. Washburn reported that
the situation regarding Americas entry
into the International Federation re-
NAMED the same as 1t was year ago;
that the British and French associa-
lions were not yet prepared TO have
Wimbledon give up the right to the
worlds championship event In perpetu-
ity. and that since the United States
Lawn Tennis Association had found
that point the obstacle in the path OF
Joining the federation, America prob
ably would continue to remain out OF 1t.