The New York herald., 1922-06-17
EXHIBITIONS MUST
YIELD PRECEDENCE
So Rules Tennis Association
in Regard to Conflict With
Tournament Play.
BY SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.


Tennis exhibitions must yield prece-
dence to tournament matches. accord
ing to ruling made yesterday by the
United States Lawn Tennis Association.
If player has arranged to appear in
an exhibition on the same day that he
is scheduled to play in a tournament.
he must cancel the exhibition il the
club holding the tournament cannot
excuse him for the day.
All this is apropos of the series of
| exhibitions arranged by the Westches-
ter Biltmore Country Club of Rye for
tomorrow afternoon and the metro
pofitan championship which starts to-
day on the courh< Of the New York
Athletic Club. 1t appears that some of
the prominent entrants in the cham
pionship having been named among the
exhibitors who agreed to play at the
Westchester Biltmore Club. the Metro
politan Lawn Tennis Association re-
quested the national association to de-
eide whether the New York Tennis Club
or the Westchester Biltmore Club had
the prior right to the players in ques-
ton.
In announcing it's decision yesterday,
the national association committee de-
clared that ''in supporting the regu-
larly sanctioned tournaments conducted
by it's members. which comprise the
major part of the tennis competition
throughout the season, the association
must necessarily discourage exhibition
matches which conflict with sanctioned
tournaments"
In the meantime, however the West
chester Biltmore Club. evidently un-
aware Of the new situation, is going
ahead with arrangements and an
nounces that Vincent Richards, third
in national rank; Seiichiro Kashio, the
Brooklyn title holder and New Jersey
State ffnalist; DIR. George King, West
chester County champion, and Francis
7. Hunter national indoor champion,
will be among the tennis stars to appear
on the clubs new courts tomorrow.
All OF the four players mentioned are
entered in the metropolitan.
The difficulty may be solved by hav-
ing Richards. Kashio, Hunter and DIR.
King play their exhibitions at Rye early
enough to permit them to reach the
New York Tennis Club for their tourna-
ment contests. But there is no mstak-
ing the instructions of the national as
sociation in the matter.
Another ruling made yesterday by the
national association transfers the met
ropolitan championship cup, which has
been competed for in the past on
clay courts to the grass court cham
pionship which Is to be held this sea-
son at the Crescent Athletic Club, be-
ginning July "a Not a few tourna-
metn players were under the impress
sion that the cup remained with the
clay court event that starts to-day at
the New York Tennis Club. In explapa-
tion, the association gave out the follow
ing statement:
Zone year ago the executive commit
tee of the National Association recon-
mended that a tournament of the inn
portance OF the metropolitan champion
ship should be played regularly on grass
and awarded the event to the Crescent
Athletic Club. Subsequently. upon the
request of the Metropolitan Association
that decision was modified to the extent
of leaving the cup at the New York Ten
mis- Club for last year. 1t was under
stood. however, that this year the met
ropolitan championship was to be played
at the Crescent Athletic Club, and that
the New York Tennis Clubs event was
to be known as the metropolitan clay
court championship. The cup previously
in competition for the title. therefore.
would pass to the event at the Crescent
Athletic Club.
In accordance with the foregoing
agreement the metropolitan cup should be
played for this year at the Crescent Ath-
1etic Club, and therefore the tournament
beginning to-day will have no bearing
on the cup in question in the eyes Of the
National Association The officers or
the, Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton, however. have requested an appeal
from that ruling, and decision Will be
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executive committee Of the u. S. l.
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