Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-08
TENNIS FANS SLOW
TO ARRIVE At COURTS

The Germantown Cricket Club pre-.
sented a. picturesque appearance. The
center courts were as smooth as velvet,
and the white chalk lines and tape on
the top of the net contrastcd sharply
with the light green of the turf. 80.
Green burlap served as screen
around the bottom of the stands, and
harmonized nicely with the grass. The
spectators were slow in arriving, and
fifteen minutes before the tournament
started there were not more than u
dozen in the huge stands, and most of
these were ball boys and ushers.
A number Of the spectators, however,
sauntered around the club grounds and
took a look at the side courts. There
are sixteen of these, and each one IL
tagged with the names OF the players
who will contest on that turf.
Before the start of play the Off :
ciala Outnumbered the spectators by
about twenty to one, and every one
of the officials was busy with the va
Colon, the chairman of the ManheiIn
Tennis Committee. was as much In de-
mand as freight cars and coal.
MTick lnspects COurte
Julian $. Myrick, the president of
the United States Lawn Tennis AssO.
citation, who Is the referee of the ma :
tionals, saw to 1t that every detail
was attended to, and made careful
examination of the courts which he
pronounced to be in splendid condition.
The stands were arranged In the same
manner they were last year. The two
a .,tn ulo hno Lea ne Abo
center courts hold more than 1000 each,
and the west stand, which Is for gen :
eral admission, has capacity of close
to 2000. The only change In the plan
of the stands was In the marquee, where
the officials and press were quartered.
Last year the officials were In a stand
in front of the press box and were
SO smothered by the heat they asked
to be changed. The marquee was en-.
larged this year, and the arbiters were
placed in the north side and the press
In the south side. -.
Dark clouds threatened. and, in or
der to play safe, the laborers were
instructed to bring out the huge tar
paulins, which were held In readiness
to be spread over the courts In ease
of rain, These tarpaulins are massive
things, and 1t took a crew OF q dozen
room to the Enclosure. -.
They were folded and placed alons
the grass at the edge Of the burlap,
and then covered with n material that
looked like green netting. Mannheim
never permits the beauty Of the grounds
to be marred by such things as stray
tarpaulins. -..
Ball Boys in FIannels
The ball boys and ushers were all
dressed up in white fannels and white
soft shifts and shoes. They were
tagged with blue bands on their arms.
These bands had the letters &c. 9. c."
on them in white. Blue and white are
the colors of the Germantown 0rgani-
cation. L..-
One thing that was overlooked was
an umpire's chair for one of the center
courts, and this caused much alarm.
Two were already in position, and con.
tained the various supplies; hurry ,
up call was sent to Merton for the third
chair. and the wait caused some delay
In the start of the matches.
Clifford Black, the chairman of the
IymDires' Association, was busy assign
ing the officials to the different matches
for umpiring and side line judging. 1t
reouires more than a hundred officials
to conduct the matches today.
Seeded" Stars Default
Phil Neer, Leland Stanford Uni
versity star, and intercollegiate singles
champion III 1921, defaulted his match
to r. l.. GOldsborough, Jr., Of Balti.
more. Necr, one Of the seeded" piay
crs, was forced to return west and re.
sumo his college studies. =. -
Another of these seeded players,
Ruppert C.. Wertheim, Of Australia,
also defaulted his match. Wertheim,
too. left for the West, where he will
get boat and return to the Pacific Con-
4 Ieonards, of Cynwyd, who auto
matically advances to the second round,