Evening star., 1922-12-10

Like the West Side Tennis Club,
,he Germantown Cricket Club was
put to considerable expense to erect
the huge stands necessary to accom-
:nodate the crowds. but that expense
must have been nearly iquidated in
the two Years holding OF the tourna
mont. and surely another year VIII
soc The Germantown Cricket Club
c'.ar Of all Indebtedness incurred III
:aey:ng The event.
After 1923 il seems to me. the ma
tional singles championship tourn;i-
m.nt should b.. rotated. with New
York. Philadelphia, Newport ana Hos-
ton as the holdin.: cities. The Long
wood Cricket Club Of Boston has re-
certify opened its reconstructed club
house one of the finest buildings
owned by tennis club in this ccun-
try and has been improving its tur.
courts each year 1t still lacks sum
'ient SEATING capacity in ITS STANDS
and the arrangement of these sta nds
is open to considerable Improvement
believe. vet these are minor details
tia. NAV be easi'y remrdied-
Tho Lcngwood Cricket Club has
been holding the mems national dou-
bi,s cham, ;onShin tournament fos the
last few years. and has proba bly,
mad. more or less of Il financial sue
cess of il. So that z tWo-Tear mold
ing If the national singles would
doubtless b. sufficient to reimburse
th. club fur the expense of building
csfr+ stands.
WHY not. then. award the men $
national singles tournament to the
Lnngwcod Cricket club in 1924 and
1928. to Newport in 1926 and thea
back TO New York in 1927 and Phila-
rslphia again IN 1928? Thus would
the process of rotation be put into
effect with perhaps some of the mid
Gl. western cities. such as pittsburgh
or Cleveland. eventually staging the
event.
Il am not one of those who believe
that the Newport Casino is unified
for the holding of the Eationa. sin
gi.s. For more than thirty years this
tournament was held on the famous
Casino courts OF course tha: was in
rile davs before the commercial side
Of the game made the gate receipts
the ailimportant feature
Spirit Of EOmme rcia1fsm.
Neither the West Side Tennis club
nor The Germantown Cricket Club has
ever succeeded in eliminating this
spirit OF commerciaiism from the
n aTagsmvnt Of the nationa? singles
tourney. and they probably never will.
Perhaps this is an inev!ta bic accom-
naniment rf the growth ~ the game.
If Sc, it is 10 be deeply depiored.
"At the risk of being stamped as 4
'r.at,iunary.' l feel compelled 10 ad-
nit that / would welcome back the
old davs' at Newport when n" fiHan
cal returns We're a minor conside-a-
tinn with the clubs officials There
Was an atmosphere during tourua-
ment week rn the Casino courts that
placed the game above ali ctile- con-
sideratienS. and il is still To be found
at Newport. as well as at the Meadow
Frook Club of Southampton and at
the Seahright Lawn Tennis and
Cricket Club. among others.
While the actual management of
the national singles tourname has
reached its highest development AT
Forest Hills and at Germantown.
Craig Biddle. chairman of the tourna-
nent committee at Newport; Lyttle-
ton Fox. at the M-adow Club and
Holcombe Ward and James {. Auchin-
Gloss. at Seabrisht. have conducted
their big important invitation events
in a manner that leaves little to be
desired in the way of efficiency and
nothing in the way Of old-time tra-
ditionS of the game.
Mrs. Molla Ejurstedt Mallory's de-