Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-07 | Page 33 | To Expend $100,000 for Tennis Meet

TO EXPEND $100,000 FOR TENNIS MEET NEW YORK. Feb. il. Announcements were raMle here today that the West Side. Tennis club, which the Lrnited States lawn Tennis association last msht awarded award-ed tlie national championship tournament for J915, had already planned lo make the meeting the greatest In the history of tennis ten-nis In this country. To cany out huildtmr plans, which include in-clude new stands, dressins; rooms and other accommodations for plavers and officials, of-ficials, a member of the club announced that It had been offered a lean of flOO.OOu. Bv the first week In September, the time fnr t,e tournament. President Julian V Mvrlck of the West Side club assured the association last nicht that everything would he In readiness to accommodate even larger crowds than attended tne Davis cup matches mi the club s courts at Forest Wills. Loner Island, last August. To take the place of the national championship, cham-pionship, which it has stad for th.i'tv-our th.i'tv-our vears. officials of the Newport ,. lino announced that a s-,y-:;.,l inv.t.arioi, tournament for kings of tne courts nould be arranged.