Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 47 | Churches Plan for Big Tennis Tourney

CHURCHES PLAN FOR BIGTBISTOOiEY Methodist Epworth League! Begin Preparations for Racquet Battles. The present won I her suggests anything any-thing hut tennis, yet the young people of the Epworth leagues of several Meth-olit Meth-olit I'lum'hrs in Snt L;ikc nre .starting .start-ing ptnns for a tennis tournament ".luring ".lur-ing the spring ainl summer. Lawrence Root is arranging for the meet, anl although he loesn 't know when the snow will stop and the sun will shine again, yet he is prepared to start the swinging of the reuquets at the first opportunity. Lliff church is the only one of the ! Methodist edifices which has a tennis : court adjoining, but the tennis enthusi-I enthusi-I asm ot the young venple may result iu others being started. Hi i f young people have two pood courts at Ninth East and First South streets, which have proven popular during the last-two last-two or three years. A recent canvass of the tennis players play-ers of the several league chapters indicates in-dicates that there will be enough players play-ers for a spirited contest between the bovs, another between the girls and a third in mixed doubles. It is expected that the church tournament tour-nament will furnish many to the city and intermountain championship tonr-nevs tonr-nevs in Salt Lake. An invitation will be sent to the young people of the other Jocal churches to take part in the church tourneys. The voting people of Liberty Park Methodist church,' Ninth South and Eighth East streets, are already planning plan-ning the building of a court on the lot adjoining the church.