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Show T0 RESTORE TITLE MEEISJOn TENNIS Proceeds Will Be Devoted to Training" Camp Activities; Activi-ties; Baker Approves. NKW VOKK, De S. A recommendation recommenda-tion that ihe. net profit from tennis tournaments tour-naments sanctioned by the United States National I.awn Tennis association bo iiiviMi to the war -department commission commis-sion of training i-'ainp activities will be made to the association by its executive committee. U was announced today. The recommendation will be submitted submit-ted at the annual meotir.ff of the organization organ-ization in February, together with the plan announced yesterday of resuming the national championships, which worn discontinued when the United Slates entered en-tered t lie war. rntriotie resolutions adopted hy t lie exec ut ive commit lee called a t tent ion to the fact that the first ton ranking tennU players of the country are now bervhifi with the colors. The resolut ion recommending the res-toration res-toration of the championship guinea ne.v year sa y s in pa r t ; Whorens, the best available int'or- 1 matlon leads us to believe that the president of the United .States and the secretary of 'war favor the continual con-tinual ion of such clean, wholesome act ivi tics as will improve the physical physi-cal condition of both men and women wom-en of the country and will tend to keep t he moral as well as mental standard up to a high plane, therefore, there-fore, be it Resolved, First, that all championships champion-ships bo restored, players ranked and tournaments sanctioned by the United Unit-ed States National Lawn Tennis association as-sociation for the season of 19 IS. be conducted as prior to the war. Second. That the net profits of such tournaments shall be piven to the war department commission on training ca mp activities, or to such organization as may, in tho judgment judg-ment of the secretary of war, provide pro-vide the best athletic facilities for men in the military service of the United Slates. Secretary Baker, in advocating the plan, stated: The value of participation Is wholesome athletics as a factor in promoting physical fitness and mental men-tal alertness cannot he overestimated. overesti-mated. The plan of re-establishing championship cham-pionship tournaments and rankings as a means of sti inula ling general interest in tennis ia desirable. Your Eugsestion that the net proceeds pro-ceeds lie turned over to the war department de-partment commission on training ca nip activities for uye in providing athletic facilities for soldiers in training train-ing camps is hereby approved. |