Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 32 | Tennis Equipment for American Boys

TENNIS EQUIPMENT FOR AMERICAN BOYS NEW YORK, Feb. 2. A call for t,. nis supplies for the use of American so! ; fliers i" France has' come to the Vniu,, States National Lawn Tennis associating through Dr. J. K. McCurdy, head of u Y. M. C. A. work there. To meet ih. need thus outlined and to provide ;ik for men in camps in this country, .pp,i , will be considered at the annual meetin; of the national association on Fein, ary 15. An effort will be made to utilize Hi resources of the association for the soldiers' sol-diers' benefit so that all such appeals tube tu-be Quickly answered. Dr. .McClmi states that eighty nets, 100 dozen ttm... balls and 300 racquets are required no-by no-by the men in France. Some chilis lia-,, already furnished supplies for camijs c-this c-this side of the Atlantic and indieatio:-are. indieatio:-are. that the demand will increase wii:: the weather permits playing. . Several applications tyave been re ceived for the sanction of tournaniei,-. for next season. The Beretania Tenr-i-club of Honolulu and the Kansas cin Field club are among the early bidl-i-for championship tournaments, which -: is proposed to have restored during il-. annual meeting.