Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-05 | Page 6 | More Supplies for Soldiers at Camp

"MORE . SUPPLIES FOR SOUIIQBjT DUMP Proceeds of Tennis Tourney Tour-ney Will Be Turned Over to War Department. WASHINGTON". An?. 4. The proceeds ft oin the National Tennis championship tournament, which will be staged at Forest For-est Hills, Ixmii; Island, during the week beginning Auyust 26, will be given to the war department cum nils si on on training camp activities for the purchase of tennis fjiiipnient for the various training ramps. The receipts Irom the national doubles tournament, which w ill be he.d at the ljjnwoofj I'ri'kV't club, 1 lost on, Pein-iilm; Pein-iilm; A i: gust 1J. will likewise be t timed out to the tiamiriy ' .imp commission f"r the same jnirjose, A n nounce rneni of tliis arrangement has been made the Unite i State National I.uwn Tennis as-j-Ociai Ion, w hich v. ill direct the tournaments. tourna-ments. According to reports to the trainlntt c.-.mp c omrnission. lawn tennis is one of , the most pop; da r sports among the sol- j diers and .-a:io;. Throtjli the effort i of the training tun-p rornmissipn, every ca n tonmen t has re. eived tenuis e.ju: p-ir.eru. p-ir.eru. In one camp alone, ;is many as forty courts have been installed.