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Show Project Completed By Autumn, Is Aim Kork Asphalt Will Form Surface of Courts To Uo .Laid Out On University Hill, North of Old Athletic Field j Tlial. I In 12 new i fiek asphalt t tennis courts on Ihe upper campus j will be completed and ready for use by the opening, of school in September is a certainty, was affirmed af-firmed this morning by Coach Ott llomucy, Brigham Young university univer-sity athletic director. The tennis courts are being built by the university uni-versity upon the initiation of the V.I'M graduating class, and fills a long and keenly felt need. The courts will be built on Maescr hill, directly north of the old athletic field, on the vacant lot east of the Mechanic Arts building. Levelling and rolling the ground in preparation for the laying lay-ing of the asphalt has been completed com-pleted and the construction will begin immediately. Materials are now in course of transportation to (he spot. and to date have not required any maintenance attention. This rock asphalt is not the same as those used for numerous tennis courts common on the Pacific coast, in that in hot weather they do not become soft. These rock asphalt courts do not have the high maintenance cost of clay courts, yet possess the same fine , playing advantages. They are superior to cement courts in that they do not have the non-yielding non-yielding footing of the former, so deplored by all players. The courts will undoubtedly be available for the use of non-stu-. dent citizens of Provo for nominal maintenance fees during the summer sum-mer months, it was stated by Coach Romney. During the regular school year, from September to June, of course, the courts will be reserved for students, although it is possible that some arrangement may be made to have some of the courts part of the time available for use of non-student residents of Provo. At present the university has but two cement courts, totally inadequate in-adequate for the needs of the students. Fenced In The courts wil lbe laid out in I wo rows of six, and three courts in each of four units. A 12-foot heavy wire fence, similar to that enclosing the stadium, will enclose Ihe entire block of 12 courts. Another An-other 12-foot fence will separate (he two rows of 6 courts, and a (i-foot fence will cut through the middle between the third and fourth courts on each row of six, completing the four units of three courts each. The entire surface enclosed will be covered with rock asphalt, with permanent baselines of white laid clown. One of the units will be specially prepared for intercollegiate intercol-legiate and exhibition matches, well screened from outside observation. observa-tion. Provisions will be made for j ample bleacher seating facilities i for the accomodation of spectators, j Durable Material Rock asphalt tennis courts, it has been proved by experience, are the most durable and excellent for this section of the country, according ac-cording to Coach Romney. Several courts of the . same material were built at Price. Utah, six years ago, |