Show NET GAME RULES RULE II I I i WilL ILL NUT NOT BE CHANGED Players Are Satisfied With Present Laws of th the I I Game I IBy By Henry L. L Farrell United Press Staff Correspondent NEW l v YORK Jan 14 Nd N No changes In iri InI Inthe the playing rules are expected at th the annual annual an an- nual meeting 0 or of the United States Lawn I Tennis association next month As the game now stands it is regarded I 1 by the players as perfectly satisfactory and any changes that might be attempted be-attempted might be considered arbitrary In view of ot the fact tact that the game Is now played in practically every country under the same rules RULE CHANGED One change In the method of conductIng conductIng conduct- conduct Ing tournaments that will be welcomed Is bound to come with the adoption of the executive committee to seed the draw 1 Under the e existing regulations a the d draw draws Is s blind Ird In fn ef the schedule ed The h names of the players are drawn out of ot a hat without any assortment as to class and ability This frequently results as It did td several several sev sev- eral times last season in e her two of ot the greatest players in the men In ih the early rounds after which the rest of the tournament suffers a corI corresponding cor cor- responding lack of ot Interest With the seeded draw the ranking I Players will be scattered and opponents will Ill be drawn for them Under ideal condItions con con- this will result in a final round between two players of real class RULE TO BE PASSED Another important rule that will be passed has to do with a stricter stricter interpretation interpretation interpretation inter inter- of ot the amateur rule The executive committee recommended that players be allowed to write for newspapers newspapers newspapers pers only on technical subjects and be prohibited from acting in the capacity f of reporters Last season William T. T Tilden and Vincent Vincent Vincent Vin Vin- cent Richards two of the greatest stars covered tournaments for newspapers In the past this was as long as the players wrote their own cop copy However Tilden and Richards did not violate this rule as the writer knows both wrote all their copy Criticism resulted however and rather than have suspicion directed at any of the American players by bv fore patents patents patents pat pat- It was decided to conine confine the lit literary literary lit lit- field of the star to e essays says and treatises Ja lather tather ther than n flaw wd The rhe usual agitation for fr changes in the method of scoring and other trivial re reforms reforms re- re forms were made during ing the last season but the committee took no notice of ot it |