Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-06 | Page 4 | National Tennis Body Plans Great Drive for Funds

NATI NATIONAL N L TENNIS I BODY PLANS PLANS GREAT DRIVE FOR FUNDS CHICAGO July 5 At At a a meetIng meeting meeting meet- meet Ing of the executive committee of the U U. S. S National nal Lawn Tennis association here today it was de decided decided decided de- de to arrange for one hundred and seventy-five seventy net tournaments to be held in v various cities throughout through through- out the country in ire September i The receipts of the tournaments will be turned over to the athletic activities of the American troops In France and for the soldiers and sailors in cantonments here The committee also took action to toa establish tennis courts fully equipped equipped equipped equip equip- a ped at cantonments and mobilization mobilization tion camps camps both here and arid In France At a meeting of the committee today it was decided to hold a veterans' veterans championship tournament tournament tournament ment in which players of 45 I years of age and upwards may participate The tournament committee was s instructed instructed- to arrange a schedule for this event so the matches may maybe maybe maybe be played at the same time as as' as those of the national championships championships champion champion- ships beginning August 2