Show I SEE GROWING NEED FOR PROFESSIONALS ON TENNIS COURTS I TO TEACH AMATEURS I Believe Instruction of JuI Jui Junior Ju- Ju i I Players Will WiIl Mark MarkI Improvement in Game Gamel I l II now points to the E EVERYTHING growing province of the professional t fn in lawn tennis and it is not too much to expect that before long It ls country will have hav many competent Instructors of the game Just as they now I have hava them abroad It Is well welt within recent memory that I professionals made their appearance here and there is no doubt they have have- worked for the betterment of the game Up to a aj r half dozen years ears ago tennis Instructors j hardly existed The player taking up the sport went about it in a haphazard way picking up i here learning a I little t there until n l he became c p possessed of f a fair ii degree re of skill But for every player who ascended to 0 o the topmost heights there were many mam who were ruined through the acquire acquirement I ment of faults fatal to success I The idea of developing the youth of the theland theland I land seems only now to have taken firm I root and it f is in this province ri the tho future u of f the professional lies The United States National Lawn Tennis association has in instituted in- in a n. plan which will afford encouragement encouragement encouragement to the boys and juniors and ancl It is II tn this field the tennis prof professional will willind find ind his best endeavors rewarded FALSE NOTIONS I One reason the professional has hag not notI played a larger part in tennis en Is because ca J aiu I the competition p n between e amateurs and professionals has alwa always s 's been frowned 1 upon by the governing body There has been a fear that a too intimate association association I tion I might erase SO some of the distinction I I I Ibe I between the two That this appears to tobe tobe be groundless is indicated by the results I In other branches of athletic endeavor Now there is an Inclination to give a I INow freer rein to the professional and it may I be e that before long there will be someI something some- some I thing ing in tennis that will approximate the I II I pen open tournament lent in golf I Ii refa The q question W often arises fon as to the I i relative ve merit of r the professional and d the amateur in playing strength Generally I Ir r I speaking there is an indication to place i the professional as the inferior of the I Ii amateur fl provided of yf course the amaI amateur amateur ama ama- I is one of the leading players It is I doubtful if there are more than four professionals pro pro- I t f who could d stand ti Jh on anything I I like Jike oven even terms with the best of the amateurs AMATEURS BEST REST And the really reany topnotch amateur would I probably defeat the professional Alc- Alc Loughlin In his prime on the courts Johnston Murray l Church and R R. Norris Williams II holder of the national singles I crown would probably surpass any professional professional professional pro pro- In the country countr It It will be astonishing therefore to many I to know that that- even these leaders among the amateurs frequently turn to the professional professional professional pro pro- to discover a method of improvIng improving ing their lr game T The professional is s p pe peculiarly peculiarly pe- pe iOd le fa fitted Je J.e. to toT point i out defects s sp in style tyle to give the remedy that will cure them McLoughlin did not scorn to cons con's consult con con- s 's sult lt the professional before the Davis cup n matches r Williams as everyone Knows Is a product of the professional school of ot In Instruction In- In Church too may give to the professional instructor much credit I Isome f some of the excellence in his game it itS S wilt will therefore be seen the professional II Is a necessity even en to the men who have hae climbed the ladder to tennis grea greatness i In speaking of the situation one of the I I leading nals o of or the country Charles 13 i. Haggett said the province of ot the professional was clearly defined but buthe butr I r he f feared there er era was a a t tendency to take takeS I r g S too o seriously men e who o were not up to stan standard ard for teaching the game In a country of this size he believed much ten tenS ten S His tiis material vas was going to waste through lack Jack of proper instruction which easily be gained from competent Instructors Instructors tors toss when a a. mans man's game was in the theS S formative stage |