Tennis
PLANS MADE FOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT
At Rock Spring Country Club
Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, May 04, 1915
Plans for the largest tennis tournament ever held in the city of
Alton was laid at a meeting of the representatives of different
clubs interested in tennis at the Rock Spring Country Club last
evening. The tournament is to be conducted under the auspices of the
Rock Spring Country Club, but with the aid of the members of the
other clubs. Representatives of the Alton Country Club, the Tilicum
and the Oakla Clubs, and the Sauvage Tennis Courts will assist in
conducting the tournament.
The tournament is open to the general public, and anyone interested
in tennis is urged to join. The tournament will start on the first
day of June. The entrees will close on the evening of May 15. The
entrance fee will be one dollar, and this entitles the entrant to
compete for the honors in both the singles and the doubles. The
balls are to be furnished by the committee in charge of the
tournament. Entries can be made to august Beiser or James Morgan
before the fifteenth of this month.
Both the singles and the doubles will be elimination tournaments,
with consolation prizes. Cups will be presented to the winners.
According to the rules decided upon last evening, the preliminaries
may be played upon any court in the city, but the finals and the
semi-finals must be played on the Rock Spring Country Club courts.
The promoters of the tournament have every reason to believe that it
will be one of the most successful ever conducted in the city of
Alton. It is planned to secure between forty and fifty players to
compete for the prizes. The interest in tennis in the city of Alton
has been stimulated wonderfully of late, and it is expected that
city tournament will do more than anything else to promote the game
in the city.