LAWN TENNIS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 214, 4 June 1924, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS

THE PLAYER-WRITER RULING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Rec. June 3, 8.35 p.m.) New York, June 2. According to a telegram from Boston Mr. Wightman, president of tho United States Lawn Tennis Association, addressed a letter to a member of a club affiliated tntu the association asking him to consider well before taking any action in connection with the question of tho player-writer ruling. The letter states: “If amateur players are. permitted to make tennis their business and gain their livelihood from it, either as player, writer or in any other way, there is bound to develop a small group, perhaps of ten or twenty players, who will soon bo invincible on the tennis court. Shall we give every amateur player an equal and fair opportunity to win our /championship tournaments, or must we favour a few semi-professionals by lowering the amateur standing to enable them to compete and win and keep on winning?” The letter indicates that the association will make a strenuous effort to combat the attempt to organise a rival amateur tennis organisa-tion.—Aus.-N.Z- Cable Assn. DAVIS CUP FRANCE DEFEATS IRELAND. (Rec. June 3, 11.5 p.m.) Dublin, June 2. In the Davis Cup contest between France and Ireland, in the doubles Lacoste and Couitoas (France) beat Meldon and Dillon (Ireland), B—6, 6—l, 6—2.—Reuter. ITno French won tho first two singles matches.]