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...first complaint is that certain factious spirits in the convention of the Amateur Association tried to prevent the colleges from entering men at the amateur meeting by fixing the date of the meeting for the fall instead of for June; but, as this proposition was defeated, we hardly see the necessity of crying out against it now. The chief complaint, however, relates to the representation which the Inter-Collegiate Association is allowed in the conventions of the Athletic Association. "They did not, it is true, refuse the petition of the I. C. A. A. for membership in their select number...
Surely the association is equal to this responsibility, especially since the expenses would be prepaid by the players. By this plan the regular players can play in their favorite courts, which are theirs for certain prescribed hours selected by themselves, and the casual or infrequent players may have a chance to play a pleasant game without fear of trespassing. Then we would no longer see the stupid sight of acres of courts empty, but forbidden to a large number of men needing and anxious for the exercise and amusement which these courts might afford them...
...them. Let it be understood that during the morning and until three or perhaps four o'clock in the afternoon every court is open to the first comer. That is, that ownership of a court consists merely of the right to have the exclusive use of a court between certain prescribed hours of the afternoon. Let any person have the right to use any unoccupied court between three and six, provided only that he be ready to yield the court to the owner in case he should wish...
...strangers. Constant use will injure the court and it is not fair that the owner should pay for other people's amusement. The way of meeting this objection would be to have all the courts marked by the association at the common expense. Let every tennis player pay a certain fee for the privileges of the association, and let those privileges be limited to the members. In this way too, the marking could probably be done at less expense than at present, as the present rates are exorbitant. Even should the association be unwilling to assume the responsibility and expense...
...commenced to play. In our opinion, some regulation should be made on this point. The Tennis Association has full power and can easily pass suitable rules. Let it be understood that those men who own courts in the fall can claim them in the spring up to a certain date, and that if, after that date, the owners have not claimed their courts, the ground is open to the first comer who wishes the court. This will do something towards lessening the injustice of a custom which allows a man to own a court who never uses it or does...