Southern Yearbook 1937 Info
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THe SOUTHe7\.!f Te :A(:A(!,S ~SSOCIA1'JO~S ?3 0 0 I(LeTTe • 2 S 0 t: ·r H E R N T E N N I S A S S 0 C I A T I 0 N ~- L_~.:~::"·:~·~~~7Pj'~r.j,~f!J.#~··!~i.::~ ·~r~;-~;?1 - •• 4~ .... • _...,! • -~ -~ ~·~;~·... "' . \.. ~- ..:r" _::.. -·" ~ ;~~1;;.. --. -··--·-::~--~-~~-·- ... -~·'··· ~;...., .... ~·. ~::;::::__ _,;J_:L~~.. ~.. _:~ ~-<'- 1< ~;::~· ... ;. ... ... .. -~- e~.: ...... ·.. -:·....,...~,;....,.,.,. :.---- ~·~~;~ tL_ ·--~~- ~-· _;_ -... ._;___:.:- .... -·. ____ ;... .. ;~.:..;-~,--~-~] Vi~·:,· of Th.(.· Riltmnrc ForNI Country Club, A.r/i,·t-•illc, Nnrll!. C(triJ[i,r.t, otzc of tile attractit•e dub membus of tile Soulkafl, Tc1mis dssociatiotJ. SOUTHERN TENNIS ASSOCIATION PAGE Vmw or- THE Bu.TMORE FoREST CotrNTRY Cr.trn 2 THE UNJTEI> STATEs' Or.DEST l'1·:NNI~ Cr.uu 5 0Fr-JCERS AND Er.ECTEI> CoMMITTEEs, 1936 AND HJ37. () STANIJIN<; CoMMITTEES, 1936 AND 1937 i SoME 1't·:NNIS HrsTORY-·B.Y /J. ft-1. Grant, S1·. IO MEM RFR CLuns oF THE SotrTll ERN AssociATION 1 1 PAST OFFICERS ANO DEJ.Ec:ATES . J .~ 1'uE I<) 10-20 D~-:c-Aut-:-By E.rmruul P/;e/ps t (J SouTHERN CHAMPIONs • 1 i RESULTS oF It)J6 S. 1". A. CHAMJ'IONSHIP 1'otrRNAMENT 1 R RANKJNGS FOJ~ 1936 AND 1937 It) PRoPos..:n CoNSTITUTION AN u BY-LA\Vs 2 1 Rur.Es GovEilNINc; THE ANNl'AJ. CHAMPIONSHIP l'oURNAM ENT 2J HoNoRARY 1\1 EMBERS 2.~ Published at tlltr.ert,zin. iuterr.•uls by tlte ·Southern Tennis A uor.iatio1.1 .,.I SOUTHERN TENNIS ASSOCIATION CJ . UoRElf70RD In the development of real sportsznan:>hip, the training of clever, gentlemanly athletes and the furnishing of clean, healthful rec reation fer the country's youth, the game of Tennis has played an important part. T'he Southern Association, in co-operation "vVith the U.S. L. T. A., can glean some fe~ling of good work done, in considering its part in pro meting the game and the amateur spirit. 5 0 l..! T II E R N T E N N I 5 A 55 0 C I A T l 0 N 5 '1'he UtJited States' Oldest 1'etJtJis C!ttb Organized way back in 1876, a year before the famous Longwood in Boston and the Seabright of New Jersey, the New Orleans La\-'/n 'Tennis Club lays fair claim to the distinction of being the oldest tennis club in tht.! United States. The names of the original twenty founders repeat themselves in succeeding generations and were a large factor in the development of Southern tcm~is. Englishmen over here to learn the cotton business were brgely responsible for developing an interest in the game. Grass courts were used in the early days and one Thomas, a colored gentleman, was employed in I88z to care for the courts at the munificent salary of $Io.oo per month, cash. In 1887, \~.:ith larger grounds to care for, Geo. Giles drew $20.00 per month. Play ing on Sunday was barred. Dues in 1883 mounted to $15.00 for the year. The club in those days furni~hed balls, racquets, and nets and the scoring was different. Players put up their own nets and were responsible for carefully stowing away all equipment when play was concl udcd. Numbers 6 and 7 of the ciub rules rc;ld as follows: (6) "First on thr. ~rounds to ha\C choice of nets.'' (7) "On Tuesday one court can be retained for a match g:1me, to cbnsist of two out of three rubber!i, the lattc:-r to be of four out of seven games!' ffcaded by Messrs. Gustaf Westfield, Stodd:url, P.M. Westfield, Barnes and ScquiP.., the club was incorporated in I 890. In 1896 there were IO courts, all grass. In the nineties, the names of the Englishmen icarning the cotton business m New Orleans were found in the list of prominent players. In I 900 the dub became a meJ:t ber of the United StJtcs Lawn Tennis A~sociation. In 1901 the Gulf St.:ltes Tournament was inaugurated and Mr. Ruben Ifunt of California, later Southern Champion and father of the present brilliant Junior Joe Hunt of California, was the first Gulf States Champion. In 1 89i, afternoon tc:t was a feature of the ~ocial life of the club. In more recent years, Presidents R. E. Craig and Arthur \Vatr.!rs and Messrs. Dan Murray, Jr., J. Henry Bruns, Esmond Phelps and J. Leo llurthe have been acti\·e in the club's· development. 6 SOUTHERN TENNIS ASSOCI;TION Officers and Elected Contntittees 1936-37 ElecLcd at the annual meeting held at the Memphis Country Club, June II, 1·936. 'Preiidutt Second Vice Pruident A. K. Tigrett R. D. Potts Univ~rsity Club 8 I 4 Falls Building Memphis, '"fcnnessce Memphis, Tennessee Firit Vice Pre.ridettt Secretary Pcyre G. Kennedy Reginald S. Fleet Montgomery Building I £ Marietta Street Sp:!rt:mburg, South Carolina Atbnta, Georgia Sectio·nal Ve!egu:e 'I' reasu.rer John G. 1\tlcKay Malon Courts First i'i ational B<mk Building c/o Courts & Company l'vl iam i, Florida Atl:mta, Georgia e X c C U T I V B C 0 8vf fjlf I T 'I' B B ( 0 fficeri Ex-0 fficio) R.1y Jones Robert Alexander Gt:!neral Box Company Stahlman Building Louisville, Kentucky Nashville, Tennessee D:1n ~r urray Jack Mooney +07 Dodge Building 409A 25th Avenue, South New Orleans, Louisiana Nashville, Tennessee Perry E:t.stman 4- I 5 Gravier Street New Orleans, Louisiana Robert Alexander is the l'ational Delegate, elected by the U. S. L. T. A. e1 V V I S 0 R r C 0 vvf tAl I i' ~ 8 8 Frank Guernsey, Sr. Jack Frost 603 E;Lst Central ~.:.\venue Charleston, South Carol ina Orlando, Florida Dr. Richmond McKinney Memphis Country Club K imbark Peterson Memphis, Tennessee I 9 I; Blakemore Avenue N:iSh\·ilic, rrcnnessec Frank Kay Palm Beach, Florida Robert Lake 908 sznd Way, North Cha.rles Rogers Birmingham, .-\labam:1 Hamilton National Bank Building Knoxville, Tennessee !VIis:: El iz:t. Coxc No C.o Ncvo Emmet Condon .--\shcvi11e, ~North Carolina Chattanooga, Tennessee SOUTHEI~N TENNIS ASSOCIATION 7 co;!(srirurio:J( & RULes: 7JU7'leS I. Malon Court~, c/o Courts & Company, Atlanta~ G<:orgia. To study Constitution 2. Jack Mooney, Chairman, 3 58 Peters Street, Atlanta, Georgia. and By-Laws and sub· mit changes when de 3· Reginald Fleet, c/o Courts & Company, Atlanta, Georgia. sirable for action b) 4· Jack 1\lcKay, First l'ational Ihnk Building, Miami, Florida. the A!lsociatiun. ,. Richard Courts, c/o Courts & Company, Atlanta, Georgia. 6. John \V. HolbnJ, United States District .Judge, 1\tliami, Florida. ~r 0 U R 0'{ ./l [lf c :}{ 'T & R U L c S : L. Charles Gardner, Chairman, c/o Pfcdmont Driving Club, To prepare tourna· r\tLmta, Georgia. nt('flt rules :and r~:g· 2. T'homas Cl inc, c/o Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanoog;t, ulations governing the holding nf Assnciatiun Tennessee. tournaments, :tilu par· 3· P. G. Kennedy, Montgomc_ry Building, Spart:mburg, South ticul:trly the Southem Carolina. championship. E s p c· cia 1 attention to b< l 4· Perry Ea~tnun, c/o Zander & Co., Inc., 4 5 Grav·ier Street, given to pla~·<·rs' e:c· New Orleans, Louisiana. pcnsc11 and conduct. 5· 12an 1\ilurray, 407 Dodge Building, New Orleans, Louisiana. S~[l\(_C'TIO:J( & SCI/c'l)ULS: I. R. S. Fleet, ChJirman, c/o Courts & Company, Atlant;t, Pr('paratinn of South· Georgia. C'rn Associ a t i o n '! 2. Perry Eastman, New Orlc:ms, Louisiana. schedule of tourna· ments. 3· Robert Lake, 908 5 2nd Way, North, Birmingham, Alabama. 4· Robert L. i\lex:mder, Stahlman Building, Nashville, Ten- nessee. 5· Ray Jones, General Box Company, Louisviilc, Kentucky. 6. Lt. Col. A. M. Patch, Fort Benning, Georgia. S S :J( I 0 R R &-f :J( K I ~ q C 0 [l1 ~I I 'T 'T c e : I. Pcyre G. Kennedy, Chairman, Spart:mburg. South Carolina. As implied by nauw CJf Committee. 2. James D. Robertson, c/o Memphis Country Club, lVlemphis, Tennessee. 3· Donald Graham, c/o Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, North Carol ina. 4· Lupton Patten, c/o Chattanooga ~1edicine"Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee. 5. Ernest \~ chman, 3 I 7 King Street, Charleston, South Carol ina. u vlt P 1 Res .. 1. vVassell Randolph, Chairman, Randolph Building, Memphis, In charge of the um· piring of Southern Tcnn~ssce. tournaments. 2. Perry Eastman, 4 I 5 Gravicr Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. 3· Col. Ward Dabney, Covington, Louisiana. 4· W. D. Gray, c/o Winter Haven Tennis Club, Winter Haven, Florida. 5· Walter 1\IIcDonnell, Shrine Building, Memphis, Tennessee. S 0 e T II E R N T E N N I S A S S 0 C 1 A T I 0 N r e ~ U( 1 s v c v e L o P a-1 c :x:.. '!' .. 'DU~l£S To encourage the I. Walter McDonnell, Chairman, Shrine· Building, Memphis, holding of touJ·na Tennessee. mcnts, exhibition 2. Ed Crump, Jr., c/o F.. H. Crump & Co., Inc., Memphis, matches and the de Tennessee. velopment of men 3· Ed Pfeiffer, In::urance, Louisville, Kentucky, tennis players. +· William Mc\Vane, c/o Mc\Vane Cast lro~ Pipe Co., Birm ingham, Alabama. 5· Joe Folk, I 106 19th Street, South, Nashvil1e, Tennessee. 6. Albert Key, Lakeland, Florida. r1/ o o.I c. :x... ' s 'I' e ~ :x... 1 s 7J e v E L o P Bll e :x.