THE

N.C. A. A. NEWS BULLETIN

VOL. VI, NO. 5 MIDDLETOWN, CONN. SEPTEMBER, 1938

 

 

 

 

Edited by the Secretary, and published from time to time to keep the
members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association informed as to the
business of the Organization.

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Committee met at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, on Saturday,
September 17, with all members present except President Davies
and Director Fetzer. Others present, through part or all of the
session, were Honorary President J. L. Griffith, Avery Brundage,
President American Olympic Association, Charles §. Garland,
Chairman Tennis Committee, Frank McCormick, Chairman N. C.
A. A. Olympic Finance Committee, K. L. Wilson, Chairman Track
Rules Committee, C. E. Bilheimer, Chairman of Committee on the
Smaller Colleges, Ted Payseur, member of Golf Committee, and .
Harry Wolter, Baseball Coach of Stanford University.

Intercollegiate Tennis, 1938

Mr. Garland reported that the Tennis Meet held on the clay
courts of the Merion Cricket Club grounds July 4-9, and conducted
jointly by the N.C. A.A. and the U.S.L. T.A., had been run off
successfully, and at no cost to the N.C.A.A. As a result of the
qualifying tournaments held in various parts of the country there
were 76 entries in singles and 32 teams in doubles. The winner of
the singles was Frank Guernsey, Jr., of Rice Institute; the cham-
pions in doubles were Messrs. Hunt and Wetherell, of the Uni-
versity of Southern California. The Executive Committee expressed
an opinion in favor of continuing the plan of qualifying tourna-
ments next year, instead of conducting an open tournament. A com-
mittee of three, consisting of Messrs. Garland, P. O. Badger, and
T. N. Metcalf was appointed to confer with a similar committee of
the U.S. L. T. A. with regard to possible changes in the plans for
the 1939 Tournament, and especially to work out plans to avoid
conflict between the tennis schedules of the colleges and the dates
set for the qualifying and final meets of the National Tournament. ~
Mr. Garland was requested to convey to the Merion Cricket Club
the thanks of the N.C. A. A. for their generous co-operation in the
plans for the 1938 Meet. °