1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

LAWN TENNIS.REPORT OF THE LABOURS OF THE COMMITTEE.he Committee of the Swedish Lawn Tennis Associationheld a meeting on the 15 April, 1910, in consequenceof the receipt of a written communication from the SwedishOlympic Committee, asking for an expression of opinionas to the placing of Lawn Tennis competitions onthe programme of the Fifth Olympiad.With regard to the future programme of the Olympic Lawn TennisCompetitions, the Committee, at the meeting, gave its voice for coveredcourt competitions, to be played during the month of May, andto include Gentlemen’s Singles, Ladies’ Singles, Gentlemen’s Doubles,and Mixed Doubles, but, as the proposal of the Swedish OlympicCommittee was, that the competitions, if they were to form part ofthe programme, should be held in connection with the other Olympicevents, the Lawn Tennis Committee was consequently obliged topropose another date, and determined to have the matches betweenJune 29 — July 5. The question of out-of-door court competitionswas also discussed, and it was thought that a series of such matchesshould be arranged for the period above mentioned, but nothingcame of the plan, in consequence of there being neither courts normoney for the competitions. At the same meeting, a special committeefor the Lawn Tennis competitions of the Olympic Games wasnominated, the members of the Committee being nearly the same asas those constituting the governing body of the Swedish Lawn TennisAssociation.616