1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

1. Great Britain2. France3. Sweden4. Denmark5. Australasia6. BohemiaPlacing of the competing nations in Cov.-Court Comp.Gold Silver Bronze TotalMedals. Medals. Medals. Points,Out-of-door court competitions.Of course, it was expected that there would be a greater numberof entries for the Lawn Tennis out-of-door court competitions thanfor the covered court events, the first-named class being more generallyplayed abroad, but, in spite of this fact, it was somewhat of asurprise to have a total of no less than some 70 players from 11other nations in addition to Sweden.The nations that signified their intention to take part in theLawn Tennis out-of-door competitions were Austria, Bohemia, Denmark,France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Norway, Russia, SouthAfrica, Sweden and the U. S. A.As may be seen, Great Britain was not of the number, the reasonbeing that the time at which the Olympic out-of-door court matcheswere to be held was the same as that fixed for the English Championshipmeeting at Wimbledon. The Lawn Tennis authorities ofGreat Britain made many attempts to get the date of the Olympiccompetitions altered, but for several good and sufficient reasonsthe Swedish Olympic Committee found it impossible to make the desiredchange, with the result that there were no entries from Great Britain.Amongst the competitors entered we must mention the Germanchampion, O. Froitzheim, who, however, finally took no part in thematches, but played instead in the Wimbledon competitions. In addition,there were A. H. Kitson, C. Winslow and L. E. Tapscott(South Africa) whom rumour stated to be first-class players and whosurpassed all expectations. Among the other players deserving ofspecial mention may be named O. Kreuzer, O. v. Müller, H. Schombourgkand L. M. Heyden (Germany); Count Salm and Dr. F. Pipes(Austria); Count M. Soumarokoff (Russia); M. Mény, A. H. Canet, andF. J. Blanchy (France); T. Roosevelt-Pell (U. S. A.) and the Bohemianchampion, L. Zemla. Among the ladies were M:lle Broquedis, ladychampionof France, Frl. M. Rieck, G. Kaminski and D. Köring (Germany)and the two Miss Bjurstedts, Norway. Of these, Frl. Rieckand Frl. Kaminski, two of Germany’s best lady-players, did not putin an appearance.In consequence of the great number of entries, the Committee forLawn Tennis endeavoured to have the beginning of the competitionsmoved forward to the 28 June instead of the 29, as was previouslydetermined, in order not to be obliged to hurry the matches andunnecessarily fatigue the players. It was found impossible to add that630