TENNIS IN U.S.A.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 231, 30 September 1929, Page 7

TENNIS IN U.S.A.

LOS ANGELES TOUENEY. ' (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) LOS ANGELES, September 29. 11l the Soutli-west Pacific tennis cliam- > pionships in the women's singles Miss Edith Cross defeated Mrs. E. C. Covell. In the semi-finals Miss Betty Nuthall (England) defeated Miss Cross, 7 —5, G—o, and Mrs. Lawrence Harper (San Francisco) defeated Mrs. SheppardBarron, 7 —3, 2—6, 7 —5. In the men's singles Van Ryn defeated Frank Shields, S—6, f—4, o—2. Mrs. Sheppard-Barron and Bell won the mixed doubles championship by defeating Miss Nuthall and Farquhrrson, G —4, G—4. In the semi-finals of the women's doubles Mrs. Covell and Mrs. SheppardBarron (England) defeated Mrs. Bundy and Miss McFarland, 6—3, G—2; Miss Nuthall and Mrs. Phoebe Watson defeated Mrs. Harper and Miss Cross, 6—.'5, 6—4. In the final Mrs. Covell and Mrs. Sheppard-Barron defeated Miss Nuthall and Mrs. Watson. In the men's doubles Neal Brown and Bobby Sellers (San Francisco) defeated Doeg and Farqiiharson, 10—8, 4—6, 4 6—4, 7—5; Brown and Sellers defeated Mercur and Gilbert Hall, 6—4, G—B, B—(i, G--2; Van Ryn and Allison defeated Bell and Shields, G—4, 6—4, 4—G, G—2.