NEW ZEALANDERS FAIL

Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1947, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS FAIL

(Spp.cial Gorresppndent.)

Lack flf Ixp.erfe«l^n In First pavis Cujp Gpnes

Received Friday, 9-30 p.m. LONDON, May *5. New Zealand lost the first two .singlgs in the second. rourid Of the Davis (Jup tie against"Norway, pjgyed a,t pslo. ' Johan Haanes beat E A. Barry, fi— -0, 7 — 5, 6 — 4. Jan Stanbo bgat Jl- Maekenzie, 6—2, 6—3," 3—6, 6—2. Tfie first day 7§ pl^y was gll in favQur of Norway in th.e second round of tfie f)ayis pup" at Oslo. Nevv Zealaijtfi pouf.d win onfy one set. John Bar jy and Johann Raa'nes "opened. ' Barry, very uervous, lost tjie.^.'rst 'set 6—0 ' in 15 niinutes but inip.mvefi consi^erably in tiie npxt pwo. Barry had one set point leading 5 — -"4 in the sec'piid set .b'lit drove out. ' He'ha'd np other eliance. He puiied up from k— -4 iu the third set to 4— ± but Haaries was too steady and experieiiced'. "Barry made top ' mauy' errors tu. hope to win agginst his solid o'gpohent, especially ' froni his left hand side. In tiie second ' iriafch bet'ween Ron Maekenzie antl Jan Staubo, the former vvas disappdinfihg and nev-er in good foiich. Staubo vvas aggres.sive all tlie ti'nie, attacking Mackenzie7s backhand which would not work and being unable to produce a passing shot, Maekenzie came to'life a little in the third set but laxed into errors in the fourtli, goifig dovvn almost without a fight. If Maekenzie could have steadjed he must have had a good ebance in the fifth gep .LS Staubo was very tired. This plae.es Nevv Zealand in the unonviable posit ion of having to yvrin the remaining three matcjies. It i,s not ijnpossible but nnlikely. The niain troubl.e is lack of big inatc'h' experienee anfi an unfamiliar surfaee? iracken zie and Robson p)ay the douhles tomorrow against Haanes and Bryn.