LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

(BY INTEE-Gltib.)

.Thfe leather last.Saturday put 'an end to .all tfeought b'f tenuis, 'and, even 'tliwigh the day, had freeh Fair) jew would have had fcho lioart. to play ift tho gloom cast over the city "b J the sad 'fvrbek 'bf tho Penguin., /The matches postponed fr6ifi last Saturday 1 . will bo fclayril to-day.. . Wellington and Thorndon meet on tho Day's B&y courts, and Brougham Hill.will play Victoria College on the Brougham Hill ijoirts n&tt 'Saturday. • . The question 'of what ball. wiU be adopted fof Jhe .iext -Nfew. .Jfe&laWd championship meeting is being much ai'scVissed at present. • At th'b oouricil ifae£'tiii'g', wh'ioh is to be held next- wfeek, this iiajortirtit .matter will be decided. In Ihe meAritihle, the three firms who hope to Sie tljeir,. frames Adopted are; busily engaged in distr'ib'uti'ng.halls. to the 1 various clubS Mid pointing 'b'st 'the virtues! of their own .Mke. . Altogether,! the committee■ fire h&vuft a, lively time, and the make of ball adopted frill fet, of course, please evef'ybbdy. ;. A.'tburn'amefct, 'which should attract a! great many playerfe,,'still.be held- at.Wanga-; nui during the Easter holid&ys- , The Wangamii and -Malice Cl\ibfc' cbuHs-will be used, j making &ven'courts ih all. Trie usual cham-j pionship; arid: handic&p eYefitt are on' the i programbie, iihd a • infecting ; like this should; do a grbat deal; of gobd fo? the 'sport in the; Wangamii district. .. . . .• . ■ , The. Canterbury ina Othgb -Associations; propose holding tournaments St Easter.'! .Wilding, fehb will .pVoßably be ipo'jhpeting at; the" Canterbury teeetin|, neVei 1 rails to draw| ■ both competitors and spectator's. . It sort's fairly cerfein Jihat tile ladies' team., frill visit Sydney in Ajriil to >play an : match agaihsVNe\V South Wales.' The team will Sonsist if isix. lijdfeS)' all of; whom coriip'eted it the iecbnt.New Zehland: . tournament. : Ac&rding to; forta ShowJi this sea'soft, cai, bo little dofabt 'that the j ; following will iefeMseiA . Misses ■ Pjwdrell, v. N\iri"neTb}.'j : ' Wellwood,' Travers, Wai'd, : an'd G'ray.' Thb two first 1 mentioned la'dtes «.re decidedly. Superior to the , other four, -and bpiniofts are divided as to who is the better player of the two. Miss .Numieley's nfehy supporters say that she; is. playiftc better, than eVef : 'she, r di'd, and ; Miss Xftfwtbteu's adiSfrers *arb co&vfo'ce'd that the Patea /_My 4 'do injeh ..more, than she has already 'dolrife. Misses .Well-, frood, Traverß, an'd 'Ward seem torch' about the same mark.. Miss Wa;d defeated Miss: JVellfeoba at Nelson, bit. Siftertfards felltb ; .J\llss Travers ill a lbvel handicap, game;. Miss : ; Qray h'oldE '■ "th' 6 -Auckland.' chappi'o'Ash® : .but is; not considered such a good single .jJlayS'r as th' 6 other, five hiehtio'ne'd ■ Mayers.; Hbr fine net jiffy,hQweve'iy places hbr.&s pheftf the best double player's in New Zealand. The doubles, will' require some picking. . Mis's&s 'powdrell 'and 'Gray, the' holders of'we" ladies' chanipionship/'doubles of New Zealaiidy will not careto.bo.separ'ite'd, and Misses Travers ahd Wellwobd, holders "of: the Nelson championship, have ■ claiibs to play' together. afi'd - Wai'd playe'd . together in tie i&OS New Zbalqnd meeting, Mit did not prove a hiw'py cbrAb'matibn. Strange to say, {Misses Nunh'eley and PoTrdrell have never yet playM tbgeth'er .iu a double, .£6 it is. quite imi>oßsible to say how ,ttiey:,w<iWd- wdrk;«)ibifelhef-' fi is te'dcrstbod that-the ladies wiU be the guests of well-knowntennis player's dutihg their Stay in Sydney. The - Broughate Hill -.'(M, has already b'pehed its miampionship .eventß,. and the inen's and ladies', singles,. doubles s ' and comb'ihed are.a'ttractihg good entries., .■, Excellent progress is befog made with tlib New'toWii courtS; ,and the cHi)b expects tb h'Ayo ; two, .bbiiipletbd .before. Easter.;,, The other two and the.pavilioh aire to be in readi-, j iiess : for, .the opening of next ...gtaaohi. iff 1 the iiibantiihe the Newtown players are j ing theixiselv'es in.fbm by practising oh th 4 i courts which some of . the blubs navo gone- > irbusly,j?laced : iat theii- disposal.; ~ ■ ,-; . i J.. C. Blair, wnb represented. in 1 thb inter-Stato inatbh'es jftoin l&bO to 1903, has been transferred to Wellingtou, and will be-an a'cquisiti'o'ii,; not My'to Weilingtom 1 but, to New Zealand tennis. ./No' doubt-'he: will sooner or later .appear for Thprndon. On sovoral odbasi'ohs .Bl'ail - Jib's won the combined doubles of Victoria; with" Miss Gyton. He won,tho South Australian."Ghdhipi'bn'ship Singles in >1003, and (partnered with, C. V. H'bith). sbcui'od, the Champibhfehijj . Dbub'los tho 'same Vbar. He Also i-'eprefeeiite'd the Albsvt i Ark Club .which (vbh th'e prbthieishiji in 1901 and 1'902. . '... . The New Zealand Association ,li'a§ feecfepib'd from .thb 'Atistl-aliasi&h . Asso'cia'tidh, b'iit claims to haV'e ah equal, voice iVith Australia beihg_ the chaiinpion ."nitibil'l h'ol'ding the iateffiitibhal bh'ampiblishi|) 'of tte World, ,aVi'd.th'e iiow famous, blip 'thiit was bre'seiited by J)r. Divight Davis. ■ . ,■ ■ Shoilld America and tile British Isles bhallbh'ge fbr thb Davis, 'Cup."this yS'ai-.jt is al- ' lii'ost certain' that, 'they will - rji'e'bt. aii'd de'bidb the. &r6limihSry Vouhd at Wi&bledo'h 'afteh the -All England Whibh will start on June 21. Immediately aftfe'r the Now fact 'on January ii—SidhHsSiaft tickets, at the price 'of 21" s.i were dh'tAih'able fr'oiii the'secretary of thb All Ehgiatid 'Club' .for th'e All England championship.' " ijo gKat Was thb,rush, la'st yeir for stiind'acTibmmbda'tibn that.the old stand B Ji'as b'beit takeh dowii tod has'been bv 'bile with abcotofiibdatioh f6r oVef 500 ailditibliai vi'sitbrs.

It has b&eft generally tinte'siod i'if Eti*Hha • *ah<L.- America - :th*al Ihe. player feqtiiriis tacoVi'ragehieiit, aM an afc. tcffipt , " li'ei&g made to. start professional fch&m'pibhshtps. The idea ' is that, to improve this 'of : the . yoifo'cr placers; fcoaohihg : .fc- necfefesaiV. Th.sri is oiuy_ one iiiah whb! bail W 'detodsa •oft to 'do it properly; -infl that is this Mil \yha, is fliid. for /Soiftg: it. If' .pftfeS'sionAl PM». ar ®\ cbttHfc'. th'ev should ilev6r lie perfiiitte'd 'to compete, against' ata&t'otits—then they would naturally itie'reas'e iti hufiibet, &ftd, Ili tinltej we w'ohld h&W-'i professioiial lawn te'rtiiis pUye¥ attached t& each club, Who would act as cohch. Nearly all pick the'gaftie up is fet they cajlj and, fib matter how touch th'ey iftav Uesire it ah'd hbwever tfilliiig thtey may bis to piy .rot «q&«hlhih it is undehiable that a coach Unobtainable .iiUless at sucli clubs as QiieSh's &ftd a few otlifers ill Ehglattd. 'Cbiitinont&l clubs ihfep iip all available profsssional players as coaches/ tthcj ;tM consequence is that the player in Euxope is coins ahead by leaps and bounds. Th'o New land Assbfciatibn should take the matter into consideration, and. with its aißliated associations able to import a good hian like Cowdrey, of Queeil'.S t who would m cue season bring btit aiiy bf the yohtig colts in New .Zealand to such a "degrfo that in time to come they hiight be of valuable assistance even m Davis Clip matches.