LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

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; '!'• y.(- TOUKNAMENT-EIX^RES. 1 .; ! ;'!v Hawke's 'Bay Champioriships, and Handi-' 1 (."'caps,- at ( '.Dannevirke, : : on' : January' 21 "and 22. -Entries' (close (on; January .15.' Eangitikei, Championships and Handicaps, -y; at 'Marton, ~oriiJanu'ary'y2l .arid ,22. .'(Entries' closej'on:,January('li,!,::/(, Waifarapa',. Championships and'/ Handi/ caps; -at Ma6tertori, (on : January-' 22 . ; ,:.;and'.'24.' Entries close 'on-January.: 15. Manawatu .Championships! arid Handicaps, !•'■ .at Palmerston North, on.Maroh.lGand (:(:•;( 17.: Entries -close' on" March' 12./.; .

yThis- afternppn"the/interfolrib (matohe's will:be,continued in (the; pennant and, , facket ■", grades., -,' The, following (are : the matches set down/ to!' .be • decided nant : -Viotoria College -8,v./Victoria Col(lege A,:Muritaiyv.:Newtown B, Newtown A .Viißrougham/Hill; and/lKilbirnie v.. Pbtone. -Rapket: Trinity A'v. Broughams Hill, 'Oriontil' v.' /Victoria College- A; and Khandallah v. Viotoria 1 ' -",-: ■The 'meeting- of, '-the,-Newtown A-''and Brpugbam,'Hill (.teams' in 'the" pennant' and .the Trinity('A,'and ':Brougham Hill teairis .in the racket,,- should, decide 'the contests in these' grades. 'The 'four,tearhs mentioned-have had easy (victories in all ■'their'.matches up. to' the.present, "so their'meetings should furnish, good games./. .. ' ; Tho:' matches : : which': ,wer© to : be / played on December :18, and .had''to.'bepostponed oh accouiit ; bf ;the' baoU.weathery will be (played - at; the end of the: first round> in their ■ respective.games.'y l ;;■;:(/ .: , (Few (players took (their' tenriis seriously' last.Saturday. ~-Tho;.miiijo'rity. (were .quite" ..satisfied; with/two( or (three' 6ets. (|A-..few went: over',to,(the'Bay. and'found tie courts in/their', best ijicondition.-'y The .Grounds (Comiriittee .hasi decided to allow play l on the '.Bay/ courts' on-:W«lßesdays and Thursdays. This privilege .is gf anted .to members,'of affiliated iclribs bnly.( / -..■". (During, the-hblidays' Wellington,players ;have : been (very successf nl at (the (various /.tournaments.!, (In Auckland,/ Peacock was: (the most'- successful;..,winning the Auckland Provincial; Championship Singles, .and, sharing".with Fishar . the ./Doubles : Championship for: both New. Zealand; and ( the Auokland Province.:(Fisher was |run-ner-up'in the Now Zealand' Championship Singles, and; Brown,holds the same, position in the.Auckland' Championship Sin-: gles.;" Miss'Nnnneley''.' iron. .tne." Auckland. Championship ..Singles.yiitid.'. was 'runner-: upin (both.the singles, aiid/dpubles at. the! .New Zealand.' riieeting.,;.| Partnered .-(with. Wilding, Miss' Nurineleyv holds the New Zealand Combined/Doubles; Champion-' ship/'' Miss' Williams' won the (Auckland' Handicap.(Singles,; and'ijpartnered with Blair was runner-np' in! the Auckland Com-. bined Doubles Championship. .;She'ppord, Cornell; Austin,/and Wa'rd.'put;up r good performances at. the -Hastings ~ tourna-; ment '"•. ; ((.'/ ,(,(: 0, /A-- .'■ y-'y;;:/, --. (The. Palmerston (North's Club has .sent but, entry/forms fof,.the;;:Manawatu! An-/ ! nnal ; Lawn Tennis Tbnrnament,, to be held on the Palmerston. North' Club's courts, on: Wednesday and .'Thursday,:. March 16 arid 17.,', The .programme "provides: for the, usual' championship' and handicapyeyents,. excepting a ladies 'championshipj double, (which- has' beeri cut-'out. :j ;;( v-,'.,./. '/.". ./•'.. The management ■:.'of: (receit ' tournaments shows clearly,(that !bnly experienced men: can/ .be 'relied 'upon to , run" a .tournament satisfactorily./. The: haphaz-, (ard- methods employed, at some .of the. .big meetings .were they cause 'of;, much disappointment. This' part (of, the- man-, agement should/be left in:/the". hands" of an official.': having the special qualifications necessary ; for. this: task. There are .several' good (men availably in (New Zea'lond whoso experience; arid capabilitie's, 'in organisation are well'j known, and tournament committees "would show sideration, to competitors,by!'placing''(thb names, of: their tournament managers on their .prpgrariimes.';;: :' ■ -y; -;,:'; ■•„..■'■•'■:., .(.The'make of.ball to,be adopted for the next season, is a question which will 1 :hav(e,;to. be (decided shortly/by. the Management Coinmittee ■of the (New ,Zealand Association.'; (Club committees -have:been asked for an,expression of:opinion on tho quality of (the. ball that has been used by (their, clubs;, ■It .is hoped that ( the New Zealand.Association .will be( able to suggest some remedy against the -possible falling off in quality.of. the adopted ball. Uniformity is, the best quality in a/ tennis' ball,( and there'.-'is much difference of opinion of this quality in the' ■balls'that havo been (used in New Zealand up to,(the present,, y:

,The : Wanganui Lawn Tennis Association has been: formed and, has formally applied to theVNew Zealand Association for; affiliation, to that. body./By the formation'of this-association the Wellington Association will lose fivo:6f. its clubs, which clubs will form tho backbono of the new association. Even with the loss of these clubs the' Wellington .Association' is still tho strongest in New Zealand, and it, speaks a lot for tho, sport. iii the province when, a district.association'as strong as the Wanganui Association can be formed without weakening, to any great extent the. provincial body. The Wanganui .Association will, by its membership, rank: sixth in of ten associations affiliated to thftr. New. Zealand body.--It is expected that the Association's management committee will promote a' tournament to 'Kb. hold in Wanganui during the.. Easter holidays. Should this be arranged,' there is no doubt.that there will bo a large attendance, because.' the district to;-splendidly situated:', geographically, being within easy ■ travelling •.- distance of j!. the - four North Island provincial centres.-'. .-.-