LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 6

LAWN TENNIS.

■A' meetiug ottlie' ilanagemuit: Com-v Xawn") Tennis Association .was sield_ last • attended'by. Messrs; BMiay ..'chairman), JonesV'. Lewis, O'Leao 1 , \Vikson, arid Kean'Xhon.: secretary . .-. .7.;■ ■:• (Master- ■ ton), and .AVaitiro' (Wellington) Clubs ■.*&;. nlied ; for : affiliation': with the ;: \V ellmgtaa-; Association/ and: ;their; applications .were j. ■ l ' aC lt'was^'decided toehold' aVchainpionship ■ tournament at ; Easter. ■■" The • will be the 'same' ; as- , last , year s, with*' •minor • alterations. ■" There: will :be. • Eve - : Benior; and'v'nve junior '-: championship.,' events; ■ The values - of the./first:' prizes A in ■- the men's and Indies' singles .have' been'increased; and it was; decided that.; neseco'nd prizes : be given. >. The. tpurna'-:-, nienf will lie'played, on the 'city asphalt"' courts ■on March. 25;- 2G;, and;28.; ; : : -Votes" of thanks- c, were passed to":""those gen-'' Uoraenwho donated, trophies,' competed'' for ■'at ; the * Now Tear.. handicap:- tourna- : : merit, and also to the'; rnembors::of: the '\ committeeV that viiianaged'; this''tourna^: , . : A ietter-from" the,'New-.-Zealand- Asst>-'. ciation'r'aslang' (.'or ah l .expression /of. 1 opinion on the v ;balls' used'■■ by;'the;WeV.)' lingtori: Associatioii at -its' ■ tournaments;'; i.was -discussed, and;the: secretary-: was instructed ■■; to. roplyi . expressing;.;. the; cbm-;>;'.' mittee's unanimous opinion on;this sobjeot, ;. i.,' >.-.r-- .- '-:•:.•..-•-.. .■:'-\:;"."..-\.,.'.i'-' It; was.'agreed not to' decide;-on..the •; ■ m'ake'ipf. the .ball to. be used .at. the Easter.', : Championship 'tournament ,until»the; Be* • rctary. inquiries. '•' .''•.:. ;.-"