LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

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'■ •, TOURXAMENT;:FIXTURES; "•. Manawatu • Championships'.'■ and ■Hantli- ■ caps, at Palmcrston North- on 'March 1G and .17. 'Entries' close on" 'March Wellington: I'rovincial-Championships, on March 25, 26, and 28. Entries close on' March 19.- : Warigantii Championships and Handicaps at Wangauui on March. 25, 26, and 28. :_There : will be matches in.nil grades this afternoon. Tho shield grade teams will start their second round, in which only combined' doubles will be played. These doubles will .he determined on tho. best . two out of tlvrco straight :sots. . ,I'ho following ■.are to-day's fixtures :— Shield—Wellington A' v. Wellington li,. Newtown v. Victoria, College, Thorudon vi Brougham Hill. Cup—Hutt v. Victoria College, Muritai v. Petone. Pennant— Kilbirnio v. Victoria. College A,. Victoria College B v.. Newtown B,> Jluritai v; 1 Brougham Hill,, Newtown. A-v. I'etone: Rocket—Trinity B v. Brougham Hill, Trinity A v. Victoria College A, Oriental v, Victoria College B. .

The Khandallah Club has decided to withdraw its cup -team.from the interclub competitions. Tho team, has been much weakened by accident to and sickness of its members. • ~- . i'wo . handicap events, for men onlv, were played off on tho Day's Bay courts last Saturday. These ©vents were arranged by a'committee of tho Bay" week-enders,-who had-'no difficulty in setting a good number of entries. The singles event was won by ■ Crewes, a member ■ of the 7-raity Club, and "Wright, of the Murirai Club, was -runner-up. Wright -received 8 and Crewes 1!), : and tlicV final appeared to.bo an easy win for. Wright, when he caught-his opponent, in - tho thirties, but Crowes improved, and ran out a winner at-60—56.•. . Crewes v;as runner-up to Lauchlan in the secoud-grado singles at the New Year tournament, and, at; the samo meeting, Wright won tho first-grade "'iglcs by defeating lewis in the final. Tho final of the doubles event has not been played yet, but it will bo decided to-day on. tho Day's Bay courts, . when Ward and : Sheppard . (scratch) meet Wright and Jones.(lo).. The.former pair should win, their combination alone being equal to the 10 points difference in the handicaps. ■' ■■': Wellington players were very successful at .tho .recent tournaments held:in Dannevirke and ; Masterton.'.- At Dannevirke IV. 51.. B. Fisher won both the championship -. and handicap singles.' At Masterton Airs. "Holmes won tho ladies' championship singles; -and," with Miss Simpson, defeated ..Mrs. Hawkins and Miss Penny in the final of tho handicap doubles. Miss Simnson won the handicap singles. Mrs. Hawkins and Quinnell defaulted in .tho. final- of the handicap doubles. H. V'. Howe won the first giado handicaps similes. .■ V. Jackson partnered, with Gawith,, defeated C. A, and M. E. Donniston -in tho final of tho first grade men's handicap doubles, and the samo pair were runnersup to Cos and Aitken in the championship doubles. . A'noticeable feature of the recent Dannevirke tournament was the fine, performances of .the Misses Ruby, Eileen, and ..Doris Wollwbod. in coming first :in seven-events and second in .one event. Between /them they "secured ' all the' ladles ' events • excepting the handicap singles, which .was won : bv Miss Hindmarsh, -j, Miss: Doris . is- the' fourth' of these -accomplished.sisters to- come- to the front, and, by all accounts, sho'. promisesto climb to tho top of tho ladder before very long. ; . At a mwting of. the Management Committee held during the week it was decided that the senior championships, and tho-semi-fin lis' and finals of tho junior championships, should be played on tho grass courts. This decision is a yiso one, becttuse.-play oh asphalt courts offers little inducement to thoso who' are usedtn grass coiirts, and-most of the senior players .outside Wellington, get little clso but.grass court practice.' . . - : Tho annual representative'match between the ..Canterbury • and Wellingtonprovinces is. to be played, in Christchurch ji«xt. month, probably, .on Febrnarv :■&: ■The,"Wellington teami.of six men will bo ..selected from tho following -. plavere'-— - Messrs: J. C. Peacock, R, N. K.'Swanston, P.- M. B. Fisher. C. C. Cox, J. Blair, H.: W.' Brown, E. Salmond, and ".; "rouse. Owing to the losses,-, financially, on previous matches, the Manaeement. Committee has decided to risk the members of tho team to pay their own expenses .this trip. •■'■: Tho date for the match, and the question of a blie'or'two days match.will bo left to the team to decide. The - merits" of the first, six of the above-named players are too .well known to leave any doubt,as to their claims for selection ■ as a representative team.' After these, it would be"hard to pick tho best six out of a score of good reliable players. Tho ■ Selection Committee has chosen Salmond and Prouse as emergencies for.- tho team. , Both have been playing' well lately, and'-certainly deserve consideration on their present form."