LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1407, 6 April 1912, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

[Bi '-FoomuM."] COMING EVENTS. April 5, C, and B.—Wanganni Championship and Handicap Tournament, at Wanganui. For the Olympiad. ,-.-. A cablegram has been received from Gordon Inglis (Australasia's representative in England) that Wilding has decided to gc- to Stockholm to represent Australasia in the Olympic Games in the tennis events. On receipt of this cable message the hon. secretary nf the Australasian Association asked the Olympic Games Committee of i\e\v Zealand and Now South Wales to respectively nominate A. F. Wilding and S. N. Doust. Tho latter, however, in ii private lei tor to a Sydney friend, states that he. is unable to tako part. Tho lawa tennis evenls will take plnco in Jlay and June, and will include singles and doubles contests on covered and grass courts. On grass Wilding should win decisively; on the covered courts tlho French players may defeat him, hut probably will.only greatly extend him. Brougham Hill Club Champions, Hawkins has retrieved his defeat of last 'season and secured tlio singles championship bv tho dM'eiil: of .11. V. [(owe in tho filial. The contest was a i:lo.-e one. ihosniro .being 7-:., 10-8. ll.jjjrs. Howe Urns, rc'iiin the doubles ch.impionsliip. Tho combined rests between Edwards and Misa Hayes, Jliss Archer and Hunter, nnil Mrs. W. E. 110-re and 11. V. Uowe. Tho lnst-montionod pair should provo the winners. The kdi«r doubles oiamciou-

ship has fallen to Mrs. TV. E. Howo and Miss Morgan. The singles will bo decided to-day, when Misses Davis nnd Morgan meet in tlio final. If both players be in form, somo good tenuis should bo tlio result. Wellington Club. The last round of tho ladder games is now in progress, nnd tho fourth round for tlio president's trophy has. been readied. What Ball to Use. Humour has it that the best make of ball to bo used is likely to como under discussion at an early dale. At present thero nro four different kinds of ball in •iisp, viz.— Sanger's, Ayrcs's, Sykes's, nnd Jacques s. An attempt is also bcin«r marie to brjiiK still another one on tho market the Dunlop, which is of Australian mauufacturo. Notes. Ma.t Eeougis won the Covered Court Championship- of Germany at Bremen on January 21, and with Jousselin, also the doubles. Messrs. Howe Bros, won tho Men's Championship Doubles, after a closo contest with Messrs. Laishloy and Hunter in tho tinal, the score being 6—4, 7—5,