SUNDAY TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1596, 13 November 1912, Page 6

SUNDAY TENNIS.

':pihcsiEß "By K^cißriTOUNpn;!^ ■, Thp'^^,.question.'of.,Sii'ii'day:terinis';crbppeci ...' iip : at',the:, : R'arori;;Bo.roUgh'Couticil , .' : :'.last'"'- 1 - evening. ".^fc:a>p^ev'i6ns':|:ni{efinj:. : bf.stho.\ : |.:' .co.iindii... granted:.te- :?Hi&'.. Lawn Te.nui.s iVssocia'ti.ph.. tp'vuse ,: ;the,Re.':v :: "' .'creation- Grpuiid 'or. the..tiurpdse',of; play- •;'■■ - ihg 1 teniiiSj arrangerifeiits were 'abandojlcd;v i ■^;VA^.•'-■ ; ■;. At the- council .meeting:■:last:/eVchihgi, ■'CfljinciUQr Hildreth : ,.was^g'ranfe , d.^rmis-f;,: ■ isipff/tb/niove, ;Withou't :jiotice:■ ■:"That: in:'; all 'future,arrangements, for.the.nse ; : of th«:.: Recreatißn::.O.ro.nndv.it be.a : .'con.diti,ott..that.. . ;hb 'play, b.f ; nhy lSndv:be,..nllowed.':bn...Sun-' : ''.. days'."'.',' : '.' .': '}:'K\i[■'■■: ■•'■-:' . In. mbving/the :mbtibri,.:;C6.uhcillor Hil-,' drath' said, 'that, hfiwas'.jiealous'fbr; tho: good repute : 6f;.the borb'ughi.'.'.aii'd he, 'did. : not think that.-they', should'.bb, : the, first '' barpugh ,itetlie,vD.ominip.u';:t6' : cpuntenonCß play bn ■.Suhdav.s;.: ~He : ; Hvas : al£o.-of /.tli's,',', onihion -that*, the.' m'aiority- ,-of. the vtiite-,. payers-, were/agains't ..-.allowirig: the". Recrea-';.. tibii Ground;tb-b:o ; ussd-oh-'.Sh'nday.s,-fpif.;-th9.;. piirr/bsb:. of /sport*'-' If \ te'nnis';;were;aUbwedj-'.: w.'lvjt :iiot- ■hbckey,.''-a'nd:''-';cve'n-,'fbotball-:attd- . ! ■other'sports'? it-was'. "■■!•' ..plave'd '/at: Day's, Bay .and; that'golf ; anaV .;„ -,' Ixiwls %er<i^lsfli'pk'ft'd.!RfVhOTP.fe'?*- P«*.;t* that is/on. private grounds* ..People.wero.■ in the.-habit of>.gbing-..t0 tjie.-.'Rtcreation;,,., Grnuiid oh Sundays'arid ■allowing" ..{their,;.... chiidrcn to play .about, and lie did not think, they sho'ul'd-.''be : di'sturbed;'by pecipie . ■ playing tcniiis, -. ; .-,.. •..Tl.iS'Jlayor/tMi:;, ■.Cathie).-,s,econ'tt,ea,.th'e. ,< , inetion-.'a'nd siiid lip jvas V'fery'sttt)orise'd;'t6 .fjud ou his f'btiirh that; permission ha.il •ever bjien granted; to. "the- Lawn Tennis, _ , Association to : have the u'sb ofsthe grbiind/ ■ He 'was very, glad that the matter had ■fallen through. ". ■ ■ . . ■CounciUpr" Unrir? isaid- Hhat •■woUld , :• oppose tlio, motion, nn.. the. .grpun.'d; that' he 'fl'm-not see tlib .difference be,tw.een : -ihen;; working in-.-Sundays- and/playing tenuis; If it were-,,po^ibie'yie/#bud;'p'reV^ht;wbrk- ; . ing on-Sundays,, but/as-.this,could--npt:be.'.i - ' done., ho ilid;:not -see -anything..-desperate, in nliaiying tenilis fo/bo,.played<- ~',:.--: ; Councillor Hamilton.-also; -.esp'rsJseff his.■■:.;. ■intentibh.■' bfi.'bpp;osing..'.tlib-motion.. : :Sjx - dav's a -week!: were. quitb/enbughrtp.wprk,-: -,-.;;■: and if the. poUncirwere.'cOhscientious#«y:, ; -..:.;, Would piohibit ivifk'in thb bordiign oh'■..■." 'Sunday,''but'-05 'it;--:fras , ,.;he' did'-nofc'see- ': hbw playing tennis.on -Sunday- was/wprse.; ;,:.■: ,'thfth wbrking/, - ; ' : '-.. '"■ / ' ~■ rS ■''■"' ' • C : Puncillor ; Horn, said;- that they- wmo' [ not tt sectarian body ('.lie'. :did' .hot.think ;i . they' had '.-any. right as, a, gen* „, era! rule.a motion of tnis-kind.,: *, ..:.,:., .. ' Coiihoilinf Staiidcii- -also-'spoke against ~ ■tho niatipn; : ....-. /;^;,.;- K -,.. ..■'.;% 'In rephn: Councillor ■Hildrcth.. ,-sdid -he' bjlieve'd 1 ' tfeit • the '■maior;ity ; ,;o.f;;,the.:rate.^; ■payers froiild' support liis.-niot.ion; .Ttjey would iiot -lie-teking:-away .'anyv-existing. -...- privilege-, .-but would )simply guard-against ■ ■ rtho, future, / ■;; ' / :"■ ~*■■' ~'■.'■•'■.. I On,, being pjit to. ,th6.mo,tip|.,.. . lost'by 6 : vbtesitb-3.. /. ; ,, ; -. v '',' : ; .'-,/ :