LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2007, 14 March 1914, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

[By BackhaKd.J

GENERAL NOTES & fi3fflU»is : April 10, U, and l&.-'-Easter Oafiiival Tournament at WeJlmgtsji. Challengq MatcMcs. From Broughatn Hill a cliall&njje lias lieeit sent to the Huti Gkt> fof Htb ladies' softi&r championship, aud the match is to Bo placed on tie suburban ground to-day, 'i'ho Brougham Kiij team taeludo Mfs. W.' % Howe, Mrs. Boldio, Miss Davis, and , -Miss Arc'hoi , . "tie AVellihgton dlwb's team to play Brougham MS\ for the moil's spttiar eliampionsliii;) will be: Jefffp}'; Grant, ana Bqrfdingtußi. the tganj to defend the title for Brougham Hfll is to be: J. A. S. IJaive. HV V; Boive., lluWfly-Keau. slid SuU'liet; • '■ Atothe.r rnatoli to be played to-day is that between Newio'ivii niid Petoirt, .on the- Petonev €lu;b's courts, the contest is for- 'the juriroif elwrnpiansliip. Pctaiie vyi'M be ed by Austin, Duncan, l£irk, and !>atkk'sqn. Tbo cliallcngers , \viit , be Clark, Jackson, ?rßtt,.antJ'sljwaite3. Gafrtlval Tdurnament. tho WfiUiiigt'ofl Teiinia .Assacintioji's touraanient ii} aid af the O-itizetts 1 : Cbrnlvftl Fmrf 'lifts bfeen fixed for Good Fwday, Eastei; Saturday, aijd EptStor Jlonday. It will bo played at Btoupjiatt. Hill, and jl necessary eon.io n»aWJiea. ma^ be on the Wellington Club'a coui-ts. As yet tho firogtainmp Jias. not boon printed, but the oye»ts hive fceeu; wrapged, and will consist of oliawpioii- , ■■ . ships »iid liandicaps in all grades, The.. , championship pvenVs are to uo.kno*.n' fss' I tlip MetropQlftaii Ha.i'd Court Ghampion^ : . shipSjafld will no 4oUbt be od.iilpet'ed for 5 amvuatty from now o/twvard.. ' BrooKfeS and the Davis Cup. - . - < Interviewed at' JTremantlo, 'Norjnftn • Biwlses considered ■ s ctowes in tiro D'ivvis Cup depended fln i . whether ■ho Ivintseli: sfcfuo.k t'oriß , .,. and that liuts the ease in a iviihliell (says: 5 "4ißtral"}. "Qf VPSWittg tto is. no 5 teasonttbte iloftbt, but Brbplies' ha.s liad no real tests lately, and has So :prac« 3 tieo.ito make Mm spread himselfs No iioubt, the interviewoi- suggested the i prolsivtality 9l t-Le ."jiair*' beiiig JJroofcea : i :a)m ■Bunlap, ! io-tthicli Bfookos f ß»rfe.plyj' Was that it would be ridittulpus to leave: . Wilding out or ooii«dcsre.tiou, 'Every* , tiling will flopend'on form, and 0701,7, t po=i,siWo. method ?{ parrfeg ivi.M :be tiigd j out, Brepfes will play iirst sit Cannes., „• ai*d will w-oitf lii:s waj* up on tho va'fis, ou.s to«i»itiitcttts to liondottt wboro lie g wee last in .19Q?i when hp won all three; 4 otempions'hips gf lilnglftiid—singlea, 4 iloubles, and mixed. ,A J.arc .aßlii6Mjr : t wont, indeed, idt ffii-ncst .Ben?ha\v w.aa s l ; lle ■only oihftr jlayftf tivat W9J did: jt ?; ■and that ffa:s 3s t'ltr tak nt '.88, «lioii .. ho won the singles to beating Lawford J in tho challenge rouiid, wort lha ddublo.s. ' with ]\k brother (tho ljiore iumpus )Y. Keiigha*), and won the- "mfcejiT tyifli M».. HiltyS.fa. <JUrio«dj', *l>o. !»% mentiousa! ttns BroGlccs''s psxtfter hi. i° 1907, so she Jxelpetl these tsvo f:a#.pus !S players to achieve this '.rare triple * croS'i!.. r riiq only lady Iti db: tlte. sam^ :° was Miss I). K. poug)a : $ (now .Mrs, :s Ls-nlbert Olittmbors). w.ljo did it in 1.903, 5 with 1?. L, liseley and Miss E, W. i 'ilioinspn to assfctv' ■ .

iSrookes's partner in.., xh'e . .men's dbtibiqa in. 190.7. was 'Wilding. Will he «in again, this yearr It i% ilvitrd to Say., To crane* through Several ifiiiiitts am ineek an a.thfetd .tike Wilding aifc tho cud, ike fresh,, ami .Brookes state, is .a icrfrific task, .and no test «I relative , . tt&LHty. ' . ■ . , . ... But perchance the liiiterivait-ioual. Association will by then,h»v.i6 ' Adopted' the suggestion" just expressed in this cotomn, and adopted by tlie Austral* "asiaii Association and. cqttvcje.d to the. governing body, to. require , ill tfee mt. teanfcs for all wcirH'e-cjrrtmfionsliips to: play thi-owglij and the- English Associa* tioti and. the- AH Englanct- OM> ssight4ccjuiese6. . ■ ' ■'

Other Ueaii. Acsordtftg to a- eaMegram • Mceived during tte past woekj. another .attcis.pt is to be niado to ameiid the rufe gov* eniin.e tho service. . Tho picSeiit reading or the talc in qtiffstiSon, j> as fol.'lq#s;—'"|ho server shall .before coftiivfticing to servo Btand with both,feet at rest on the ground behind (i.e., further from the ucfc irvftii) the ha:B9 li;ne,' and wHfrift tho limits <»f tho i aginary coetiwuatioft of the lialf court .- a«d eitlft lines, a.ftd thorciVier flic servev ■ shall mi- iWh walk, li6:p, b.r'jvtrtsp beforb tlift sdrvfce has been delivfeied, but the server taaj , raise fine footj fron.i (and, if desired., replace ft oji) tiro ground) provided that both feet W<> kept behind tl» bpo lino until ih& sorvlee has been delivofel. '■ It is now .proposed to «dd the words.: "Aha vided. that such foot .is replaced <Hf the groand behijid the base lilfo before either foot is placed on th,o court." In addftiott to the ab.ffv.o- pWP.osal it is inoo'ted that. a. si&ggesfiaii *fl|. ty ■ nwlotQ atew anly ou6 This, last proposal, should _cffea;tfe. in. interesting discission, hut id is Very iinlike-ly that it will fljcoke- scrfolts co.iisidc.cation (s#.s an cscliancc). Suolj a rule would, be ftotrSmtmtttl io we game , , for it ivould cause most 'players tu doveiop a. medium pafeed t sttaay servo., the fear of faulting heiM t« great to allow ',itiy »\ this ..re* speet. Thfe -existing mothod. of (xoing for pace on tho first sdrv? ami fffr safety on tho spotvtal to uvach to corn* mend it, and it wo'tiltt not Iβ in tlso iatcrosts of the ga-mo- l<i nVili'o nay alteration. .S.vrthfiy -writers of teivftis .notes aft wt ap»tiren% know ton huich abwtt the ROOgtaphJcal pesitiqft of Victoria Col; toe. HeMfio the foflnwkiß by «n& « ii}.em:—"Aii appeal w-ns infttlc re.eem.ly to the Victim &llfii*e GSoti-iicil, Cbmi* cMfdh (N. 55.) hy tho S*!)dorits' As'soektlw against the prohibition In id .by tiw professerial Board on the til.-ay.mg o:f teii»is oft tiio collogo co«Tts on himdny-.