Half- Volleys

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 256, 19 January 1928, Page 7

Half- Volleys

—T «i*Asident of the Auckland Lawn T* l ® p association. Mr. E. Hickson. Tf®‘ t 0 -WellinFton to welcome the JJ?nchn> en -, • * ~ an Umpires' Association was “ and members trained as foot,,r!mferees are, it might do away a the incidents that -were a feature * v last New Zealand tournament. tß® « * • umpirins at tho recent New , championships seems to have 184 rather D ( the ralferty type, alall the big matches were umefficiently. But, after all. they easiest ones of the lot to do, £ every line has its linesman and j* ‘help an umpire considerably. Even tbey most efficient umpire in calling *® Soring is very often at sea when is fronted with knotty* points. He i* i not always realise that he is in le charge, subject only to the tournament referee. , „ in his book, published in 1920, Tilden, Jus he makes no mention of Borotra, fers to Brugnon as “brilliant, flashy, 2*5 hitting, erratic and inexperienced, !nrh a fine forehand hitting style and silent net attack, but lacking in con*“ncs and certain knowledge of ten- , fundamentals. A few years' ’ whence, ’’ Tilden adds, "will do wonfor him.” They done lenders, as the account of Tilsen's encounter with Brugnon at WimJledon last year serves to show.. ' 0n Saturday the Kotorua Club will , :-occlusions with the Waikato East llociation. The following have been Jected to represent Rotorua: Miss M. Pivton, Mrs. Homer, Mrs. McLean. Mr* Parkinson, Messrs. T. Giesen, G. vanning. W. Smith, O. Simmonds, W. mner , L. Isaacs, P. Basham. L. Kmuker. The Waikato East team is ", follows: Misses N. Beverley. M. Beverley, J. Andrews, Gamble, Stewart, a Green, and Messrs. A. C. Thompsra N. J- Cox, R. D. Ward, C. G. Gauntlet', E. Green, S. Egan. The third member of the French team is C. Boussus, of whom W. T. Tilden writes as follows: “The most promising young star In France after the Big Four (Lacoste, Borotra, Cocbet, Brugnon) is Boussus. Boussus is a protege of Lacoste, but Lacoste has been clever enough to make the boy bit hard. He is left-handed. He has a good service, a fine forehand, and not too sound backhound, like most lefthanders, but a marvellous volley and one of the greatest overheads in the game. He has more punch than most of the French, and I believe will shortly be In their Davis Cup team." Australia’s best ten are ranked as folluWs by W. O. R. Kerr: 1, G. L. Patterson (Vic.): 2, J. Crawford (N.S.W.), J, J. B. Hawkes (Vic.) ; 4, F. E. Kalms (N.S.W.); 5, R. E. Schlesinger (Vic.): (, P. O’Hara Wood (Vic.); 7, R. G. Cummings (N.S.W.); 8, E. F. Moon ((}.); S, H. Hopman (N.S.W.); 10, E. T. iiowe (SA.). A ranking list of women is also venfered: 1, Miss E. F. Boyd (Vie.) ; 2, Miss P Akhurst (N.S.W.) : 3, Mrs. R. Harper •Vic.); 4, Mrs. P. O'Hara Wood (Vic.); S, Mrs. M. Moles worth (Q.); 6, Miss L. Sickerton (N.S.W.); 7, Miss G. Toyne I Vic.); 8, Miss M. Cox (N.S.W.); 9, Mrs, A. Martin (N.S.W.); 10, Mrs. H. 8. DU (N.S.W.). "Fate has decreed that 'the Bounding Basque’ should be a lawn tennis star, but if the die had been cast otherwise he would assuredly have made his mark either as a member of the Russian ballet an “even time” sprinter, or a long jump record breaker. His fast, highkicking service ably paves the way for his net storming rush; he is master of ill varieties of volley, whether a d«p« punch to the far corners or the delicate stop volley; his smashes are hit with a panther-like quickness, not deliberate; he takes his ground ■trokes very early in the rise.** Such Is Jean Borotra, who is nnked No. 4 in the world, coming kftflr Lacoste, Tilden, Cochet, in that •rder. • • • ■ On Saturday last a party of tennis journeyed from Tokanui to Waikeria and spent a very pleasant afternoon on the Waikeria courts. Tho Bwults were: Waikeria, 6 sets and 44 Cs; Tokanui, 2 sets and 29 games. _ following are the detailed scores, Waikeria being mentioned first in each instance:— WomeiTs Doubles.—Mesdz mes Cavers Bconey beat Misses A. Lees and Men’s Doubles: Walker •a )unlo P beat Cran and Hudson. *~7 ; Ray and Douglas beat Rodwell J®® Bond, 6—2. Mixed Doubles: Mrs. and Dunlop lost to Miss A. Lees 5?,, 1 4 —*'• Mi ss Kay and Hannan Mies Turkington and Smith, 6—2; JrJ: Rooney and Walker lost to Miss j®™oy and Hudson, 4—6; Mrs. PrenSP'dlfo and P. Ray beat Miss Lees and AOim, 6—2; Miss O’Rei lly and R. Doug- ** beat Miss Corboy and Rowell, 6—2.

tireless, a cheap racket ■with good stringing is much better than a good racket with cheap stringing. 3 Don’t run around a. backhand to take it on the forehand. You can’t improve your weaknesses if you cover ‘b?!—-Don’t try to hit the' lines with -,-erv shot. Allow yourself a little margin and keep the ball in the court 7 Don’t get caught in the court D Remember to be either all the wav up or all the way back.B y _Don’t be too eager to volley until you have first perrected your Sr 9 U -Don’ r t° k play carelessly It is u hotter to practice a short time working hard than long poSr lose your temper. Always be a good sport.