DAVIS TENNIS BALLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 263, 27 January 1928, Page 9

DAVIS TENNIS BALLS

THE FRENCHMEN’S PREFERENCE THE BALL FOR CHAMPIONS OR AMATEURS Players* choice of the was indee d a wise o:ie, and it shoidd prove an admirable ball for N w and Ornaments in W a i Zealand * The flight and balance are always consistent, and the “feel” on the racket is perfect. An exceplong llfe render s the Davis a i? ost economical on the market. Another feature of the ball is its suitability for play on either hard or grass courts.

.. T i?t G *i avis ball Possessed as its distinctive feature an inner core or foundation which is absolutely airtight. It will not “g o soft” or lose its resiliency, and will retain its bound, “feel,” and accuracy for months. Owing to the construction of the Davis ball, deflation cannot occur for the following reasons: The non-porous core it airtight. There is no plug. There is no weak joint. Among the many claims advanced for the supremacy of the Davis ball the manufacturers lay particular stress on the fact that each bill is identical and the quality cannot vary. As indisputable proof of its high playing qualities, the Davis ball has been chosen for innumerable championships and tournaments in Great Britain arnd throughout the world. Coming nearer home, the Match Committee of the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association adopted the Davis Siitchless Tennis Ball for use in the Soutn Island Championship Meeting, 1927, which was held at Wilding Park, Christchurch, last Easter. The Davis ball will prove a boon to players who revel in hard driving, as one of its great virtues is that -he danger of its flying out of court is reduced to a minimum, IL

quest, particularly in view of the fact that the contractors, Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth, Ltd., made a similar offer prior to their handing the work over to the State. EROSION CONTINUES Everything else at Arapuni appears to be in order, although river erosion is still taking place on the flat between Arapuni and Horahora, and which might assume any proportions in the event of a fresh coming over. The dam stands as a sturdy monument to man’s efforts against the forces of nature, and the lake, 19 miles in extent and harnessing 501 million gallons of water, gives placid testimony to the efficacy of human ingenuity. Those who gaze on the smooth expanse of water for the first time and see beneath the dam the almost dry river-bed, find it difficult to imagine that this ravine did not always carry a few stagnant pools, but once piloted a raging torrent of terrific force. None could conceive that men—unknown miners, whose names never will be recorded except on the pay-sheets of the companies for which they worked—tunnelled beneath the furious river, and with boulders thundering ominously a few feet over their heads, made easier the progress of the work. . The spillway, the headrace and the diversion tunnel —as indicated yesterday—are functioning well, and the slight leak from the gates in the tunnel is considered by the engineers not to be at all serious. Efforts are being made to stop even this flow, however, and a quantity of ‘‘fines," comprising cinders and fine metal, have been inserted through the control shafts, with fairly successful results. There is as yet no indication that the course of the river will divert the water into Brandon’s Pool, and thus complicate the position at the power house site, and the engineers consider it advisable to allow the river to adjust itself in its own time rather than endeavour to sweep away the huge silt bed that has formed through the adoption of the new course. It is estimated that when the original levels are restored in the river, the water will be over 30 feet below the power house foundations. Members of the power board, while endeavouring to see the point of view of the Government, and expressing determination to assist in every way to facilitate the work, inspected Horahora with mixed feelings, realising that even this scheme is failing, since the trouble began, to supply the guaranteed quantity of power. Turning their minds to Penrose, again they feel hurt that so little is being done to instal the engines for the auxiliary plant. "They might as well have the engines lying idle in Germany as lying idle on the site at Penrose,” said Mr. Holdsworlh.