Halt- Volleys

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 292, 1 March 1928, Page 7

Halt- Volleys

The 1928 inscription on the Davis Cup will be In French, a reflection of the true international application of the game. * * * Saturday's A grade final, at the Remuera courts, was watched by a good crowd. On account of the wet courts there was some delay In starting and doubles were played first, so as to leave two courts drying. * * * Nicholson, of University, violates every canon of the game in his play oft the ground, but his volleying on Saturday was often superb. * * * The cables report that Karl Kozeluh the Czecho-Slovakian professional’ holder of the world's championship title, has been engaged by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to coach promising young players during 1928. Sfc * Jfc The death of Edward Kleinadel, who played for Poland in the 1926 Davis Cup contest, occurred recently In Paris after a short Illness. He married only a year ago. * 35 at Senorlta Lili D'Alvarez, the Spanish tennis star, sprained her ankle at St Moritz on January 18 and will be out of tournament play for some time. Heavy balls on the worst court of those played on. appeared to have both Miss Macfarlane and Miss Pat Miller puzzled. In their match in the A grade Anal, and their timing in the early stages was very much at sea. An extraordinary difference was displayed by Miss Miller in the preliminary, knock up and in the game itself. Taking the ball at the top of the bounce and driving hard, in the knockup, she promised to play a rattling attacking game, but in the match she slumped into a semi-defensive method of play, waiting for the ball to drop and playing a lifting drive that lost time and pace. Stedman played like a novice at the start against Bartleet on Saturday, just putting up sufficient opposition to allow Bartleet to display his very best shots. Bartleet placed his shots and varied his length with the utmost precision. The first set had gone before Stedman really took a. hand in the affair, and the last two sets, particularly the third, provided a brilliant exhibition, both players keeping to the back lines and using the greasy court to full advantage. Stedman displayed an extremely poor back-hand in the early stages, playing the ball from near his body—an awkward looking - shot without any semblance of aggressiveness, and with poor defensive qualities.