Half Volleys

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 516, 20 November 1928, Page 7

Half Volleys

Clubs which have entered teams in the inter-club competitions must send in ranking lists of all players who are likely to play in the events to the secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association. Mr. L. W. Swan. 4 * * Upon conclusion of his successful monologue “turn” at the Palace Theatre, New York, during the men’s singles championship, William T. Tilden, 11., began work on a production of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” It was put on at Paterson, N.J., on October 15. * * * “Suzanne says she will play tennis if and when she wishes. She will also do any marrying under the same conditions. She is fed up with newspaper talk about her, and only wants to be left in peace.” This is what Madame Lenglen says about the rumour of Suzanne’s retirement from tournament play. * # * “Whether Karel Kozeluh is the best player in the world, which is the extravagant claim made by some of his admirers, may never be settled, but the probabilities are against any decision being reached. All lawn tennis history is against such a claim, and there is nothing to substantiate it at the present time.” —Stephen Merrihew, the American critic. * * * An open tourney held by an Auckland club without the permission of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association was referred to by the president, Mr. T. E. Hiickson, at the meeting of the association. He warned all clubs that they must apply for permission if they intended to hold events not limited to their club members. Progressive tourneys are, of course, exempt. «fc * * Just as Tilden was ready to leave the dressing room for his match with Lacoste at the Stade Roland Garros last summer, he looked around to see that he had everything he needed. Bill O’Brien had attended to most things, but Joe Wear had a happy thought. “Take some lump sugar with you. It will buck you up just when you need it,” said Wear, who was one of the half-dozen interested in the room. Bill carried the sugar out with him to the court, and what happened in the match is a matter of history. The chairman of the Davis Cup Committee is an old court tennis and racquets player, and he knows what a timely lump of sugar will do.— American “Lawn Tennis.” * * * Prefacing Betty Nuthall’s book on “Learning Lawn Tennis,” her mother says: “Betty began her lawn tennis recently enough for the difficulties consenting the beginner to be still vivid memories to her. They are living facts which she sAll has to face. That being so, she would better be able to •^nnreriat 0 the difficu’ties. to enter into them, and to sympattrse with begin~ers were meeting them for the fi rst 'imp . . . This is not a book for the advanced nlaver. Bettv herself has to and has but Um-f* her r»wr» PTno>*i''no-'^s. so f?r in the bone that thev mav be. *n a °mal l wav. at +he helnfnl . Bettv not to ‘e?r*b. 8h« hac t---> +v, g own ’ittle imr»ress 4^r. R G f how she has tried to learn herself.”

AUCKLAND LADDERS APPLICATIONS WANTED Players who wish to have places oi the Auckland ladders ’ junior or senioi doubles or singles should send in the applications immediately to the Ladd' Committee of the Auckland L.T.A. The lists have not been changed from last year, and many alterations have to be made. Singles ladders have 10 rungs and doubles 12. The lists at the end of last season were: —- Singles.—Men: (1) E. L. Bartleet. (2) V. R. Johns, (3) E. W. Griffiths, (4) L. G. Knott, (5) N. Sturt, (6) A. S. Lamb, (7) W. H. Entwistle, (8) H. L. Robson, (9) H. Brinsden, (10) V. N. Hubble, (11) H. C. Rowlands, (12) W. G. Watkins, (13) A. K. Turner, (14) C. C. Chalmers, (15) C. Hunter, (16) A. C. Stedman. Ladies: (1) Miss Marjorie Mncfarlane, (2) Miss Knight, (3) Miss Ramsay, (4) Miss Colebrook, (5) Mrs. Scott-Watson, (6) Miss Nicholls. (7) Miss Witherow, (S) Miss Richardson, (9) Miss Fearnley, (10) Miss Woods. (11) Miss Napier,. (12) Mrs. Francis, (13) Miss Potter. Doubles. —Men: (1) Bartleet and Robson, (2) Griffiths and Brinsden, (3) Johns and Johns, (4) Lamb and Horne, (5) Knott and Sturt, (6) Turner and Hubble, (7) Tonks and Macfarlane. (8) Stedman and tSedman, (9) Robinson and Williamson, (10) Potter and McKeown, (11) Gould and Risworth, (12) Entwistle and Martin. Ladies: (1) Misses Colebrook and Knight, (2) Misses Witherow and Ramsay, (3) Miss Macfarlane and Mrs. Robson, (4) Mrs. Scott-Watson and Miss Whitelay, (5) Misses Bryant and Bryant, (6) Misses Asser and Sturt, (7) Misses Wood and Worsop. The junior ladders are lamentably empty.