Best Men Still In

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 550, 31 December 1928, Page 10

Best Men Still In

SECOND ROUNDS OF TENNIS

Casualties Among the Women

ON slippery courts and in an atmosphere like an oven the New Zealand tennis championships continued on Saturday, play being concentrated on the men’s and women’s singles and doubles, of which the second rounds were completed. None of the cracks have succumbed yet in the men’s singles but the women’s shows the defeats of Miss D. Howe (Wellington), and Misses Wake and Andrew (Canterbury). Auckland’s lone and excellent chance in the event is Miss Marjorie Macfarlane.

Though play did not begin until shortly before eleven, the tourney’s second day, good progress was made, and only two events, the girls’ and the junior mixed doubles, were left untouched. when play ended with the failing of the light at about 7.30 p.m. Bartleet did not play a singles, and neither did Angas. Both of them must have easy wins in the third round, and they will meet in the fourth, possibly to decide the winner of the event, Laurenson. having strode over Pickmere, should account for Entwistle in the third, though this Aucklander may hang on to him for a set or two. He has shown that he is a better man than Ferkins or Melody.

STURT AND MALFROY Both successful in three straight sets were Lampe and Stedman. who meet to-day, and the game should be interesting. Lampe is older and more experienced, and, moreover, he is on his game, so it is possible that he will win out against vigour -and youth. Malfroy, who lost a set to that shrewd head, Griffiths, meets and should dowfi his town-fellow. Rhodes-Williams. The winner goes on to meet the winner of the Sturt-Lowry match. Lowry is playing well, but it is highly unlikely that he will take a set from the Aucklander. Sturt is striking form, and improving all the time. bown at the bottom, Len France has to account for the Otago man, Watson —a game which should not run to more than three sets before he meets the winner of the Glanville-Martin match. Martin may give the Southerner, who is second on the Canterbury ladder, a shake. The best two matches in the singles were those of Malfroy-Griffiths and Stunt-Morrison. each going to four sets, and having patches of brilliance. WELLINGTON’S BIG FOUR Wellington now has four representatives in the women's singles—Mrs. Adams. Misses Nicholls and Tracy, and Mrs. Melody, compared with single chances front Auckland. Canterbury, and Wanganui. miss Marjorie Mactarlane. playing off and on, brilliantly nd carelessly, kept ahead of Miss JJ. Howe, and in t no Lima site runs into Miss M. Gibson (Timaru), who had an easy win over a clubmate. This should be interesting, but it looks as though experience must tell. Mrs. Adams did not have it all her own way with Onehunga’s Miss Taylor, who led her 4—2 in the second set. Tha Wellingtonian meets Miss Myers, of Wanganui, in the third, and she will have to play her top form to put out the girl who accounted for Miss Wake, and who is slamming her forehand in great style. Not nearly so one-sided as the scores indicated was the game between Miss .Dulcie Nicholls (Wellington) and Miss May Andrew. The Canterbury girl did not feel her feet, and she lacked confidence! n her forehand, which went in so splendidly on the first day. Miss Nicholls is not likely to defeat Miss Speirs, who was on her game against Mrs. Shroff (Auckland). Two Welllington women—Miss Tracy, who had a hard game with Mrs. Robson in the second, and Mrs. Melody, who had an easy one—will play to decide the woman to play the winner of the Speirs-Nicholls match. INTO FOURTH ROUND Aided by a bye In the first, Sturt and Malfroy have gone leaping in straight sets to the fourth round of the men's doubles. They are the first pair to reach it. and their wins have been without much opposition. There they wait for France and Angas, who should have their third three-set victory to-day. The brightest doubles of the day gave Bartleet and Laurenson a fourset win over Griffiths and Macintosh. At times the play was brilliant, and the spectators showed their admiration for Macintosh’s volcanic service, for Griffiths's tactics, and for the swift combination of the doubles title-holders Bartleet and Laurenson. After losing two sets rather easily, the challengers gathered themselves together, and the standard of play and the enthusiasm of the stand went up into a crescendo which swung to a final, hard-fought advantage set. Glanville and Lowry were near to losing a set to two to Entwistle and Martin, but they survived to get an easier second round, and to wait in the third for Charters and Stedman. a young pair which will take a little stopping. IN SEMI-FINAL Only one third set has been played in the women’s doubles, in w-hich the furthest ahead are Misses Marjorie and Marion Macfarlane. With the aid of a bye and a win over Remuera clubmates. Mesdames Scott-Watson and Shroff, they are waiting* in the semifinal. The three-set match was played by Mrs. Arneil and Miss Ramsay against two Auckland girls. Misses Potter and Knott, and the victors seem to be doomed to go down to Mrs. Adams and Miss Tracy, the present holders of the title, who must meet - / - Mactarlanes in the lower semi-final. Two hard tussles are imminent to decide the players in the uppper semifinal. Misses Speirs and Wake, who have not played a game, meet Misses Nicholls and Howe, victors the good pair of Auckland varsity girls, Misses P. and D. Miller. The Mrs. Melody and Miss Myers encounter the Canterbury girls. Misses Andrew and Gibson, and it looks as though youth will be beaten by experience again. Something of a surprise was sprung in one of the two mixed doubles played on Saturday, Miss Gibson and Rhodes Williams going down in two sets to the Eden and Epsom people, Miss Ramsay and Morrison. Angas and Miss May Speirs were down 3-5 in their second set against Mrs. Arnei) and Pickmere, of Whangarei, but they took the match, 6—l, 7 —5. THE MIDGET PL.AYER Wielding his racquet with both mnds, and placing like an old man. D. Howe, of Wellington, who looks as high as the net, was the sensation of the boys’ singles, in which he was

beaten in three sets, the last one advantage. The holder of tjie title, Barnett (Canterbury), is put to make a big effort to retain it, and he cleaned up Milne, a Remuera B grade player, in the first round. Robertson did not have an easy win over Lees. Three girls. Mavis Howe, Madeline Eliot, and Mary Hall, are in the third round of the singles. Results of Saturday’s matches are as follow: WOMEN’S SINGLES Best of Three Advantage Sets—Holder: Miss M. Speirs (Canterbury). Second Round.—Miss M. Speirs (Canterbury) beat Mrs. M. Shroff (Auckland), 6 —3, 6—l. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) beat Miss D. Howe (Wellington), 6—3, 6—4. Miss D. M. Nicholls (Wellington) beat Miss M. Andrew (Canterbury), 6 —3, 6 —2. Miss M. Gibson (South Canterbury) beat Miss M. Eliot (Canterbury), 6—l, 6—o. Miss M. Myers (Wanganui) beat Miss M. Wake (Canterbury), 7—5, 6—4. Miss M. Tracy (Wellington) beat Mrs. D. M. Robson (Auckland), 6—3, S—6. Mrs. R. P. Adams (Wellington) beat Miss O. .T. Taylor (Auckland), 6 —l, 6—4. Mrs. W. J. Melody (Wellington) beat Miss A. Litten (Auckland), 6—2, 6—l. WOMEN'S DOUBLES Best of three advantage sets. Holders, Mrs. R. P. Adams and Miss M. Tracy (Wellington). First Round—Mrs. A. Arneil (.North Auckland) and Miss J. Ramsay (Auckland) beat Misses M. Potter and K. Knott (Auckland), 2—6, 6—l, 6—». Misses Andrew and Gibson (Canterbury beat Mrs. P. te H. Jones and Miss Rukutai (Auckland), 6—2, 6—2. Mrs. W. J. Melody (Wellington) and Miss M. Myers (Wanganui) beat Misses A. J. Litten and O. J. Taylor (Auckland), 6—o. 6—2. Misses Marion and Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland) beat Mrs. Scott-Watson and Mrs. Shroff (Auckland), 6—3, 6—4. MEN’S DOUBLES Best of Five Advantage Sets.—Holders: E. L. Bartleet (Auckland) and J. T. Laurenson (Waikato). First Round —E. L. Bartleet (Auckland) and J. T. Laurenson (Waikato) beat W. J. Melody and C. E. Partridge (Wellington), 6 —l, 6—4, 6—3. C. Angas (Canterbury) and A. L. France (Wellington) beat W. G. Watkins and F. Lucas (Auckland),. 6—2, 6—4. 6—2. V. R. Johns and A. E. McKeown (Auckland) beat H. V. Howe and R. P. Adams (Wellington), 7—5, 6—4, 6—2. D. F. Glanville (Canterbury) and .T. N. Lowry (Hawke’s Bay), beat G. Martin and W. H. Entwistle (Auckland), 7—5, 6—2, 9—7. M. L. Lampe (Wanganui) and T. Rhodes-Williams (Wellington) beat S. J. Robinson and C. C. Chalmers (Auckland), 6—4, 6 3, 6—B, 7—5. Second Round —J. C. Charters and A. C. Stedman (Auckland) beat F. R. Chisholm (Auckland) and J. A. F. Watson (Otago), 6—4, 6—2, 5 —7, 6—3. * N. G. Sturt (Auckland) and C. E. Malfroy (Wellington), beat S. L. Lamb and W. A. Horne (Auckland), 6—2, 6—o, 6—*2. P. te H. Jones and J. D. Jones (Maori) won from A. S. Gray and E. W. Wright (Thames Valley), by default. A. K. and E. H. Turner (Auckland) beat V. R. Johns and A. E. McKeown (Auckland), B—6, 7 —5, 2—6, 6—2. E. L. Bartleet (Auckland) and J. T. Laurenson (Waikato) beat E. W. Griffiths and C. E. W. Macintosh (Auckland), 6—3, 6—4, 3—6, 7—5. D. F.'Glanville (Canterbury) and J. N. Lowry (Hawke’s Bay) beat W. Blakey and W. H. Simons (Auckland), 6—l, 6—o, 6—o. Third Round—-N. G. Sturt (Auckland) and C. E. Malfroy (Wellington) beat P. te H. Jones and J. D. Jones (Maori), 6—2. 6—o, 6—3. BOYS’ JUNIOR SINGLES Best of three advantage sets. Holder, H A. *Barrett (Canterbury). First Round—J. Wilson (Auckland) beat J Cooke (Auckland), 6—3, 6—3. S. R. Walton (Auckland) beat F. B. Court (North Otago), 6—o, 5—6, 7 —5. E. A. Roussell (Wellington) beat D. Scott (Auckland), 6—o, 6—3. M. (Wellington) beat A. Morpeth (Auckland), 6 —l, 6—l. W. McDonald (Auckland), beat A. Clow (Waikato), 6—4, 5—6, 6—4. R. Newman (Nelson) beat W. B. Sutherland (Auckland). 4—6, 6—l, 6—3. Second Round—S. R. Walton (Auckland) beat W. Fisher (Auckland), 6—o, 6 5. GIRLS’ SINGLES Best of Three Advantage Sets.— Holder: Nancy M. Fleming (Otago) First Round—Ada Nixon (Auckland) beat Gwen Gardner (Auckland), 6—3. 4—6, 6—4. Second round: Mary Hall (Auckland) beat Lesley Adams (Auckland), 6—3. 6—3. Madeline Eliot (Canterbury) beat Marie Colson (Auckland). 6—2. 6—l. Mavis Howe (Wellington) beat Jean Chambers (Auckland), 6—2, 4—6, 6—l. MIXED DOUBLES First Round—Miss M. Speirs and C. Angas (Canterbury) beat Mrs. A. Arneil and L. T. Pickmere (Whangarei), 6—l, 7 5. Miss J. E. Ramsay and M. Morrison (Auckland) beat Miss M. Gibson (South Canterbury) and T. Rhodes-Williams (Wellington), 6—2, 6 —4.