Double Champions

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 575, 30 January 1929, Page 7

Double Champions

Bartleet and Miss Macfarlane Tennis Finals Decided BAPTLEET and Miss Marjorie Macfarlane, holders of the Dominion singles titles, had straight wins in the finals of ti e Auckland tennis championships yesterdav. Miss Macfarlane has now held the provincial title six times and Bartleet twice. ”he best match of the day was the five-set final of the men's doubles in which Sturt and Lampe beat the exchampions, Griffiths and Brinsden.

Only one flnaJ, the boys' singles, has In be played. A. C. Steelman meets « <5. Bowcen in this. The new provincial champions are:—Men's Singles. —E. L. .Bartleet (AuekWomen's Singles.—Mies Marjorie Macfarlane (Auckland). Men's Doubles. —X. Sturt (Auckland) and M. L. Lampe (Wanganui). ' Women s Doubles. —Mrs. Melody ,Wellington) and Mrs. Arneill (WhaDoubles. —Miss P. Miller anti . C Johns (Auckland). Girls' Singles.—Miss T. D. Xewton i ituckland). Boys' Doubles. —M. T. and J. S. Wilson (Auckland). Girls’ Doubles. — Misses Newton and kukutai (Auckland). FEW SURPRISES The matches were won according to .. nutation, the only surprises being the lefeat of ihe Misses Macfarlane and ' ' easy victory of A. C. Johns and uGs P Miller over the other Eden and Bosom" pail'. Morrison and Miss RamVy Remuera again proves itself the strongest club in the province, its re•esentatives winning both singles, hall of the men s doubles, and the boys’ <msles. Eden and Epsom had three nairs in the semi-final of the mixed n d two pairs in the final of the boys’ doubles. ... , The weather was still and hot. and rhe spectators again had reason to feel - rateful to the Auckland Eawn Tennis tssociatlon for the covered stand, [’added seats would be a big improvement. The' wise ones take cushions with them now. Bartleet won the Auckland title in 1527. being beaten last year by Laurene>n in the Miss Macfarlane won her title first in 1921. and she held it in 1924-5-6 and 3928. Norman Sturt won the doubles with Knott last year. bartleet wins Alan Stedman was plainly out to light to a finish against Bartleet. New Zealand champion, in the final of the men’s singles. Bartleet took service and found the other man’s length bothering him. He took the first two games after good rallies and then notched a love game on service to lead j o. Stedman sent down some beautiful drives to take the fourth game, and in the sixth he profited from the champion's outs, the score now being 4 2. Bartleet went down o—4o0 —40 on service, and lost the game, Stedman getting him on the run and finishing off with a neat volley. Plugging on to Stedman’s backhand, Bartleet .umc within a game of the set and in the last game lie went to the net to finish off. Stedman served with great pace to lead 2 —l in the second set, the colt getting applause for splendid oackhand placements. The champion evened with clinking cross-court drives and broke through service to take the fifth and sixth games, the score being 4—2 in his favour. Stedman led 40---0 on service and almost lost the game. Through sheer force of driving Bartleet notched the set 6—3. Stedman

was by no means .'lone and Bartleet’s *® n Sth let him down, the colt going out 3—l and retaining his advantage at Bartleet took three games on end «nd the title. MRS. MELODY BEATEM .Attractive tennis was played by Miss *iarjorie Macfarlane at the beginning the final against the Wellingtonian. Mrs. Melody, but she soon found that f t J re ®"P lac, sd cuts of the champion . were not easy to drive back. »nd she lagged 3—4. Here she settled «own, varying her drives with heady jobs to win Mrs. Melody’s serve and o come ahead 3—4. Serving well she *}®JJ out to 40—15 in the last game * the S€ t and took it with, the loss of °<w set point. in tv?* dropped the first game o the second set without gaining a Point and lagged I—2. but she caught j^’ r d Kanie of strenuous rallies to 3 j* The games were even again at ’ iss Macfarlane having found U8 « :f ul place. Mrs. Melody ai: 4 all, the eighth game oeing long and hard-fought. Cuts own the side lines were making the nonunion title holder run. Miss VAt*v. rlane broke through service to , 6 n * n th and on her own serve thf ! ed 40 — only to throw away a * two match points. She lost r before she took the title amid *PPlause. MEN'S DOUBLES FINAL laSo*® 11 ! 8 anc * Brinsden were found k y Lampe and Sturt in the first tor the men’s doubles final. The Re*t!i? ra Pair had already played a •jrenuous fine set match, and their JJJSf Jacked punch. Brinsden being a t^ K man before he went on the court. and Sturt were fresh and figlitJ* I®* 1 ®* their ground shots often being out * 1,16 other’s reach. They also reWelI » and hit high stuff hard. ”jrt ra n out in the rst se t. g—l. errors were less frequent on Griffiths’ iae in the next set. but they lost the sr * Wo Sames. Brinsden sent down ba^s to collect his service, and *ae remarkable recoveries of smashes. 4 —l- but dropped service. Jfnmths playing shrewd strokes. At aas stage the Remuera pair showed mpr° Ve( j f orni an< j thev went for high _ utT tQ even at i all, and then collected

tho nine game on Griffiths’s nasty serve. Sturt evened and led 6—5. but was stopped from getting the set. Griffiths’s serve gave him the advantage game, Brinsden walloping some sensational smashes, but Lampe took the 14th game, and broke through Brinsden’s serve to lead B—7. Down 15—40 on his serve Sturt recovered to take it and the set.

In the third set Griffiths played up splendidly and bright tennis came out of the struggle. Griffiths went ahead 3—l and was unlucky to lose his service after being 40 —0. He held the advantage to 4—3 and the eighth game was hard fought, Sturt eventually losing it with a double fault. Griffiths collected his service and the set. Sturt was then leading by two sets to one. Still playing gamely, Griffiths

and Brinsden made a fight of it to 4 all in the fourth, and they very nearly lost the ninth game. They came on top swiftly, winning the last two games. Sturt and Lampe would not be denied in the last set, and they had the edge all the way, the score going to 4—2 in their favour, and the set and match 6—3. MACFARLANES BEATEN Holes were found in the combination of Misses Marjorie and Marion Macfarlane by Mrs. Melody and Mrs. Arneill, after the Aucklanders had taken the first set. The one-up-o back game, successful for a while, let them down in the finish. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane played some great stuff overhead, her smashes being the most sensational strokes of the match. Games were fairly even to 2 all, and then the Auckland gyrls stepped out to 52. A slump followed, the visitors putting up handy lobs and cutting to the side-lines, to break through Miss Marjorie’s serve and even at 5 all. Volleying Well, and hitting overhead stuff hard, the Macfarlanes made no mistake about the next two games and the set. From I—2 in the second set the Macfarlanes Improved to 3—2. Sending down steady stuff and relying on lobs, the visitors evened and came ahead, 4 —3. Contested strenuously the games went to 5 all. where Miss Marion lost her service after several deuces, and the visitors collected a love game and the set to make the score one set all The final set gave the Macfarlanes a 2—l lead, but they failed before a steady attack, and were behind 2 4 and 3 —5. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane lost the service and the match. MIXED FINAL Four Eden and Epsom players appeared in the final of the mixed doubles Miss Pat Miller and Eli\ re Johns proved themselves superior to Miss Ramsay and Morrison, who did rot get going in the style they showed fn the semi-final. Miss Pat Miller •Ljru’n played a very nice game, her recoveries and lobbing being big factors in the win. Johns one of the shrewdest doubles rackets in the country, added points with his cross-court volleys and ' Sn Mfil e Delia Newton took things very easily all through the final of the Stria singles in which she met the other Maori girl, Miss Rukutai. Good tennis was played by both girls who have j, 11 the strokes. Games followed service in the first set to 3 all. when Miss Rukutai broke through to take the lead 6 —3. She took the set b—4, her forehand drive shooting down the side lines She was making the pace most the way. In the second set she was ahead" at 2—l and she ran out to V 3 only to drop back before the placid court-craft of Miss Newton. Miss Rukutai had the advantage, b—3, only to let the other girl get three games in a line. Her shrewd game ■-uve Miss Newton the third set to love, though the games were fairly even. Hiving plaved himself in on a previous round Fred Lucas came out to provide a good, and at times brilliant, displav of forceful tennis against the Varsity player. McDonald. Hitting his forehand to all parts of the court and sending his backhand back with pace Lucas took the first three games of the match McDonald was not playing exceptionally well, and he was netting all his overhead stuff. Lucas could not go wrong in the first set. In the second he led 4—l. but allowed McDonald to even. He never looked lik-. losing in the third, getting the first four games with his punched drives all of them carrying good pace and tin* i(■)*■,t the second, and in tnc tnira UCS. lobt m 40 __ 15 They lost two match points, and the game, after three deuces and allowed the other lads to catch up and take the match with an . advantage set Results: MEN'S SINGLES Fina l R. L. Bartleet beat A. C. Steelman, 6—3. 6—3. 6 4. MEN’S SINGLES, B GRADE Final.—F. Lucas beat A. H. McDonald, 61, 6—4, 6—l. WOMEN’S SINGLES . xiices Marjorie beat Mrs 1 ."Melody (Wellington). 6—4. 6—4. WOMEN’S DOUBLES Filrl l Mrs. Melody and Mrs. Arneill beat Misses Marjorie and Marion Macfar--11 ’ MEN'S DOUBLES x Sturt and At L Lampe t ,e a t E. w! Griffiths and H. Brinsden, b 1. 9—7, 3—6. 4—6, 6—o. MIXED doubles Final—Miss P. Miller and A. J°hn„s beat Miss * Ramsay and Morrison, b—■>, BOYS’ DOUBLES Semi-Final: Turner and Walton beat Spence and Bush, fr—o, 6—3-

Final —IST. T. and J. S. Wilson beat Turner anefr "Walton, 4 —6, 6—4, B—6. GIRLS’ SINGLES Final —Miss T. D. Xewton beat Miss Rukutai, 4b. S—~6, 6—o. CUPS PRESENTED After the final match, th© men’s doubles, Mr. T. E. Hickson, president of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association, congratulated the winners in a brief speech. Mrs. Arthur Goldie, wife of a prominent member of the association, who was in charge of the tournament, then presented the trophies, which included the Horne Gold Cup for th© men’s, the Sykes Cup for the women’s singles, and the Daisy Udy Cup for the girls’ singles. The president explained that the Udy Cup had been presented this year by the relatives of the late Mrs. Brown (Miss Daisy Udy), who had won the singles when she was under 21, and had been the first woman to win the three provincial titles at the one tournament. MAY SPEIRS AND ANGAS CANTERBURY FINALS Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The Canterbury provincial tennis championships were concluded to-day. The results are:— Men’s Singles—Final: C. Agnas beat T. W. Patterson, 6—o, 6—2. Women's Singles—Final: Miss M. Speirs beat Miss M. Wake, 6 —3, 6—3. Women's Doubles—Semi-final: Misses M. Wake and M. Andrew beat Mrs. Miles and Miss M. Sowden, 6—4, 2—6, B—6. Mixed Doubles—Final: Miss M. Andrew and I. A. Seay beat Miss M. Wake and J. H. W. Sheppard, 6 —4, S—6.