DONOHOE’S GREAT WIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 928, 22 March 1930, Page 13

DONOHOE’S GREAT WIN

KALMS DEFEATED IN BRIGHT TENNIS AUSTRALIANS SUPREME Easily the brightest tennis of the open invitation tournament conducted at Stanley Street by the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association was seen when C. J. Donohoe gained supremacy over F. E. Kalms in a men’s singles semi-final yesterday** afternoon. The match was a great success for Donohoe, and, on the run of the play, the tall Australian deserved his win. His strokes were cleaner-cut than those by Kalms, and the leader of the Australian touring team was not able to beat Donohoe down. Donohoe settled down to swift action sooner than Kalms and quickly' established a lead in the first set. Kalms persevered with a more deliberate plan of action and overtook Donohoe On the number of games. There was one particularly fine rally’ which gave Kalms a game. Donohoe, by long-driving, had kept bis opponent well back and he suddenly’ hit a short ball. So confident was Donohoe that Kalms would not reach the ball that he turned round to walk back to take the next serve. Kalms raced up the court and hit the ball past the unsuspecting Donohoe. It was bright play’. Donohoe’s rapid changes in placement won him the first set, 6—3. At the beginning of the second set, he appeared to tire 4nd Kalms kept his opponent racing up and down the baseline. Kalms gained the lead and every’thing pointed to his taking the set when Donohoe, by doggedness and sustained vigour, won game after game. Kalms played several hasty and costly strokes near the end. SPROULE’S SIMPLE WIN Auckland’s hopes of having a representative in the final—badly shattered by the Australians’ simple wins in the preliminaries— were quashed by C. Sproule’s win over Edgar Bartleet, 6—o, 6—2, in the other semi-final. Bartleet was not entirely up to his usual game but Sproule undoubtedly’ outgeneralled the Aucklander. Bartleet could make nothing of Sproule’s judgment in the first set, but he made a valiant effort in the opening of the second. This effort soon petered out and Sproule had no difficulty in winning.

Bartleet won great favour from the gallery with his defeat of the other Australian, J. T. Teague, in the third round. The Aucklander played a much sounder game than that against Sproule. His tactics were fully tested when he was extended, 7 —5, in the second set.

In the late afternoon, the Australians captured the semi-finals of the men’s doubles. Sproule and Donohoe dismissed Bartleet and E. W. Griffiths, 6 —l, 6 —4, without great trouble, but Norman Sturt and A. C. Stedman made an impressive showing against Kalms and Teague. The young Aucklanders combined excellently and their play improved after their loss, 6—3, in the first set. By brisk, free play they carried the second set to 7—5.

The semi-finals of the women’s singles worked out according to tournament form. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane defeated Miss Potter decisively, but Miss B. Knight had a harder match with Miss Ruth Taylor.

In the doubles, Miss J. Ramsay and Mrs. Napier had an excellent win from Misses Marjorie and Marion Macfarlane. In the other match, the consistent partnership, Mrs. Scott-Watson and Miss Pat Miller, won from Misses Knight and Whitelaw.