LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 26 February 1912, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

THE DAVIS CUP. ' v »$ By Cable—Presa Association—Copyr,igafis Received 26, 1.10 a.m. ' J§ Sydney, February £5, V M The secretary of the Tennis Assocfcil tiom has received America's ch*llenge."fnl| ike Davis Cup. , *^M TARANAKI TOURNAMENT. ,' 'I

MISS BREWSTER RETAINS THE '*s| CHAMPIONSHIP. ,'\sf| , By Telegraph—Press Asswiatioa. ■ Waverley, Saturday Niglit.' .'^gf The tennis tournament was brought to v J|| a most successful conclusion' this eVehfS ing, splendid weather prevailing throug£-'l|| out the day. The finals saw some splen-*'||| did play, no walk-over victories place. Results:— ' 7 ]M MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. ;M . Semi-final.—A. Wallace" beat R. Wy-< M bourne, 6—2, 6—4; Cliff Dickie beat Q$M J. Nicholson, 5—7, 6—3, 6—3. This was., m an extremely fine game, Nicholson play-fjjl ing a plucky losing The final be-.\l-l tween-Wallace and, Dickie will be oi Saturday. .*& MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES;-.^ Completion of second round: Dick\e/j|| and Wallace beat Nicholson and Web'ster;xi| ft-1, 6-2. • The New Plymouth men>3| were outclassed, but played a, game. Nieholson was noi quite up- Ve«jj form. Hunter and Wybourne beat F*f| Wallace and J. Daniell, I—€, &-4,' 7—."s£|| Senmi-fiMal.—Dickie and Wallace be&'iwjl Powdrell Bros., <H>. &—6| R. and Wybourne beak M. Hunter and P. Wjil'sH bourne, /Pinal.—Dickie and Wallace beat Wy-Jli bour*e Bros., 6—3, 6—3. This great game, full of incident. .o;|§ LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP JM Completion of second round: MrsS||| Payne beat Miss Beckett, 6—l, 6~2." Ji *fl| Final.—Miss Brewster beat Mrs. Payne,jJ|| 6—oyoVO. This proved,an easy victoiOT|||| for the New Plymouth lady, who tirejfiji out her older opponent. Miss Brewsjje«i|| retains the championship. '. {%Wm LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEB^:-!S Final.—Mrs. Payne and Miss Powdr#l§||§ beat Misses Thomson, 6—2, ♦—l. TlipM wae also pluckily contested by the losew?fl|l COMBINED CHAMPIONSHIP \fW DOUBLES. ' : Mffl Second Round.—Wallace and Mis£f|| Dickie beat Webster and Miss 6—2, 6—2; Griffiths and Miss beat Lampe and Mrs. Gordon, 6—4, Clif. Dickie and Mrs. Payne beat 'JMJS| Daniell and Mrs. Mitcalfe, 6—2, 6—4.' '"SH Semi-final.—Wallace and Miss Diokieffi beat Griffiths and Miss Simpson, 6—IS! 6—2. ~ ' -';sl| The final will be played on Saturday. tlB COMBINED HANDICAP DOUBLES, ?Wm Final.—Webster and Miss (owe 6) beat Van Asch and Missl§| Btrachan (rec. 40), 80—45. ■