LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 299, 10 May 1913, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

WILDING. American Lawn Tennis of March 15 gives the following interesting paragraph:—"As American Lawn Tennis goes to press, the New York daily papers are full of the reported marriage of Anthony F. Wilding, the famous New Zealander, and present English champion, and Miss Maxine Elliott. The marriage w.asl said said to have taken place at Nice on Friday, March 14. The report, which still lacks confirmation, is interesting, by reason of the bearing it may have on Wilding's threat to give up serious tennis."' Miss Maxine Elliott will be remembered as the beauty actress whr toured Newr Zealand a few years ago ir the Nat Goodwin company. RICE AND JONES. Rice and Jones have arrived in the United States, and after a hit up on hard courts at San Francisco the Americans who watched have, come to the conclusion that the Australasian representatives are dangerous opponents. Our players did not remain long on the Pacific Coast, but hurried off to' New York, where they will prepare for the big event " THE JAP. ■'-- At the championship meeting in Calcutta the final of the men's singles went ,to a Japanese player. He was very skilful, and played accurate.as well as hard tennis right through the draw. This Jap champion is a modest little fellow, and liis win was popular. What would happen if he one day appeared at Wimbledon and carried away the All-England .championship?

PARKE v. BROOKES. '""•• A. E. Beamish, of the British Isles )avis Cup team, says, in a letter writen to the London Field, that Parke is ! ery keen to meet Brookes again in. a ye-set match, and believes that he can ;at him. Beamish's own opinion, howler, is that Parke would not' beat lookes more than once out of ten times, Brookes to be fit enough to fly his game. One would almost think tit Beamish belonged to .the city on tl banks of the Yarra. A colonial writer opinion, however, is that Parke is sui a fine out-and-out athlete that he wild, when fit and well, give Brookes allie wanted every time; and it is an opt question who would win in a fivesetpatch, if Parke reproduced the form he wwed when he defeated Brookes in thejDavis Cup match at Melbourne. Brojes may have thought out a way, to "ice. the Irishman's attack, but until thejhieet again, Parke must be looked "pons Brookes' superior in a regulation five-i- match.