LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1921, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS.

TARANAKI TOURNAMENT. THIRD DAY’S PLAY. SOME FINALS DECIDED. j The Taranaki Lav,a Tennis AesoclationA; tournament was cont.-?7«-'<* on the New Pl? • mouth Club’s courts « Saturday in fin* ; weather, though a slrtt*;; wind at times mo/- 1 ' • play difficult. As er. first two days th*..courts were kept and spier gdld progress was nindfi d Ute finals: *being decided. It wa* loam’; tmpossrole. how-? ever, to complete SXrals, four being; left for to-day. In the eveata. Miss Payton, had' no difficulty in enneiing the ladles’ sla-; gles, defeating Mrfe. S'stiitts. otf Hawera. in thej semi-finals by wad Miss Maefarlane, of Auckland, is. the finals toy o—o,' 6—l. The final ladies’ champlor-abip :■ idoubles wtoveil' ?- «')>xaewha.i unexpected vic-? i tory for A, Xrewster (New Plymouth) ■ ■and Mlsd N. ’s>v<*am?ck (Auckland), who de-i i feated M(s> ?A’.. Payton and Miss Maxj&rlo) I Maufarianer f.ancki&nd) It two straight eeta. • J There were many long reiliea in this cnatdi, I j and t'ro very fine play drew applause from ■, the spectators The winners played accttrate i tenuis, and combined splendidly, the good ■ baseline play of Mis* B’-ewster and Miss Me- i Corn-lick’s clever not sroxk being the outstanding features of the game. ! Jn the semi-finaiß of. the men’s A. • - Wallace defeated R. D./ WyLourne after two ■ ' closely contested games, amS A. W. Sims. cC 1 ! Hamilton, beat Duncan, of Palmerston North' J 6—-1, 6—4, after the latter had led by S—i ! tn the second set. The final between Wallace : j and Sims this morning shcuW t?s r good- ; match. In the semi-final of the anen’s doubles ■ ArclMH? and Sims beat Nicholson and Webster • after a very close struggle, whilst WaUaco ’ tuxd Dickie defeated FowdrelV and McDonald 5 after a very lengthy game (I—3, 17—75, ths ’ last set being very strenuously cooteste’S- ; ?ewareli and McDonald Jed at 4—2, bty their ? opponents leveUed up at 4—4. Then each won • sitemats gamaa until the score was 14 all, i when raw-lreii and McDonald took the next • game, but Wa'laeo and Dickie again levelled ! up, and wlunlng the next two, took the set ; sad the match. Despite this strenuous game, ; Wallace played s great game in the com- • blned doubles with Mrs. Wallace against M.'ss i McCormicV and E. W. Griffiths, tie Aucldand- ; ers winning by TMi, 6—3, and they will • play off with Miss Brewster and Nicholson ; this afternoon. j In the handicap matches finality was reached in. the singles, the A grade being won by C. Tate, of Waltnra, and the B grade by • Bennett, also ctf Waitara, whilst the unen’s : doubles were won by Bloxam and King, and j the ladies’ doubles by Mrs. Smith and Miss ' Whittington. In tho ladies’ singles. Miss Frethey plays Miss McCormick, and the winner plays Mrs. Ryder. Detailed results are:— 1 X CHAMPIONSHIPS. MEN’S SINGLES. A. Wallace beat Dr. Fookes 6—2, 6*—o; Duncan beat L. Curtis 6—l, 2—6, 7—5; Wybourne beat Dickie 6—4, 6—2. Semi-finals. A. Wallace (Waverley) beat R. D. Wybourne (Waverley) 6—3, B—4; A. W. Sims (Hamilton) beat Duncan (Palmerston North) 6—l, 6—4. MEN’S DOUBLES. Semi-finals. Archer and Sims beat Nicholson and Webster 7—5, 6—3; Wallace and Dickie defeated Powdrell and McDonald 6—3, 17—15. LADIES’ SINGLES. Semi-final. Miss Payton beat Mrs. Smith 6—o, 6—2. Final. Miss Payton (Auckland) beat Miss Macfarlane (Auckland) 6—o, 6—l. LADIES’ DOUBLES. Final. Misses Brewster (New Plymouth) and McCormick (Auckland) beat Misses Macfarlane and Payton (Auckland) 6—3, 6—4. COMBINED DOUBLES. Miss Brewster and Nicholson beat Miss Payton and Dickie 6—3, 2—6, 6—3; Mrs. Wallace and Wallace beat Miss Rundle and Archer 7—5, 3—6, 6—l; Miss McCormick and E. W. Griffiths beat Miss Higvins and Pownall 6—o, 6—o. Semi-finals. Miss Brewster and Nicholson beat Miss Carruth and C. B. Webster 6—o, 6—l; Miss McCormick and E. W. Gr'ffitts beat Mrs. Wallace and Wallace 7—5, *6—3. • HANDICAP EVENTS. MEN’S AGRADE SINGLES. T. Simpson, rec. 1-6 15, beat G. Pownall, owe 15, 9—4; A. R. Ryder, scr., beat E. B Davies, rec. 15, 9—6; E. Griffiths, scr„ beat Ruthenford, owe 15, 9—4. Semi-finals. Tate, rec. 15, beat T, Siimpson, rec. 1-6 15, 9— 7; E. Griffiths, scr., beat Ryder, acr., 9—7. Final. Tate (Waitara) rec. 15, beat E. Griffiths (New Plymouth) scr., 9—4. B GRADE. Semi-final, E. Turner, owe 15, beat E. Shaw, rec. 1-6 Final. L Bennett (Waitara) rec. 3-6 15, beat E. Turner, owe 15, —7. MEN'S DOUBLES. X E. W. Griffiths and T. Clark, owe 15 1-6, beat Wybourne and Duncan, scr., 9—7; Bosworth and Shearer, rec. 15, beat Dr. Fookes and Grant, rec. 15 2-6, 9—4; Colson and Wynyard, rec. 15 4-6, beat Powdrell and McDonald, owe 30, 9—‘s. Semi-finals. Wynyard and Colson, rec. 15 4-6. beat Bosworth and Shearer, rec. 15, 9—2; Bloxam and King, rec. 15 1-0, beat Rutherford and Blennerhassett, rec. 15 2-6, 9—4. Final. Bloxam and King (New Plymouth) rec. 15, beat Wynyard and Colson (New Plymouth) rec. 15 4-6, 9—4. LADIES’ HANDICAP SINGLES. Miss Frethey, rec. 15, beat Miss Clark, rec. 15, 7—l; Miss McCormick, owe 30 1-6, beat Miss Whittington, scr., 7—3; Miss Simpson, owe 30, beat Miss Rockel, rec. 15 1-6, 7^—4; Miss Frethey, rec. 15, beat Miss Walker, rec. 15 1-6, 7—2; Miss Brewster, owe 30, beat Miss Greatbatch, scr., 7— 3; Miss McCormick, owe 40, beat Miss Simpson, owe 30, 7—l. Semi-final. \ Mrs. Ryder, rec. 15, beat Miss Brewster owe 40, 7—4. LADIES’ HANDICAP DOUBLES. Misses Greatbatch and Leatham, scr., beat Misses Brewster and Rundle, owe 40, 7—4; Miisses Winfield and Rockel, rec. 15 1-6, beat Mrs. Knapp and Miss Frethey, rec. 15 2-6, Semi-finals. Mrs. Smith and Miss Whittington, scr., beat Misses Greatbatch and Leathaim, scr.. 7—4: Misses Winfield and Rockel, rec. 15 1-6, z beat Misses Macfarlane and Payton, »owe 50, 7—6. Final. Mrs. Smith and Miss Whittington, scr., beat Misses Winfield and Rockel, rec. 15 1-6, 7 —5. TO-DAY’S PLAY. The tournament will be brought to a conclusion to-day, when spectators should be treated to some brilliant tennis, as there are three championship finals to decide. la the morning, at 10 o'clock, Wallace (WaV\

erley) and Sims (Hamilton) will fight out the final of the singles, best of five sets, whilst in the afternoon, at 2 o’clock, Wallace and Dickie will meet Archer and Sims in the final of the men’s doubles, best of five sets, and Miss Brewster and Nicholson will meet i Miss McCormick and E. W. Griffiths in the final of the combined. In the morning, at 10 o’clock, Miss Freihey meets Miss McCormick in the semiof the ladies’ handicap' singles, tho win■“'■i't meeting Mrs. Ryder in the final.