LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1922, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

dominion championships. OPENED IN FINE WEATHER. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, Last Night. The New Zealand lawn tennis championships opened this morning in. beautifully fine weather, although the courts were still somewhat heavy after recent rains. There are 237 - entries, made up by men’s singles 71. men’s doubles 38, ladies’ singles 36, ladies’ doubles 20, combined doubles 48, boys’ singles 12, and girls’ singles 16. Miss A. Howe, who took the girls’ singlea championship last year, made her first appearance in the ladies' singles this year against Miss S. Lance, of New South Wales, and she played in good form, winning the f’st set. Miss Lance, however, won the two remaining sets to love, but the score did not by any means indicate the closeness of the contest. Derails:— MEN’S SINGLES. (Best of five sets.) First Round.—C. C. Peacock won from <•. .1 Dickie by default; T. Kururangi won from J. F. Glaiville by default; N. H. Bull beat W. G. Martin 6—l, 6—3, 6—l. Second Round.—Schadrlck beat Denniston 6, 6—3, 5—7, G—3; Andrews beat Scott 6—o, 6—o, 6—l; Laurenson beat Milbum 6—0,'6—0, 6—o; Walker beat McDougall G—2, 6—4, 6—l; Howe beat Mackersey 6—o, G—o, 6—l; France beat Shaw 6—2, 6—l, G—2; Thompson won from Wilding by default; Swanson beat Harrop B—6, 5—7, 6—3, 6—l: Robson beat Griffiths 3—G, o—6, fl—2, 6—4, 6—2 ; Sims beat Young 6—o, 6—l, 8—1; Lampe beat Craigie 6—2, 6—o, 6—4. Third Round.—Laurenson beat Walker 6—3, 6—l, 6—l. MEN'S DOUBLES. (Best of five acts.) First Round. —France and France beat Young and Young B—2, 6—3, B—6 : J. T. Laurenson and G. Ollivier beat A. Campbell and J. Stainton G—4. G—o, 6—3 ; Goss and Greenwood beat Oakley and Milburn 4—6, 6—3, 6 —4, 7—5 ; Pearse and Edmondson beat Clark and Johns 4—6, B—6, I—6, 6—4, 6—o; Richard and Craigie beat Bail and Powdrell B—6, G—l, 6—3. Second Round.—Peacock and Sims beat Martin and Welch 6—l, 6—l, 6—2; Denton and Field beat Maitland and Cowan 6—4, 7—5, 6—4. LADIES’ SINGLES. (Best of three sets.) First Round.—Miss S. Lance (New South Wales) beat Miss A. Howe (Wellington) 2—6, 6—o, 6—o; Miss N. Lloyd beat Miss D. M. Champion 6—o, 6—2: Miss MacLaren beat Miss Ballantyne 6—2, 3—G, 6—4; Miss Gray beat. Miss Hassall G—o, 6—o. Second Round. —Miss Macfarlane beat Mrs. Brown 6—o, 6—2; Miss Wellwood beat Miss Harris 7—5, 6~-2; Mrs. Green beat Miss Welsh 6—o, 6—4; Mrs. Melody beat Miss Dart 6—l. 6—o: Mrs. Hodgas beat Miss Dallas 6—l, 6—l. LADIES’ DOUBLES. (Best of three sets.) First Round.—Mrs. Scott Watson and Miss Payton beat Miss K. Dallas and Miss N. Fannin B—l. 7—5; Mrs. Lascelles and Miss A. Gray beat Misses Onniond and Cato 6—2, 6—4; Mrs. Goldie and Mrs. Parkinson beat Mrs. McMurray and Miss McMurray 6—2, 7—5; Misses Craig and Clark beat Misses Beard and Cochrane 6—l, 6—l. Second Round.—Mrs. Hodges and Miss Mac* fariane beat Mrs. Bree and Miss Stevens 6—3, 6—4. COMBINED DOUBLE'S. First Round.—Miss Fenwick and Lampe won by default ; Miss Gray and Griffiths beat Mrs. Hume and Martin 6—2, 0. Second Round.—Mrs. Peacock and Peacock beat Miss Lee and Melody 6—l, 6—4; Miss Lloyd and Allison beat Miss Welsh and McDougall 6—2, 6—3 ; Mrs. Melody and Wallace beat Mrs. Watson and Shaw 5—7, 6—o, 7—5. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS. ALTERATION IN CONDITIONS DESIRED. Received Dec. 23, §.5 p.m: By Telegraph.—Press Association, London, Dec. 22. Wallis Myers, writing in the Dally Telegraph, says in consequence of the visit by Slocum, United States delegate to the International Lawn Tennis Conference, the title of the world's championships is now claimed by Wimbledon, and will probably be handed back to the International Federation, which, It is hoped, will scrap it. As a. result there will be a strong contingent of American players to compete at Wimbledon in 1923. Though the Davis Cup zoning will assist the smaller and poorer' countries, the matter of expenditure must inevitably restrict the richest flow of international lawn tennis. It will mean if Australian, New Zealand and Canadian players elect to play in the American zone they must come to Wimbledon Independently. Similarly, British teams will not be able to visit the Dominions except as final challengers, involving a prior triumphant visit to America. The better plan would be to hold the Davis Cup competition every two years in order to alternate the year’s available interchange of Dominions and British teams, or an Anglo-Amer-ican match. It is understood this is acceptable to most countries. Mr. Myers opposes the International Conference’s proposed alteration of the rules to sanction ten minutes’ rest in the course of women’s three-set and men’s five-set matches. He Is of opinion that the requisite twothirds majority on the Lawn Tepnis Association is unlikely to support such Intervals in matches played in England.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.