TOURNEY CONTINUES.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 11

TOURNEY CONTINUES.

BADMINTON TITLES. LAST EVENING’S PLAY. HIGH STANDARD MAINTAINED. The Waikato badminton championships were continued in the Bledisloe Hall last evening, when the play was again of a high standard. In the A grade section the matches generally proceeded as expected and both Fow and Dempster won their singles matches in straight sets. The men’s doubles produced some of the best badminton of the tournament to date, and in a strenuous three-set encounter Lewis and Wright just managed to out-last 'Skeet and Miller. In the ladies’ singles Mrs Y'endell had an easy win over Miss Aitken, while in the combined doubles Fow and Miss Edmondson were taken to three sets bv Crawford and Miss Pilling. Skeet and Miss Fow won narrowly from Gower fnd Miss Dempster. Following were the results: — A Grade Championship. Men's Singles—Fow beat Fear, 15 li, 15 —9; Johnston beat Crawford, 15—7, 15—7; Lewis beat Collins, 15 —9, 15 —5; Dempster beat Gower, 15 —9, 15—11. Ladies’ Singles—Mrs Yendell beat Miss Aitken, 11 —5, 11 —4. Men’s Doubles —Gower and Dempster beat Owsley and Macklow, 15 —3. 18—J6; Johnston and Crawford, beat Clough and Russell, 11 —15, 15 —5, 15—6: Lewis and Wright beat Skeet and Miller, 15 —11, 7—15, 18—17. Combined Doubles —Fow and Miss Edmondson beat Callis and Miss Sorby, 15—9, 15 —12; Fow and Miss Edmondson beat Crawford and Miss Pilling. 15—18, 15—7, 15 —6; Skeet and Miss Fow beat Gower and Miss Dempster, 18 —14, 10 —15, 18—15. B Grade Championships. Men’s Singles—Granville beat Sutcliffe, 21—13; Fell beat Walker, 21— 18; Innes beat Cox, 21—10. Ladies’ Singles—Alias Rogers bent Miss Street, 15—5; Mrs Cox beat Miss Johnston, 15—6. Semi-final: Miss Aitken heat Miss Johnston, 15—5. Men’s Doubles —Collins and Lamb beat Good and Sutcliffe,* 21—-f»; Feil and Dickie beat Weatherell and Wylde. 21—9. Ladies’ Doubles—Mrs Cox and Miss Cox heat Misses Rogers and Holmes, 21—9; Misses Aitken and Clough beat Misses Hepburn and Bree, 21—2. C Grade Championships. Men’s Singles—Clague beat Stewart, 21—19; Rekl beat Speedy, 21—13; Skeet beat Ward, 21—5; Cann beat Crabb, 21—7; Seccombe beat Ward, 21—li; Houchen beat Keeling, 21— 11; Neely beat Yendell, 21—15; Neely beat Houchen, 21—12. Ladies Singles—Miss Findlay beat Miss Mole, 15—14; Miss Ray beat Miss Brown. 15—14; Miss Woolford beat Miss Newell, 15—7. Men's Doubles—Crabb and Walker beat Cann and Williams, 21—20; Clague and Walker beat Horn and 8r00k,226;1 —6; Thomas and Ward beat Skeet and Carson, 21—17. Ladies’ Doubles—Misses Robinson and Ray beat Mrs Linsley and Mrs Wylde, 21—11; Misses Ladd and Kirk beat Misses Newell and Brown, 21—11; Mrs McLean and Miss Caldcrwood beat Misses B. and J. Mole, 21 —4. Semi-final: Misses Woolford and Cox beat Misses Ladd and Ivirk, 21—8. Combined Doubles —Carson and Mrs McLean beat Morris and Miss Billings, 21—5; Speedy and Miss Matthews beat Walker and Miss Mole, 21—12; Cann and Miss Greville beat Carson and Mrs McLean, 21—12; Choat and Miss Cox beat Brooks and Miss Hubert, 21—8. Handicaps. Men’s Singles—Skeet beat Horn, 21—10; BJekey beat Thomas, 21—9; Granville beat Brooke, 21—12; Reid beat Houchen. 21—9; Williams beat Y'endell, 21—4; Fear beat Martin, 21 —l2. Men’s Doubles—Henry and Reid beat Horn and Brook. 21—15; Clough and Russell beat Walker and McCoskrie, 21 —18; Speedy and Seccombe beat Clague and Walker,226;1 —6; Feir and Y'endell beat Wylde and Weatherell, 21—3; Martin and Collins beat Neeley and Morris, 21—8; Lamb and Wright beat Callis and Tanner, 21— 1 13. Ladles’ Doubles—Misses Holmes and Rogers beat Misses Bree and Hepburn. 21—3; Misses Aitken and Clough heat Misses Fow and Johnston, 21—13; Misses Sorby and Cox beat Mrs Llnles and Mrs Wylde, 21—15; Misses Holmes and Rogers beat Miss Pilling and Mrs Johnston, 21—20. Combined Doubles—Burch and Miss Dempster beat Weatherell and Miss Wild, 21—12; Reid and Mrs McLean beat Cann and Miss Greville. 21—2 ft; Collins and Miss Cox beat Neeley and Miss Newell, 21 —9. SATURDAY SPORTS. SPECIAL EDITION OF TIIVIEB. REPORT OF FIRST RUGBY TEST. The usual Eight o’Clock Edition of the Waikato Times will be published to-morrow evening, In addition to the special edition whloh will be published about 8.30 p.m., with a report of the first Test match between New Zealand and South Africa. The Eight o’clock Edition will also contain a full report of play In the Test at Wellington, and there will appear as well results of the concluding day’s events In tho Grand National meeting at Riccarton, and a report of the Rugby League match, Australia v. New Zealand, at Auckland. Reports of competition Rugby, Soccer, and hockey games In the district will bo included In the Eight o’clock Edition, In addition to the latest general news. A European rubber planler recently : mine unexpectedly on a tiger. Ilis legs, he said, seemed lo be glued lo jibe ground, and lo- was without anv weapon. After sniffing round him. the liger amble.l away, leaving him with Ihe reputation of I lie man whom a liger failed lo move. . For InHucui* Colds,