TURNING THE TABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 307, 24 December 1912, Page 7

TURNING THE TABLES.

BRITISH TENNIS PIATEP.S. SOME WINS FOR NEW ZEALANDERsJ The nio-l gratifying features of the' tenn.s m-Hcic between the vi-itin_r British !>'.';- I lip team and the four selected New Zee.landers. concluded after the "isar" ii.i.l -one to press yes tenia v afternoon on the Eden and _-* r _. o :.i court-. Au-.'kland, were the success of Ollivier .champion of New Zealand)' against Lowe, an! the win of Ollivier and Fir-her against Beamish and Lowe (Englan.l, in their double* match. On Saturday, when tlie c0in,.,;., were cornmen.-!, the Britishers »u.-cceded at each time oi asking. They wire fre-h from l |;*V lv *\' Stories m Aunralia. and the >•••■ /".u.indcrs had not been ible to measure stroke with -,],..,„. yesterday, ho-v-.-r, tne Dominion rcpresentati'-es Show, ! t.iat they had profited b, tbe.r expericn.-es oi Saturday U-t. and. apart fro.ii the .T.-i.t.ib.e victories they were able to s.ore. the tennis was -renerally oi .1 Miuc-i brighter standard, "a la-o'e proportion of the *pect.i tors—nearly LOOK—remained until after the List -an,, late in tbe afternoon. ULLI\ lEX AND FISHER WIN. Tie lir-t doubles match of the day was between Ollivier (New Zealand eh im pioni an Fisher, on the one hand, and Beamish and Lowe I England lon tinother. Lowe won his service after three deuces, ar.d OUivier did the same on beha-f of the New Zealand pair, makin--the games one ai!. Beamish met with two douce, in his service, the second being or-a-;oned In a double fault. T:ien a third deuce occurred. and another double fault gave the -amp away. NewZealand. 2— 1. Fisher won his" service and =o did Lowe. 3-2. Ollivier won his, and Keamk-h did likewise after two tieuces. A double fault had preceded the last deuce. Fisher won the succeeding service, and Beamish the next, leavino the Now Zemlanders an advantage of 5—4. Ollivier ran his service up to 40 love. «hen a double fault en-ued. His next serve was returned, but with a neat cross drive the New Zealand champion placed it beyond reach, and so took game and set. o—4.

In the next bout the Britishers secured a love gime from Beamish'S serve, and New Zealand followed suit off Fisher's serve—l all. Lowe won his service after deuce had been called, as did also Ollivier after _ triple deuce—2 all. Beimish wop his service, and the visitors also secured the next from Fisher, giving them the advantage by 4—2. Lowe's turn added to the Britishers' score, while tbe benefit of (>ilivier"s went to the Dominion man. =*— 3. Beamish served, and went to 30 love before the local man scored Beamish took the next stroke by smashing a 100. to which Ollivier repiied with an effective corner drive. In the next stroke Beamish, playing from the back line, found a corner neatly after a lone interchange, and the set went to the En° lishmen. G—:j.

fn the third set Fisher won his servi.v. and Beamish hi?—l all. So i; wen' on up to 4 all. At this stage the KngJishmen collared Fisher's serve, to which the New Zealanders curiously enough replied !,-.- taking Beamish's—."> all. oilivier took his. and in did I.owe after three deuce-. Then Kngl.mil took Fisher's serve, .i-i l ,„„.,. more the local men retaliate.; in ~ ; o ve game off Beamish—7 :l!i - -'- I'•"'• game .vent to Ollivier, and the New X, .lander- finished up a great exhibition liy rapturing Lowe's service, tosrelher with set and match. 0-7. Ollivier"- judgment in forehand and backhand .irivrs from the back line was great, and Ms ground work was also 'good. Fisher -,v.:- no: so reliable, but time "after time he confused the opposition with Lis neat placing. The English representative- were -up, rior in combination. DIXON V. PEACOCKE. Tlie match between Dixon and Peacocke iiiid one great merit —it served as 1 a splendid exhibition of Dixon's placing! game. The English captain was evi-l dentlv in good form, and he made it quite | evident from tlie first that he would out-j genera! hi.- opponent. I'eaeocke, however, had the advantage in the earlier ! part .->-; the game, aud. after "two all"! Was called, annexed the next two games.l the last one to love : Dixon took the! next four straight, winning the set, C —4. In the second set. Dixon had Peacocke; running all the time. So completely i did lie have him in hand that Peac-ocke secured only one ace during the set, al- j though, in most cases, it was not until! after a fairly lons rally that he was out-j placed. He could not score, however,; and the set went to Dixon. C—o. , PARKE DISMISSES FISHER. i The meeting of Parke and Fisher was] brief and convolving. The visitor wrested I tile New Zealand captain's opening scr- ! vice after deuce had been called six limes. I Each player lost his serve up to 3 — i in ; favour of the Britisher. Fi-.-her having : taken Parke's last tn love. Parke won 1 his next after den c. and took Fisher's j after 15—40. In Parke's next the s Cn re : "•'"en: ro 40—lo, when an unplayable | drive gave him game and set. 'i— 'l. A brisk opening characterised the second -et. three donees being called before IMrke won Fisher"- service. The •"'ngii-hman then went right on up to .**> ye. his long hard drves and irresistible smt-he- being superb, Kii-her <-ai:g:il him napping, however, in hi- third service, which went to the local player after lo — 40. r. -I. [levee resulted in Fisher's next, and he won it by a prelty cross stroke. .",- 2. Parke drove f".:riou.-.!y in his next serve, and playing from tho back line ran out co_nfon.il.lv with ".he set. g'.ir-. and match. 0- -. 11" must have been in hi- very best form. DIXON •,"■!: I'".;; KM V. PEACOCKE AND SWAN-TUN. one. ,ii :. ~;: hough '.h- result was as expc*:.i. ■'.'•■ Ki. jli-hii.-n did no; have it ail ti, -lr own way. I':i • • had even i-ss than •.!..■ -■,•!,- Would indicate. Peacock i " ;v i'.ic first serve, but only secured re i c. The nc\" game. Dixon serving. >"•■!,! fi deuce nine times, the New Zealim! r- annexing it. and also the nr--i- ;r, ;..,-,.. Thr ill iva< called, the game- .i, ug to .**>- ::. 5—4. and ti—l in lr. th? -.crond «et the 'oca! men quickly esuidi-he.l a lead of M—love, and then each -. !.. se-ur»d a love game. 4—l. The Englishmen commenced to press their Opponents inexorably, and steadily an-n<-x■ .1 _r.ime after game, until they turned an apparently 'hop-less position into a ivinr.ir.j one, finally going rut 7 — 5. Th 1:- re ..verv in the second set was a epien.ll.! lllus-ration of th.- stamina and endurance of the players. As regards actual play, they did not show any marked -.uperioritv over their opponents. Dixon's placing ability was not so pronounced as in his singles game, and he played harder than against Peacocke. Parke's lightning drive was also a feature of the match. The two New Zealanders played very consistently, al-

though tbey were scarcely brilliant. They went oil somewhat, however, to-1 wards the end. I EXHIBITION SET. \ After the liual match', an exhibition' game of one set was played between Parke and Dixon, the former winning, ti—.">. The spectators were frequently created to Parke's lightning Irish drive, which Dixon, by the style of his play, rather encouraged than otherwise. -\".tcr the game the spectators gave three hearty cheers for the visitors. —