LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS.

(Ey FOOIFAIILT.Jt ' ""*,;-'*"'' ';.'."-■.': "nsrCKES,"* : "" ■■;.■-••;- ■; WeHington ProriacSat Cbampiouahtp, at JCaxterton, jfanuarj- 22 aixf Zfc Dan-oerlrke—January 22, 23, and Z*. Ancfclaod January 24, 23, and rfl. lirst two rfays at Kemnera 13-*ns, and last day at Eaen and Bpsom. /iiirrfcrand v. Taranalrf JnterproTfncial Itatch—Sionse time darlns Ee&rnary. The chief talk in tennis circles is now about the Auckland championahipa. I would remind playera that entries close at 5 p.m. an Thursday next with the ftoit. swrretery, care of Box 733, 0.P.0. Play will com-mence on Sacttcrday nc-ci, at the iJenraera lawns, Jiferket RoauL The ladies will b<: called upon at 10 sun., and, although the men's matches are set down to commence at I pjjnv, any pfayer» able to play during the* morning ■wo-old greatly help the committee by atte-nding. I have beard some men complaining about the preliminary rounds of the singles and donb-tea being only the best of three seta. The committee disrarased this matter fally, bat it was foond that the thne available wonld not permit any longer notches. X tlrmk if oar players "went down Soutß at all they wonld get rather a rude shock at the shortness of. some ~of the .championship con-testa. I uoiiced, for instance, tkifc at tbe recent Pahuctsa tournament t4ie championahip singles waa tbft best of 21 games. Very few of the championship events at "theee Southern tonrnamenta are ever more than three sets. The- five-set matches are aft right when a man is only called upon to play one or two matches in one day, bat w&en the totn-nament 'has to be eonrp&tcd in three daji there are any ariionntt of occasions when a man will be called tjpon to play straight- on after a match. Tbe advocates at five-act matches arguftthat a. man need not- be iii good training for a tEj-t-e-eefe'coh'teat* but let these "people" play say more than 10 aeta in any one 3ce how fit they are at the end. Tim variona club. lawns have again been very bnsy during the past week, and the cspportnnity has -be<rti taken by players to posh on their club matches. Some of the elnbs are having difficulty in. getting off events owing to the absence of players. Those clnbe who adopted the system of taking one or two events at a time and finishing them right off I are not finding the system too aatisfac-l -tory. The: entries received - far the; events are much smaller than in past seaaona. From what I have of the two systems, I should greatly favour the old one of closing entries lor all events early in J-Toverober and declaring aft.l'andle'ifttf then." -3Chie gives a player tift opporteaity, if Jiis; opponent.in one court Iβ riot available, of -playing in some other match. Under the new way once a man is:out of the event be baa to wait till the handicaps are out for tbe next event. The whole secret Ties : in having a good man m charge of the matches. If he is lax to start/with,, players take advantage of it, and -ptxfc off their matches until the last possible moment, and. then something crops up v> prevent the match being played, and so another delay takes place. It is an ej-taiordinary thing how, ■ in-every club, you will find people who seem to do their level best to give the committee all the bother they" possibly can. They never think for one moment of doing any tiling to help- "Oiese" fionqrary-; officers; - Such a thing as recording the result of a match is far too much to ask of thcee TT 1 "- ,: Tl "'f* ih r' , - *^^-**"-r--f-TTH3| L

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