LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 25, 29 January 1921, Page 14

LAWN TENNIS.

Proba'My the event of <rreatest loeaJ . interest, last week was the inter-cWb I matches. It was popularly expected i that the present pennan-t holders, j Re-m-nera. wo.:iM he fully extended by 1 Men and Epsom, the latter painiiK; any i ertra a*J va-Trfta,«re by plavin<r on their own la-wns. "ITow-erer, th-e result passed all 1 pvT>pctntions of the supporters of Rrmuera, but it must not be forgotten thnt Edpn and Eysnm were w'-th'oiit the i soi-vifc* ~f .WXhrter and Pomer?. Tvlrieh I considerably their team. Drerpito Hie absence -of Mts. TT-vhrw the i Re-mnera t<\irn was very powerful in the ; lad-ice' <ip\-i«TK>n. antl they had no diffi--1 eul'ty in winTrin*ra3l the events in ■whv'h . they twk part. Tlw only ladies' match I which, provided lilce a close j w:is Miss Payton and Miss I the Rnrmiera lady on-K- ,<rettin<r home by j the odd pinif. Tim 1 men?' wras j by rSartleot and Ttob<?on. The j K.-len and Kp°oro cha-mpion -was vprr ' much r»n hi* drivT, in fart T doi'Ht if he I has ilriTCTi with sn<*i powot n.nd aooirraey this reason, and thu-s faot, rtrnibin<\l -.villi Rt>b=on •mi«s : n<r a nu-mber of ; conrpanLt-TTplr ea>r the j vciory to I>len an«i l^som —fh«ir only win in tnr , sinsrlets. T)pspite t"hp fart . that Pflge was playine second simrle for 1 Rp.imipra. seltvtors a.ppnrpntry ; tfiowrht that hi? Ttoteon J \vonVl not >»p so formMnWp a double as . j wrraW HTifiths and Rivbeon. and ttese . [ two wero ohtison to oTirpose Bartl-pet and . SneTlinc: thp CTTiThrtion provVted t> r thnsr wus not of thp standard ■ one erpwt from the leadinjr i Tvl-aver? of tlip Tesr>prtiTp clwbs, Trut no ■ doiTW t'hi' was ■Nrmic , 'ht atoent T>v the • I fart vn trhp mat-e.h ■bpinsr onlr rtie best ■ I of ppTenteen aw-Tttes and t.irdiie rHVs i ! could not ho tnkfn in °n short a ainnp. . I Th'<; ri-CTilt pm-vi-ried Tiien and ; j wrHi their second win. TheiT third : ] nrrl la»t \vns in the eom'binpd doubles. ; j wlren "R. TJartVet flTrd \Trs« 'Nr-otriTiie de- : featetl Moir and M'rss "NfacOrrmick; th : « ajrain rated the fart o.f ! rrr<>r-ooTl < idT'n<-e brinrrin? about n down- • fnTI. o« Rrtrrwrera led at one stac-e. f—"2. i hut Afoir casin? in? a/Ho-wed thp oup.isi- ■ fiori h-> <-TP*rp in> aTV'i pve-ntTKilh- win ?>r [ r>—7 Pa.?e mana-rre-i to ?et h's rei j vp-mre on \r*hoTn he was r : in the X<"w Zealn-Tid Ohmn.pion- ■ I «-Titn«. nlt"vr>u.<rh nine im i~ ha.Trl!-v a fair t : rr ;trrvn on whVh To inrln-e rPKiTIt?. ; [ The match between "Parnell and OnehtlTMTß was played at Pprnell. and proved 1 ' to he a very close contest. Parnell even- ■ tuallr traininsr the verdict by seven ; matches to six. The Onehnnea laHies » ' am to he congratulated on their di c nl-iy. • ' winning all their event". In the men's ■ 'events. Watkins was the on'v one to s ! win his single, while Robb and ITarrison f j re-sistered a "win in the men's double*. . i The maiority of the mntches were very . ! eren indpe.l. n--. i« pvidenced by th.> » ! number of frames won br each cluli. i Oneliiinsra hn\-inf SO to their credit an.l jiParnell S4. The Pamell-fhiphiiTiffa match • i in the <rr:ide provided another - j close finish, (he i-sue r'-stinc on the Inst f match played. wliich went to Onrhur.jra r j {1 — S. frivitipf them the vjetory by seven ? j matches to sis. ? i Ai T mentioned in this column last 1 week, the results of the matches in t An=tralia would be keenly awnite.i over !, here, and the cables received this wee>c s certainly show that some sterling pyhir bitions nr.ist have witnessed. the doubles seem to have provided the .1 most cTcifin.r nni-<hps. and it is pleasin? n]to read that Brookes once aenin proved ■ i him.-elf the m"~tcr a-Tainst furious drivsrjincr and servins; al>ly riinported lv h jfVHarn Wood he survived a cruellinsr 1 i four set po. and as wp all know that the t! question of stamina is foremost with I Brookes it would appear that he must rl he in even better condition now than he '1 was over here. o Tn view of Washburn's display against I. Tilden in the final of the New Zealand

Championship Singles, Heath's apparently easy victory comes as a surprise. The most surprising feature of the tournament, however, "lies in the fact that despite the difference of fiv.» matches and ten sets between the two teams, there is only a difTereiee of twenty-six games on the total results.