LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 17015, 11 December 1920, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

♦ THE DAVIS CUP. PREPARATIONS TOR THE MATCH. (SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") AUCKLAND, December 10. " The stands for tho Davis Cup contest will ba finished to-morrow, and all that now remain a to be done is the completion of the committee room and the erection of a reception room. It is- only ten weeks since tho first load of timber was carted on to the ground, and the builders have carried out their work rapid.y. The eta ads contain eighteen tiers of seats, and each seat is numbered, so that there can be no misapprehension. There are six entrances, and these should give ample means of access. The courts are in excellent order, and have bc-en w&rmiy praised by both the Australasians and the. Americans. Both teams are in strict.training, much to the chagrin of some enterprising hostesses who would liko to entertain them. A good story in this connexion is going the rounds just now. It is whispered that a well known Auckland lady besieged Norman Brookes with a pressing invitation for himself and the other members of his team to a private dance. Brookes pointed out that all his men must be in bed by nine o'clock. The lady, however, continued her persuasive campaign until Brookes, who is the soul of courtesy, had a-brilliant inspiration. If the American* •would go to the dance, he said, then his men could go too. It is related that the lady in question saw the Americans, and out the matter to them, bnt Brookes knew his men, and the dance, it is said, wu not brightened by the presence of any tennis champions. Auckland's fair sex is now beginning to realise that playing international tennis is "not all beer and skittles."