LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19326, 2 June 1928, Page 19

LAWN TENNIS.

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. (PHESS ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, June 1. At a meeting o£ the Council of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, an announcement was made that the International Lawn Tennis Federation had expressed surprise at the number of players in New Zealand, und it was suggested that the Dominion should receive an extra vote. This would give it the status of a four-vote nation. • The committee expressed pleasure nt the success of New Zealand in the first round of the Davis Cup trials, which gave them a standard by which to estimate our players as compared with other countries. A presentation was made to Mr Goldie in recognition of tho work he did in connexion with the visit of the French tennis players to New Zealand. The committee received the English _ Lawn Tennis Association's resolution prohibiting players writing for the Press, etc., but it was considered that the ouestion did not much concern Now Zealand, and no action waß taken. One member even opposed giving publicity to the resolution.

MRS LAMBERT CHAMBERS. BECOMES PROFESSIONAL COACH (PBOM OUR OWN COBP.BSPONDENT.) LONDON, April 18. Mrs Lambert Chambers, who is recognised as the greatest woman lawn tennis player England has produced, has decided to relinquish lier status of amateur to take up professional conching. For this purpose she has arranged fortho use of a hard court near her home in Westminster. "X am not taking, an engagement with a West London club, as has been stated," Mrs Chambers announces. '.'l am teaching absolutely on my own. Since I have just taken tho decision, naturally 1 have not yet any pupils, but I expect to find these chiofly among girls' schools. "My chief idea in turning professional 5s to pass on such knowledge of the game as I possess. In any case I hud given up playing in the singles tournaments." Mrs Chambers, as the winner of tho women's championship at Wimbledon on Beven occasions, holds a record that has nover been equalled. Her first championship was won in 1903, as Miss D. K. Douglas. The last occasion was in 1914. "Only by tho very greatest o£ struggles, in a memorable match, , did Mile. Lenglen, on her first appearance at Wimbledon, succeed in beating her in 1919. Twice since then Mrs Chambers has captained England against America in tho Wightman Cup, and has won innumerable tournaments throughout the country. Mrs Lambert Chambers, in addition to hor achievements in singles, has won innumerable honours in doublos events and in international matches, while she has placed to hor credit many Continental championship titles. A. Big Surprise. The decision of Mrs Xambert Chambers, the famous lawn tennis player, to forsake the paths of amateurism (says the "Sporting Life") is one of the biggest surprises that the world of lawn tennis has provided for many yoars. "Mrs Chambers intends to take up coaching, and if she can impart to tho yottnger generation much of that skill which enabled her to set up records that still stand, so much the better for the game, and for England's chances in the future in international contests. "Lawn tennis has developed to a remarkable extent since Mrs Lambort Chambers first compelled attention because of her charming combination of grace and skill on the courts, and with that development there has been a broadening of vision as to the attitude to be adopted towards those who take up the game from a professional point of view. "The time will surely come when, as in cricket, golf, and football, wo shall have the amateur and the professional fighting against each other for the honours the game has to offer. And that, too, will be all the better for tho game as a game." -