LAWN TENNIS CHALLENGE FOR DAVIS CUP

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27739, 17 August 1955, Page 14

LAWN TENNIS CHALLENGE FOR DAVIS CUP

AUSTRALIA TO MEET UNITED STATES (N.Z Press Association—Copyright) GERMANTOWN (Philadelphia), Aug. 15. Australia today beat Italy in the Davis Cup inter-zone final and will now meet the United States in the challenge round. In the doubles match today, Lewis Hoad and Rex Hartwig beat Orlando Sirola and. Nicola Pietrangeli, 7-5, 13-11, 7-5. The Australians won the first two singles yesterday, and the remaining two singles to be played tomorrow cannot affect the result.

WIGHTMAN CUP

U.S. BEATS BRITAIN

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) , NEW YORK, August 15.

The United States today retained tne Wightman Cup against the challenge of the British women lawn tennis players. Miss Louise Brough, holder of the Wimbledon title, clinched the series for the home side at the Westchester Country Club, when she defeated Britain's top player, Miss Angela Mortimer, 6-0, 6-2, to make the score 4 to 1 in favour of the United States with only two more matches to play. The final days play had started with the United States leading 2 to 1, Miss Mortimer having registered Britain’s victory on Sunday by beating Miss Dons Hart by 2 sets to 1.

Mrs Dorothy Head Knode made it 3 to 1 for the United States by beating Miss Angela Buxton, of Britain, 6-3. 6-3, and Miss Brough followed by beating Miss Mortimer.

Miss Shirley Bloomer made a determined effort to record another victory for Britain, but eventually was beaten by Miss Doris Hart, 7-5, 6-3. It was a close maten all the way and might easily have gone the other way.

Miss Hart and Miss Shirley Fry (United States) beat Miss Mortimer and Miss Biixton (Britain). 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Final result: United States 6 matches, Britain 1.

TRABERT BACK IN FORM

FULL RECOVERY FROM INJURY (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) BROOKLINE (Massachusetts), Aug. 15. Tony Trabert, top player in the United States Davis Cup teem, who has been resting for two weeks with a shoulder injury, displayed his recovery today when- he teamed with Vic Seixas to gain an easy .first-round victory in the seventy-fifth national doubles tennis tournament at Longwood. Trabert and Seixas defeated Billy Talbert, captain of the American Davis Cup team, and Maxwell Brown, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3, in less than an hour. Trabert drove hard forehand and backhand shots to all sections of the court without showing any after-effect of the pulled muscle in his shoulder, which forced him to stop playing early this month. His recovery raised American hopes for retention of the Davis Cup against Australia in the challenge round on August 26-28 at Forest Hills, New York.

OPAWA CLUB

Considering the apparent general lack of interest in tennis, and the large influ: of new members during last year, the fact that the total has risen from 215 tc 225 might be regarded as satisfactory, says the report presented at the annual meeting of the Opawa Lawn Tennis Club. The treasurer’s statement of accounts shows that the club has had another satisfactory year financially, although the rising cost of maintaining the courts and buildings at the customary high standard necessitates the consideration of means of increasing the club’s revenue, says the report.

Officers elected were:— President, Mr C. N. Franklin; vicepresidents, 15 were elected; honorary secretary, Mr W. D. Rawlings; assistantsecretary, Miss L. M. Blakley; honorary treasurer, Mr B. C. Lee; club captain, Mr E. J. Robinson; vice-captain, Mr C. G. Fitzgerald; women’s captain, Mrs B. Johnstone; women’s vice-captain, Miss N. E. Tregonning; executive committee, Messrs C. R. Bailey, W. R. Rollinson, R. T. Stuart, Misses P. Foster and J. E. Cressey, Mrs B. C. Lee;, match committee, Messrs T. Jackson, C. Blunt, N. L. Baas, Miss P. Foster, and Mrs L. Timlin; social committee, Messrs R. R. Rollinson, Baas, Fitzgerald, M. A. Lockie. Misses Foster and Blakley, Mrs C. R. Bailey; delegates to Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association, Messrs Rawlings and Blunt, Miss Foster, Mrs Bailey; honorary auditor, Mr N. G. Hillary. Opening day was set for October 1.