Hawkes Plays With Injury
(From Our Own Reporter) WELLINGTON. January 13. A player whose chances may already have been affected at the national tennis championships is R. N. Hawkes, of Wellington, a recent finalist in the Canterbury championships and the conqueror of L. A. Gerrard in the Wellington championships. Seeded fifth for the title. Hawkes has. strained a stomach muscle. He had to have an injection before play today. Even then the injury hurt him when he was serving. But Hawkes still won his single against D. Cassidy (North Shore),'6-0, 6-0, 6-2.
No Control Of Players (N.Z Press Assn. —Copyright) BRISBANE, January 13 Mr Norman Strange, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association, said in a Brisbane television interview last night that the association had no power to prevent players going overseas before March 31.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30338, 14 January 1964, Page 12
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