S. Africa stands ground
(N.Z.P A.-Reuter—Copyright) JOHANNESBURG The South African Lawn Tennis Union will insist on its playing Davis Cup inter-zone cup tie in Johannesburg and not at a neutral venue as requested by Italy. Italy has asked the International Lawn Tennis Federation to arrange the tie in a neutral country because of “political problems.” The president of S.A.L.T.U. (Mr B. Franklin) said in Johannesburg yesterday that his union had been trying to co-operate when matches in the South American zone play-offs against Chile had been decided at a neutral venue, but emphasised that S.A.L.T.U. did not have the choice of venue at that time. This time they had the choice, and they planned to exercise it
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19740810.2.192
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33609, 10 August 1974, Page 44
Word Count
117S. Africa stands ground Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33609, 10 August 1974, Page 44
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in