LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

LIST. OF-THE ENTRIES. (from our srnciAi, corukspondent. New Plymouth, December 22. New Plymouth is to bo honoured this week with tho. New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championship meeting, when championship events only will be contested, instead of with handicaps also as heretofore. That system was' necessary, of courso, to make the tournaments pay, but now the Association is strong enough to run championships alone. Under this system the champions will not have to wait long stretches for their fixtures, arid will have no trouble in handicaps. Tho elimination of the handicap events has resulted in a diminution in the ontrios, and thoy are slightly under those received for the championship events in Napier, 1903, but there will bo a more representative, gathering of New Zealand's best players than there has been for many years. 'Wilding is one of tho absontccs, and R. Swanston, of Wellington, is not among tho competitors. His loss may bo said to be compensated for by the presence of C. Peacock, ox-champion. Every other player in the Dominion, who would havo the remotest chance of winning tho championship, will he here. Competition among lady players is quite equal to that at the Christchurch tournament. " Entries aro as follow:—Men's singles, 20; ladies' singles, 11; men's doubles, 9 pairs; ladies' doubles, 7 pairs; combined doubles, 14 pairs. C. C. Parker will not play with H. A. Parker, but with H. W. Brown, of Wellington, Parker playing with T. Quill, of Christchurch. He will arrive in Auckland from Sydney on Sunday. ...' Tho list of entries for tho championship eventa is as follows: —J. Pa ton, J. C. Nichol, son, J. Brailsford, Now Plymouth; Warno, Pearso', Temuka; W. A. Brown,, Auckland; A. C Wallace, Clif. Dickie, Waverley; H.M. Gore, T. A. Cooke, H. W. Brown, F. M. B: Fisher, J. Peacock, G. F.. Smytho, HV" G. Didsbury, A. Young, Wellington,; J. G. Swainson, Pahiat-ua'; H. A, Parker, Sydney; C. C. Gox, Masterton; R. Bauchop, Duncdin; T. R.- Quill, Christchurch. Ladies' Singles.—Misses R. Wellwood, 'Hastings; D. Udy, Auckland; Nunnelcy, Ba'tham, Cock, Ward,. Tra vers, Van Staveren, Wellington; Hitchings, Napier; Powdrell, Taranaki; Baker, Sydney. Men's Champion Doubles—Griffiths and Nicholson, Dickio, and Wallace, Gore and Young, Cooke and Bauchop, Brown and Cox, Swainson' and Swainson, Brown and Pearce, Fisher and Peacock, Quill and Parker, Smyth, and Didsbury. Ladies' Doubles .Championship—Misses Wellwood and Hutchings', Nunnelcy and Baker, Bathanv and Van Staveren, Udy and Dickie, Tra vers and Ward, Gray and Powdrell, Mesdames Goldio -(Wellington) and Cock; Combined Doubles—Misses Wellwood and Peacock, Miss Nunnelcy and Fisher, Miss Gray and Pearso, Miss Udy and Brown, Miss Hitchings and Cooke, Miss Dickie and Wallace, Miss Baton and Dickie, ,Miss Ward and Cox, Miss Travcrs and Brown, Miss Powdrell and Parker, Miss Grant and Swainson, Miss Jackson and Smytho, Mrs. Goldio and Bauchop, Miss Batliarn and Young.