TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 7

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

■ .vi THE SPCOND. DAY'S PLAY. • (BY IISLEGKAPII—I'EESS ASSOCIATION.) . New, Plymouth, December 27. ' The Now Zealand lawn toiinis champion- c. ; ships were continued to-day in beautiful . ■ weather]. -Tho courts Were: in fine condi- ■ - > .tibn, ' and' tho attendance- again' very, largo.' I 'i ;Ii all- the 'events, except; the 'Men's , pion. Doubles, . the semi-final 1 / stago.-waß reached."' The results are as follow:—-' Meri's" Championship ■ Singles, -j-"Third ground:-Parker beat 'Smythe, .6—o; 6—2/ Fisher beat Dickie, 6 —3, -6—2, 6—4; .< Quill boat Didsbury, 6—4, 6—3, 6—l; Peacock boat Cox, 7 —5, 6—4, 6—4. • J ; Fourth round: Parker beat Fisher, 6 —3, ■ • 6 —3, 3—6; Quill beat Peacock, 7:—5, 7 —5, . 6-2.: . . Ladjos' Championship Singles.—Second round: Miss Ward beat Miss Wellwood, 2 —6, 6—3, 6—3. Third round:"fM'iss PoWdreU beat Miss Travcrs, 6—4,-'6 —3. • , Men's ■ Championship Doubles. —Second . round: Dickie, and Wallace beat '-W1 A. • Brown and Pearse, 6—l, 6- : -2, 6 —3; H. W. i Brown and Cox beat'Smytho and Didsbury. , 6—4, 6—4, ,6—3;;: Fisher and. Peacock beat : , Parker ana Quill, 3—6, 6—2, 6—l, 6—4. Ladies'; Championship Doubles.—Second ■ round.—Powdrell and Gray beat Travers 'arid Ward, 6—l, 6 —l. . ' ■ ■ : ; Combined Championship Doubles.—Second round: Dickie and Miss Baker beat Wallace i | .and Miss E.-Dickie, 6—l, 6—4; Parker and ■Miss Powdrell boat Cox and Miss Ward, o—6,0 —6, i ; 6—3, 6—4,'; Fisher and Miss Nunnoley beat Cooke and Miss Hitchings, 6—4, 6—l; . . i Pearse and Miss Gray beat Brown and Miss -.. i Udy,' CjrS, 3—6; 6 —2. Third round : Parkei and! Miss .Powdrell beat Dickie and Miss . ' -! Baker', ,6—2, 6—l; Fisher and Miss Nim .•) :neley'beat Pearse and Miss - Gray, -i 6-r1... ■. ; _ ' V , NOTES ON THE PLAY. , ! (BY ; TELESBATH—SI'ECrAIi . COEEESrONDENT.) ' . -I : , New Plymouth, December 2". ■ • • The tennis-'tournam'erit;-was-continued t(>-: • day in . most perfect Weather. ' There ■ has ,i , been. an attendance of between 400 and ,500 i each day. • ■ .■ The match between Peacock and. Cox was hard' aiid fast* from start 'to finish. The swift drives, however, gave few opportunities . for net play. ; ' Cox found Peacock's; hard . drives'very difficult to volley accurately, and , . both players dropped into a back' lino game. •, Peacock *took> the first two sots nfter a hard 'struggle. ■'/-Theh- Cox took an advantage set.. Th'o fourth set "went to Peacock, 6—4. Both ' ; men, seemed to . feel tlio intense heat, and were done, up at the end of the set. . ■ . i 'Peacock was called to play Quill; and, to werybody's ' astonishment, wont' down three' \•; spts straight to;. tho' Christchurch • in an. Quill played a good game, but his opponent had 1 ovidontly not recovered from his hard _ match witlr Cox, lacking tho. dash and 'at- 1 ' ; tack always "so noticeable; .in'his' play.' ' r - .• Fisher'' and Parker met in tho fourth ■ round, •and although the , former, did not ■ . take ai sct off iParker, it was a splendid ex- • ; hibitibn 4 of tennis tactics; Both' men-cut - : and volleyed, and put in somo of the prettiest' ; j short : riot: play seen during the tournament: ' . Parker and Quill , will now play off in 'the final.'.-'..: ' " Miss Travers did not start well against :• Miss Powdroll. -Possibly nervousness was the ■ cause.of the: double faults, etc. _Tlie Tara- ■■ naki lady showod herself suporior in aU branchos of tho game. 1 "'• ; - | Miss Wellwood-took the first set from Misa -Ward in 'fino style, driving with splendid • length, and gotting 'in some nico volloys. Miss Ward was playing at her best, and only pulled off the two, next sets by her 1 rilore , , l oi:perienced-,.play.: :Miss Wellwood'f , ; 'play has. attracted'.greatattention at' thil- •.»•*.' >. tournament, and she seems' to stand a pood . chance of boinj picked for the New Zealand '• i team. Miss Ward will now play Miss Nun-' neley, and tho • winner will play off with v ! Miss Powdrell in tho final. •. ■: i The Wavorloy pair, Dickie, and Wallace, • ■ wcro too strong for A. W.- Brown aiidPearso, land H. Brown and Cox boat Smythe and i Didsbury. .a very, tough fight. ' • All -tho spwjtators wore attracted" by the match Fishor and Peacock v. Quill and Par- i ' kor, and although this match was only in • tho second round, it is about the best* tho ' ' ovont ; will prodnco. ■ Parker and Quill, both" ? small men, looked tiny beside their massive : opponents, and a : good-tompercd crowd j started to clap and barrack from the jump, j and continued to do so until 'the match wap j over. Parker and Quill, chiefly by tho for- i mer's' cross-cut drives and tricky "net shots, ': took ,tbo lirjjt set,-6—3. Then. Fishor a)W ■' Peacock —tho latter, by , tho way, has recov- «. j erod from the lapso ho had suffered in hi* i singles,. and. mado the pace fast and furl- - i Ous; freqiiontlj; passing Parker ' and quite •. ! ontclhssing Quill—took the next thrco sets .■' amidst great' excitement. This was. a most popular, win. .. ... j Missos Ward and Travers played a most | disapppinting gaino against Jfisstss Gray and. I Powdrell, only securing one gojno in eaoh : sot. Miss Gray again showod her excellent j volleying powers at, the net. j 'J'ho linal-botween Missos Nunnoly and | Baker, and Misses Gray and Powdrell shoudl i bo' 'a,, very..interesting match. ' Parker .'and; Miss Powdrell, meet Fisher f and Miss Nuimely in the final of the com« i .binoid doubles. ...... ■ ,' ;