LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

(By Inter-Chjb.)

Tho high wind last Saturday-was not. felt on tho Day's Bay Courts anything like so much as it was in town, but more than ono kss was'.attributed to tho rough journey across. Wellington scored a bloodless victory against Victoria ; Collegp. Miss . M'lntosii ran licr opponent—Mrs. Pierard, ; into tho closest match. The Wellington lady got away, with'a lead of '4 love, wnen tho young pl*i'«r camo at her, with great determination an'u succeeded in making the. score 5a,11. Mrs. Pierard took tho next two'games, ono or two lucky shots going in Jier favour. Tho four men's singles, went faTrly easily .to Wellington, as. also did the doubles—none of tho winners being extended,at any tim 0..... Miss Diamant still continues to.givo much pro-' miso,vaiid with'.her good freo stylo'certainly lias .tho making of a .fine', player: ,• Misses M'lntosh and M'Kellar, > P.' Scott 'and Cooke, although beaten in,'.the ladies' doubles played very pluekily, and will soon bo scoring wins instead of ,losses.. The College team's combined doubles wero weak,' tho winner's meeting, with very little opposition. Karori came forward in great force and defeated Newtown, by' 9 sets to 4. Sheppard lmt up a most creditable; performance against Smytlie in taking six! games. This, player is probably fueling tho benefit, of his enco at tho-'recent..'"Now Plymouth' tourna-/ ment. Grady was. playing at his best ivhqn, ho scored a win 9—3 from; Falconer. Murray,' another man showing signs of good practice, held too many guns for Henderson. , /Bccro and Poyall had a very closely contested game, tho latter just winning. Miss Sniytho and Miss . Gavin 1 both-play stronger fn singles, than either Miss Kedward or Mrs. Drown, but tho Newtown pair played a very good double, giving tho Karori pair a very close run, only .•being defeated 7—5. Smytho.and Henderson met with keenest opposition from Sheppard and Grady, who'seemed out .to win, and it,was'/due to. Smythe's excellent play .that tho Newtown pair were unable to pull off their set. Karori took both combined , doubles without much ;trouble.

Petono disappointed its supporters by going down.o'.sets.to '4;" to. Brougham iiiil. Tho fact that Hawkins and Kirk wore absent from, the team may/to a'..'certain extent account lor-the loss. . Howe and Cornell had a close go. Howe did not; seem to be playing at his best at-,first, but' when ho did'.get going was very steady and won a match'which ho might havo 'easily lost. Watkins outclassed his opponent -Wright, somo of his drives being very scvero. Marriner and Maddox won as they liked, but their, opponents Austin and Johnson give promise of much better things; match and tournament play will bring both of these 'players out. ■J'he threo men's doubles went to Brougham Hill, Cornell and Wright making tho best scoro against Howe and Yvatkms. Miss Arthur playcd a better gamo against' Miss Penny than .. the score V—U denotes, Miss Morgan infused more life' than usual into her play, with tho result that she took four games from Mrs. Hawkins. Tho excellent play of tho Petono ladies won both the doubles. Parkinson and Miss Home took tho lead early against Herd and Mrs. Burton, and looked like winners, but Herd and his partner aro gaining combination. Mrs.' Burton went up to tho, net- and disposed of any 'short stuir coming her way, ind Herd Shacked his partner up,, with tho" result, that they won what appeared to bo a lost set. Sampson' has justified his promotion to tho "Cup'' team by winning ail his matches so far. ' 1

Pennant Contest. —Brougham Hill B defeated Johnsonvillo by 6 sets to 1, 2 sets going by default. Eller and Bould had a close game, the former proving just a shado better than his opponent. Olarko and Mooro also had a good go, but Moore was not playing up to the form ho has shown us in previous matches. Misses Murray and Hogg proved themselves just too strong for Mrs. Mooro and Miss Wilson. Mooro and Mrs. Aloore played well together,'and in defeating Edwards, and Miss Hogg were responsible for Johnsonvillo's only win.

Brougham Hill A won from Victoria College Bby 6 sets to 1. Hurley, Laurence, and Howe won their singles without much trouble. Miss' Saxon played a very nice game on the grass, winning her single, and with Mi3s Richardson defeat-oil Misses Atkinson and Taylor in the doubles. Tudh'opo and Miss Taylor scored tho only Coliege win by. defeating Hurley and Miss Richardson after a very close game". "Racquet".—Victoria B'defaulted to Victoria College A. Kilbirnio had a good win from Brougham Hill 8., 5 sets to 2. Hutching's play waq superior to Smith's, with tho result 9—2 in his favour. Arden played a good game, some of his cut drives being very telling. Dart and Uren had an oven fight, both of these men aro going to improvo a great deal with* practice. Miss Price again won her single, but was well pushed'by Miss Harland. The latter frftly, with Miss Keilaway had a very creditable win from tho Misses Price in the double. Brougham Hill A had an easy-win from Muritai, 7 sets to nil. A very interesting game was plaved; between O'Leary and Howderi, tho formor'led 7—3 w[ien Howden camo with a run, and bv good placing, and an occasional lob, mado tho score 7 all. Tho next two games wero well contested, but Ijoth went to Brougham Hill. In tho men's doubles Muritai proved that they were very littlo behind their opponents. All tennis fixtures havo been postponed to-day, until next Saturday, on account of tho Amateur Athletic Championship meeting being held.

■"This, I suppose," said the visitor, "is tho musket carried by 'your great-grand-father; in the ■ Revolution "That was his gun," replied Cadley Nuritch; pompously, "but he didn't carry it. His mau did that for him, of course.'-