LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 173, 15 April 1908, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

. . EASTER- TOURNAMENT. '■■! ! Tho entries for the Brougham Hill Club's first annual Easter open ohampionship and handicap . tournament number lio fewer than 378, being; 20 more than we received: for the Wellington Association's tournament at' the NowvYear.. There'will not,. however, bo the'; same number of visiting players as took part in the earlier gathering., Tho, detailed entries lii'o as .follow:—Men's championship singles 28, men's championship doubles 28. ladies'' , championship 1 singles 14, ladies championship doubles 14, combined ■ championship doubles 26, men's handicap singles 63, men's handicap doubles 60, ladies' handicap singles 37,. ladies' handicap doubles 40,-combined handicap doubles 68. ' ; All the leading players of Wellington have .'entered,'.including Laishley, Peacock, Brown, Fisher, Wilson, Smythc, and Swanston. C. C. Cox, of Masterton, will compete in tlio men's championship singles. It will probably bo, found that Swanston, Cox,. Peacock, or Fisher will furnish the champion. . There are two particularly strong pairs in the men's championship doubles, placed at tho ,top and bottom of the draw —Fisher and Cox, and Swanston and Peacock—who, without doubt, should fight out .tho final. Tho ladies' championship singles claims all tho star! lady; players of Wellington, and Slso a particularly fine visiting player in Miss Wellwood, of Hastings, wh'o shov/od by her,play at the-,New Zealand championship mooting at Now Plymouth that sho is ono of tlio most improved exponents of tho game; in the Dominion. Tho semi-finals' should bo fought out between either Miss Ward or Miss Travors, and Miss Nunnole.v, in the top half,, and Mrs. Hickson and Miss Wellwood in the bottom half. There "is unfortunate evidence that the handicapping for the totirnniiieiit has not been done by players who are. in touch with and know tlio capabilities of' the entrants of the middle arid lower grades. ! .. The tournament will be held ou Friday; Saturday,, and Easter Monday at the Brougham Hill courts. ■ . , I ' ==========