LAWN TENNIS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 261, 28 July 1908, Page 9

LAWN TENNIS.

Tho unfinished,' matches' ;in ' th6...'ha)idicap evonts of tho Civil Scrvico tpurnamcnt were played off on Saturday at the Brougham Hill Club's courts, when J. T.'Watkins' (Mines Department) gave two bi'illiaVit exhibitions; ana defeated L. W. Hawkins (Railways),' scr., by 60—57, and S. J. Sampson (Hospitals and Charitable),- 20, by 64— handicap was 7.) In each; caso. his I taslc se<;med Hopeless, but he fought gnmly : oh,'and; although ho had tho best'of, whatever liick wasgoing against Sampson, "thoroughly" deserved; success, as h® wa« ; handicapped;by fa • sevcro cold. -' r ' : ■ . ;r •' ■ ' SEMI-FINAL." Hawkins (scr.) v. AVntkina:(7) I Tho.scores at tho end of cach sorvice ,(every-.ton points) woro as follow: — Watkins leads 11—6, 17-10, 20-17, 27—20, ..,30—27,... 34-33, 39—35,- 44—43. Hawkins leads: .■ 49—48, 66—51. Watkins thus'wins ,by .60 to 'SZ.!' It will bo seen that tho winner wound iup with nino points to his'.bpponent's ono; Haw-', kins caught up his handicap, at 40. from which stago Watkins more than hold jiis ; own. final: T"" ': : | Watkins '(7) v. Sampson (20).—Sampson leads: 25-12,'31—16, 35-22, 39-28, 46—31, 48-39, 53-44, 56-51, 69—53, .60—59, 61—60, 62—61. ; Watkins thch",scorc4 tlireo; points in succession, arid'won Gf-762; Sampson was within a point of "victory fdiir'times running, and at 62—61 missed, tnd "easiest of smashes, a department iu which ho usually excels,