TENNIS CHAMPIONS FALL

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 80, 29 December 1930, Page 10

TENNIS CHAMPIONS FALL

Mrs. Thomson Beats Miss Nicholls

GREAT HEAT TAXES PLAYERS

H. Dymond Gives Angas a Fright

Dominion Special Service. Christchurch, December 27. Many tennis reputations hung in the balance anti three New Zealand champions were defeated on the second day of the New Zealand lawn tennis championships being played.at Wilding Park., Play was- in a sweltering heat of nearly 90 degrees in the shade. The hot sun and warm north-west wind embarrassed almost all the players, women and men, and the two New Zealand titles were lost because their holders were reduced almost to a faint. In the morning Miss Dulcie Nicholls, the "woman champion, was defeated in tlib second round by Mrs. N. Thomson (nee Tracy), of Wellington, and the doubles- champions, Misses M. Wake and M. Andrew (Canterbury), were defeated in straight sets by Misses B. Gould and B. MacDonald, a pair ranked only about third in the province. H. Dymond, an improving young Canterbury player, gave C. Angas, the men’s singles champion, a great fright in the second and third sets of their five-set encounter. Angas, after being completely outclassed, recovered himself in the last two sets by a belated change of tactics. Miss J. E. Ramsay (Auckland), easily defeated the Canterbury champion, Miss May Andrew.

Excellent progress was made in all •vents, and the tournament manager, Mr. Murray Kean, was able to start the mixed doubles in the late afternoon. Men’s Singles Survivors. ' The eight players remaining after the third round of the men’s singles are EE. A. Barnett, 0. Angas and T. W. Patterson (Canterbury), K. J. Hayr, A. C. Johns and A. C. Stedman (Auckland), ' and A. L. France and N. R. C. Wilson (Wellington),. ■ Of these, EEayr, France, Stedman and Patterson all had easy wins against opponents (very much their inferior. ,' Barnett, the young Canterbury man who caused the surprise of the .first day by defeating; D. G. France, beat E. EE. ■ Orbell (Canterbury) in straight sets, having difficulty only in the third set. 'Johns was fully extended to win the first /set from D. F. Glanville (Canterbury), but thereafter, sharpening up his play, he lost only four games after dropping the first set with patchy play. '-Wilson won his second round ; match against W. R. Robinson (Canterbury). , Both men are players of the “hit or miss” type and their match was one of varying fortunes. . • A Lesson for Angas. It should be a severe lesson to the • champion, Angas, that he waited until it was nearly too late before he changed his tactics against Dymond. Angas began the match patchily, but soon settled down to his usual fast, accurate driving game. Dymond can exchange drives with • the best and this was exactly what he wanted. He pressed Angas to 18 games in the first set, winning the odd game himself at B—6 and won the next two sets 6—3, 6—o. No one was more amazed than the champion, who found himself outclassed both at net and-on the baseline. Dymond was by then in the mood that knows no defeat, but the spell between the third and fourth sets unsettled him, and when the players returned from the pavilion Angas was definitely the superior. He changed his tactics, as he should have two sets before, and, mixing long and short, soft and hard, won the two decisive sets with the loss of only two games. Defeat of Miss Nicholls. The defeat of Miss, Nicholls by Mrs. Thomson was a triumph for shrewd tac- /■ tics over unrelieved baseline play. In the first set Mrs. Thomson established an early lead and was never pressed. She kept the champion on the run, relying on her better condition to give'her the victory. Miss Nicholls, recovering somewhat, gained a lead of s—l5 —1 in the second set, but Mrs. Thomson’s relentless tactics gave her three games in succession. The champion then appeared almost on the point of collapse; but the tournament referee, Mr. Murray Kean, held that Miss Nicholls when she sat down by the Sideline must either default or' finish the match. In the next three games she won only, four points, Mrs. Thomson taking the match 6—3, 7—5. All the other women had fairly easy wins, although that of Miss Ramsay over Miss Andrew was unexpected. Mrs. El. M. Dykes (nee Speirs) completely < outclassed Miss Marion Macfarlane and 'is by now definitely the favourite for the title. , Women’s Doubles. The holders of the women’s doubles title were decisively defeated, 6—l, 6—4, by Misses Gould and Macdonald. Miss Wake was hardly herself because of a touch of sunstroke, but even had she been at her best she and Miss Andrew could not have beaten their hard-hitting opponents. Miss Gould is the most forceful player in Canterbury, and when she is on her game, as she was on Satur- ■ xday, even the best have no reply for her forehand. After losing the first game • Miss Gould and Miss Macdonald took nine games in succession, winning the first set 6—l and leading 3—l in the second. The champions made a great ' effort to save themselves, but Miss Wake was on the point of exhaustion and they could not resist such a sustained attack. The second round of the women’s doubles narrowed the players down to the last four pairs, who are: Mrs. W. ( J. Melody and Miss M. Myers, Misses Gould and Macdonald, Mrs. R. P. Adams . and Miss D. Nicholls, and Misses Macfarlane. A Wellington Match. Mrs. Adams and Miss Nicholls had a good win over their fellow Wellington players, Mrs. Thomson and Miss Howe, hut Mrs. Melody and Miss Myers were hard pressed by Misses M. Sherris and E. Johnston, a hard-hitting pair from Canterbury. N. R. 0. Wilson and A. C- Stedman, C. Angas and I. A. Seay, and the France brothers, the three most prominent pairs in the men’s doubles, all had easy victories. The two veterans A. G. Wallace and M. L.-Lampe had a good win over B. B. Loughinan and H. Dymond after a strenuous four-set match. France and France lost a set to Johns and Hayr. , of Auckland, but were, on the whole, definitely the superior pair. DETAILED RESULTS By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, December 27. Men’s Singles. Third round: Barnett beat Orbell, o—2. 7—5, 6—3; Hayr beat Dixon. o—l,0 —1, 6—o, n—1; Johns heat Glanville, 7—5. (I—2. 6 —2: Angus beat Dymond. 10—8. 3—6, o—6, f—l. 0—1; A. L. France beat Young, (I—o, fl—o, o—3; Stedman beat Somerville, f —3, fl—2; Patterson beat D. Johnston, o—3. fl—l. o—2; Wilson beat W. It. Robinson 5— 6—3, 6-3, 6—3. Men’s Doubles. Second round: France and France beat Johns and (Hayr, 6—o, 6—2. 5—7. 6—l: Allison and W. Patterson beat Sheppard and W. ,G. Robertson. B—6, 6—4, 6—4: Angas and Seay beat W. R. Robinson and Searle, 6—l, 6—2, fl—-1; Wallace and Lampe beat Dymond and B. B. Loughnan, 2—6, 7—5, B—6,8 —6, 6 —3; Johnston and Craw«haw heat Armstrong and Daly, 10—8, 4—o. If—4. 6—4. Third round: Wilson and Stedman beat Anderson and Barnett, 6—3, o—l, 6—2. Women’s Singles." Second round: Miss Ramsay beat Miss Andrew, o—4, 6—3; Miss Marjorie Macfarlane beat. Miss Macdonald, fl—3, 6—-2; Miss Wake beat Miss Morrison, 6—3, C—4; Mrs. Dykes beat Miss Marlon Macfarlane, 6— 6—2; Mrs. Melody beat Bliss Ballantyne, 6—l. 7—5; Mrs. Adams beat Miss Fleming, 6—3, 6—2; Miss Myers beat Miss Hart, 6—2. fl—1; Mrs. Thomson beat Miss Nicholls, G—3, 7—5. Women’s Doubles. Third round: Misses Macfarlane beat Misses Fleming and Hart. 6—4, 6—3; . Misses Gould and MacDonald beat Misses Wake and Andrew, 6—l, 6—4; Mrs. Adams and Miss Nicholls beat Mrs. Thomson and Miss D. Howe, 6—3. 7—5; Mrs. Melody and Miss Myers beat Misses Sherris and Johnston, 7—5, 5—7, 6—l. Combined Doubles. First round: Miss Johnston and Patterson beat Miss MacDonald and Pollock, fl—l, Mrs. Thomson and 0, JVUbob beat

Mrs. Peppier ami Anderson, 6—2, 6—l; Miss Ballantyne and Hayr beat Miss Poole and Morrison, 81—6, 6—3; Miss Quill and Court beat Miss Hart and W. Pearse, 6 —4, 2—fl, 6—4; Miss Marjorie Macfarlane and Glanville beat Miss Morrison and Sheppard, 6—3, 6—3; Miss Andrew and Seay beat Miss Ramsay and Johns, 6—4, 6—3; Miss Howe and A. L. .France beat Miss Gould and Browning. 9—7; 6— Miss Nicholls and Rhodes Williams beat Miss G. Rankin and Field, 6 —3, 7—5; Miss Marion Macfarlane and Dymond beat Miss Gibson and W. G. Robertson, 6—3, 9—7. Second round: Mrs. Adams and D. G. France bent Miss Sherris and Somerville, 6—l, 6—3; Mrs. Scott and Allison beat Miss Goss and Johnston. 6—2, 6—4. . Boys’ Singles. Third round: Reid beat Hawksworth, 6—l, 6—2; Coward beat Young, 4—6, 6—3, fl 0; Davys beat Aspell, 6—5, 6—3; MacGibbon beat Meikleham, 5—6, 6—5, 6—l. Boys’ Doubles. First round: Highet and Hawksworth beat Bell and Corlch, 6 —5, 6—2. Second round: Kean and Aspell beat Highet and Hawskorth, 3—6, 6—5, 6—4; Mac Gibbon and Davys beat Reid and Rickard, 2—6, 6—3, B—6. Girls’ Singles. Second round: Miss Reese beat Miss Dick, 6-3, 6—3. Third round: Miss Howe beat Miss Gillanders, 6—o, 6—l:, Girls’ Doubles. Second round: Misses Dick and Poole beat Misses Smith, 6—5, 6—5; Misses Blunden and Reese beat Misses Mathieson and Macbeth, 6—4, 6—3;' Misses Cowper and Hervey beat Misses Rendle and Turnbull B—2, 6—4; Miss Bishop ahd Miss Hampton beat Miss Livingstone and Miss Wright, 6—o, 6—4. . Third round: Misses Dick and Poole beat Misses Cowper and Hervey, 6—3, 5—6, 6—3. Junior Combined Doubles. First round: Miss A. Smith and Healey beat Miss M. Howe and Davys, 6—o, 6—3; Miss Bishop and Highet beat Miss Rendle and Rendle, 6—4, 6—o. ’. Second round: Miss T. Poole and Kean beat Miss Hampton and Lee, 6—3, 6—2. Intermediate Singles. First round: N. Davys beat R. A. Young, 6—o, 6—3; M. McGillivray beat D. Lee, 6—4, I—6, B—6. , , Second round: R. A. Court beat A. A. Pullar, 6—o, 6—3; N. J. Daly beat McGillivray, 6—l, 7—5; A. R. Cant beat H. A. Barnett by default. <■ HASTINGS, TOURNEY Play in Championships TWO SEMI-FINALS

Dominion Special Service. < Napier, December 28. The Hawke’s Bay lawn tennis championships and Hastings Club tournament were continued at Hastings in ideal weather on Saturday. No finals were reached, and only two semi-finals, and it is expected..that several finals will he held over until Tuesday. The men’s and women’s plates are for those defeated in the championship singles. Results are as follow: — / CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Singles. First round: Chadwick beat Gilbertson, 6—l, 6—l; Gregory beat Vincent. 6—l. 6—3; Jordan beat Ewart,-6 —0, 6—o. Second round: Appleby beat Chadwick, 6—o, 6—4; Murray beat Hudson. 6—2, 6—l; Webber beat J. White, 6—3, 6—2; Gregory beat Thompson by default; Udy beat Jordan, 6—2,- 2—6, 6—-2. Third'round; Appleby beat Campbell, 6—l, 6—l; Marchant beat Murray, 6—2, 6—3; Foden beat Gregory, 6—2, Graham beat J. Cowan, 7—5, 2—6, 6—51; Webber beat D. I. Robertson, 6—l, 6—3. Fourth round: Milburn beat Graham, 6-3, 6—l. ' Junior Men’s Singles. First round: Hudson beat Seeker, 6—2, 6—l. Second round: Treston beat Van Asch, 6—2, 2—6. 6—l; Appleby beat Read. 6—l, 6—4; J. Cowan beat Hudson, 6—l, 6—o. • Semi-final: R. White beat Treston. 7—5, 6—4. Men’s Doubles. First round: Gordon and McDonald beat Ewart and Campbell, 6—3, 6—3; Cowan and Cowan beat Hassall and Lloyd. 10—8, 6—2; Van Asch and Appleby beat G. N. and D. L. Pharazyn. 6—2; 6—4. Second round: Potter and Jordan beat Hudson and Chadwick. 7—5, 6—2:|Maddison and Rainbow beat MacPherson and B. Cowan. 6—l, B—6; Foden and Thompson beat Cowan and Cowan, 6—4. 6—2; Fisk and Maitland beat Gordon and McDonald, 6—2. 6—4; Graham and Marchant beat Wake and White, 7—5. 6—2; Robertson and Robertson beat Van Asch and Appleby, 6—4, 6 —2. Third round: Lowry and Milburn beat Potter and Jordan, 6—l, 6—2; Udy and Ogier beat Mhddison and Rainbow. 7-j5, 6— 4; Foden and Thompson beat Fisk and Maitland, 6—4, 6—o; Robertson and Robertson beat Graham and Marchant, 6—2, 7— Semi-final: Lowry and Milburn beat Udy' and Ogier, 9—7. C—o. Women's Singles. - Third round: Miss A. Ormond beat Miss M. I. Glenny, 6—4, 5—7, 6—4: Miss Budd beat Mrs. Hassall. 6—2, 6—4; Mrs. Milburn beat Miss M. Wellwood, 6—l, 6—2; Miss Howell' beat Miss M. Ormond. G—4. Junior Women’s Singles. ' First round: Miss Logan beat Miss Van Asch, 6—3, 6—3; Miss I. F. Palmer beat Miss D. Nelson. 6—4. 6—o; Miss Rainbow beat Miss M. Ormond. 10—8, 6—3. Second round: Miss Small beat Miss D. Robertson. 6—l. 2—6, fl—4: Miss Rainbow beat Miss C. Bell, 6—2, 6—3. Women’s Doubles. Second round: Mesdames Baker and MIL burn beat Misses M. tC. Glenny and B. Seeker, 6—3, (i—l; Misses Moore and Lopdell beat Misses Small and Candy. 6 —2, 6 — 3; Misses M. I. Glenny and Palmer beat Misses Manning and Irwin. 6—2, 6—3; Miss Budd and Mrs. Redmond beat Mrs. Holmes and Miss Landels, C—4, (I—0; Misses Wellwood and Welch beat Mrs. Maitland and Miss Clark, 3—6. 7—5, 6—2. Third round: Mesdames Baker and Milburn beat Misses Moore and Lopdell, 6—J. 7— Combined Doubles. Second round: Glenny and Miss M. Glenny beat Hassall and Miss D. Nelson, 6—l, 6 —3; Lowry and Mrs. Hassall beat J, C. Robertson and Miss M. Ormond, B—6, f—l; Foden and Miss Welch beat Amner and Miss Small, 6—2, 6 —l; Mason and Miss Symonds beat G. L. Pharazyn and Miss Pharazyn by default; Maitland and Mrs. Maitland beat Ogier and Miss P. J. Palmer, 6—3, 6—3; Thompson and Miss Howell beat Russell and Miss Garnett, fl—2, 6—2; Small and Miss Atcheson beat ■ Gregory and Miss D. Nelson, fl—3, o—B, 6—3; Murray and Miss M. C. Glenny beat Anderson and Miss P. Candy, 6 —3, fl—2. Third round: Maitland and Mrs. Maitland beat Mason and Miss Symonds, 7—5, 6—4; J. N. Lowry and Mrs. Hassall beat Glenny and Miss M. C. Glenny, fl—3, 1—(!, 6—2; Udy and Miss A. Ormond beat McDonald and Miss Budd, I) —fl, 10—8, o—-1.0 —-1. HANDICAPS Men's Singles.—A Grade. First round: Anderson beat Campbell. Gregory beat D. I. Robertson.} Ogier bi'at.

Fisk; Gordon beat G. N.'Pharazyn; Small beat Amner; Potter beat Murray ; R. White beat Lloyd; Marchant beat D. K. round. —Webber beat Ogier; Potter beat Small; Graham beat Marchant; Thompson byat Gordon. Men’s Singles.—B Grade. Second round: Budd beat Diamond. Third round: Budd beat McPherson. Men’s Doubles. Hudson and Chadwick beat McPherson and B. Cowan; Potter and Jordan beat White and Wake; Cowan and Cowan beat Small and Barron; Webber and Mason beat Amner and Vincent; J. C. and D. Robertson beat White and Cassln; Van Asch and Appleby beat G. N. and D. It. Pharazyn. , . , , , Second round: Potter,and Jordan beat R. White and Wake; Potaka and Russell beat Brook and Matthews; Maddi--Bon and Rainbow beat Van Asch and Appleby. , , Womens Singles. Second round: Miss Howell beat Mrs. Lowry; Miss M. Ormond beat Mrs. Dasent; Miss Budd beat Miss Logan; Miss D. Nelson beat Mrs. Holmes; Miss P. F. Palmer beat Miss Candy. _ • Third round: Miss M. I. Glenny beat Miss B. Seeker; Miss D. Nelson beat Miss Budd; Miss P. F. Palmer beat Mrs. Lloyd. Women’s Doubles. First round: Misses Wellwood and Welch beat Misses G. and D. Nelson. Second round: Misses Palmer beat Misses Logan and Bell; Mrs. Holmes and Miss Landels beat Misses Wellwood and Welch; Misses Seeker and Williams beat Misses Sanders and Rochfort; Mrs. and Miss Cotterell beat Misses Rainbow and Dasent; Misses Howell and Symonds beat Mesdames Lowry and Lloyd. Third round: Misses Palmer beat Mesdames Hassall and Hetley; Misses Tully and Garnett beat Misses Seeker and Williams. Combined Doubles. First round: Chadwick and Miss Landels beat Gilbertson and Miss Cotterell; Gordon and Miss Nelson beat Seeker and Miss B. Seeker; Russell and Miss Garnett beat Anderson -and Miss Candy; Rainbow and Miss Rainbow beat Amner and Miss Small; Ritchie and Mrs. Cotterell beat Wake and Miss S. Clark. Second round: Diamond and Miss Diamond beat D. I. Robertson and Mrs. Hetley, by default; Treston and Miss D. Robertson beat Palmer and Miss M. Palmer; Maitland and Mrs. Maitland beat McPherson and Miss Patterson; Dowry and Mrs. Lowry beat Glenny and Miss M. C. Glenny; Graham and Lopdell beat Thompson and Miss Howell; Mason and Miss Symonds beat Lloyd and Mrs:Lloyd; Read and Mrs. Redmond beat Marchant and' 1 Miss Sanders; Gregory and Miss Irwin beat Maddison and Mrs. Baker. Third round: Treston and Miss D. Robertson beat 'Lowry and Mrs. Lowry ; Gregory and Miss Irwin beat Diamondand Miss Dasent. Hastings Piute —Women. First round: Mrs. Holmes beat Miss Patterson, 6—l, 6—o; Miss Seeker beat Mrs. Redmond, 2—6, 6—2, B—6; Miss 8. Clark beat Mrs. Baker by default; Miss M. Palmer beat Miss ' Aitcheson, o—6,0 —6, 6—3, 6-4; Miss Williams beat Miss Landels, 6—4, 6—4; Miss Moore beat Miss Cotterell; Miss P. F. Palmer beat Miss Van Asch, 6-0, 6—o. Second round: Miss Palmer beat Miss S. Clark by default. Hastings Plate—Men. First round: Gilbertson beat Diamond, 6—2, 6 —2; Patter beat Ritchie, 6—o, 6—4; Mason beat J. White, by default; Amner beat Vincent, by default.

NUNNELEY CASKET ■’7. Draw for Women’s Match , Following is the draw for the first lawn tennis, match for .the Kathleen Nunneley Casket, to be played at Miramar next Friday and Saturday petween Wellington and Auckland women :— Friday.—l.3o p.m.: Mrs. R. P. Adams v. Miss B. Knight, Miss F. North v. Miss J. E. Ramsay. 3 p.m.: Miss D. Nicholls V. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane,. Mrs. W. J. Alelody v. Mrs. H. M. Dykes. 4.30 p.m.: Miss E Nicholls and Mrs. R. P. Adams v Misses B. Knight and J. E. Ramsay, Mrs. W. J. Melody and Miss F. North v. Miss M. Macfarlane and Mrs. 11. M. Dykes. Saturday.—l.3o p.m.: Mrs. R. P Adams v. Miss J. E. Ramsay, Miss F. North v Miss B Knight. 3 p.m.: Miss D. Nicholls v. Mrs. H. M. Dykes, Mrs. W. J. Melody v. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane. 4.30 p.m.: Miss D. Nicholls and Mrs. R. P. Adams v. Miss Marjorie Macfarlane and Mrs. H. M. Dykes, Mrs. W. J. Melody and Miss F. North v. Miss B. Knight and Miss J. E. Ramsay.

NORTH OTAGO CHAMPIONS By Telegraph—Press Association. 1 Oainaru, December 28. The North Otago tennis championships have resulted as follow: —Women’s singles: Miss D. Miller. Men’s singles: A. Feathers. Men’s doubles: K. Bryan anti F. Gallagher. Combined doubles: M. Pringle and Miss A. Miller. Restringing and repairs to Tennis Racquets. N.Z. Sports Service, Ltd., Burlington Arcade. —Advt. .