LAWN TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 113, 12 May 1917, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS

(By "Huka.")

WELLINGTON- CLUB.

The Wellington Club has brought to a successful conclusion a ladies', handicap singles event, for which a trophy was donated by Mr. F. Grady. The entry was a fairly large one, and all the contests were most interesting. The final took place between Mrs. Bree (owe 4) and Miss M'lntosh, who was on the same mark.

The play of these two ladies was very, good, and a hotly contested match resulted in Mrs. Bree being fktorious by 50-40. Mrs. Bree, nee Miss Marks, hails from Dunedin, where she was one of the foremost players. Miss Elsie Rogers is now the hon. secretary of the Wellington Club, and has clearly shown that she has the ability, and the enthusiasm, for the making of a successful organiser. HUGHIE SIM. Tennis players will regret to hear that Hughie Sim, the well-known Brougham Hill Club's tennis player, has been killed in action. I'bung Hughie—he was barely 23 years of age—went to the front in a draft of the New Zealand Artillery. He gave great promise in the sport of lawn- tennis, and was one of those players who used his mental as well as his physical powers. With a little more tennis experience he would have been a player quite above the ordinary. A general favourite with whomsoever he came in contact with, his cheery disposition and thorough sporting qualities made him a most likeable lad. He was just one of those fine boys who always could be depended upon to do his duty cheerfully and fear-

lessly. He, like many more noble lads, has given his all so that others may be permitted to live amidst freedom and liberty. The sympathy of tennis players is extended to his people. AMERICA'S CHAMPION. R-. 'N. Williams, the champion of the United States, received a severe shaking up last month by N. W. Niles, in the invitation, singles for the covered court championship of Longwood. Williams, while playing great tennis, could not, at first, get away from his opponent; in fact, the latter was unlucky in losing the first set at 9-7. Repeatedly, welf placed base line drives by Niles were only out by the smallest fraction of an inch. In the next two sets Williams .kept up his attack, and although Niles ran the games many times to deuce, he could not quite head the champion. The score did not indicate the real closeness of the struggle, and the spectators. were struck dumb by the loser's unexpected and stubborn defence.' KUMAGAE. Ichia Kumagae, the famous Japanese player, is, after all, going to reside in the United States. He has accepted a position with Mitsui and Co., the big Japanese exporting house of New York, and hoped to be in the land of the Stars and Stripes before the end of the present month. VICTORIA. The Victorian Lawn- Tennis Association has invested the sum of £1200 in the Commonwealth War Loan. Lawn tennis associations blessed with real champion players all appear able to accumulate large profits from the sport. The public are notified that they can purchase a Singer machine over 20 per cent cheaper at Globe Depot, Grand Opera House, Mannors-stre'et. No canvassers employed.—Advt.