EXHIBITION CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 9

EXHIBITION CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULT OF OPENING GAMES,

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DUNEDIN, 15th January.

The Exhibition championship tennis tournament opened at the Anderson Bay courts to-day. It is planned to last four days. A special girls' singles, for which there are eleven entries,, was added at the last moment. In addition to men's singles and doubles, and ladies' singles and doubles championships, there are mixed doubles aud. handicap events for all classes. Bain fell during the afterj noou and play was abandoned for the rest of tho day. A start was made in the morning with the men's and ladies' singles | championships, for which there are 32 entries, a number of players from Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago, and Southland taking part. "The first round of tho men's singles chainpionr ship was almost completod. Bray easily defeated Hammond in the second round. Manchester (Waimatc) [ created surprise by defeating Jensen in a three-set match. Bawlinson had a stiff game against Bell, whom lie defeated. ' Miss L. Turner defeated Mrs. Tregear in a three-set contest in the first round, and Miss E. V. White beat Mrs. Sharpe in the second round. No other events have proceeded any distance yet. .Following are the results:— Men's Singles. First Round.—W. BTay beat A. Mercer, G-0, 6-3; C. S. Hammond beat W. G. Bridgman, 6-3, 6-2; Dr. Moody beat Smith by default; B. H. Tait beat Wilson by default; E. Partridge beat H. J. Thompiion, 6-1, '6-0; W. Penrose beat J. Goss, 6-3, 6-1; N. E. Manchester beat A. T. Jensen, 6-3, 045, 6,3; D. E. Glanyille beat G. I. Black-, 6-1, 6-3; R. A. Guy beat F. M'Lachlan, 6-1, 6-1; S. G. M'Dougall beat G. A. Dawson, €-2, 6-2; S. E. Jackson beat J. Mercer, 6-4, 6-2; T. \V. Patterson beat J, E, Leask, 6-3,. P-2; J. Eawlinson beat E. C. Bell, IC-li; Gooch beat P. A. Boyes, 6-1, 6-0; V. Page beat H. Tillman, 6-0, 6-0. ' Second Round.—Bray beat Hammond, 6-3, 6-0. Men's Doubles. First Round.—Tait and Patterson beat A. D. Smith and B. M. Black, 6-1, 6-4; Page and Moody beat Mercer : Brothers, 8-6, 6-0; Jackson and Fulton beat Gooch and Partridge, 10-8, 8-6. Ladies' Singles. First Round.-—Mrs. W. A. Scott beat Miss M. Gibson, C-2, 6-3;. Miss L. Turner beat Mrs. J. J. Tregear, 5-6, 6-4, 7-5; Miss T. V. White beat Misa J. Cook, by default; Mrs. A. Snarpe beat Mrs. Leslie Mills, €-2, -6-1.; Miss Manchester beat Mias King, by default; Miss Muirson beat Miss D. O. Ramsay, 6-3, 6-1; Miss Pattison beat Miss S. Tocld, 0-1, 6-5. '. Second Round.—Miss White beat Mrs. Sharpe, 6-4., 0-6, 6-4. Mixed Doubles. Second Round.—Guy and Miss : Speirs beat Manchester and Miss Fleming, .6-1, 6-2. Ladies' Doubles' Handicap. First Bound.—Misses Todd and Jtamsay (owe 5-6) beat Misses Leay and Bishop (owe 15), 9-3. Men's Doubles Handicap. First Bound,—Pearse and Hammond (owe 30, 1-6), beat G. Goss, junior, and J. Goss^owe 4-6), 9-4. Second Bound. —A. D. Smith and B. M. Black (rec. —), beat Manchester Brc,3. (owe 3-6), 9-4; Dawson and Johnson (owe 15 3-6) beat Bobertson and Osmers (rec. 4-6), 9-7. Men's Singles Handicap. | First Round. —G. T. Simpson (rec. ' 4-6) beat G. Tutt, 9-7; Gregory (owe 15 1-6) beat N. G. Manchester (owe 2-6), 9-6; H. Tillman (owe 4-6) beat A. Mercer (owe 4-6), 9-4. ,