LAWN TENNIS NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 14001, 6 March 1909, Page 11

LAWN TENNIS NOTES.

.It, ™ atc, J v. Otago last week .-..Aba Inc destination of A Orads banner lor lac season Tb,> Knitrnn, Club are to U- (.oiigr.'tulateu on havin'* '■a".Tr o 'l it bom the Irebhvs by (be narrow niTjmi'lv ot ganva, and on level terms. ' Bcrertl;b: ' f’l-bv. taken Mi round if wa ? imf ot a mg., order, but there were , p .’, r ; prises H, the Men's Mingles Simiair i:,.;U J. biuithwaita, and on the form ,T,ov, n was certainly (be superior play-re. ami v.mmr the same condition* would' .ilwav,? Wln y , 111 fact, having mea.vurrd li-iith-wa-t.'s strength, he would piobablv '.mat hi in mare candy if they met again. It won In have .mired the h’eor if .Sinclair had ,<:.;yc.l more from Ihe vicinity of Dm .~-w----vice unc and net. but Siuchiir bml mada up ms mind to play the right .;,, n >c—i.c.. 're go up only m lion g certain!" was m view and he rarely mkued sco.-i'ng off .he c-ae.rt ones. Braitinvr.ite’s best game cornea Join his passing shots after his opponent mi.s inn up. but he was nonpiuesefl bv Sinclair s bulnre to plav accordin'/ to the Br.utbwMtc code. The'loeor is .nol r-tvom* overiwinl oven when near the net, a place wnero (Sinclair shims. Taken aitc’clhor tnay was not up to expectations, IMm-- reo much up and down the middle of the unvl, neither -idc taking even small risks Bundle, by steady May, boat Fcclye. win’; liangcd the ball .everywhere and aiivwuore. ' e ;v,! ‘ s lil l bt?Uve<?n JOwen aud a.oinhnoon. and whii-t the kilter played r-eahy well at limes, t,./. former quite caloacJ uime.ell. although hi.? trerv'ce w-s unreliable, rarely g<'Uing his first in. IDs driving, however, was crisp and powerful even into the forehand court -his umk point—-and h-e got in some splendid didves sown tlio side Jinan His vdlcviim into the short cross court was excellent’, and on his showing he would have beaten anv man on the court on the day. Tomlinson has a fine break service, but this valuable asset should be made more use of bv being lollowed up to within smashing cr"vollevmg range. It would make a vast difference in results. He hits hard, gobm for the stroke throughout, and taking all risk.-, ino defeat of Gower by Moody, 9—l, was a great disappointment’ and surprise to the Dlago team, and to everyone else save Moody, who was quietly confident of wini.mg. He literally made mincemeat of cower, who wa.s played with a view to the t€<irn. Sinclair and Kwen were much too //ood tor Lruthw-utc ancl Scelve in the double"/ Ewcn especially showing to advantage.' 1 nne alter time he scored u dcadiv volFev i? Jp’ Klde 1 11 "W of ‘ho. forehand courts. Bundle and Gower beat Tomlinson and . oedy aJmosnujcasily. Gower was the betc S t^ s ?. pa J lr - His P art!lir Phi ved too sci'tlv, and lobbed a number out of court, ihe iceers hit hard but erraticallv Ihe Combined Double? saw Biaithwaite “j y, on top against Sinclair r I I:fi ‘ 01 !' iV Kl the 6e< - o,ld Kailuna pan. See lye and Miss Lester, proved vicom over Bundle and Miss Royse, but tho latter pair should have won the set. Miss toiipv at V mC f f ' X ; ecut<x! sonle Epiomlid to lets, and played consistently, and so he d Irt-'/ 1 6 Ull , the hro g-mes, when fie, Joat set er.U strokes witii underhand toilevs into the not or out of court. Ewen and „Vli?6 13. Hislop \vcie the only pair to win a set rn this event, and with‘two forcing pfiaers like Ewen and Tomlinson op"cr;; r ’ <,nie n,err y exchanges. Mis.s -Marks and -Miss D. Hislop played really well, and in a mixed double the latra Rsrfiaps the best player in the Otago L.ub now, as she tries for every stroke, ami usually gets the return eafelv past the man at the not. Miss Marks pkived as well as ever, and should be tecoml Jiuly for her club. Moody and Mis? Davies were too good Kir (rower and Miss Holmes. Miss Davies makes few mistakes, preferring to plav tor sale tv in all matches. Miss Holmes has had very little play far some time, ;o could luu'diy do herself justice. Miss Lester was too' steady for Miss Royoe m the single, but the loser played a much more attractive game from a spectator's point of view than the winner, who returned everything with great regularity. It was half-past six before the final event, Mise Campbell and Mix? Hislop, began. Otago was then leading by three games, so the Kaituna lady had to’win by 6—2 at least to place her club in the lead, hue made no mistake about it, and playing carefully gained a love set. Miss Campbell is not equalled in the Dominion as a base line player, and knowing this it would have been good policy for Mi.s Hislop. instead of playing carefully, to have utilised her forehand drive to the utmost, for she can make many splendid strokes with it. and tho risks were worth taking, and would probably have gained her tomo