LAWN TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 14535, 10 December 1910, Page 14

LAWN TENNIS

[By Kecorpeii.]

The Victorian championships, which wore concluded on the 26th ult., taw many splendid fights' for supremacy, although the standard of play was nob up to that of 1909, when Wilding beat Brookes. Tin tournament brought forth the two Grammar School hoys" Arthur and Pat OTlaraWood, ami they showed themFolvo.s lobe almost on a level with the best, as some of the results cjven below bear v, ttne-ss. A solid instance, is Pat Wood's match with 11. A. Parker, wherein all li'.e sets were plaved before the oft New Zealand champion won. Poust showed himself to be irreatly improved after his tw<. .seasons sojourn in Knglned. lie won the Singles, defeating amongst others Rod llenih iholder 'Australasian •.■haiupiimshipl. and with Miss 1.. Addison the .Mixed Dotibho for the third time, the tame pair hauics won the event in 1907 and 1908. Th" challenge shields are now the property <>i the wmnous. Miss Addit-on retained the Ladies' Singles, although within en ace. of losing it. as her opponent in the final. Miss Stewart, won the first *et ami stood 5-4. 40—50 in the second.

Men's Sitmlw.--First round : Don.-', beat .7. C. Blair. 5-7. 7-5. 6—5. 6-2; A. Wood beat M'Ctttcheon, b-2, 6—l, 5-t). b—O: P. Wood beat .inmisou, 6--3. 7—o. b—l. Second round: Dunlop beat 11. Bice, 6-3. 3-b. 6-2. 6--5; A. Wood bent Quill (N.Z.), 6—l, 6-5.6-2: Parker beat.' Pat Wood. 5—7. 7—5. 6 -.'>. 5-7, 6-2. Third round: Dunlop beat Parker, %..-2 d—6. 6—2. 6-4: Doust beat. Pod lie.ah. 4-6, 0-4. 6-2. 2-6. 0 -0: A. Wood beat Holland. 3-6. 6—5. t>--3. bo. Fourth round : Addison beat- Taylor (S.A.), 6—l. 6-4. 8-6: Doust beat A. Wood. 7-5. 6-2. 1-6. C --2-: Dunlop beat Addison. 6—2. 0-5. 5-7. 2-6, 6-1. I Addit-on coilaps.xl at the iiuish. and was unable to continue further play that day.) Pinal : S. P. Doust beat A. W. Duuljp. 5-1, 6-8. 2-6. 6-2, 6-2. Champion Doub'es.—Rico and Campbell heat Tatehell and I'nut. 6-4. 7-5. 2-6. >—4: Dtutlop ami Heath beat A. and P. Wood. 6—3, 6—2, 6—4: Fraser and Blair heat Barritt and Beid, 6—5. 6—4. 2- 6. 4- 6, 6—5; Dunlop and Heath beat Bice and Campbell. 6—2, 9-7. 5—7. 6-2: Doi'ist and Taylor beat Parker and Quill, 6—2, 6—5. 6—2; Spencer and Addison beat. Bollaud ami Treloar, 4—6, 6—-. 12—10. 6—5. Seuii-finals : Dunlop a.;i<l Heath beat Feasor and Blair, 6—3, 6-3, 4—6. 6—4 : Spente and Addison beat Doust and Taylor. 6—5. B—lo. 6—l. 6 -3. Final: Dunlop and Heath bent Spence led Addison. 9—7. 6—4. 6—l. .Mixed Doubles. —Blair and .Miss Cyton ):at Twee-die and Miss Bee worth, 6—l, J--4: Arthur Wood and Mrs Bowe beat ."lice and Mk I'aiT, 6-3. 7—5; D.mst p:<l Mist; Addison beat A. Woo<l and Mrs Bowe. 6 —o. 4 —6, 7—5: Campbell ami Mies Stewart beat Blair and Miss tlvton. s__2. 6—4. Filial : Doust and Miss Addi-t-on beat Campbell and .Miss Stewart, 5—5, 6—3. Ladies' Singles.—Final : Miss L. Addi;o:i heat Miss P. A. Stewart, 4-6, 7—5, j-0. Public Schools' Championship.—Final : K. F. Herring beat N. Heath, 6-2, 7-5. On his way to the final Herring disposed nt Pat Wood, 6—2, 6—l. Herring must be a promising youth indeed when he can so easily disposo of a player who ran Parker to five sets. Recently there has been considerable discussion in th.9 Australian Press as to whether the Australasian Association acted rroperlv in refusing a guarantee to tho team ■chosen to represent England in tho Davie Cup, which should have been played this month. That team consisted of A. 11. Lowe, Dixon, and Mavrogardato. The reason given, for withdrawing the guarantee was becanso the Bnglish team, not being representative, would be a galemoney failure. Dr L. 0. S. Poideviii, on his return to Australia, recently made it plain that ho was not in agreement with the views expressed by Australians, and ho particularly instanced the fa: f that Stan. Doust w;u; otfu-tor to Lngiand's thieo 16 a Singles player, and this seacon's ie«rds show that Dottst had -itsually to ae-K-pt defeat when, opposed to them. Australian quidnuncs scorned tho idea of any .if the Englishmen having a chance against Bod Heath, Ihinlop, Barker, and B : ce, to say nothing of Wilding- ;md Brookes. That Br Poidevin's judgment w:is corre-'t i.i amply proved by Doust defeating Heath. Dmdop, and others when he secured the Victorian championship last mouth, ai,d U must not be forgotten that Doust would le about fifteenth on the- English lnedt list for last season.

A grade matches last Saturday were both played on the hill, the Olago Xo. 1 at Baimaccwen and Otago No. 2 at iicslyn. The conditions prevailing at Maoii Hill could not have been worse, and Fiodyn was not much better. The Balmaeewen courts were swept by a. keen, cutting wind, which seemed at timeo to blow front c\<>\ rintcLion. The few spectators p esetil were huddled up in any sheltered spot, they lOitld find, and as for tic players, i one lid themselves justice; but it can be said lhat the hill players are cere at Mine to such, conditions, and reap ">me adv.ini.ige. Lobs were of little use, being blown everywhere, and the swinging rets (.night most <•;' the low (hives ami ecrv:s. L'lav was

',,' it uninteresting, and one man hj drugged <:: liil ehco on 7 p.m. The order of play <b"vanded under the compel it km ruics -was

emitely ignored, with the result t.'.:at B- jd and IJarraway found themselves laie to face with only the umpire on ww. the otlmr i:i.'i)ibor6of 'ho Otago nam and m >.»t of the Bahnacewen bavin.' gone away At thic- lan- hour it- was absolutely impossible for the player on the .noith Bid.- of the in -. to see the ball. us the Petting sun was directly in the line of view. As no interest attached to the result. '. hese play, idid not finish. The moist interesting game was that between C. '». \Vir.te. and It. S. Brown. White is not tit his !>-.-i by a long way, but he was Mipi rior 111 all ■ !>■ partments to it. S., who>e play is not what it used to be. '"lietorder" vetituies to assert that the real reason of the appa rent decline in the .skill of botn It. S. and S. X. Brown is to some extent- caused by their having to play on courts where there ran bo no certainty in getting strokes played for, owing to the prevalent ad■\erso conditions under which they have to practise. Kwen scored a. very meritorious win over S. X. Brown, who made a, big mistake in lobbing in the teeth of the wind, and from these Kwen stoied on numerous occasions. Bundle had a dingdong go with -M'Kerrow. who is, like Bayd, a surprise packet when the zephyrs blow. S. X. Brown's play in the Doubles is deserving °? coironenda-tioo. bis overhead work being splendid. The pkvy in the match at Koslyn was also of the- in-and-out order. Cow and Beny san prised the Calders, but M'lloiiga-Il and lusuiance Young mnde no race of it against Ka-m.-ay and Jeweller Young. The latter, just from fehool, is tho most proiiiidiig player Otago has turned out for years. He litis, all the strokes of a. champion in the mtiking. Ramsay did exceedingly well to beat K. H. P-a.lder comfortablv, and Berry accounted for M'Doagall. the Otago Club's ladies were not- good enough for the .iloslynilc*.