LAWN TENNIS.

Evening Star, Issue 15140, 24 March 1913, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS.

- » THE EASTER'TOURNEY. The following concludes our report o: .Saturday's events: MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. —Second Round.— S. M'Dougall beat T. Walker, 6-0, 4-1 at which, stag© Walker retired. MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. —First, Rouaß. J. S. Sinclair and Young beat J. H. Walker i«d Patchett, 6-3, 6-4. J. S. 2?:'eoleon and H. S. Hamilton beat W. Pearse and L. J; Taylor, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. —Second Round.— G.'and A. Nicolson beat A. Taylor and M'Millan, 6-2, 6-1. M'Kerrow and; Osboume beat D. Paterson and Laurenson, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. —Third Round.—• M'Dougall and Black beat Manson and Anderson, 6-4, 6-2. LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES. —First Round.— Miss M. Meenan beat Mrs M. L. Jones, 9-7. Miss G. Bauchop beat Miss K. Black, 9-3. —Second Round.— Mrs J. Fraser beat Miss P. Cramond, 9-6. LADIES' HANDICAP SINGLES. —Third Round.— Miss R. Eagley (owe 5-6) beat Miss M. Maealister (scratch), 9-3. LADIES' HANDICAP DOUBLES. —Second Round.— Mra ,W. R. Sinclair and Miss Elliott (receive- 15 1-6) beat Misses P. Cramond iad Gilmour (owe 4-6), 9-7. Misses R. and A. L. Loudon (receive 4-6) 4»at Mrs and Miss Bauchop (owe 15 2-6), 9-7. COMBINE DHANDICAP DOUBLES. ' —First Round.— A. Nicolson and Miss Meenan (owe 3-6) bent R. Wood and.Miss A. L. Lcudon (receive 2-6), 9-3. G. Walker and Miss Duthie (owe. 4-6) beat Wilkie and Miss White (owe 30 2-6). 9-7. ' —Second Round.— S. N. Brown and Miss Lockhart (owe 16 4-6) beat J. H. Walker and Miss Walker (owe 3-6), 9-7. MEN'S HANDICAP DOUBLES. —Second Round.— Bennett and Peake (owe 1-6) beat Clothier and Ashley (scratch), 9-6. L. and D. Paterson (rec. 1-6) beat Andrews and Guy (scratch), 9-5. MEN'S HANDICAP SINGLES. A. Grade. : —Second Round.— M'Dougall (owe 15 4-6) beat Hill (scratch), 9-4. W. R. Sinclair (scratch) beat Trezea.r (owe 3-6), 9-8. B Grade. —First Round.— T. Walker (owe 3-6) beat M'Millan (owe 3-6), 9-8. • —Second Round.— Patchett beat Guy (owe 5-6), 9-6. —Third Round.— T. Walker (owe 3-6) beat Patchett, 9-8. NOTES ON THE PLAY. [By RECOHDKa.J The second day's play was sadly in.ertered with by the miserable weather conditions. Play proceeded from 10 a.m. to 12.00 p.m., when another stoppage endued. The attendance was very fair, and would have been equal to that of the hist day had the weather been better, •■■nder the old conditions when the draws Were arranged all the gocd matches were mt to the final day, and if the weather *ere unfavorable the anticipated good final day s gate was lost. The new order gives several high-grade matches each dav, and serves to equalise the attendance. Better an average attendance each dav tnan laying too much store on what the :ast day may bring forth in view of cur uncertain climate. In the men's singles rvhampionship prammond's placing and service proved too much for who could make little headway m ;he first ;et, but the experience gained in that set was valuable to Black who just failed -o capture the second. Crammond's form has been good this season. Lindsav, the tall [southland representative footbn'.'er—a second season's tennis player—showed excellent form against Bray, one of our most consistent players. M'Kerrow was leadirtg Sinclair 4-2 in the last set when the ran stopped play. Easilv the best mngles contest of the dav was between R. b. Brown and E. B. Andrere Yjmveraty) and formerly of College. . The real struggle began in the second set m which Brown had establish a ead. Andrea, had struck his game and by a series of splendid hard drives to the corners, combined with judicious overhead play, he pulled up and captured he set The effort had taken some of the steel out of Andrea; but he fought hard to the end against Brown's superior tactics and experience. Andrea? is certainly "the find " of the tournament, and he should be owe 30 in the A grade inrtead of in the B. He drives with great power from the top of the bound, both Jnto the- fore and backhand courts, and lie is one of very few exponents of that fttroke of which Brookes is the great master. There was some splendid playin the mens' doubles championship. The Milton player, J. H. Walker, has a fine style and shows excellent promise and his partner the Rev. Patchett is very o- 00 d —they gave J. S. Sinclair and Youn" a fine game. Anticipation of something extra was rampant when W. Pearse and t I 1 W", faccd H - s - Hamilton and J. b. Nicholson. The Canterbury pair ■•©ok the first set fairly easily but the Laituna pair warmed to their work Hamilton frequently scored outright with splendid returns of the service which went by the advancing.server untouched, and his smashing was of the deadliest order Nicholson too surprised even his greatest admiTexs—he returned everythinrr -with great steadiness, hie lobbing beiw°a valuable feature and he was quite" content u %? & ls to his lme rring partner The Kaituna men kept going at top to the end, and when Hamilton clinched victory with a brilliant smash into the left court they were cordially congratulated on a splendid win. Both Hamilton and Nicholson surpassed themselves, and it would be safe to say that no Otago player has eclipsed Hamilton's display. Pearse and laylor did not combine well, the former was too often out of position but ho made many fine .ace-scoring shots. Taylor's weakness was overhead for his smashes ! trere invariably down the court instead Of across and were, therefore, easily refumed. J m? 1 *? ?7 d Wilkie ve «»6 Brown brothers (the holders) 'was also of high "rade especially in the second set, in which at one time the brothers were leading 3-0 but Bray and- Wilkio were playing fine tennis and gradually pulled up to lead at r 5 - „ T T ,V' ee , 6 P len <lid smashes in succeeion by Wilkie back to' R. S. Brown roused the shivering spectators. Bray got in eomo trie drives down the lines and smashed but they, found the well-known combination of the brothers a difficult hurdle to surmount—their best strokes were met by equally good ones and these latter _ brought the Browns to 5-4 and 50-40 in their favor in the tenth game—°?n Ce I*° win tho match—that ace has staJl to be won (at time of writing) for ram stopped play at 6 all. R. S. -Brown was exceedingly safe all round w'm'e S £._ was as good as ever on the backhand drive across court, and very severe overhead. Those who considered that some players were too lightly handicapped in the ii.-en's A jrrade singles had tho mortification of seeing the handicappers.completely vricticated. Wilkie just got home from J. !?. Nicholson. With a Tittle more ginger on fiha drive A. Nicholson might have matched victory from Taylor. Bray got a •enaational win against' M'Kerrow. An iniwaptirigj match was that between Tr>gear (Dunlop'e. double) and W r . R. Sinclair. .-•.Treaear, who promisee to make «pod. had defeated S. N. Brown in tie

first round and received the vurdict against Fisher in the championship and naturally hoped to beat-Sinclair but the letter. a& a handicap player, is quite abreast of the times, an,d hi 6 csreful [ methods proved the 'Varsity man's undoing by one point. INTERUMIVERSITY TOURNAMENT, ' 0 6 completes the-< report of Saturday's play :'« the interuniversityVlawn tennis tournament at Wellington: MEN'S SINGLES. E. -Pa.rtTid.tre (Otago) beat N. A. Campbell (AucklancJ], 9-7. 9-7. G. M. Cleghorn (Victoria, College) bea-t I. Parsons (Canterbury). 6-4, 6-3. ' D. K. Smith (Auckland) beat J. B. PaTker (Victoria College), 13-11, 6-2. T. D. Smith (Canterbury) beat W. D. Hart (Otago), 6-3, 6-2. MEN'S DOUBLES. Duthie and Campbell (Auckland) beat White and Jenkins (Otago), 6-4, 6-2. Abernethy aind Parsonscn (Canterbury) beat Fathers and Taylor (Victoria College), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Smith and Crichton (Canterbury) beat E. A. A. Oholson (Auckland), 5-7, 6-1, Cleghorn and Parker (Victoria College) beat Partridge and Hart (Otago), 6-4, 6-2. —Semi-finals.— Duthie and Campbell beat Abernethy and Pwsonson, 6-1, 7-5. Smith .and Crichton beat Clerfiorn and Parker, 6-1, 6-4. LADIES' SINGLES. Miss B. Tutton (Canterbury) beat Miss M. Hodges (Otago), 9-3 Miss E. Cumminirs (Auckland) beat Miss A. Welsh (Otago), '9-2. LADIES' DOUBLES. Misses Hunt and Hodges (Otago) heat Misses Dailies and Smeeton (Auckland), 9-3. Misses A. Miller and Tutton (Canterbury) beat Misses Mason and Taylor (Victoria College). 9-0. Misses Tennent and Lawry (Victoria Co!-' lege) beat Misses Cumming and Tomkins (Auckland), 9-5. Misses Walker and Borthwick (Canterbury) beat Misse-. Whitehead and Woodhouse (Otatro). 9-7. Misses Welsh and Taylor (Otago) beat Misses Cooke and Siewright (Victoria College), 9-4. —Semi-finals.— Misses Tenuent and Lawry beat Misses Walker and Borthwick, 9-4. COMBINED DOUBLES. Mie« A. W T elsh and W. D. Hart (Otago) beat Miss Tutton and R. C. AbernethV (Canterbury), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.