TENNIS.

Evening Star, Issue 15174, 3 May 1913, Page 10

TENNIS.

[By Recoedkr.] Schools tennis in Dunedin has now been ■established sufficiently long to engender the hope that it has come to stay. The entries for the tournament which concluded a fortnight ago were very satisfactory, and with, a little more encouragement these could be largely increased in future. Otago tennis hue already benefited by the experiments of the last few years, and the results of school tennis are seen in the addition to the local ranks of several very promising young players, who are quite able to hold their own when competing against older and more experienced exponents. To go further, at least throe of tho sterner sex have represented, or were invited to represent, the province in the only representative match played, during the season just concluded. In addition to this, two of these, even if aided by tho luck of the draw, figured in tho Otago doubles championship final at Easter, and the same pair, S. M’Dougall and G. L Black, contested the final of the men’s A Grade handicap singles. Black and Miss Fea won the mixed doubles handicap, and D. Paterson and his brother were runners up in the men’s doubles handicap at the same tournament. It- is somewhat curious that the girls who have won the , different events on the programmes of the last few- yeans seem to have dropped out of. sight to a large extent. It would be well if those who tutored these girls in the early stages would go further and see that they became members of local clubs, otherwise they are liable to bo lost to view after leaving school. The same applies to the boys, who may be induced to take up some other pastime when they quit the playground for good —or evil. Becordsaxs always interesting, so I append the winners of the boys’ . championship singles since- its inauguration in 1908 ; 1908— T. Young. 1909 G. I. Black. 1910— S. M’Dougall. 1911— G. I. Black. 1912 D. Paterson. * 1913—11. S. Black, jun.

For five consecutive years Roslyn has produced the boy champion, and the latest winner is a brother of the 1909 and 1911 winner. They are'eons of Mr and Mrs R. S. Black, who. have instilled their own enthusiasm into their boys, and have reason to be proud of their successes. Perhaps someone will kindly send me the names of the winners of the girls’ championship in. correct order. The doings of A.F. Wilding’are always interesting to New Zealanders, During the South of France tournaments in February and March he proved more than a •match for the various well-known Continental players whom ■he encountered, although he showed traces of want of sound practice. At Monte Carlo he won the cup for, the fourth' tithe,-defeating the German crack 11. Ivleinschrolh, 6-1, 6-0; Decugis, 3-6, 6-0, 5-5; and Poulin, 5-0, 6-2, 6-1. With Miss Ryan. (America) he won the mixed doubles, beating Decugis and Mrae Decugis, 5-3, 6-1, and in the final WallisMyers and Miss Tripp, 6-4, 6-3." In the doubles final H. Kleinschroth and Eahe beat Wilding and R. Kleinschroth, 2-6, 5- 5-3, 7-5. The Riviera championship also, fell to Wilding (for the third, time). He defeated Larsen, who figured so prominently in the English covered courts event last week, 6-2, 5-0; H. Kleinschroth, 5-3, 6- ; and Bahe (who beat Decugis), 5-2, 6-3, 5-1. H. Kleinschroth and Rahe beat Wilding and “Latour” in the doubles final, 2-6, 1-6, 6-0, 6-0, 8-6. Note the two love sets. The Forme-Becherat Cup was won by Wilding outright—thrice consecutively. He again met Decugis in the final and won, 6-4, 6-1, 3-5, 5-3. The Moan a Club are to be congratulated on having so easily won the B Grade championship. It is pleasing to know that after more than one postponement, and some ink-spilling, tho various rubbers were contested with the friendliest spirit. Laurenson was the most successful of the St. Hilda team. The Moana players make a sound, well-balanced team, and are probably strong enough to engage some of the A grade teams, with good prospects of winning. The dub member's are reaping the rewards of enthusiastic and constant practice.

• lawn Tennis ’ of March 15, winch catno to hand this week, informs its readers that the New York daily papers are full of the reported marriage of Anthony \v debug to Mies Maxine Elliott, which is said to have taken placo at Nice on March 14. [Maxino Elliott was marracd ft? iN at Goodwin in ISS6, and toured -nistraluv with him, playing in several pieces. She is a very handsome woman.] That tho Japanese can. readily adapt themselves to Western ideas and customs is illustrated even in lawn tenuis, for Snhnisu, a pure Japan-asc, recently won tne smgles championship of Bengal (India) from a field including many of India’s best players. The Calcutta cricket ground was crowded with Europeans. Japanese, and natives, and there was great but goodhnmorod rivalry between lire supporters of Carroll and Shimizu. When the latter had gained a brilliant win I;y superior play, Europeans vied with natives and Japanese in cardial congratulations to the victor.