TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Evening Star, Issue 17320, 7 April 1920, Page 3

TENNIS TOURNAMENT

SEVERAL EVENTS COMPLETER. The Otago Lawn Tenuis Association's Easter tournament was continued on the Andeison Bay courts yesterday, and was practically completed. The men's championship doubles was won for the second time in succession by G. Ollivier and W. S'::eppard ; the ladies' handicap doubles fell to Miss Conk and Mrs Lemon; Miss J. M'Laren won the ladies' handicap singles ; and the men's handicap singles (A grade) was won by E. D. Duiliie. _ In the ladies' championship singles Miss Biyth and Mrs Lemon still have to meet in the other semi-final, and the winner will play Miss Pattison. Tn the mixed handicap doubles Lemon and Mrs Lemon were beaten by R. S. Duthie and Miss M'Adain after a good game. The latter pair have now to meet I Black and Mrs Lindsay in the semi-final, and the winners have to plav Clark and Miss Black for the final. In the semi-final of the men's haTidicap doubles S. N. Brown and M'Kerrow defeated J. L. and W. E. Gregory, and have now to meet Wilkie and Lemon for the final. In the men's championship singles Wilkie I and Duthie have still another set to play, being a set each to the good, and the winner will then meet Ollivier in the final The following are the further results of yesterday's play : LADIES' HANDICAP SINGLES. Final. Miss J. M'Laren (owe 4-6) beat Miss M. M'Adam (rec. 2-6), 9-6. MIXED HANDICAP DOUBLES. —Fourth Round.— R. S. Duthie and Miss M'Adam beat Lemon and Mrs Lemon, 9-6. Semi-final. Clark and Miss K. Black beat Meek and Miss'Biyth. 9-7. MEN'S HANDICAP DOUBLES. Semi-final. Brown and M'Kerrow beat J. L. and W. E. Gregory, 9-5. MEN'S HANDICAP SINGLES.—A GRADE. Semi-final. Bray beat Manson, 9-3. Final. E. D. Duthie (owe 15) beat W. Bray (owe 40), 9-5. At the close of the afternoon's play the ! president of the association [Jk' A. E. i Harraway) presented the prizes to the winners of those events which had been concluded. INTER-UNIYERSITY TOURNEY. j AUCKLAND WIN. } The inter-university lawn tennis tourney I finished at Wellington yesterday. Of the I five series of matches played Auckland won three, thus taking the shield. 01 the other two series Canterbury won one and Otago one. The feature of the- day's play was tho brilliant- performance "of Bartleet, who won the .Men's Singles after desperate struggles with each of the Otago j men—Gray and Allison. He is one of the j most promising young players in the counI try at the present time. Allison and Grav won the Men's Double's with ease. In the final they had to play the other Otago | team, and their fellow collegians gave them the hardest fight they had had in the tourney. Results: '. LADIES' DOUBLES. I ■ —Semi-final.— Misses E. E. Day and G. Lvnn ;Otago) 1 beat .Misses B." Knight and E*. M. E er- ! ton (Auckland), 11-9. Misses G. Willcox and D. Archenhold t (Canterbury) beat .Misses E. G. Wakhe 3 and F. W. J. Fenton (Victoria College,) "9-6. —Final—- ' Misses Willcox and Archenhold beat 1 Misses Day and Lynn, 9-6. '. COMBINED DOUBLES. —Semi-finals.— • ; Miss A. Archenhold and R. C. Aber- - nethy i Canterbury) beat .Mis.- E. G. ? j Waldie and A. C. Whilelaw (Victoria Col- '- lege). 4-6, 6-4. 7-5. Miss B. Knight and E. L. Barl-1.-vt " (Auckland) beat Miss F. W. J. Fe-nton and • L. J. Edmondson (Victoria College) 7-5 5 6-2. —FinalMiss Knight, and Bartleet beat Miss Archenhold and Abernethy, 6-2, 6-2. ; LADIES' SINGLES. s —Semi-finals.— Miss E. Knight (Auckland) beat Miss A. 1 -Archenhold (Canterbury), 9-5. Miss F. W. J. Fenton (Victoria Col- "' lege) won from Miss H. Easkrfield (Vic--1 toria College) by default. —Final—--i Miss Knight beat Miss Fenton. 9-1. ; MEN'S SINGLES. .] —Semi-finals.— I E. L. Bartleet (Auckland) beat \. S t " Grav (Otago). 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. j. P! E. Allison (Otago- beat W. M. Angus (Canterbury), 6-0, 6-4. —Final— Bartleet beat Allison, 8-6, 4-6, 7-5. MEN'S DOUBLES. o —Semi-finals.— s K. G. Salmond and Sims (Otago) l>eat •' \ E..L. Bartleet and J. A. Moir (Auckland) '* 6-4, 6-2. ~ —Final—,l Allison, and Gray (Otago) beat Salmond >f and Sims, 7-5, 6-5. n A Melbourne cablegram states that j. Gerald Patterson, who came into proe minence in first-class lawn tennis last Euae son, has decided to defend the champion's ship at Wimbledon. He will also partici'3 pate in the Olympic Games at Antwerp. r - " When champion lawn tennis player Nor'r man Brookes was gassing through Aack[j land en route to Australia, tho Northern t Association spent £lO 6s 6d in entertainn ing him—a dinner, taxi-rides te and from j. courts, flowers for Mrs Brookes, and so y on—and subsequently made a call on the New Zealand Association for payment of y tho amount. This action was resented by >f the latter .body, and at a meeting of. the 'e council the other night, it was decided to 5 " pay only 50 per cent, of the account, and ° to inform the Auckland body that ; n future no financial assistance would be ?r forthcoming unless the association had first e, been consulted with reference to the proII posed entertaining.