LAWN TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 18631, 12 May 1924, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS

EASTER TOURNAMENT ENDED. The remaining events In the Otago Lawn Tennis Association’s Easter tonrnament were concluded o.n the Moana C'lnhs courts on Saturday afternoon. The light was good during the afternoon, but a strong south-west wind interfered considerably with the play. The following are the results; MEN’S HANDICAP SINGLES. —Final.— D. M'Donald (rec, 15) beat A. W. Alloo (ser). 9-8. These two players were very evenly matched, and tho score advanced to 3 all, and 4-3 in favor of M’Donold. 'Die score was even again at 7 all. Alloo won the fifteen till game, but M‘Donald won the next two, deciding the set and the event, 9-8. MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES. —Final. — E. D, Duthic and R. Guy beat H. „K. Sumpter and A. IV. Alloo, 3-6, 6-3, hl-9, 6-0. Sumpter and Alloo struck their game early, and took the first set, 6-3, but Guy and Duthie captured the second by a similar margin. Tho third set, which was keenly contested, produced some splendid tennis. Sumpter and Alloo led at 6-5, and again at 9-8, and in both cases were within a point of the set, only to see the score again colled at deuce. Guv and Duthie won the, lost set, and with 't the championship, an honor for which they have fought hard on several previous occasions. OTAGO DOUBLE CHAMPIONS. The following pairs have held the men’s doubles championship of Otago to date : 1836—C. E. S. Gillies and J. E. Gunn. 1887—A. Borrows and W. T. Todd. 1888 to 1894—N0 competition. 1895 R. 0. Koch and A. E. Harraway. 1896 C. and K. Adams. 1897 A. Hogg and VV. K. Fisher. 1898— A. Borrows and R. P. Ward. 1839 to 1900—No tournament. 1901 — E. L. Suhnnnd and C. G. White. 1902 E. L. Salmond and C. G. White. 2903—E. L. Salmond and C. G. White. 1904 E. L. Salmond and C G. White. 1905 R. S. and S. N. Brown, 1906 R. S. and IS. N. Brown. 190g—8,. S. and S. N. Brown. 1909 P. Wilding, sen., and A. F. Wildin rr. 1910— OlHvier and F. S. Wilding. 1911— Ollivier amd C. H. Thompson. 1912 R, S. and S. N. Brown. 1913 R. S. and S. N. Brown. 1914 R, S. and S. N. Brown. 1915 Ollivier and W. Sheppard. 1920 G. Ollivier and W. Sheppard. 1921 W. Brav and R. A.-Wilkie. 1922 R. A. Wilfkie and G. Clark. 1923 W. Bray and O. M. Cleghorn. 1924 E. D. Duthic and R. A. Guy. MIXED DOUBLES HANDICAP. —Scmi-jjnal. — Sumpter (Oam.im) and Miss M‘Loren (owe 30 4-6) beat Wobling and Miss Sonntag (roc. 3-6), 9-2. —Final. — Sumpter and Miss M’Laron (owe 30 4-6) beat Earle and Mis.s Hcywood (scri, 9-6. The final wa.s very keenly contested. At the sixth game Sumpter and Miss MLaren led by five games to one, bid at the twelfth game, the score was 8-4. Karlc and Miss Heywood wen the thirteenth and fourteenth games, making Die score 8-6, but iS'imip'tcr .tikl Miss M‘Larc-n looa the next game and the set. RICHARDS AVAILABLE. Press Association--By Telegraph—Copyright. NB'.V YORK. May 9. Tho Lawn Tennis Association announces .‘lint Vincent Richards will compete, in (he Davis Cup and Olympic competitions, Ins ass-Males 1 wing Williams. Hunter, and Washburn—A. and N.Z. Cable.