LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19351, 10 September 1926, Page 8

LATE SPORTING

WANGANUI RACES, SECOND DAY ACCEPTORS. Spring Hack Handicap, SOOsovs. 6f. —Quillfire 8.8. Gleninnis 8.7, Note 8.4, Koval Elm 3.1, Bisox 8.0, Pop Off 7i12, Allowav 7.11, Volplane 7.0, Tip Tree 7.4, Tannadice 7.2, Macroom, Autumn Dav, Musket Vein, Mountain Star, All Bright, Gourmet, I,usurious, Kuakuka, Lady Estelle 7.0 Now Zealand Eclipse Stakes, 400sovs. 1m. —Rcrcnioana, Grand Knight 9.2, Civility 8.12,■ Scatoun, Resinous 7.1 d. Railway Hack Handicap, 225sovs. About 7t.--Kilia 9,3, Penpian 8.13, Elysianor, Kilperon 8.12, Schorr 8.8, >''Knig .Inhot 8./. Hathor 8.5, Lin Arlington 8.3, Sovena 8.1, Tc Karere 8.0, Royal Mint 7.13, Joycuse, Gold Collector, Alarm. All Bright 7./. Higgio Handicap, 375sovs. Ijm.— To Monanni 9.7, Mask 8.11, Civility 7.10 Tanadces 8.3 Mandano 8.4, Mipo 7 13* Shining Armor 7.11, Star Ranger 7.10, Mnraalii 7.7, Rouex A Vaward 7.0, Novar 7.5, Beacon Light 7,0. Montoa. Hack Handicap, 21osovs. 1m ilOycls.—Mahjong 7.10, Bonhommo 9.7, Mint Leaf 8,9, Kilporou 8.0, Airtight 7.0. • _ T Owqn Handicap, 32dsovs. Or.—lnferno 8.6, Merry Jest 8.2, Nadarmo 81, Yoma 7.13. Archeen, Star Area 7.11, Black Cat 7.9, Avola 7.4. Debutante Two-year-old Paganelle, Uish Lad, TallisKer, Laughing Prince, Covent Garden, Chclorao, Palcta, Bourse, Exhibition, Wild Pigeon, Auratmn, Gascogny, Frenzied Finance, Silver Mark, Reckless. DAVIS CUP. UNITED STATES v. PRANCE. Fres« Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, September 9. (Received September 10, at 9.15 a.m.) The final of the Davis Cup matches opened at the Germantou Club courts, Philadelphia, between the united States and France. In the first singles Johnston beat Lacoste, 0-0, 0-4, U-O, C NEW YORK, September 9. (Received September 10, at 10.55 a.m.) Tilden beat Borotra, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. NEW YORK, September 9. (Received September 10, at 1.30 p.m.) Johnston, whom_ Janies Anderson alone has beaten in six years, conquered Lacoste in a spectacular match before a gallery of 9,000. With powerful forehanded he frequently threw the Frenchman out of position. Later, at the not, he returned with sharplyangled volleys. In the first sot Lacoste played indolently, and made the mistake of attempting to meet the Californian at a baseline game. Johnston repeatedly caught him ont of position with cross cut shorts. In the second set the Frenchman’s game was still dull and®erratic. His service was seldom effective, whereas Johnston’s was exceedingly accurate. Johnston began to find the net towards the end of the set, and Lacoste then began to play with more confidence.

NEW YORK, September 9. (Received September 10, at 2 p.m.) In the first set Tilden was too accurate for Borotra, but the Frenchman brought the crowd to its feet with some i amazing strokes. Tilden had a cannon-! ball service, the working of which his j opponent was hard pressed to handle. The Frenchman was inaccurate in his forehand game from deep court and was ineffective. Tilden, mixing his : chops with hard drives down tho side ' lines, let Borotra beat himself. During desperate rallies Borotra played some of the greatest tennis ever seen in a Davis Cup contest. In tho second sot ho went into the lead, but Tilden’s chops soon turned the tide, his smashing services, aces, and placements defeating the Frenchman. _ , The third set took Tilden only fifteen more minutes to finish the match. Ho won the first game on Borotra’s errors and then tossed away three. Borotra put ho had into a series of brilliant but brief rallies. Both players were dripping with perspiration, and once Borotra wrung water from his basque cap. Once the Frenchman put such effort into trying impossible returns that he slid on his stomach through the grass several feet. Tilden’s steadiness got Borotra into | trouble after that, and the _ FrenchI man’s not errors finally gave Tilden the ! gam© and tho match. Tilden played 1 better than in several of the previous Davis Cup matches. i In the third set Lacoste played a 1 vastly different game, being both darj ing and accurate. Johnston tired, and I was completely outplayed. With tho hot sun baking the courts the American threw his racket away disgustedly, as the Frenchman ran out in love. Lacoste found a weakness in Johnston’s back-hand, and hammered it; while the American’s fore-hand became inaccurate, and he was guilty of many errors. Lacoste repeatedly defeated Johnson with a mixture of deep drives and short cross-court drops. In the fourth set apparently all that Johnston needed was a rest. He reversed his procedure entirely, and went to midcourt and took Lacoste’s drives to back-hand with half-volleys, which completely routed the Frenchman. Lacosto grew inaccurate and disconsolate, while Johnston got in strokes beautifully with great precision, and repeatedly caught Lacoste out of position. MEN’S HOCKEY. Owing to five of the Canterbury players ooing on the sick list, the oldtimers’ match Canterbury V. Otago, which was to have been played tomorrow, has been abandoned.