N.Z. TENNIS PLAYERS HAVE MANY ENGAGEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 26153, 15 July 1947, Page 7

N.Z. TENNIS PLAYERS HAVE MANY ENGAGEMENTS

(Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. The New Zealand tennis players. McKenzie, Robson,, and Barry will leave for France on July 15 to compete in the French' championships. McKenzie and Robson will pair in the doubles. An indication of the high opinion held of him is the fact that the international Club of Great Britain has invited McKenzie to play against the International Club of France at Deauville on July 29 and 30. McKenzie will then return to L on don in time to fly to America on August 6, to compete in the American national and Pacific championship. He will play in doubles with the Australian Q. W. Sidwell, who reached the Wimbledon final of the men’s doubles with Mottram. Late in August a New Zealand side, probably Rbbson, Barry, Bold, and Malfroy, will play the International Club of Great Britain at Edinburgh. YOUNG U.S. TENNIS PLAYER SHOWS IMPRESSIVE FORM NEW YORK. July 13. In a gruelling five-set match, Eddie Moylan beat Gardner Mulloy, 6-4, 8-10, 6-3, 5-7, 8-6, to win the Springlace invitation tournament. Moylan, aged 24, who ranked ninth in the United States, caused a sensation when he beat Frank Parker, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, in the semi-final. Parker had won this tournament for nine successive years. This is Moylan's first major title, and, according to critics, his impressive play in the tournament stamps him as a definite possibility for the Davis Cup team.