TENNIS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1934, Page 11

TENNIS

• VINES’ EARNINGS. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIdHT.] ' LONDON, November 13. Ellsworth Vines, who is participating in a professional tournament on November 19, does not regret turning professional, despite the Wimbledon ban. “I hope to retire in ease at 30,” he said. “Tilden made £20,000 in two years by professionalism. I am well on my way to making that in my first year.” BRITISH RANKING LISTS (Recd. November 14, 10 a.m.) LONDON, November 13. The Lawn Tennis Association has? made the following British ranking:— Perry, Austin, Hughes, Sharpe, Hare, Avory, Peters, Wilde, Ritchie, Freshwater, Gandardower, Tuckey. It was announced that Collins and Lee were not ranked owing to insufficient data. Women: Misses Round, Scriven, Stammers, Mrs King, Misses James, Lyle, Nuthall, Mrs Whittingstall, Mrs Pittman, Misses Dearman, Hardwick and equal twelfth, Misses Noel and Ridley. JAPANESE DOUBLES TOKIO, November 13. Yamagishi and Nishimura retained the Japanese national doubles championship, beating Takahashe and Murakami 6/0, 6/2, 6/1. STOEFEN TURNS PRO. NEW YORK, November 13. Tho Davis Cup player, Stoefen, turned professional to-day, joining the sports promoter, Bill O’Brien’s, touring group. REEFTON CLUB MEETING tTO THE EDITOR.] Sir, Please allow me a little space to vent publicly a pettiness getting a hold in our Reefton Tennis Club The annual meeting was called only for financial members, no one minds that if it were only to select officers, and a committee from financial members. It is the first time it was ever done that way. As a rule, and with most sporting clubs members can make themselves financial when they rollup at the meeting. I take exception to the “hole, and corner” way of rounding up a few members to make themselves financial before hand. Last season correspondence appeared in the papers criticising Reefton “doleys” even daring to play Tennis. I say a “doley” member can be' as good a sport as the selected few financial officers. I hope that all dislikes and pettiness will not get a hold in our Reefton Tennis Club. Yours, etc., DOLEY No 1.