TENNIS TEST RESULTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 December 1934, Page 7

TENNIS TEST RESULTS

ANGLO-FRENCH MATCHES AUSTRALIANS WIN [by CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, December 21. The international tennis match was continued in hot weather. Perry defeated Brugnon 11/13, 6/0, 6/1; Crawford defeated Boussus 6/2, 10/8; McGrath defeated Hughes 6/4, 6/1. Doubles.—Brugnon and Boussus defeated Perry and Huglies 5/7, 6/2, 6/3, 6/8, 6/4. Perry started carelessly against Brugnon, and was forced into errors by the Frenchman’s deep shots to the backhand, but in the second and third sets Perry played grandly, serving a number of aces, and hitting forehanders for untouchable winners. The Crawford-Boussus match was notable for long rallies. Every point was closely contested. Crawford moved his shots well. His backhand was cleverly concealed. Boussus saved four match points before going under. McGrath overwhelmed Hughes, who was not playing with his usual accuracy. McGrath scored repeatedly outright winners with his double handed backhand.

The doubles was the best game of the day, the volleying of all the players being outstandingly good. Brugnon’s return service to the feet of the incoming Englishmen and Boussus’s smashing turned the tide in the Frenchmen’s favour.

ADELAIDE RESULTS ADELAIDE, December 21. At the tennis tourney Bromwich defeated Maier 6/3, 6/1; Turnbull defeated Stefani 6/3, 6/1; Quist defeated Menzell 6/2, 6/3. Turnbull and .Brom’wich defeated Maier and Stefani 3/6, 8/6, 4/6, 6/1, 6/4. Matter was outclassed by the per-fectly-controlled drives of the Sydney youth. Turnbull’s terrific serving disconcerted Stefani. Australia won seven rubbers and nineteen sets, and Europe one rubber and four sets. TASMANIAN MATCHES HOBART, December 21. In the international tennis the weather was glorious. Miss Dearman defeated Mrs. Malcolm 9/6; Ewin and Kirby defeated Malcolm and Kay 6/4, 3/6, 6/2: Misses Dearman and Lyle defeated Miss Round and Mrs. Bond (Tasmania) 6/3, 6/3. Kirby defeated Malcolm 6/1, 6/2. Kay and Mrs. Malcolm defeated Ewin and Mrs. Bond 9/6. UNIVERSITY CONTEST. (Received December 22, 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 21. K Sydney University defeated the New Zealanders by nine rubbers to three. Today’s results were: — Singles: L. King defeated Barnett 7/5, 2/6, 6/4. Spence defeated Barrel’’ 7/5. 6/3. Matheson defeated Young 6/3, 4/6, 6/4. McCarthy (New Zealand) boat Bonnette 2/6, 6/4, 6/4. Doubles: Spence and King; defeated Barnett and Barrer 1/6, 7/5, 6/4. Mathicson and Bonnette defeated McCarthy and Young 6/2, 6/3. Grand totals: Singles and doubles for the two days: Sydney University nine rubbers, 19 sets, 143 games. New Zealand, three rubbers 11 sets, 129 games. A feature to-day was the success of King, the junior champion of New South Wales in defeating Barnett. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. MELBOURNE, December 21. Second only in importance to th* great Wimbledon tourney will be the Australian tennis championships, beginning -at Kooyong on December 31. Judging by the quality and international nature of the entries, the event should prove not only the greatest in the history of Australian tennis, but the outstanding sporting attraction of the Centenary. With the exception of Japan and the United States, the leading exponents of all the tennis nations are competing. Headed by two world champions, Perry and Miss Round, the visiting internationals include Misses Dearman and Lyle, and Pat Hughes (Britain). Kirby, Malcolm and Mrs Malcolm (South Africa), Boussus and.Brugnon (France), Menzel (Czechoslovakia), Stefani (Italy), Maier (Spain).

The eight seeded players in the singles in the order of merit are: — Perry, Crawford, Menzel, Boussus, McGrath, Quist, Stefani ami Kirby. No one can forecast the result of the men’s -singles, but the women's singles is said to be a foregone conclusion in favour of Miss Round. Miss Joan Hartigan (Australia) will find difficulty in reaching the final.

MENZEL IN BRISBANE. CROWD CALLED CANNIBALS. SYDNEY, December 13. Australia this year has had a plethora of lawn tennis players, attracted mainly by the national championships, forming part of the Melbourne Centenary sporting features. British, South African, French, Italian, Spanish, and Czechoslovakian representatives are matching rackets with Australian champions. Roderick Menzel, the Czechoslovakian, is one of these. So far in Australia Menzel has not reproduced his best European form. Handicapped by an initial ankle injury, Menzel has found Australian conditions unsuitable both to his play and his temperament. He is 6ft. 3in. in height and of angular build. His movements on the court and some of his strokes are unorthodox, and his peculiarities have often excited the laughter of the crowds. This in turn has reacted on Menzel’s temperament, and his tantrums have at times earned him the hostility of sections of the crowds before whom he has played. At his appearances during the New South Wales championships in Sydney recently, there were several “incidents" with Menzel as the chief actor and once after a vain protest to officials, he threatened “to take the next boat home.”

It was left to the Brisbane crowd to stage a really hostile demonstration against Menzel at an exhibition tournament there last week-end. The laughing, jeering, and booing of portion of the 200 spectators so upset Menzel that he exclaimed: “They are cannibals! I cannot play with them carrying on like this!” “I have never in all my experience of tennis crowds encountered anything

quite so bad, ’’ ’said Menzel afterwards. Maier, the Spaniard, also deplored the disgraceful exhibition, but he said that the trouble was that Menzel did not understand the Brisbane crowd, whereas the crowd did not appreciate the fact that Menzel was perhaps the most temperamental player in big tennis. UPSET BY A BABY. The crowd was particularly amused when a crying baby in the stand earned Menzel’s disapproval. The spectacle of the 6ft. 3in. giant stopping play and asking that the baby should be removed was responsible for roars of laughter. Menzel seemed to ignore the early laughter, but in the doubles with Maier he showed resentment in no uncertain manner. Even applause during rallies caused him to ejaculate in his own language, and when the crowd again laughed he appealed to the umpire and made his remarks about cannibals to an official. He was obviously distressed, and Maier’s concentration was also affected, but a portion of the crowd made no allowance A number whistled, and .uncomplimentary epithets were directed at Menzel. “Mr Youdale, manager of the Australian Davis Cup team, said recently chat the Czechoslovakian crowds upset Crawford and others in Prague,” said Menzel in an interview later, “but I say definitely the crowds at Prague and Paris cannot be compared with the crowd to-day. We haye been invited to Australia, and are anxious to reveal our best form. Yet the crowd will not let us. They will not even show us any respect. It is impossible to concentrate while they are whistling and howling.” Mr C. A. Edwards, who was umpiring during Menzel’s two matches, said that the crowd, with the exception of a few irresponsibles, who were to be found everywhere, did not behave in a manner likely to upset Menzel and Maier. Menzel seemed to think the crowd was against him, but actually they cheered him just as heartily as they did Moon and Cummings, the Queensland players. While the laughing was to be regretted, because it undoubtedly affected all players on the court, much of it could not be avoided, for the visitors had mannerisms which sometimes were amusing.”