TENNIS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10456, 10 December 1927, Page 6

TENNIS

HARD COURT AND LAWN. TO URN EY PROSPECTS. ' * (liv “Sideline.”) t Tennis players locally have not been lavon-d null very pleasant conditions lor piay during tne past week, • tin- Ingii wind and the ram having peri nit led feu good games. Alany enthusiasts, however, uah the object of getting in as much practice as possible before the Christmas tcurna--1 taunt, have spent some time on the courts and Graven the elements. Practice m a strong wind is quite good experience, though perhaps not 1 tlie most pleasant. Entries are coining in steadily for the Poverty Bay tournament and indications are that these will be quite S'.'.tisl:,etoi-.\. A particularly strong contingent of Coast players are coming down for tho occasion and there are also a number iron! v-airoa ana Opot.ki. Programmes of the tournament, have been iorwarded to alt clubs in the Hawke s Day Tennis Association's district and also to all the North Island centres, so that n fair entry may be expected from ether parts beside those immediately adjoining Gisborne. Visitors are always present here at Christmas and if they be tennis players tiny are certain (o take advantage of the opportunity of tournament play. Altogether one can look forward to the success of t.lic tournament with a justifiable measure ol optimism. Dut local players must .support H wholeheartedly. Knifes ch.se on Saturday iixt i The Season's Tournaments. The following tournament dates have been passed by the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association: — December .26 to 28—Poverty Bay championships and handicaps at Gisborne. December 26 to 31— New Zealand championships, at Christchurch. December 21. 26, 27, 28—Auckland dicaps, at Auckland. December 24, 26. 27—North Otago championships and handicaps, at Oainaru. December 26, 27—Southland championships and handicaps, at Invercargill. December 26, 27, 28—Marlborough championships and handicaps, at Blenheim. December 26, 27, 28—American tournament, at Aliranmr. ‘Wellington. December 31, January 2, 3-—South Canterbury championships and handicaps, at Timaru. December 3L. January 2, 3—Waikato East ’Sub-Association, championships and handicaps, at Tirati. December 31, January 2,3, 4—Wanganui championships and handicaps, at Wanganui. January 4,5, 6, 7—yTnranaki championships and handicaps, at New lTymoutli. January 9, 10, 11, 12— Manawatu championships and handicaps, at Palmerston North. January 13, 14, 16. 17—-Nelson championships and handicaps, at Nelson. January 14, 16, 17, 18, 19—Hawkes Bay provincial championships and handicaps, at W’aipawa. January 21, 23. 24, 23—Wairarapa championships, at Masterton. January 21, 23. 24, 2-s—Wellington provincial championships and handicaps, at Miramar. January 25 to 27—West Coast championships and handicaps, at Hokitika. * January 26, 27, 23—Canterbury provincial championships and bundicaps. at Christchurch. January 26, 27, 28. 30—Auckland championships, at Auckland. December 24, 26, 27. 28—Hawcra championships and handicaps, at Hawcra. December 26, 27. 28, 29—Alart inborough championships and handicaps. at Alartinborough. January 2,3, 4—Pahiatua championships and handicaps, at Pahiatua. January 12, 13, 1-1— •’Waipukurau championships and handicaps, at Waipukurau. N.Z. Champion at Home. Docent papers from Home have mentioned the doings in the tennis world of E. D. Andrews, who won the N.Z. siir.de.> title at last year's championshq s_. . . - His fu st a-p-a •am-;' was in a hard court tournament at Sutton. After a long sea voyage and being short of practice he naturally could not show his true form, but he got through three rounds, and the critics were very favorably impressed with ( his ground strokes and activity. He ( was knocked out in the fourth round by a comparatively unknown player called Lee. and the event was won ' by Powell, last season’s Cambridge Captain. But Leo is evidently a very good man for at the Ealing tournament shortlv afterwards he won from a strong field which included Powell. \ Andrews played on the winning ( side for Queen’s Club against Mel- ' bury, and won' all his matches in good style. Ho also partnered Jacob, the captain of the Indian Davis Cup team, in an exhibition match at Newburgh ( House against Higgs and Hunt, of whom the former is< the leading English player and the latter well known. Andrews'*and Jacob won 6—3, 6—2. a, decidedly good performance. Since then Andrews has been play- 1 ing chiefly in doubles with leading , players, among whom were five Davis Cup representatives. Auckland Player Returns. After a tour of England and the Continent of Europe, lasting about twenty mouths,. .Miss Marjorie Alao- ’ liuTane. the well-known Auckland ! tennis player, arrived back, looking fit and well. She played in many 1 tournaments, both in England and ; France. and has brought hack with tier about £4O worth of trophies. She played Twice in the All England championships at 'Wimbledon. Her most notable performances were two victoVies over Aliss P. Samulers, an English representative palver. “English ladies’ tennis is of a. high standard, net only the championship standard, but the' general .average,” All's Macfarl-me said. ‘Tins is proliablv due to coaching. English girls take their game very seriously, and nearlv all arc coached just a.s New Zealand hub golfers are. If an, English player recognised she was playtap a stroke wrongly she would not hesitate to change, even if it meant many week? of work and concentration.' The standard of the men on the other hand is lew compared with other countries, and much below that of French and Americans.” Aliss Alncforlnne will be a competitor in tho N.Z. championships at Christmas.