Tennis

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 88, 30 March 1926, Page 3

Tennis

NEAL ANO CLOSE CUP. | WAIPUKURAU AVIN'S B GRADE. ! The final of the B grade of the Neal and Close Cup competition, played between Waipukurau and Hawke’s Bay Clubs, was won by the former by nine matches to seven. The results are <’.s under, the Hawke’s Bay names being mentioned first;— ! Men’s Singles.-—H. Thompson lost to Waddington. B—9; H. Fisk lost to Wilder, 2—9: W. Syme lost to Mackie, 6—9; Mackay heat Ormond. 9—B. j Ladies’ Singles.—Miss Craig lost to Miss Howe, 5—9; Miss Hayden boat Miss Hobson, 9—7; Miss Clark beat Mrs Harker. 9—6; Miss Guthrie beat . Miss Hunter, 9—3. ' Men’s Doubles.—Thompson and Fisk beat Wilder and Mackie, 9—6; Syme and Mackay lost to Wadflington and Ormond, B—9. Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses Craig and Clark lost to Misses Howe and Hob.son. 6 —9; Misses Guthrie and Clark lost to Mrs Harker and Miss Hunter, 6—9. Combined Doubles.—Thompson and Miss Craig beat Waddington and Miss Howe, 9—G; Fisk and Miss Hayden lost to Wilder and Miss Hobson, 6—9; Syme and Miss Clark beat Mackie and Mrs Harker, 9—5; Mackay and Miss Guthrie lost to Ormond and Miss Hunter, 7—9. Hawke’s Bay: Seven matches, 114 games. Waipukurau: Nine matches, 122 games. BIG OFFFER REFUSED. I MILLE LENGLEN PREFERS TO REMAIN AMATEUR. (Received 30, 8.55 a.m.) Nice, Mar. 29. An American promoter offered Mlle Lenglen £lO,OOO if she would meet Mis# Helen Wills at Boyle’s Thirty Acre’ Ground, in America, where the promote# believed the match would attract record crowds. Madame Lenglen says her daughter declinde, choosing always to play amateur. —(A. and N.Z.)