LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15249, 12 March 1913, Page 10

LAWN TENNIS.

V, NQTES AND COMMENTS, * . The Da via Cup entries closed last Monday week, and,, as expected. Germany's challenge was made in time. There" ace more nolikely things than that Germany should win the cup this year. In Froitxheim they have a singles' player of distinct merit—one of the three great , players, of the year, according to a French player well qualified to judge. Frpitxheim won the world's championship on hard courts at Paris last year, coming through a-field which included the best of the' French players—Docu gis, Gobert, . and Laurent*, - the- South ' Africans Winslow and Kitaon (who subsequently did so well ip the Olympic competitions), Gore, and other prominent English players, and many, other Germans of ~ note. ; Froitxheim has ; also shown that he can play on turf, as ha won thejSoufchof England championship at Eastbourn© a year or two ago, and last June • reached toe' final of the; singles championship "of London at Queen's (Sub, .defeating Bite hie and Parke in consecutive rounds. Ha scratched to Wilding in the ' final round owing to ' a swollen hand. Ftoitxheim was beaten by Doust in the All-England championship a few days after . the Queen's Club» tournament, but hut hand was still blistered, , so that he could not ■do himself Justice, With ;a ; singles •; player tuoh as' Froitxheim and a V doubles", pair .. in Eiemschroth and 1 Bahe, Who ployed magnificently at Wimble- . den -on one occasion, aided by. a second singles player, : Germany will do hard to , beat. '• * ■ 'i >>'. Aa^-the ; cables . have indicated, the Aus- !;■ tralasian team is to be A. F. Wilding, S. : Doust, and A. B. Jones. Jones's inclusion .■ is somewhat surprising, as it was not expected that the ? Australasian Association would face the expense °of sending anyone : to Iceland when Brookes and Dunlop wore ■ unavailable.' Jones is undoubtedly the best ; player r available outside of Brookes and Dunlop, but fine player thai he a, he has not yet risen to that height to bring him on the - same level with socne of the representative* of; the other countries competing fat the Davie Cup. However, the probable intention of the Australasian 'Association ; may be to use. Wilding and Doost but if I anything unfo.vjeon happens to fall back on Jones. With th« great oppcrturities for I practice that fio will have Jones may strike Better form than he has ever dene in the ■ peat. 'it'; Such - was the oase with J. C. Parker i the hero of the last contest. As had been anticipated, Australasia has i been drawn to play ; America in the pre- . liminary round.' >. It is a great pity Brookes , is unavailable, for there will be no harder , team to vanquish than the Americans. It was at first thought that the preliminary ' round - weald he played ;in America,' but ' with Wilding and Doust both in England it ' is extremely doubtful if they will make the trip to America. , "'k The long reefc does not appear to have affected Wilding's prowess, for he has won t the championship at Monte Carlo with com- . parative ease. :,; Wilding has -always been i most successful in Continental tournaments. , It may be ioo much to . hope, but it would I be a grand thing if he is alfie to strike suffi- : cient form to recapture the Davis Cup not- - withstanding the absence of Brookes < West Australians are concerned that .E. L F. Parker should be included in Austral* * asia's teem for the cup. / Several speakers , expressed the view at the dinner to the I , British team,; and 0. P. Dixon, the captain <■ of the visitors, reported to have ex- ' pressed the belief that with very little more ' practice E. F. Parker, would defeat any ' Norman Brookes alone excepted, in i ITse much-disoussed International Board' l is .now an accomplished fact, matters being i satisfactorily adjusted at' a meeting.; of i nation# held at Paris last month. .We are . informed that Australasia has been granted ; as much jpower on the board as any other ' nation. This is probably a tribute to the 1 position attained by Australasia' as holders i of-the Davis. Ciyi tor so many yean, as it r was 'proposed to take the number of dubs , iffiliatea tO each, association into coesidera- [ two when deciding on the matter of repre- : sentation, end in this feature -Australasia . could not equal England or America at all ewnts. l%e actions of the board in the 1 immediate future will be watched with in--1 terest. ;- It can be a great power for good k or the reverse. . . The New South Wales championships i commence on March 21 and continue to [ March' 29. : Thrift year the challenge rounds . in the men's events have been eliminated, - and" the -holders of the championships, " namely, singles (A.: B. Jones) and doubles - (Mareh and Bayers), have now to play » through the same as other competitors, r Hie challenge round has still been retained . in the ladies' events and in the combined, •• but it can Only be a short time before the j challenge rounds are dispensed with altogether. ' '*■ ■ '» - : The return inter-State match, Victoria v. 8 New South Wales, is to be played at 6yd- * ney,on-March'l9 and 20. The last match i," was played at the time of the Davis Cup i contest,- and resulted in an easy win for 8 Victoria. .However, Victoria will this time 1 Be without the services of Brookes and * Dunlop, and consequently matters will be • more even. General interest is. being a taken in the meeting of Heath and A. B. 5 Jones, aa there is some difference of opinion a as to the respective merits of these two i- HUNTLY DEFEATS TAUPIRL ® [tboh OTTO OWN coaRESPOMxrawT.j if - ' Huktlt, Tuesday, n An inter-dub match, Huntly v. Taupiri, >, was. played on the Taupiri courts on Satur- [. day, the visitors, after a very enjoyable i; . game, winning by 117 games to 68, or 12 i seta to . two. At the conclusion of the ™ match the, Rev. A. J. Beck, president of !*, the Huntly dub, acknowledged in fitting '• terms . the hospitality accorded by the home it team. Following are the particulars, the names of the visitors'being placed first:— d Men's Doubles: S. Gleeson and G. Mery cer v. Carson' and CJrispe, 911; A. and ? W. JEtuston v. M. Gleeson and ways, A 11— Green and Mellsop v. Kay and JolL 0 8-8 : Manton and H. C. Gleeaon v. Hill ' and Smith, 11—7.' • * Combined Doubles: < SGleeson and Miss ft Herd ▼. Jol! and Miss Bell, &-4 { G. Mercer ft and Sissona v. Hill and Miss Brabant, i 9—2; "A. Huston ' and Miss Dougherty v. » Kay and Miss Waring, 9—2; C. Gleeaon l& And,; Mrs. Beck v. Kay and Miss Mohr, r •. Villi' -■ '■^. A Ladies' Doubles: Misses Eford and M Dougherty v. Misses Brabant aadl 8011, 9-0; & Mstt Buioiui and Mrs.. Beck v/ldisso« WarJ , Van's Stapes: Gre*n v. Carson, 7—4: