LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17189, 17 June 1919, Page 10

LAWN TENNIS.

JSENT eHAMPJOXS^ir^, Australian e and' N.Z. Cable Association.

fflei'd- 11,50 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 15. In the finals of the Kent tennij championships, Kingscolo beat F. M. B. Fisher. in tbo singles, fog, o—7, £-t6, feg.'' -i» a?. <4'= ";';• *'»•' - . ... (*'■ ■■• NOTff* As(B COMUpfS. : What effect is four year* oi warfare likely to have on the i.eiapciatcent of tournament" payers.' asks the -Field, The question i? prompted -and becomes tinwly by toe surprising result at Mentono, where 'M/'M-si Decugis. after, leading 6—l and «sin fe-b" and <H)—love, was beattn in the final set by if?riish'.i , The Roumanian mi engaged in diplomatic,.business' in London throughput the if r not: •■% J&ilu going .ovir'.'.Jfie'.iftK," ■•vr»B fonstfjjjfiy. j$ tjjo rone ol fire, an eye-witaess 0! SuodWjj y.«tr. The distinction is materia] wKor& It/r.g tasteb play is. concerned. 'J, Mitbu h&d, the opportajiits. to develop (lsj.jrj.ih,> yjule? almost ideal conditions—systeuiutioaHy on ft perfect court at Qusoir's, ptdte-;ter< fron> ia.a and wind. M. Beams *a«-Mw<l ftis <fhme& on brief leave spells, anrj he. could &&■ develop his game, because eevfrler-.rrw-t vras completeh.o could only ho'pa to recapture in elusive art. Every champion, with the possible exception of Mr. Gore, will to'! you that it is much :nore difficult to stand still than to so forward: the progress of tiie. buddins champion can to, as in M. Misju's case, very rapid. „ These factors apply m Borvu/v? years oi peace. They aro likely to exercise much Banter influence during tAe transition period between war 'and Beat*, when ' players ajo reconstructing their thoughts and habits, and '& the process ssfffriui; disillusion i-.s to th? time in which form can be recovered. The consistent success of Miss Bjuretedt in America and of Mr.e. Letylen in, France P'-obsWy seems a little abno/mol to those r.ho La-e not. studied lawn f-Tnais history. As a fart, th?ro is nothing phenomenal a ibi continued dominance of any one lady p'Ayei.. MisjjLattit Dot!, f.a the late eighties and t»ar'; n>iict«s, was pre-eminent in this toast*,'/; Mis. Lambert Chambers has been in roots time* 'with one exception! ia a <-.asy by hoMolf- \y. Ft* }s<»!an4 Mis? «unn«.»y.was cbamptoE for thirteen successive Svsts.- The jksbw vsp'-aJiaHca is that lawn teiiniS' is oAseatially a aim in which in- ' . , re S l skill has li niMH?iUtti iniiivsnee. K«rit • Ulks. Moreover, a mfetch 10. or shrald : be, made ions enough for the relailvci standard of strength to be. adjusted to its proper level- the element of luck c m be. dig, counted,, and reaHv "flukey" wins reduced to a minimum. The fact that there is often' » lonn eao >*««" the to?, class and the class below is a good corrective to the conSS" «°motimes to be found in Hie . Salter. The more ambitious have their ideal- the same if not stagnant. m " m The New- York Tribune, discusjiair t'lo future, of the mternahoiial championship and the new teara-bmldius mode necessary r?J3£'v? e l? n J 0 » tho curious file of the Oerrnan Davis Cup team in mi. " Because the feUuk Navy rules the sea." says this lournar." Germany s tennis stars aw tjS f.ive and wel, while Anthony Wilding, who fought out his last We tournament ,5' l?fi has long since turned to dreamless dust" Jhe reference,'of course, is to the w*y.kine by a .Bnt«h patrol, of Hcrren FratafiS and Krenzer on their way back from New i«/i % G W».° n '» neutiftl liner in August. ISW Froitzheim was nn officer, Krouzer aii undor-officer. in the German Army thai were going, back to exchange their "ducks" for fie Id-grey. But tho Tribune is wrona in stating thai these two payers spent four Sf/Sa f " 5T Gibraltar/' i bey R'" 11 m 4 to England after a brief, period onih» R<kK ftti&Mm £\*.