LAWN TENNIS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23851, 30 December 1940, Page 3

LAWN TENNIS

HANDICAP TITLES TOURNAMENT CONCLUDED The handicap tournament of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association was concluded on Saturday, when excellent com lit ions were experienced at Stanley St root. The senior men's singles title was won by \Y. T. I'ountnoy. while the senior ladies' singles wont to .Mrs. Jv. Knierson. Following were the results: A SECTION Men's Single-. -Semi-finals: J. C. IxOgah (owe 15 1 -li) brat li. Broun (owe toi, 7 —5, il I; W. '!'. I.'ountiiey town 5o) beat H. W. Smith i.owe 1"> 2-0), <>-■- I. <> —2. Final: W. T. I'imntiiey (owe 50) beat J. C. Rogan (owe I ■"> -t-o i. i>— l, i o. I Ladies' Singles.- Final: Mrs. K. Eineri son (owe 15 2-0) beat Miss Swanson (owe 115 3-0), 11 0, 7- -5. j Men's Doubles.—Semi-final: Burns and I Broun beat Beams and Smith, o—3,0 —3, (5—2. Final: Kailonich and Mitchell (owe 15 4-0) i beat Burns and Broun (owe 40), 10 —8, I 0- I. I Ladies' Doubles. —Misses Swanson and I Mum ford (owe 40) beat Misses Flynn and I Kilner <ree 3-0 15), 0 -2, 2—o. lo— s . Combined Doubles.- Second round: Ponntnev and Miss J. Howard beat Broun and I Miss E. Howard. 0-1, 0 -3. Semi-finals: Ro"'an and Miss Corfe beat Kuekstep and Miss Mumfonl, 7 •>, 5 -7, 0--3; Burn- and Nliss Burns beat I'ouutney and Miss Howard. ;i ij. <; ;; o I. Final: Hoirntt and Miss Corf.' beat Burns and Miss Burns, o—o,0 —0, 0 I, fi 1. B SECTION Men's Singles.- Second round: Beams beat Skeen, li .'i, •'! •0. <>— l. Third round: Beams beat li. Ait keuhcad, ft 5, ,4—o. 0 o. Semi-finals: M. Henley beat R. E. Scott, <i •">. t> 2; A. Trembalh beat D. A. Beam's, 5 0, 0 -I, t»- 1. Filial: A. Tremtiatli {owe 4-0 I. ■.) beat M. llealey (sir), o, o o. o o. Lailie-' Singles.—Final: Miss J. Howard (owe :!-0 15.) beat Miss L. McCracken (rec 15). 2 0. o I. (i -I. Men's Doubles. Second round; Aiinneley and l.alie won from Beams and Smith by default. Semi-finals: Kenna and _ Shaw beat W. S. Burns and Scott, li I. 5 0, 0 2; Irvine and (iarvin beat Nunneley and Lane, ;t (i 7- 1-' ilia I: 1.. I''. Kenna and M. Shaw i rec 3-0 15) beat 11. Irvine and V. I'arvin (owe 1-0 15), o- I. o -2 'Combined Doubles- Second round: Scott and Miss K. Howard beat Kenna and Mrs. Tu rit is 0 ■ 1. 5 ii, '» I : Beam- and Mi ss .1. Howard beat Beresford and Miss Protheroe. i; | i; o t. Semi-finals: 1!. E. Scott and Mi*s e'. Howard beat .1. .1. Williams and Miss E Howard, 2 - 0. 0 -2. O I: H. irvine and Miss J. Lock won from D, Beams •ind Mis- ,1 Howard bv default. I;inal: R. E. Scott and Mis.- E. Howard (owe 3-f, 15)_beat If. .Irvine and Miss .1. Lock (scr), o—2. « —o. WELLINGTON COMPETITIONS [ [IV TEt.l'X.' It A I'M —I'I! KSS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Sunday The present New Zealand junior champion, R. Mc Keii/.ie. won the Wellington Tennis Association's A grade singles event, defeating K. E. Hoosey, who eliminaled 1). (!. France in the second round, O—o, o—l, i! i, in the final. Because of the war, no championships will he held. In the final of the men's doubles, l-erkins and Roiissell beat France and McKenzie. | -o, ._> -0. 3 0, S 0. D. Poilltoll and Mrs. Kennedy beat France and Mrs, France in the final of the mixed doubles, o I, :t o, lo -s. AMERICAN RANKING LIST (Received December 20. 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 28 The official to to rankings of the Unit-d States Lawn Tennis Association are as follows:- ~ , Men.-- McNeill, I'isrgs, Kovacs, Hunt, Parker, Kramer, Mulloy, Prusoff, Vooke, Schroeder. Ladies.—Misses A. Marble, IT. Jacobs, 1). Betz, 1). Bundy, Mesdames G. W, Kelleher, S. P. CJOke, Misses V. Wolfenden, H. Bernhard, M. Arnold, H. Knowles. Men's Doubles.—Kramer and Schroeder, MuNeill and Parker, Muiloy and Prusoff.