LAWN TENNIS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7027, 15 January 1910, Page 12

LAWN TENNIS.

[BT " GIENGAHKY."] COMING EVENTS. Wairarapa Onen Championships " and Handicap* at Masterton.— Saturday and Monday, January 22nd and 24th. Hawke's Bar Cliamnicnsliins and Han-di-"*s, -t Dannevirke.—Friday and Saturday, January 21st and 22nd. Rnngitikei Open Championships and Handicaps, at Marton —Friday and Saturday, January 21st and 22nd. Monawatu First Open Championship and' Handicap Tournament, at Palmerston North, on Thursday and Friday, March 16th and 17th. Entries for the Marton tournament closed last night, but I have not hoard of any city players competing. Last year H. Parkinson (Petone) made the jour-, ney, and was fairly successful. . Masterton and Dannevirke's entries close to-day. The former is always a popular meeting with Welliugtonians," bat it is doubtful if so many will go uj as last. year. The financial stringency has evidently something to do with the attendance of town players at outside tournaments —Pahiatua, for instance, has always been well patronised, but tile city representatives were conspicuous by their absence at the latest meeting. FIXTURES FOR TO-DAY. It will hardly be necessary to remind players that Pennant, and Racquet matchos will be resumed this afternoon, when the programme is as follows: • Pennant. College A v. B, at College. Murftai y. Newtown B, at Newtown. Newtown A v. Brougham Hill, at Brougham Hill. : ' Kilbirnie v. Petone, at Petone. Racquet. Brougham Hill v. Trinity A. at Trinity.' .■■•■■.; ■* Oriental v. College A, at Day's Bay, 6, 7 8. ■ ■•■ . Khandallah v. College B, at Khandallah. • .■■;,■;■ x ■■■ ■ ■■■ ' TABAJSTAKI CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR- •. ■..'/ NAMENT; '"';■ The following jottings on the above meeting will no doubt prove interesting, as all the players concerned are wellknown to lovers of the pastime in Wellington :—■ ; ; ' .■'■■' : - The, final of the Taranaki championship singles is to be fought out on the "uaverley courts between C. J. Dickie aid A. G. Wallace. The former defeated Jennings in the semi-final. I—6. 6—3, whilst Wallace disposed of Warne Pearse. "the South Canterbury ,player, 3—6, s—l, 6—o. Dickie had been playing ; alt day, and' as he found it was Impossible to last out anything like a five-set match.. it was arranged that: he and AVallace should fight the final but on their own courts. The pair also carried 'off the doubles, defeating Jennings and Pearce in the final, 9—7—6—2. (Dickie scratched in the final of the. combined, so must have had a gruelling day.) , :i L S. Jennings, _ who first came into prominence by taking a set from Fisher in last year's Taranaki championship, was a very successful competitor.at the . latest meeting. He won the handicap single from "owe 12," and, partneredby H. Caplen. the Hawera pair carried off the doubles, Dickie and Wallace defaulting in the final. It is doubtful if they would have won on actual play, as the cliampions were only conceding them eight points in 85. As stated above, be ■ w is. in addition a somi-finalist in chaanSionship sincles, and in the final of the oubles.' ".

Mrs Payne, the ever-green, was again a factor at another Taranaki tournament, : winning the ladies championship (final) 6—l. 6—o, and the doubles,.along with Mrs Jones, 6—o, 6—3. Mrs Payne was singles champion of Wellington .province in 1901 and 1902; and doubles champion, partnered by Miss Cave, in 1902 and 1903.

Mr E. Eathbone, chairman of the committee, of the Waipawa Tennis Club, is at present putting in a holiday at. Day's i Bay. His olubis running a. tournament sometime in February, and Mr Eathbone is cordial in his invitation to Wellington players ,to compete. The club has' run a tournament for some years past, the most successful being that immediately following the New Zealand championships at Napier in 1903, Parker and Gore (H. M.) being competitors. A. D. Cos. who afterwards blossomed forth into one of the leading players in New Zealand, also took part in that tournament. He was a complete stranger, and on the first day his form . was so extraordinary for an outsider that inquiries were instituted, and it was discovered Cos • was not a member of any affiliated club and therefore not eligible bo compete.- During the. course of that evening a hint was dropped to him to that effect, and next morning he had disappeared and took no further part in the. tournament. * 'Probably nothing would have lu'i'M Ju-ic-l of the matter but for defeat oi' .- ■:..*.■ reputation players by the dark luim. 1 Cos is now in Singapore.

D. Howden, who has ioined the New Plymouth Club in the 'JLaranaki capital, competed at the provincial championship tournament there at New Year. After defeating McCarthy, of Wanganui, G—2, C—2, in tho first round of. the chahipienship, he met one of the crack Waverloy pair, A. G. Wallace, and, of course, received instant despatch (6—l. 6—2). Strangely enough, Ilowden (20) met the other member of the famous combination, C. J. Dickie (owe 12) in the handicap singles, losing CO—l6, but tho Tsranaki players speak very highly of his play in this match.

The various championships at ..the Auckland provincial meeting were-car-ried off by the following players:— ■• Men's Singles;—J. C. Peacock.'/'; ' Men's Doubles.—J. C. Peacock and F. M. B. Pisher.

Ladies' Singles.—Mies K. M. Nunneley. Ladies' Doubles.—Misses L. Powdrell and A. Gray.

Combined Doubles.—A. P. Wilding and Miss K. M. Nunneley.

(Note.—The New Zealand champions, Anthony Wilding and Miss Powdrell, did not compete, in the respective singles.)

Sir J. F. O'Leary, a . member of t!ie Management Committee of the W.P.L.T.A., was present at the Pahiatua t tournament, though not as a competitor. He speaks very highly of the management of the meeting, and will probably be a competitor next season. Of some of the players, too, :he formed a good (winner of the championship) and the . Mis6es Hughes in particular. It is probable that Pahiatua will be represented at the provincial championships here at Easter.

: At the Auckland Provincial meeting Miss El Williams after defeating her club mate (6- —3, 6—2) in the semi-final of the Handicap Singles won the event by a two set margin (6—4, 6—4) against Miss Bathamin the Axial.,/ Miss. Williams's handicap was , "owe 30 3-6," Miss Batham being on the same mark. Three of the four semi-finalists were thus' representatives of Wellington clubs. ' •:.'