A TENNIS BABY
HE is only 13 years old, and he can proudly claim to be the youngest competitor m the New Zealand lawn tennis championship tourney. He is Max Ferkins, and his home town is "Wellington. Pie was the only player m the tournament who had ' not reached that stage where one ' must cover one's knees. He is at present the • schoolboy champion of Wellington, and his brother, R. McL.. Ferkins, last year won the New Zealand- boys' championship. Though he was beaten m the first round. of the boys' championship, Max was by.no means disgraced. He played an astonishingly * good game; and was unlucky m meeting a boy who was exceptionally steady and resourceful.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1050, 7 January 1926, Page 6
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116A TENNIS BABY NZ Truth, Issue 1050, 7 January 1926, Page 6
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