RETURNS TO BEST FORM

NZ Truth, Issue 1305, 18 December 1930, Page 17

RETURNS TO BEST FORM

Prebble Registers Convincing Victory In C.L.TA. Competition

CANT EXTENDS CHARLIE ANGAS

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Just when everything was elusion.'' of the CJj.T.A.Vcompetit ? the play again on Saturday, and t of contestants could not be gauge* A RETURN to form Avas seen m 13 . L. ** Prebble's play, lioweA'er, I for m registering ills first victory m the competition over N* Daly, he showed something of his game of last season. Training m earnest of late. Prebble has shown the valuo of taking practice seriously, whereas Daly reA'erted to his old fault of failing to finish off his play when m the -.position to take the game. Another of the Canterbury learn who shbAvs a return to form is E. 11. Orbell, who, wit,h a win over Crawshaw' to his credit, just managed to lose to J. It. Johnston. Taking into consideration the showing he put up against Johnston, his defeat cannot be taken too seriously, however, for he is, fast reaching the top. Dan Glanville staged something of a 1 surprise by defeating J. H. W. Sheppard m the two final sets of. a three-set I match for third position on the singles ladder, for he was not considered to be up to old form. He made no mistake 1 about the majority of sets and was almost without fault. The Canterbury ranking list suffers the loss of B. B. Loughnan and .W. Gosh, junior, from the men's singles, and Mrs. Miles and Miss Goss from the women's singles. The withdrawal of Loughnan and Mrs. Miles ifs particularly disappointing, and the loss of the two rungs on the women's ladder has weakened the competition considerably. Running second on the singles list to Miss Wake, and leading the women's doubles with Mrs. Peppier, Mrs. Miles withdraws at a time when her play was attracting keen interest. With the matches suspended for a week because of Saturday's downpour, interest is maintained, for although some surprises have already been staged, the possibility of further revivals of form is by no means past.

I Christchurch Representative.) looking bright for a/' swift colltions, the wea.ther interfered Avith the improved form of the majority id.

Charlie ' -Angas wa.s seen m. play again? t Cant on Saturday. ' and although the, champion's gjune Avas less steady than previously, he recovered brilliantly from .what mistakes he did make. . Cant Avas playing well but Angas was always superior, and took the first set to love. The second . set saw Angas fighting harder, and Cant took three games. The champion was not hard pressed at any time, nevertheless ho failed to radiate" the usual confidence m himself, and showed clearly that he has not yet settled down to his game. He has yet to meet serious opposition, however;