Tennis.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 9792, 18 March 1908, Page 1

Tennis.

ki-:ki) strkkt v. timahi*. The Timaru plavti's <ame down yesterdiiy morning to play the second match tlii.s year against the Heed street Club. As might be expected' when these two teams meet, it rained, but the shower was of brief duration, though disconcerting whileit lasted. ]!y thoroughly wetting the courts it disorganised arrangements somewhat and prevented snnie of the games from being played. The Tiiuaru players were successful at the previous meeting this your. Imt the local learn linished up on top yesterday. The games were almost all keenly contested, and in some Ihe teams was of a high standard. In the tirst combined' doubie. when \Var<l au<r Mifs Taylor met Pearse and Miss Tennant. the play was excellent, Miss Taylor's driving and Ward's volleying being 'at times brilliant, while JVar.se and Miss Tennant both drove well, though not with tlie 611110 ac(iiracy nor with the (same judgment as their opponents. -Another good game to watch was the ladies' double in which Miss Taylor and Mrs Nntton met Miss Tennant ami Miss Hay. Miss Taylor was considerably handicapped by a broken siring in Imt racquet, and played with more caution Mian brilliance, while Miss Tennant. on I lie other hand, often threw judgmtnt to I lie winds and banged. Miss 11-ty was, perhaps, the most etl'ective player on Ihe court. for she picked up everything and lobbed or placed as the occasion demanded with great, pre. ision. The men's singles wore chiclly remarkable for good recoveries by' the local players, who. in more than one instance, after apj earing to be hopelessly beaten, pulled their games out of the tire. Miss Taylor and Miss Tennant met in the ladies' singles and played a good, match, the Timaru player holding her own until the score was 4 all, whence Miss Taylor ran right out. Ward and Pearse had "not sufficient time to finish what would undoubtedly have been a good game. The Kcod street ladies worked nobly in entertaining their guests, and the match generally w.is. from a local viewpoint, eminently successful. The detailed scores arc : —Singles.— K.S. T. Ward' v. JVarse 2 3 Smith t. Bcvell 9 5 K. F. Armstrong v. Webster ... 9 8 Sumpter v. Cameron Jones v. Von Dadelzen 9 7 C. H. Armstrong v. Friedlander 6 7 Miss Taylor v. Miss Tennant ... 7 4 Miss Gilchrist v. Miss Hay ... Miss Beswick v. Miss Fraser ... 2 7 —Doubles.Ward and. Miss Taylor v. Pearse , and Miss Tennant 9 5 Sumpter and Mrs Sutton v. Cameron and 1 Miss Hay ... S 7 Jones and Miss Gilchrist v." Webster and Miss Fraser ... 7 4 E. F. Armstrong and Miss Beswick v. Kevell and Miss Fraser Ward and Stimpter v. Pearse and Cameron 8 9 Smith and Jones v. Revell and Webster ... 9 6 Armstrong and Armstrong v. Von Dadelzem and Friedlander ... 3 5 Miss Taylor and Mrs Sutton v. Misses Tennant and Hay ... 7 6 Totals 92 83