LAWN TENNIS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21212, 18 December 1930, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

By Smash,

tournament dates. The following is a list of the principal tournaments which have been approved by ton-— W Zealand Lawn Tennis AflsociaNeW^,t a l and -n Chan l pionshi P ß J at Christ* church.—December 26, 27. 29, 30 and di. ’ ’ Marlborough Championships, at Blen■vr .t! C 35?; —December 25, 26, 27. North Otago Championships, at Oamaru. —December 25, 26, 27. Southland Championships, ’ at Invercar- . .ft lll -—December 25, 26, 27. Auckland Handicaps, at Auckland.—December 26. 27. 29. 30. Nelflofi Championships, at Nelson.—Dex3l’, Ja huary 1,2, 3. Bouth Canterbury Championships, at Tnnaru.—January 1,2, 3. Utago Championships, at Dunedin.— January 1,2, 3. Wellington Championships, at Miramar. A ,T JaDaar y 21. 22. 23, 24. Auckland Championships, at Auckland.'— January 28, 29, 30, 3L Canterbury Championships, at Christ-church.—January-29, 30, 31, EASTER DATES. Canterbury Association (hard court), at Christchurch. North Auckland Association, at Whangarei. Thames Valley Association, at Thames. Otago_ Association (South Island chara- . pionships) ,at Dunedin. Wellington Association, at Miramar. A GRADE COMPETITION. The ill-fortune that-has pursued lawn tennis players throughout the , present, season followed them again on-Saturday, when,, as a result of showers late in the afternoon, most of the matches -were. un-. finished. 1 Cosy Dell had a straight-out win against Kaitnna, losing only two of the 10 matches ?i! a ? ed o- denaen and Sherriff won both their Singles and Doubles in straight Sets, and altogether were too, solid for Phillippa and Penrose, though the latter pair made a good fight of it in the second set of the Doubles. The Ladies’ .Singles- broke evenly, Miss White and Miss Kibblewhite winning for Kaituna and Mrs Bell and Mrs Jensen for Cosy Dell. Otago scored a sweeping victory over the, second Roslyn team, winning each of the six men’s events and three of the ladiear matches., -The Otago players were definitely superior to their opponents in most cases, and they also possessed greater match experience. Anderson's Bay, which has made a good showing m 'all its. matches IJiis season, put up a stern fight against the-strong Moana team, and at the end of the day Moana was only one match up. with three , 40 -“§ ? ? yed - Guy gave a good disdriving and volleying to defeat G. Pearce in straight sets, and Duthie ahowed good form against Ross, whom he defeated 6—2, 6—4. Moana’s stock then slumped,, and Barsdell and J. Pearce the match by defeating Chisholm and Cooke. The-Ladies” Singles were all well contested, and revealed a good standard of steady and accurate play. Miss Moloney and Miss Sherriff won for Moana and Miss Read and Miss Hall for Aridersons Bay, so that the match was again all square.” , Guy and Duthie had' a ,e a « a >nst G. Pearce and Barsdell, and this gave Moana a lead, of one match. In the other doubles game ?nd Cookp ’ ?!! rce , Vere leading Chisholm and Cooke 4—l when rain intervened. 4 ? e fore gomg was written the match has been completed. Anderson’s Bay T°?. in K eactl of the three remaining doubles, and thus placing a highly meritorious victory to its credit If &°^w rva /i. ar i K > 4 ’ thia « the first euffered by Moana in the past two season at any rate.] _9^J y a / e w games were played in the 4 T een No. 1 and St. Hilda, which was to have been played at Roslyn, but was transferred to St. Kilda thlfbhF«J- ate S - tart ' Pollock showed n "Jhlif lier x Vl . c4ory over M'Dougall tL match-w as no mere flash in performance. An ax ft St - ? llda i man won 6—3, bv lin+ii r a of driving by both men, varied by . some bright exbfihvpon oJ , , There was nol; much tba 4wo -' tut Pollock’s game a4cb J hlch alw produced some'goodf drivna; and some bright exchanges at the net. S\f ™tU SBt T?i r O u II H tbe best tennis Black led 5—2 and 40—0, he had a number of other inaten points, Deaker pulled ux> to 5-all ™ } / Jo see Die Roslyn man capture* the 4be - 4hird set Black began to show the strain-of the match, and Deaker had a comfortable win over the dosing stages. The St; Kilda man wal B+iTI D? r th / f orehand, but he is a little inclined to favour this shot at the expense of his backhand. The only other f™? e r» played -D Was that between Webling and £° vc - B/ good hard driving Dovf tore 151,4 Weblfng capc+Lj* 4h , e , two 6—2, 6—3, being steadier than his younger opponent, 1 • the new year tournament. , Indications p qint to the Otago LaWn Tennis Association’s New Year tournament proving highly-successful. There is tin Intr1 ntry ’ but i* a repreaenti«iVe w ne .°f x local players, and there will also be visitors present /rom“Wellington aS and other places? ’ and Ad^oSall 5 eng ? g £ d are Black ana muougall, Boddy and Cox. Guv and Cardiff'p St A ettel l ?? d Mer edith (Invert OTV®’ f and E. A. Afigel ?, ad .. J - C. Anderson; Misses "White and Ml Tr ,s? ear an d Miss G. ImitF Miss Par trill vp- ( fc atu) ,’ Misg Pattison «son ■ Ttwv g ’ and Miss PaF tison, Jilack and Miss White Guv and Pe^cS artridge ' MiS3 N- FJeminraud G! fuP h ofxf 0 representative of tlie lull strength pf the game in Dunedin ami dominion championships anit^his^s^iglSly^o o^^ B the ahips.will belielj i n °Vcrri s & b h mPI0 C G A La r they are in form? J ' With Miss M m Wake A in Cl th aD V is r j? ,ayin S doubles P p An* ** mens inv TOiti, xf“ el • Somerville is nlaythr£o n6hiPS, ""J WI?4h M^sKhetS ll^ TWr,l+f m - nion i championships, H • A Gtner combinations announced are* Aurf>« s,i “ MALFROY IN ENGLAND Malfroy beat W. T, Anderson. 6—2 9 7beat A. Bunny, 6—2, 4—6. 6—l- beet Parr* beat aL ’ leat ‘fell?" S-Q heat Macintosh and Reed, Ylf- Malfroy and Miss Heelcy the latter won the singles and with tk he dou hlea—reached the •Berm-final of the mixed doubles, but the and a lfi lng V matche - s co , ul , d not he finished! and the four pairs left in divided the honours. Miss Heeley beat Miss Round i °j A 4 * 1 ladlefi ' singles, 3—6, g—p, B—l, and thus caused a mild senaaMalfroy also competed at Gleneagles to the hard court championships during September He beat A. Baird Murray; 67-4, 6—4; beat Dr A. A. Pyzee. the Indian player, 6—4, 6-A; ‘beat fl. K iw 1 ’ A U A- stran ge to say, then fell to I. G. Colhns in the semi--5 6—4. Collins was beaten by o owell 1D final, 6—3, 3—6 6 ..When the contest between Scotland took place. Dr Fyzee beat 1. 6. Collins 6—o, T—6, 6—2, 4—6, B—6, and when Malfroy beat the Indian champion the Gleneagles event looked good for fcim, I. G. Collins visited New Zealand two years ago in the British team. In tho doubles at Gleneagles Malfroy. and J. S- G. Lysaght beat H. K. Lester and H-

Sharpa in tha semi-final, 6—4, 7—5, and accounted, for Collins and R. P. Scovell, “ 6» 6—4, 6—o in the final. SOME PROMISING JUNIORS. . A correspondent forwards the following comments on the C2 Grade match between North-East Valley and St. Mary’s: The outstanding game of the afternoon was the, ladies’ singles between Miss D. Paterson (Valley) and Miss N. Jones (St. Marys), Both these young players gave a good exhibition of hard, clean hitting, and placed their, shots well. Miss 1 aterson won 6—-1, but she bad to fight hard for every point, and the score does JJht entirely indicate the run of the game, they started off at a good pace and kept it. up throughout, driving with nice length on both the backhand and forehand. In every game the rallies were long, and in some of them the ball crossed the net between .10, and 12 times, and even then when a mistake was made the ball would rmss the line by a narrow margin. The valley Club has in Miss Paterson a player of great promise, who should soon be in a higher grade. Miss P. Crookshanks was much too good for Miss E. Crowley (St. Mary’s), whom she defeated easily. Miss Crowley seems to have gone off her game since the start of the season. Miss M. Chapman-Cohen (St. Mary s) played good tennis to defeat Miss Howison (Valley). This is another promising player who should be heard on - Miss E. Henaghan (St. Mary s) is rather patchy in her play, and needs, to take a little more care with her shots and be less eager to hit everything. 0 The Valley men were too strong for bt. Mary s . winning all their singles and both men s doubles. R. Richards and I. K xA p ore , the best of the Valley men. Both played good tennis, but Richards Y aß baugM -time and again by N. Dennis (St. Mary’s) with a well-placed lob. -He should- remedy, the fault of going to. the. net on. the loose shot. N., Dennis and L. M Connell, were the best of St. Mary’s men - ft was noticeable during the afternoon that a number of the players .(especially those from St. Mary’s) were not keeping theeir eye on the ball. Instead, they were watching the player ®P po A lt ®> and this |s fatal in tennis. North-East Valley has a well-balanced team, and appears to have a good chance of winning the C2 banner. ' NOTES. ~Dr Moody returned to'Dunedin during toe week after ah extensive tour abroad. He looking very fit and well as a result of his trip, ahd has come back full ot keenness to take up the game once At the top of his form he is a tbe bea4 04 our local players. • , G ‘ , B ? ddy gained third' place on the singles ladder on Tuesday night when he defeated S. G. M'Dougall, 6—3, 7—5. ihe Coaching Committee feels that to a large extent the most promising players in the affiliated 'clubs, especially among the juniors, are hot coming forward to receive tuition under euch an able coach as Mr G. Ollivier,” writes the /xr ret Tf y T? £ 4b ? Canterbury Association (Mr R. Browning) m a circular letter During the first Mr Ollmers engagement about 300 players enrolled to take'the course or six lessons, but this season'the entry 634 - A he committee is Af “8 each-dub, to purchase a minimum of two coaching charts for presentation i°J? most promising members or as players 3 f ° r BUccessEpl tournament G L A C^ r Q ine °° dawn tennis in Sydney, J. O. Anderson said, with' reluctance and a nW 8 . apo . l ? gl % that he could not see 1D jState—not one in Auswriif’ l 6 added —who had the necessary wrist work to win against the world’s te P l pD * 8 ‘ 7 hey bave . either to cut m Purely defensive, or I«tf o ? ry l4 ’xu aai . d Anderson. “In the S r^ Be ” tb r d 0 “® 4 get the necessary pace, because they make top long a sween the shot.” Andemn. by the a S y ’ b^ s 0 e f for reinstatemeht +k;. an , am ®teur was recently reported in J£ ls AP lu mm 18 still hopeful' of persuading S rellun P r to a A Lawll r T x ennss Association bers 0? tKf r Ai P u 7° nder ® how many memh L t know that Earl Jellieoe Norm« n T r i of ® racquet once used by spectator of the 7 Waa , an interested the matches, because of ite SnJnTi r h a™ d uet a fn • Joo “ olj-fashwnede type!** fac4 * of quite an bau!t ere rt S a that Alain Geraml^A 4he w/H-known ■ French player iknd ),T ander f r ’ ■ w ? 11 visit New leaCf e^ o SS be,ei8 ° £ f%ato .Kmt™ ", Cl!rtalnl >-, nearer ?r pressing,”, said W court is not so large and it ll eDDI ? Ts al fo°ll T e f 40 f A'th Precision. Do not slog the half t , L I cr4,s d "i n * i F “ * ge«Su£f ai a Sed b ffie •SBT SStfPSS *“! V’ still tlia worT/T’e Laai i AUdfiJi is generally Coehet m regarded a l?®tß h cf desp against the Frencbrnm t:Fi • ■ De .t they were before the trln bst W™. ■ baekhand°haß general,y a) ’i round. Hi! tamly more under control ’ He nen' 8 c< ss improvement B being "notice?’ Ho^h.^ neither tt e TiT nt ° f H ° puiau ’ bu 4 essential f«Ael, th . ten3 Perament that is essential for championship play S TI thc i r retur n took' partin n ampion f h! P s that are P p)ayed at Strathfield, a suburb of Sydnev and Hojiman-was the star player. He gav e a finished display in all his matchra and captured the approval of the crowd. When staged a more definite Au ni;n. .| le arrived . at-Whether the Australian players, who made the trin have benefited as much as was expected!' spcdafiste^StS ß \° G ? y8 ’ Ltd - tennis Pani a _A dv | tUar4 Btree4 > opposite St.