LAWN TENNIS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21221, 30 December 1930, Page 8

LAWN TENNIS.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. SOME BRILLIANT DISPLAYS. (Pee United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 29 Nio surprises occurred in the third day’s play of tbe New Zealand lawn tennis championships, though now and again l h o ere J\ re c % 6 cal . ,a * and the form shown ** than , in the . earlier stages. Excellent progress has been made with all the events and to-morrow’s, play should .“ e decidedly interesting. semi-finalists in the men’s singles are Barnett y Wilson and Angas v. StedvaTif?ndnVhe ladie «’singles Mrs Adams Myere v - Mi “ emi-finalists in the men’s doubles are Wilson and Stedman v. France and Jb ranee and Angas and Seay v. Wallace llnniuT* mpe ‘ e -n- fi ? ahstß in tbe ladies’ doubles are Mrs Melody and Miss Myers v - the Misses Macfarlane. hoys’ singles’ finalists are A. A. Mac Gibbon (North Otago) and N. Davys (WelhngtonJ Avho together won the final ot the boys championship doubles to-day. the finalists m the intermediate singles ara R-A. Court'and A. R. Cant. Xhe best men’s singles match to-day was between Angas and Len France. Angas, tiie present champion, won in straight acta, but lus passage was not easy, because Prance ’was on Jy a shade less brilliant and fought hard throughout. The volleymu rallies were a treat to watch. , *. raiia ? brothers were extended to deleat Allison and Patterson in a sparkling five-set doubles match. Here again the exchanges were spectacular. The Canterburv pair were forced away from H* c ne A Jn tbe final stages, and that cost them the match. A large crowd watched Mrs Dykes defeat Miss Ramsay in the ladies’ singles quarter-fana!; The winner took the second set after being down o—4. She had to struggle hard throughout an exciting 18Kame set, but drove with sustained accuracy. nrJSff A l dams last tlm first set to Mrs Melody, but captured the next two after collapsing for a time in second set. _ A great fight eventuated between the Misses Macfarlane and Mrs Adams and Miss bichons m the ladies’ doubles. The Auckland pair secured the winning point after being down o—4 and 3—5. All played fine tennis, the crowd cheering excitedly after rallies. Results:— fa > MEN’S SINGLES. Fourth Round. Barnett beat Hayr, 6—3, 6—4, 6 3, ■ Wilson beat Johns, 4—6, 3—6, 6—l 6-—3, 6~-3. * Angas beat France, 6—4, 6—l, 6—2. .-Stedman beat Patterson, 6—3. 4— -Q 6 4, 6—2. ’ ’ WOMEN’S SINGLES. • Third Round, Mrs Adams beat Mrs Melody, 4—6, Sr—6; 6—-1. . Miss Myers beat Mrs Thomson, 6—2, M. v * Mies Marjorie Macfarlane beat Miss Wake by default. -Mrs Dykes beat Miss Ramsay. 6—4, lv—B, ' MEN'S DOUBLES. Third Rouud. 4* •S' - ii ind France beat Allison, and Patterson, 4—6, 6—4, I—6, 6—l, o—3« Wallace and Lampe beat J. R. Johnston and Crawshaw, o—4, I—6, 7—5 6 3 Angas and Sefiy heat Glanville and D! Johnston, 6—2, 6—2, 6—2. LADIES’ DOUBLES. Semi-final. . « The Misses Macfarlane beat Mrs Adams and Mrs Nieholls, 6—2, 4—6, 7—5 Mrs luclody and Miss Myers beat Misses MacDonald and Gould, B—lo, 6—2, 6—o. . MIXED DOUBLES. Second Round. Miss Wake and Stedman beat Miss Fleming and G. A. Pearce, 6—2, 6—3. - r . IS S-. Johnston and Patterson beat Miss Marjorie Macfarlane and Glanville, 9—7, 6 —B, 6-4—2. Miss Nieholls and Rhodes-Williams beat Mws Marion Ma,ofarUne and' Dymond, 7- 5, 2—*6, .6—4, ' r Mrs Thomson and Wilson beat Miss, Quill and Court, 6—4, 6—4. .Miss Andrew and Seay beat Miss D. Rowe and A, L, France, 6—3, 6-r-l Miss Myers-and Lampe beat Miss BaU lantyne and Hayr. 3—6, 6—3, 6—3

Third Round, .and Wilson beat Miss Nioholls and Rbodes-Williams, 6—2 6—3 Miss Wake and Stedman beat Mrs' Scott and Allison, 6 —3,11—9. BOYS’ SINGLES, Semi-final. Macgibbon beat Coward, 6—o 6—4 Davyg beat Reid. 6—l, 6—4. GIRLS’ SINGLES, . Third Round. 66 S 1 l P °9 ,e beat MisS Livingston, 6—4, Miss Bishop beat Miss Mathieson 6—5 5 6 —-4. ’ Miss Reece beat Miss BOYS’ DOUBLES. Final. 'A. A. Mac Gibbon (North Otago) and N.Davys (Wellington) beat E. Kean and d. Aspell 6—3, 6—2. GIRLS' DOUBLES. _ Semi-final. Misses Blanden and Reese beat Misses Bishop and Hampton 6—4, 6— 4. JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLES, Second Round. Miss Howe and Davies beat Miss Dick and Rickard 6—l, 6—l. ■ Miss -Reese and Mac Gibbon beat Miss Bishop and Highet o—o, 6—1,/6—4, INTERMEDIATE SINGLES. Second Round. B. A. Davye beat W. G. Robertson by default. _ Third Round. _ R- A. Court beat N, J. Daly 6—o, 63; A, R. Cant beat N. Davys B—lo, B—l,8 — 1, 6 — l, NOTES ON THE PLAY. (SPBCUt to Dailv Times.) . OIIIIXSXGIILJIIOII, December 29. ■ Although some of the players still complained of the heat, the standard of lawn tennis on the third day of the New Zealand championships was distinctly the highest of the meeting. In two matches particularly—those between Len Prance and C. Angas in the singles and the France brothers and P. E. Allison and T. W. Patterson in the doubles—the play was bnmant from start to finish. There were ?.° ?? ore » , BUl ’Prise upsets, although Mrs R. P. Adams, after collapsing on the court, managed only by a last minute recovery to defeat Mrs W. J. Melody. In the- afternoon the conditions of play were almost ideal. The finale of the womens doubles and junior events will be played to-morrow and the other finals on Wednesday afternoon. In the men's singles the quarter final match between Angas and Len France produced the best tennis of the meeting. Realising that his best chance was to open up the game from the start, France set a hot pace, coming into the net even on the service. Angas rallied to the attack, and although his win on paper 6—4, 6—l, 6—3 was easy, be had to play with consistent brilliance to get it. Using all the shots at their command the two men made the pace faster and faster. Game after game they both stood within the service line volleying cleanly and decisively. When France led 4—3 there was a marked improvement in Angas’s play, and after this, except for a few games at the end of the match, hia strokes and tactics ware almost infallible. The Weiman stood up to the attack bravely and frequently brought the spectators to their feet by driving Angas from side to side of the court. He tried to exploit a heavily chopped forehand in the hope of unsettling Angas’s drive, but he frequently netted this shot. In the last games- of the match Angas eased off for a moment and after losing two games had to exert his utmost to gain the final points.

Only when he had lost the first two gets to Johns did Wilson pull himself together and play bis shots accurately and consistently. Then lie had an easy enough win, although Johns harried him towards the end of the fifth set. Stedman beat Patterson in four seta after a long and even-driving duel, in which he showed little tactical skill. After defeating Don France and E. H.

Orbell, H. A. Barnett reached the semifinals at the expense of K. J. Hayr, sets* 11 by s °Hd play in straight

In the aemi-finals, to be played tomorrow Barnett meets Wilson and Angas meets Stedman. It remains to be seen, whether Barnett can again beat one of Wellingtons and New Zealand’s best. Certaiidy Wilson is likely to be badly worried unless he can play his driving game more consistently than he did to-day. If Angas can maintain his present form he should account fairly easily for Stedman. who has neither the shots nor the speed of foot to meet him. ° f a touch of sunstroke, Miss scratched in the women’s nHrnii’ gtvinß Mies Marjorie Macfarlano a uauc-over. After losing the first set 4—6, Mrs of d her " a + , doWn .i—4 in the second set ■exhwim at i ch °J? ainßt ? lrs Me lo d y when, ,k y the active game she had court fol ' Ce A to b}iq collapsed on the she wna or , being glven a stimulant, Vr llowed .to continue. She hit out nmtrh at fl y ’ probabl y meaning to end the chamed 38 possible * her divTkif tICS .u wer ? successful. Her MeWvi Pt Ivltbln , th « court, and Mrs Mrs A 3 rlamo C + Ul i at fi e,lKtb was disturbed, next wun M°° k , the and won the MisT J h 083 of o Ply one game, nace on I.™' Ram !, ay ’ mixing length and Mrs Dvti ,• ° X ?- e i tly ,' cho . p P ed drives, had of tlißir k ln difficulty m the second set df* beir u m ? tch ’. and had four set points before she lost it B—lo. Mrs Dykes was S % m ° re consistent driver, and couldp “ thev Polished and clever shots when a? were required. Mrs N. Thomson was badly oIF her Ind th^tenf' 9 played Miss M* Myers, tae . Wanganui woman won in straight at;®’ f T lth the loss of only three games, fnrln Mjers droy ® severely backhand and abl6 h to d r’ep a iy d MrS Tbomson kerned unAs was _ anticipated, the France brothers, Wilson and Stedman, and Angas fg/f' a F e hr ? e . of th e semi-finalists m the Men’s Doubles, and Wallace and Dampe are the fourth pair. The Frances bad to piny hard and brilliantly before they defeated P. E. Allison and T. W. i'a tier son, a clever and welll-combined Canterbury pair, in a five-set match. Attacking at the net for all they were worth, Patterson and Allison won the second and third sets, 6—4, 6—l. The volleying exchangee were sustained and brilliant, Allison excelling in hie use of the half-volley. Unfortunately, he is not a strong man, gnd in the fourth and fifth sets the France brothers gradually in?f ea l e . c l. the,pressure of their play. In the bfth Allison tired quickly, and when Jratterson lost his service the match was over, Patterson had the misfortune to receive a ball in hia right eye, and this mishap still further hampered his play. Angas and Seay, both playing confidently, had an easy win, but Wallace and Lampe, the most experienced pair of all, were -taken to four sets by J. R. Crawehaw and J. R. Johnston (Canterbury). , The Misses Marjorie and Marion Macfarlane and Mrs Melody and Miss Myers will meet in -the final of the Women’s Doubles to-morrow. The Misses Macfarlane will be the favourites after their fine defeat of Mrs Adorns and Miss .Nieholls in the semi-final, _ The two pairs were set—all, and the Misses Macfarlane were down I—4 in .the deciding set when, by varying pace and length judiciously, they evened the games at s—all, and won the set 7—5 and the match. Misses B. Gould and B, Macdonald who, on Saturday, defeated the titleholders, Misses M. Wake and M. Andrew', in straight sets, put up fight in the first set of their match against Mrs Melody and Miss Myers, taking it after 18 games, but after this they faded away badly, and won only two more games in the match. Tbe Mixed Doubles were so well advanced that two quarter-finals could be played to-day. Mrs Thomson and Wilson, the title-holders, had no difficulty in either of their matches, although the second -was against Miss Nieholls and T. Rhodes Williams. The other pair to reach the semi-finals was Miss M. Wake and A. C. Stedman. who had a long and interesting struggle in the second set of their match against Mrs W. A. Scott and P- E, Allison. Mies M. Andrew and I. A. Seay seem almost certain to meet the title-holders in the final. The withdrawal of W. G. Robertson from the Men’s Intermediate Singles detracted from the interest of the event and allowed A. R. Cant a fairly easy passage to the final, where he meets R. A. Court, of Otago. Court defeated N, J. Daly very impressively, while Cant lost the first set to tlj£ Wellington boy N'. Davys, before settling down to take the second and third sets with the . loss of only two games, Davys is a. finalist in the Boys’ Singles, where he meets A. A. Macgibbon, of Waitaki High School. With Macgibbon he has already won the Boys* Doubles title, defeating in the final E. Kean and J. Aspell, two Canterbury youths. The semi-finalists in the Girls’ Singles are Misses T. Poole, C. Reese, and N. Bishop, all of Canterbury, and M. Howe, of Wellington. AH of these are playing tennis that would not disgrace the senior events. The Girls’ Doubles has been narrowed down to two pairs—Misses F. Cowper and H. Hervey and Misses N. Bishop and N. Hampton, all of Christchurch. SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT. SUMPTER WINS SINGLES. (Per United Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, December 29. The Southland Lawn Tennis Association’s annual Christmas tournament was concluded to-day. The championship finals resulted as follow: — _ Men’s Singles,—H. K. Sumpter (Invercargill) beat S. G, M'Dougall (Dunqdinj, 10—8, 6—4. 6—l, Men’s Doubles.—H. K. Sumpter and G. Lindsay (Winton) beat S. G. M'Dougall and E. G. Boddy (Dunedin), 4 —6, 6 —3, I — 6, B — 6, 6 — 3. ’ Ladies’ Singles.—Miss L. Lawrence (Invercargill) beat Miss M. Rein (Invercargill). 7—5, 6—3* . Ladies' Doubles.—Mieses P. Guest and G. Bamford (Invercargill) beat Misses L. Lawrence and E. Murdoch (Invercargill), 6—2, 6- —3, ' Boys’ Junior Championship.—A. Baird (Invercargill) beat W. Strang (Invercargill), 9 —3. . Girls’ Junior Championship.—Miss M, Patterson (Riveradale) beat Miss Fox (Invercargill). 9—4. i CALCUTTA CHAMPIONSHIPS. ANDREWS IN SINGLES FINAL. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) DELHI, December 28. (Received Dec. 29, at U p.m.) That India possesses many promising lawn tennis players was proved when H. W. Austin, and J. S. Olliff wore defeated in the semi-final qf the Calcutta championsliipa by Sham Singh and IX N, Kappoor, who had never played together before, the Indians winning 6—B, 3, Q —3. The New Zealander, E. D. Andrews, and Olliff nave been eliminated from the mixed doubles.

M. Skein, whom Tilden once called the worlds greatest base-line player, set Austin a hard task in the semi-finals of the singles. Austin winning 4 —6, o—2 6 0 Andrews beat Olliff, 6—2, 6—3, playing spectacular tennis. Austin and Andrews will meet in the final to-morrow. OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT. The Otago championship tournament to ne held at the Logan Park Courts on January 1,2, and 3, should provide some excellent lawn, tennis, as an excellent entry has been received, and a number of visitors to Dunedin will be competing. The association s new courts are in good condition, and patrons cap now view the matches m comfort.