LAWN TENNIS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3596, 13 February 1923, Page 42

LAWN TENNIS.

SWARR.

BY

There is promise of an excellent entry for the Yankee tournament, which is to be played at Anderson's Bay on February 1/. The ladies are being asked to take a basket, and the outing should therefore have about it some of the atmosphere of a tennis picnic. Entries close on Monday next. It may be mentioned in passing t-hat the association has been fortunate in securing a number of seats with backs for the Bay courts, and these will no doubt be greatly appreciated by the spectators at Easter. Some uttle attention could also be devoted with advantage to the provision of better office accommodation at the courts, both in the interests of the secretary and the representatives of the press. r lho many friends in Dunedin of A. w. Sims were greatly pleased with his success at the Auckland tournament, where he won the championship for the second year in succession. In the final ho met E. L. Bartleet, who recently returned from a visit to England and the Continent, and who on the previous day defeated Robson in a close three-set match. By his victory Sims added to a notable list of successes, and, in consideration of his recent performances, he is, in my opinion, entitled to rank as the second player in New Zealand today. He has also become the holder for another year of the Horne trophy, a solid gold epergne standing over a foot high and valued at 200 guineas. In fact, it forms one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable, trophy that has been presented in connection with any branch of achletic sport -n the dominion. The Field of December 2 contains the following account of the match played at the end of November between a team of New Zealanders resident in England and a side organised by Mr P. W. Rootham, the representative of the dominion on the council of the Lawn Tennis Association. The fact that most of the New Zealanders had journeyed up from Cambridge in the morning handicapped their chances, while recent frost on the university courts had deprived them of practice. Easily beaten by J. B. Gilbert in the singles, F. M. B. Fisher improved appreciably in the doubles, and, with his young nephew as a partner, won one set out of four against Mr Rootham’s first pair. R. H. Lowry also won a set in the singles against M. D. Horn, tlie Cambridge ex-captain, but in all the other matches the result was decisive. The weather was bright and the “en-tout-cas” surface in good condition, despite overnight rain. Scores: Singles.—J. B. Gilbert beat F. M. B. Fisher, 6—l, 6—2; A. Wallis Myers beat I. Mac Ewan, 6—3, 6—2; R. Dash beat J. N. Lowry, 6—l, 6—l; M. D. Horn beat R. 11. Lowry, 6—B, 6—l, 6—o; C. G. Lames beat H. Gilmer, 6—o, 6-0; A. L. Stevens beat F. Hall, 6—o, 6—o. Doubles.—Gilbert and Wallis Myers Deat Fisher and Mac Ewan, 6—4, 6—l, 3—6, o—l ■ Dash and Horn beat Gilmer and Hall, 6—2,’ 6—o, 6—o; Eames and Stevens beat j’ N. Lowry and R. H. Lowry, 6—l, 6—l o—o. ’ In a match between Spain and Germany, at Barcelona, Manuel Alonso rnet Otto hroitzheim. The Spanish champion won the first two sets, but after a very dose third set was worn down and beaten by the German. Ihe score in Froitzheim’s favour was- 2—6 5—7, 9—7, 6—3, 6-4. ' ’ A proposal which was defeated at the annual meeting of the English Lawn Tennis Association was to the effect that no person receiving directly or indirectly monetary remuneration for goods, especially supplied for, or services rendered, :"n connection with any prize meeting, should be eligible as a competitor or member of committee at such meeting, and no person being the representative of a manufacturer of lawn tennis balls, nets, posts, or racquets shall be eligible as a competitor or member of committee at any prize meeting. N.S. WALES v. VICTORIA. SYDNEY, February 9. Anderson has withdrawn from the New South Wales tennis team to play Victoria to-day as a protest against the selectors’ action in appointing Peach as captain.