LAWN TENNIS

Otago Witness, Issue 3756, 9 March 1926, Page 56

LAWN TENNIS

THE DAVIS CUP COMPETITION. NEW YORK, March 3. The United States Lawn Tennis Association announced to-day the receipt of Davis Cup challenges in the European Zone from Argentina, India, and Belgium, bringing the total entry to 13. MISS RYAN WINS FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP. SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. At Palm Beach to-day Miss Elizabeth Ryan won the Women’s Singles Championship of Florida, defeating her fellow Californian, Miss Mary K. Browne, 6—4, 6—C. BLOOD STOCK SALES. MELBOURNE, March 5. At the yearling sales a Seaprice—Redink colt realised 11950 guineas, a Eurythmic— Latouche colt 1000 guineas, nd an All Black—Golden Dawn colt 1100 £ uneas. NEW ZEALAND TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, March 6. The New Zealand tennis team, which will arrive at Sydney on March 23, will play its first match at Katoomba on the 27th, and will visit the Jenolan Caves the following day. The Victorian Association is anxious to secure a visit from New Zealanders, and has offered the visitors two thirds of the net proceeds from the matches played if New Zealand visits Victoria. The southern State is'not prepared to meet the New Zealanders in Sydney. OTAGO v. SOUTHLAND. A tennis match between Otago and Southland was played on the Anderson’s Bay Courts on Saturday Tlie conditions were practically ideal, the weather being blight and warm, with a gentle breeze that prevented the heat from becoming oppresOtago was strongly represented as far as the men were concerned, and in the events in which the males participated the local players were too good for their opponents. Otago won all the men’s singles, and the two men’s doubles which were completed, while in the combined doubles only one match was won by the visitors. In he ladies' events, however, the local players could not hold their own with the visitois who won five out of the six singles, and the two doubles games that were completed Some fine tennis was seen during bhe match, and many of the games were keenly contested, but the steadiness ot the Otago representatives stood them in good stead, and enabled them to win by a comfortaole margin. Two of the games were not completed. as the visitors had to get away in time to catch the express for the south. Tho following are the results, the names of the Otago players being given first: — MEN’S SINGLES. Rage beat Deaker 6 —2. 7—5. Bray beat Lopdell 6 —2, 6—o. Guy beat Henderson 6—l. 6—2. Dr Moody beat M'Donald 6—2, 6—4. Cleghorn beat Hurst 6—3, 6—l. Tregear beat Dyer 6—l. 6—4. LADIES’ SINGLES. Miss M'Adam lost to Miss Rein B—9. Miss Witherow lost to Miss Hutton 4 —9 Miss Duthie lost to Mrs Cowie 7—9. Mrs Tregear beat Miss Watson 9—B. Miss Ramsay lost to Miss Melvin 2—9. Miss Galloway lost to Miss Mahoney 4—9. MEN’S DOUBLES. Page and Dr Moody beat Deaker and M‘Donald 6-0. 6-0. Bray and Cleghorn beat Henderson and Lopdell. 6—2, 62. Guy and Tregear v. Hurst and Dyer 6—l. 3 —2 (unfinished) LADIES* DOUBLES. Misses M'Adam and Duthie v. Misses Rein and Hutton. 4—6. 6—2 (unfinished). Miss Witherow and Mrs Tregear lest to Miss Watson and Mrs Cowie 3—6, 4—6. Misses Ramsay and Galloway lost to Misses Melvin and Mahoney I—6, s—o. COMBINED DOUBLES. Pago and Miss Duthie beat Deaker and Miss Rein 9—4. Guv and Miss M'Adam beat Henderson and Miss Huttou 9- 4. Bray and Miss Ramsay lost to Lopdell and Miss Watson B—9 Cleghorn and Miss Witherow beat M'Donald and Mrs Cowie 9—l. Tregear and Mrs Tregoar beat Hurst and Miss Mahoney 9—5. Dr Moody and Miss Galloway beat Dyer and Miss Melvin 9—6. Totals.—Otago: 14 matches, 22 sets. 197 games. Southland: 8 matches. 10 sets. 137 games. COSY DELL v. ROSLYN Cos? Dell (8 sets) defeated Rodyn (6 rets).