Half Volleys

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 492, 23 October 1928, Page 11

Half Volleys

ICirass tennis courts in the Kemuera recreation giounds may be rented from the Auckland Girls’ Athletic Associa- [ Practically all the grass clubs—j Eden and Epsom. Parnell, Onehunga, j Kemuera, Mount Albert, and Auckland I —hope to open the season on Saturi day. • , In a ladder match recently played -in ■ Wellington. N. R. Wilson beat A. L. France (challenger), 3—6, i>—6. 6—4, 6 —o. In the second set France led 5—3, and in the third set he led 3—o. Campbell Park Club, with its ten good chip courts, advertises that it has vacancies for the season which was opened two Saturdays ago. One gets tennis all the year round here for a moderate subscription. Vacancies are also advertised by the Unity Club, Coyle Street, Edendale. Summer and winter play on hard courts is provided, and there is also provision for night play ,the courts being well lighted by electricity. • * • Seats may be reserved for the test match, England v. New Zealand, to be played at Stanley Street on Saturday, November 3. and Monday, November 5. If the weather is bad on those days, the match will be postponed, as the Englishmen do not leave until November 9 for Sydney. There may be time for a match against an Auckland team. • * * W. T. Tilden usually takes 30 rackets with him when he goes to Europe to play tennis. When he returns to the United States, he gives these rackets to young players of promise. as souvenirs and as encouragement. It is a kindly custom, which might be more general among celebrities than it is. Keith L. Poulton, who died in Sydney from injuries received in a motor smash, was a member of the young New South Wales team which visited the Dominion in 1923. He was only 36 years old and he was still one of the best players in the State, his defeat of Kalins in the 1926 New South Wales championship being vividly remembered. Like other prominent players in Sydney he kept a sports store. ♦ * • Some clubs might well profit by the example of women’s dress on the court shown by the varsity girls. A coloured hat is the biggest departure from the regulation white allowed on the courts, and even that is not encouraged. The result is good to look upon. The club skipper told ‘Deuce” at the opening on Saturday that the committee would have no hesitation in refusing to allow \ girl clad in fiambuoyance to play. Now, there are some clubs ... If you want to learn to play, go to Varsity. The top players at the college courts take a commendable interest in the beginners, and by its policy of entering many teams as possible in the inter-clubs, the club tries to bring along the people on the lower rungs. On Saturday the president, Professor Grossman, began the season by demonstrating mistakes, and the remedies to of the fours.