Defying the Weather

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 13

Defying the Weather

TENNIS IN THE RAIN N.Z. Championships Begin AFTER a day and a-half’s postponement the Xew Zealand lawn tennis championships began in the face of a blustering and rain-laden northerly to-day.

Mr. Murray Kean, the manager, decided to take a gamble with the weather at noon, and at 12.15 Morrison, Eden and Epsom's champion, faced R. P. Adams (Wellington) in the first match of the tourney. It was unispired, Morrison winning in straight sets.

The courts were slow and slippery, and light rain was falling at intervals —hardly tennis conditions. By 1 p.m. there were five matches in play, and the tennis was nothing to write about. The “gate” was a poor and straggling one, but it appreciated the covered stand, which was just ready in time for the tournament. Shoe nets came into use before long and some players abandoned their shoes altogether and slid about in their stockinged feet, several startling acrobatic exhibitions being given. Only one player, Rhodes Williams, of Wellington, used a steel racket. Results: MEN’S SINGLES Five advantage sets. Holder; G. Ollivier (Canterbury). First Round—M. M. Morrison (Auckland) beat R. P. Adams (Wellington), 6 — o. 6 — l, 6 — 2. W. J. Melody (Wellington) beat W. Blakey (Auckland), o—3, 6—4, 6—l. L. T. Pickmere (Wliangarei), beat R. V. Bundle (Wellington). 6—o, 6—o, 6—2. T. Rhodes-Williams t Wellington) beat Thomson (Auckland), 6—3, 6—S, 6—3, 6—l; G. W. Griffiths (Auckland) beat J. C. Charters (Wiiangarei), 7—5, G—4,

PLAY AT ROTORUA DELAYED (From Our Own Correspondent) ROTORUA. Wednesday. Light rain delayed the progress of tho annual championship and handicap tourney. Play was abandoned at 2.30. Results of the play: Men’s Championship Singles—Welch beat Richardson, 6—3, 5—6, 9—7. Women’s Handicap Singles—Miss B. Wright beat Mrs. C. Lee, B—s; Miss G. Manson beat Miss Sherratt. S—3; Miss W. Mitchell beat Mrs. S. Meek, B—6. Men’s Handicap Doubles—First round: A. C. Dannefaerd and N. Smith beat J. D. and I. P. McGrath, 10—I; Elliott and Horton beat Osborne and . 10—9; Chapman and White beat J. Bird and S. Porter, 10 —0; Tukere and Royal beat E. A. Robb and D. N. Johnson, 10—9; Bennett and Simmonds beat Steadman and Miller, 10—1; Burrough and Hoddn beat D. Hay and Morrison. 10—5; R. D. Johnson and N. Donovan beat W. Horton and Storrie, 10—9; Tonson and Wood beat R. G. Bennett and Fraser, 10—2; Sheriff and Sheaf beat Basham and Brewer, 10—5; Brown and Bond beat S. T. George and Hanna, 10—2. Men’s Handicap Singles—First round' J. C. Andrew beat J. Horton. 10—6; Tonson beat H. Short. 10—2; N. Donovan beat :.f. D. McGrath. 10—2; Chapman beat I Brown, 10—6; Walker beat O. Johnson, ' 10—3; W. Morgan beat J. .J. Elliott,

10—9; Simmonds beat Storrie, 10—2;. Johnson beat S. T. George, 10—7; Bullivant beat R. Bennett, 10—C. Robb beat J. M. Steadman, 10—9;* Bond beat A. R. Hosking, 10—3; Fakes beat S. Porter, 10—5; Henderson beat Downer, 10—2. REMUERA EVENTS

Results of the championship events of the Remuera Club are as follow: — Men’s Championship Doubles —First round: Tonks and Rowllings beat Kinnear and Manning, 6—-1, 6—2; F. Sturt and Ohlson beat Manning and Hail, 6—l, G—l; Macky and Spencer beat Gregory and H. O. Thomson, 6—3, 6—2; Entwistle and Martin beat T. D. and G. Peacock. 6—o, G—o; Stedman and Stedman beat G. and J. N. Wilson, 6—3, 6—3; Chisholm and Watkins beat Blakey and Leary, 6 6—o; Sturt and Lucas beat Macfarlane and Colegrove, 6—3, 6—\; McCrystai and Lamb beat Craig and Christmas, 7 5, 3 —6, 6—3; Babbage and Hudson beat Kerr and Butler, 6—4, 6—2. Second round: Tonks and Rowllings beat Sturt and (Jhlson, 6—3. 3—6, 6—3: Sterlman and Stedman beat Hughes and Milne, 7—5, Women’s Championship Doubles—First round: Misses Richardson and Ramsay beat Misses Simson and Le Quesne. 6—o. 60; Mrs. Robson and Miss Kerr-Taylor beat. Misses Mclntosh and Wann, 6—l, <3—l. Second round: Misses Maefarlane beat Misses Wilson and Macinloe, 6—l. G—2; Mrs. Chamberlain and Miss Macki low beat Mrs. Ewen and Miss Graham, 75, 7—5; Misses Richardson and Ramsay beat Mrs. Clay and Miss Sloman, G—l, G—4; Mrs-. Robson and Miss KerrTaylor beat Mesdames l-'enfcon and Watkins, 2—G, 6—o, 6—3; Misses L. Roberton l and Colbeck beat Misses Blrfkey and Con- ’ nett, G—l, G—2: Mrs. Taylor and Mi;s Brookes beat Misses Robertson and bods, ll —6, 6—o, G—l; Mesdames Scott-Watson | and Shroff beat Mesdames Tonks and ! Hickson. 6—S. 6—o. 6—4. Women’s Junior Championship Singh s —First round: Miss L. Roberton bf*it Miss ! G. Hooper, 6—2, G—l; Miss L. Ryder beat Miss M. Grant. G—4, G—2: Miss R. Taylor beat Miss E. Sanders, 6—2, G—l; Miss Colbeck beat Miss F. Robertson, 6—l. 6—2; Miss B. Smith beat Miss M. White, G—l, G—2; Miss J. Mclntosh beat Miss O Griffiths. 6—3. G—l. Second round: Miss L. Roberton beat Miss A. Morley, 6—o, G—o; Miss R. Taylor beat Miss L. Ryder, 6—l. 6—l: Miss N. Colbeck beat Miss B. Smith, G—2. 4—6, G—3; Miss J. Mclntosh beat Miss N. Garrett, 6—2, G—2. Men's Junior Championship Singles— First round: W. Spence beat G. Wilson, 6 —2, o—6, B—6. Second round: A. C. Stedman beat A. C. Clark. 6—l, 6—2; W. B. Brownlee beat J. Gregory, 6—3, 3—6, S—6; A. W. Lamb beat C. G. Bowden, 6—o, 6 — 2.

Adolphe Menjou has started work on •‘Marquis Preferred.’* his new starring production for Paramount. “His Private Life” is now in the cutting and editing rooms being made ready for release. Frank Tuttle is the director of both.

Headed by Lupe Velez, Gary Cooper and Louis Wolheim, a company left the Paramount studios recently for a long location trip, during which big scenes for the Paramount Picture “Wolf Song” will be filmed. Victor ' Fleming will direct the production.