LAWN TENNIS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14013, 18 September 1909, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

(By "Volley.") Ni'hs. of the decision of the prcliimiiaiy tic f<n the Davis Ct»|». re minds oho that thf tennis season ia thoso liititiitlos is approaching- ! }nt apparontly inU'rcoi. in the game is not very keen as >»>(, tin- at (ln> annual mcotinjr of Hit- Fit/.roy How liny; anil Totinis Club on WftliK'sday thoro wer<> only two tennis pluyi-rb prv^t-nt, Thy an-

nual meeting of the club was held hisi year in October, when tin re was a toi;,| attendance oi 130 as against lo tin-, year. The financial position of the Fitzrov club is not \er> satisla* loty, hut it i--said to be better than it wa., last yeai. Thu> question was •discussed at length on Thursday owning. Tho bowling department ot the club ib on the iig'it bide, but both the (eimis ami enxpiel atioiints show n debit. '1 he i.'eei|,th for tic tennis amounted to f>7 Is "J<l, while tho fxpenditmv was ll'lti (is Ud. As was generally o.\j'e«t<<l, tlie Kiiflish ropro,cntativos in tin* picli.mn v v tie for tho Davis Cup were not si i oirj ohoir'h Ui tlefeat the Americans. Their play, however, must have U-en we;iki ithan iwpocted, lor all the five mutch s wero v.mii by Americi'. The last coup!" of yvars has wi'ii a voiy diiloiciil |»>si tion in coiiuo< tiou svitii tl.e })avis ('»U', for until Wilding iind Uiooke-, won tT>e tropliy in l'.)(!7 Kuglaiul had been ll o winiHT loii' \ears out of (lie six \e.tis it tliul been (Oinpeteil tin Ot tie < i,*;h' ifii'<«.ls played to date Kuglaiid lips v- n t!>c c-up loin tunes, and Anie ii • -•»*■! A.iMialai-ia twice each. News hiis ci'iiio fioni America- (s.iys an Fn^l'sii wntoi) that Heals ( '. Wiilclil will not play ly.im tins Mar. 1 1 is father, George Wright, has mven i! . 'it that his sou has not been in the I< st of health since Ins touch ot sun s*.riil." vl ilst i ijuost ot the Davis Cup in A ;'-,! i;ilia last year In ;\<l lit ion, I l)ii>, no -■ :nicu-l" havo to be coiiniili Mil J!- sin , hiis stuiiig lio)>» .-, that Boals will oiontu-iIK io-ontor t\,, g.iin.- I. nt r>t tin iiiomeiit it looks M>n I in 1 oh like having to do willij ou* Ins Minn in the l)a\io lup tins >ear. !