TENNIS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19673, 15 December 1933, Page 5

TENNIS

FEARS OF PROFESSIONALISM. FRENCH LAWS TIGHTENED UP. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright PARIS, December 13. Owing to fear that the French tennis players will be ostracised in England similarly to Rugby players, M. Lacoste, chairman of the Federation’s special committee, states that they are drastically tightening up the amateur rules and have produced a voluminous report defining the duties of the amateur and laying down travelling expenses. M. Gillou, the president, says: “We are going to be even stricter. Just wait until the Committee’s report is published.” TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. Timaru Club. A Grade v. Wai-iti, at Maori Park.— Misses M. Gibson. M. Bridges, D. Smythe, Mrs Piddington; Robertson, Marshall, Hammond, Reid. Highfield Club. A Grade v. Aorangi ll.—Satterthwaite, Wilson (captain), j. Ball, L. Ball; Miss Cossins, Miss Sutherland, Miss Robinson. Mrs Ulrich. Miss Johnston (emergency). St. John’s Club. A Grade v. Aorangi I:—M. E. Crowley, J. H. Smith, C. Durning. J. Venning, Miss E. Callaghan. Mrs Cotter, Mrs Burroughs, and Miss C. Venning. Wai-iti Club. The following players will take part In a competition to-morrow:— First team —C. Holmes, A. Provan (capt.), G. Adkins, F. McAteer, J. Kennedy, F. Tuck, Misses Wright, Bracefield, Stewart, Mahan, R. Holdgate, Davies. Second team—E. Low. A. Low, L. Provan (capt.), R. Morrison, P. Bridges, M. Lawrence, Mrs Leslie, Mrs Bartos, Misses R. Palliser, O. Davey, K. Macdonald, M. Andrews.

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