LAWN TENNIS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10278, 7 October 1911, Page 5

LAWN TENNIS.

■» Increasing calls of business provonted-M«« •#' 4 E. J. Ross from again accepting the officaK-i "># of president of the Canterbury Association J ~"',!>} For years past he has been the leadina,,„ spirit in the Association, -willingly aocebtinjj'^. %i any amount of work, though length of Ber?"s; f "% vice could easily have been pleaded as oavnj/_>!* excuse for laying'the burden on the should? era of others. His sound commonsense ancß "'• «h his invariable courtesy have placed him in] a position' second to none in the tennifc \'ji> circles of Cant'erbury. In relinquishing J*,> ffi active' -work on the local Association bMl&ym leaves a record that anyone might be prouol nHt" V of, and l one that will long si and as a modejLj; \*j for those who have the interest of the game* »**", <*{' at 'heart. ' ' *"' l v Most of the clubs are opening for the neir §', season, and, in view of the Davis [A?, matches and the New Zealand champion- K J\ ships being held in Christchurch, this yearf vf is being looked forward to as one that ,willf V$ be brimful of interest. The most obvious * ' effect will undoubtedly be an increase in en-' '\\ thusiasrri and additional numbers taking up '/_;, the game. -■.•■.. ~j /'"£' At the annual meeting of the Canterburjf .{ Association- a. member brought up the ques< \\ tion of the small interest shown by - A newspapers of Christchurch in lawn tennis,! J" * Probably the clubs themselves are lijrgem , \ to blame for their neglect in not information; for no delegate seemed able wP..-*£ quote a case of refusal to publish any mat*' 4 * I '',■? ter that had been supplied. There is som*t k "*i '" thing cheering in the attitude adopted byifif 'y the Canterbury Association; for it reveal»->j. , * signs q{ energy and enthusiasm fiat eventually place lawn tennis in a better P«h[» '■-' sition than it stands at present But in jusH , tice to the newspapers it must not be 'j, gotten that it is not very long ago that th*4 1 r same Association refused to notify the V that .a meeting was to be held. A deJegate,,l v t> V on asking the reason for this, was told that'',7, 'jV the business was not of sufficient * '- anco, and that anything that merited pub**'^- 1 'f lishing would be supplied to the "t y by the secretary. True,'.durine; the last two,£' |{ ' years, while several controversies with th*?**" rNew Zealand Association have been in pro*L", t l gress, the Press has been largely us"ed, onw>. n . . in many cases has been most indulgent in[* ¥ jv the space provided. This blow-hot, blow-i*'' *" • cold policy of the Canterbury Association' »S' ""* has certainly had some effect, and it must ba» *%< % taken into consideration when apportioning»y<-vi 'f ; ' the blame. The fault does not lie whollyt -JVs with the newspapers of Christchurch, and? '' "_ the sooner delegates to the Canterbury As-} \< j sociation and officials of clubs recognise their p-y.v own responsibilities the better it will be for <,,, •'/',' the improved relations with the Press* thiV ~A "■. are now so earnestly desired. k *. /