TENNIS NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19813, 3 December 1919, Page 2

TENNIS NOTES.

ON ASPHALT AND CRASS. ' ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. On the "United' 1 Front. Hmivurd.—Yes. yon ore quite right, and we are very pleased that you ate so up against the "court grabbers." That's an , excellent plan ol yours to have afternoon tea pervert on the court—certainly does save time. Tom Thumb.—We will certainly hand your criticism to Messrs Ulif. icr and Wilrtinp. With your valuable advice and experience to go on, they should now be a certainly lor the championship. Yes, you .-iumid show Mr Borrows iiow to serve the America!, twist. .Happen.— It doc? so inspire your opponent to play with your coat on. Style—surely, and it tits you just b, auiir'ully. riuni), —Why worry if all your shots do not meet with the approval of your paltrier? You have the good looks and ihe winning smile, what I Tom my.—We understand that Vailc is alter a photo oi your service icr his now book. Hut why cut out the rotation of the racquet bofotp the delivery? Jt surely does demoralise. No, we think that belts are more in vogue at the present time, bee. linn.—Jlow nice to have a .'-tains List and no rules! How like a dinner, with nothing to cat! Why not have an asphalt court put. down at United tor su ranter play? Head-Bandage.—Unless you give move, time to practice you can never hope to tie a coxl player. Your motor bicye’e must certainly he a great bargain The inter-club com pot it ion wits advnnwl a further Mu go hist Saturday, wher. fit .-Minins bout South Christchurch by )fl to 21, nnd Opawa bent Addington by 01 to !2. The* position i of the various clubs is now a.-, 10lItm s Matches Pis. Played. Lost. Won. ■Si Albans . . lie 3 Upreva . . . t)S —• ?. thiulrrottry Col. ?! - 1 1 Addington . S9 ■’ d S. Christchurch . hi 3 3 ! Saturday's matches provided some good contests, notably in the Opatva- | Addington match at Addington. O'Connell (Opatva) put tip a hard buttle against Munnings (Addington), but was beaten 8-0. and Harman (.UnawnL who heal. Derbridge (Addington) 9-9, had an equally hard tight. Burnet and Paterson, who beat Fairclongh and Potter in both singles and doubles, did not, Imre such a- hard battle, but these games provided a good exposition of tennis. At South Christchurch, Dawson and Aekroyd (St Albans), who played L. a.nd P. Penny, both lost in tho singles. (5-9, 7-9, but succeeded in beating their opponent-, 9-3, in tin* doubles. Aekroyd, Hornet and Pale'son are shaping best in the compelitinn so far. The eonipot it ion match between St Albans and Opawa. which will bo played at Opawa next Saturday, promises ! to he very keenly contested and should lie well worth seeing. At present it is difficult to say which team Inn- the best chances ol sneees.s. To-night, at the Y.A1.0.A. a big meeting oj all topuis players will lie held lor the purpose nt cJiseu.-sing the quest km of " Association courts, and ol ways and mean-, of raising mojicy with which to purchase hind and lay oat the courts. The following ic.-obi-timis have been deal ted and will be submitted to the meeting lor discii-.. sicn : ■ ■( 11 "That t hi - meeting tennis players repic-eming attilmicd clubin and arm.nil Christchurch heartily approves of the proposal by the Can- ! ternury Hawn Tennis A:--oenition tu es-tabli-h ■ Association courts ' as a form oi memorial to those pdayers tv ho lost their lives in the war": (9) "That a special committee lie set up/ in conjnne- | tion with the tU'e.-enl (’.round Coiiuaitj ;ee, of the a.-.-aeiatiun to consider eateI lullv ways and means ol lai.-ing an I adequate s'im to iinanee the purchase i of the land and lay down a sufticiem ] number of court-": Hi.) " Timt if be j a _ recommendation to the special eom- , mince to hold a moit.-trr ait union a- | a mean,-, of raising tutu!?, a bungalow j to ho purchased tor this purpose and j given a- a prise": Hi) "That a strong I apeal he made to ail arniiaiai nub? to support the association in this matI ter." i j Ihe tii'.rtieth annual chantptionshin i meeting and the hist annual junior ■ championship) meeting will he held uu- ! on ihe an-piivs ~j tbe New /calami ■ Lawn Teitni Association, on the WeiI lington College ground. Wellington, on j Ib'eetnb.w 96. 97. 99 ami 39 and billowing day,- if neres-ary. The championship events- comprise men's singles, hidin'.’ singles, men’s doubles, ladies doubles, and combined doubles. In the men s events the ehamnionshin wii] be for he«t of live sets, advantage' sets; and in the ladie.-' events- and combined doubles for best o( three sets; advantage sets. Ihe junior t.vents comprise New Zealand i liantjnonsliip [or hoys, and girl.-, the conditions providing that tite enrnpetit'ors must be under eighteen years of age and he bona tide pupils attending any primary or secondary school, college, etc., cither i a? ti day or evening scholar, or a. mem- .- her of a tennis club affiliated To anv . Lawn Tennis Association affiliated to the. New Zealand Lawn Tenni- Assoeia. > tion- Entries for nil events close with ; the secretary. Air Arthur J. Pri.lmrick, . Winders Building. Cuba and Manners; , Streets, Wellington, on, •Saturday. Do- . comber 13. U j.; confidently expected i that Canterbury will be well represented tn both the Dominion and the. ; junior championships. . A championship and handicaps t.our- • nament has: been authorised by tbe r New Zealand Lawn Tenni? Association ■ to lie held at Rotorua on .lantniry 1. f 2 and 3. 1990. The list of events . comprises ladies and men’s ehampion- , ship singles and (lonm.-s. continued , championship doubles, and ladies’ and men’s handicap singles and doubles and combined handicap doubles. Entries close with the secretary of Ihe Hotorim Tennis Club, Air H. L. Hammond. Box 52, Rotorua, on December 30. ADDINGTON CLUB. Tho oluli handicap tournaments aro . still the chief matters of interest at ■ Addington. The first rounds aro to • be completed next Sittnrday, and there • are still a tew interesting {fames to bo • played A very Cue game was ■ played between Alissos Pollard and Richards (rec. 15 3-6) and Misses Cooper and Hay (owe 3-6 lo), i the latter winning, ,9-7, after a very | harrl struggle. Ift the combined ; doubles a, very interesting game is ex- ' peeted between Airis Morton and 1 Thompson (rec. 15 3-6) and Mbs Just ; and Fajrclough (owe 3(1). In the | men’s doubles, the game between Thoihas and Cameron (rec. 15 3-6) and | Lock and Bell (reo. 30), had a. most \ unexpected finish, the former winning by 9-3. These two players are prov- , ing rather “dark horses” and Thomas in particular was in excellent form on ; Saturday. On Monday night in the , combined doubles. Aliss Pollard and 1L Turner (rec. do 2-6) unexpectedly beat the favourites, Miss Petrie, and F-

Cameron (reo 15) by nine games to five. It is hoped that*some of the games which are to be played this week will bring forth sonic more interesting results. * # ♦ UNITED CLUB. The results to date of the various tournaments at present being played at the United courts arc:— Ladies’ Handicap Doubles.—Mrs Lord and Miss Nicholson v. Misses Allard and Bain. li-l. 3-6. 6-U; Mrs Wake and Miss Wl'.tehouse v. Misses Murray and Bioxam, 6-5, 60; -Mrs Pipe and Mrs I’iectwood v. Mrs inslonc and Miss Goodman. 6-3, 6-3. The winners are now in tlie scmi-linal. Men's Handicap Singles.—Abcrnethy v. Seay, 6-6, 6-6; Louglinau v. Angus, 6-6, 6-3, 6-1 ; Field v. Glanvillc, 6-6, 6-6, 6-3; Clark v. Borrows, 6-3, -1-6, last sot hy default.; Fell v. Andreae, 6-2, 0-6; Wake v. Goss. 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Sinclair v. Denton, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Dawson i'. Lewis, 6-3, 6-1, •Men's Handicap Doubles.—Ollivier j and Wilding v. Baines and Lewis. 3-6, 6-2, 6-6: Angus and Abeniethy v. G. H, Holl'nrd ami L. A. lioltord, 6-1. 2-6, 6-6; Penn and Anderson v. Borrows and Fell, 6-U. 6-3; Van Ascii and Sampson v. Browning and La wry. by default. In the seini-jinai, Ollivier and Wilding heal, Angus and Abornetliy, 6-3, 6-2, alter a really good game. Ollivier had the young players wondering with his uncanny angle shots and his marvellous control of the hall. At the present time he is playing remarkably well and still well within himself. There scorns little likelihood that ho will lose his title this year. V i tii Wilding in the doubles ho i. : particularly strong, and should Wilding I play his proper strong game they should have very good chances for retaining ;licir title as doubles champions oi New Zealand at 'Wellington at Cbn--imas time. Catiiorbury, this year at Wellington, has rosy chances for winning the Provincial Pennant, and should Bennington, Greenwood, Borrows, (.Joss, Pearce, also piny in the championship events our prospects seem very bright. But | how of the ladies? It is necessary to get several of our strong ladies to go, if are to have n sporting nuance for tii is pennant. Mrs Lord, Miss Nicholson and the. Misses Goodman should represent Canterbury sucossfully. and with these ladies playing in the combined championships our chances would indeed look well. " Onlooker ’’ will he pleased to receive items of interest for insertion in this column from tennis secretaries and captains of teams. Such notes should be addressed to “ Onlooker,” taro of ■‘Star” office. ON LOOK KB.”

: ■■'■ i :.■ i •j-Baa-rsclough Nervine' Btopß Tooth- <**• 64 Yesterday th& members of the Canterbury" Board of Sdudtioti iiisjWdMd a number of school gardens in Mid eu v rtb Gaaterbm-y. . Tka members of tine board were divided into 'Ur6 parwb tor the purpose, and although the weather was very unfavourable for the visits, and the ehildren in s6me places were prevented from carrying out work in the pinions, the hoard members availed themselves u!' every opportunity 'it seeing wlnu hud been accoinplislied l'nimmdra cures Corns quickly. <H