TENNIS SURPRISE.
STEDMAN BEATS IRISH GIANT. NORTH ENGLAND TITLE. LONDON, August 24. At Scarborough, in the North of England tennis championships, third round of singles, Stedman (N.Z.) brought off a surprise defeat of the title-holder, G. Lyttelton Rogers, the Irish giant, 5/7, 6/3, 6/3. (George Lyttelton Rogers is twentyyears of age, and has represented Ireland in the Davis Cup on a number of occasions. Among his victims at various times have been H. Coehet (in the final of the South of France singles), J. B, Crawford (in a Davis Cup match), and H. E. Vines (in. the American singles). Rogers also played a five-set match with Tilden just before the American began as a professional. He has won the West of England championship three times, the South of England championship, and reached the final of the British hard court singles.) NO VIOLATION. STATUS OF ELLSWORTH VINES. NEW YORK, August 24. The Amateur Rules Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association on Thursday announced that its investigation into the status of Ellsworth Vines had revealed no basis for the charge that he had violated the amateur rule.
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Wairarapa Age, 26 August 1933, Page 7
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