Tennis Championships.

Waikato Argus, Volume XXV, Issue 3944, 24 November 1908, Page 3

Tennis Championships.

Melbourne, November 23. Wilding won the singles championship of Victoria, beating Alexander bv -1 -6, G- 0, 6 2. 6- 2. It was a brillant and fitting termination to the tournament and demonstrates how a physically good player will triumph over his equal as far as actual play is concerned, but who is interior in bodily strength. Wilding was a giant and Alexander just an average human being. After the first set the American was never in it. One of the features wa.>, for good players, the inaccurate services; both making no fewer than nine d iublc faults in the four sets. Alexander's head work at times was faultv. Wilding won seven games in