LAWN TENNIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 27, 29 December 1932, Page 7

LAWN TENNIS.

MANAWATU TOURNAMENT.

THIS MORNING’S PLAY,

Play was continued on the Linton M Street courts this morning in the ... Manawatu Lawn Tennis Association s 'At annual tournament, but was confined ;%«• mainly to the handicap events. Little '*s real progress could be made in the ':5 championships, owing to the «ellingl/'vi ton tournament, at which leading P* _ ers, including E. D. Andrews and C. Malfroy, were competing, not being ,:.® concluded. •SStJ- The Linton Street courts were in exceptionally fine order after another W& i.vo hours of preparation bv the ffe'fe groundsman (Mr J. Kershaw) early this morning. Competitors appreciated the playing surface provided, but AW weather conditions were exceptionally '■/M warm and close. Additional results of plav are as follow: CHAMPIONSHIPS. MEN’S SINGLES. Second Round.—Wehipcihana beat SK®. Hobin, G—2, 7—5. LADIES’ SINGLES. ill Second Round.—Mrs Smith beat Miss McDonald, o—l, G 0. MEN’S DOUBLES. Second Round.—Pearco and Coombe ■w/ beat Smaller and Graham, G—3, G— 2. HANDICAP EVENTS. MEN’S SINGLES.

'ijiKif First Pound.—Hobin (5) beat Hill (22), 60—55; F. Orgias (16) beat G. imp Wilson (16), 60—54. Second Pound.—Humphrey (25) beat MDarragh (28), 60—51; Murphy (14) : beat Wehipeihana (7), 60—58: D. 1. Robertson (6) beat Hobin (5), 60—47. Fourth Pound.—Campbell (25) beat H L Seifert (22), 62—60. LADIES’ SINGLES. First Round.—Miss Wilson (18) beat Miss Turnbull (22), 50 —40. ? Second Pound.—Miss Phillipps (16) beat Miss Burke (18), 50—45. MEN’S DOUBLES. ;■&, Second Pound.—Lee and Thorpe (18) beat Latham and H. Wilson c.scr), 60 —51. LADIES’ DOUBLES, h -lM First Pound.—Miss Burke and Mrs fililams (25) beat Misses Shand and orrall (6), 50—24. MIXED DOUBLES. ■ ’’i First Pound. —Robertson and Miss (fllutherford (6) beat Fox and Miss ,|®akley (18), 60—51.