By the narrow mara points, Gordon Wright Sequieva in the 8 of the haven bowls pionship on Wedhesdlay ey the SRC: jrcens, the final inge 2t-19. A really fast gre cross wind andoubtedty cent nich Toose howling on the part of Toth' players, nevertheless it was a ngedonge strone and interest was maintained from start to finish, the seventh end Wright led 7-5 but the fourteenth "Sequiera had jit the lead to the advantage of the. twenty-first. end Sea gained a lead of four points, the: score beard Yeading 18-4 and st-the end of the twenty-thivel the cedre was Kevel ut 18 als Sequiera heviied cleverly to. gain in\the next end hut Weight made matters all square again. and it Négoired "only two more ends to the match, "Tt seemed. that made the mistake of tak nds Who short ends suit-many of his over-Head shots reached the bottom of the net, a most unusual' occurrence, Mixed Doubles Exhibition Before the' championship game started, a. mixed doubles game was played between Mrs, Stafford Smith and Meise and Mme, Van Haute and Major Lucas. Mme. Van. Haute kindly consented to substitute for Mrs. Hicks, who originally had arranged to play and fas taken sick at the lant moment. This proved to be a very evenly-Dalanced: contest and one set all was called in time for the cham-ship game to start at the ranged. hour.
Mme, Van Haute's backchand was much in evidence and i pity that her fore-hand It is true that the loop she gives makes a very useful lob, but it is a purely defensive stroke. Major Lucas certainly goes out for his strokes, but even for an exhibition game, when one expects to see a few fireworks, he might have Sacrificed a little pace for a little more accuracy. "Mrs. Stafford played quite well at. the, net and Meise covered the court in his sual active manner. alter both the games "were over, Mr. Leslie, vice-president of the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association, made-a short speech, thanking th exhibition players for the very Interesting avia which they "had ut up. Mea Leslie then kindly Presented the cups and replicas to the winners of the "championship fand thus closed an afternoon full of good tennis.
Wayfoone r, Taikoo On Satardny aternon, the tennis match between and Taikoo took place "on the several two firms, win for' the by 20 ets to ten. Details of the various matches foilow:— is Sets.
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nan and Caldwell 3 Have ana Stewart Dupuy" and Conan 3 Total Atter the matches, members of the two firms were entertained by ed him go well in the early stages of the game.
Wright is to be congratulated upon surmounting the most difficult obstacle he has yet encountered in the competition, and the laser's. plucky display in all the preceding rounds, wall a his al tant fight on Wed nesday avenin earned golden opinions. Wright wow meta risen in the
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