Tennis

"We come to visit you, and purpose now
To lead you to the Court."

—Love's Labor's Lost.

We were up betimes in the morning, and had soon gathered at the Kaituna Tennis Courts which nestle prettily amongst the hills. Much of the tennis was good, and the arrangements were very satisfactory, except that there were some unnecessary breaks in the play, noticably at lunch time. Miss Batham and G. Prouse had to scratch in the Combined in order to let Miss Batham leave by the Tuesday's Express, but this was probably unavoidable. Rice, of Centerbury College, again wrested the Men's Singles from Brown, Otago, after a finely-contested match : 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. G. Prouse succumbed to T. P. Hull (A. U. C.) in the first round. Hull played a sound game, but Prouse played without confidence. In the Ladies' singles Miss Batham won our only Championship of 1904, by defeating Miss Baldwin of Canterbury College 9-6. Miss Baldwin played a very steady game, but Miss Batham's side-line drives continually beat her. Misses Batham and Roberts and the Prouse Brothers got into the semi-finals of the Ladies' and Men's Doubles respectively.