Tournament Culminates in Tennis Finals

It may be rather disheartening for Otago to realise that by winning a boxing heat they probably lost the Tournament Shield. Nevertheless, a process of deduction brings one willy nilly to this conclusion.

But for the sprained thumb that Ben O'Connor received in Monday morning's boxing, it is probable that he and Win Smiler would have won the Men's Doubles, thus giving VUC the Tennis Shield instead of CUC, and leaving OU with one more tournament point than CUC. Thus the most exciting finish of any tournament for years was provided by the final of the Mixed Doubles, upon which rested both the Tennis Cup and the Tournament Shield. Won by Miss A. Peppler and Mr. P. Seldon of CUC, It thus fulfilled CUC's boast that they would exchange the Wooden Spoon for the Shield.

The final of the Men's Singles was between the two VUC men, O'Connor and Smiler, the winner, but the toughest match was the final in which O'Connor narrowly defeated A. W. Tills (AUC) after a display of first class tennis.

In the women's finals Miss J. Wallace (AUC) defeated Miss N. Turner (VUC) by a small hard-fought margin—a good game but not so exciting to watch.