The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-06-17
A LOSS TO TENNIS.
The Retirement of Carr u. Neel Costs
America One of Her Best Players.

The Retirement of Carr u. Neel Costs
America One of Her Best Players.
For the last few years Carr b. Neel
and his brother, Samuel r. Neel have
been the hope of the west in the annual
struggle for national lawn tennis honors
at Newport. During that time ths two
brothers have represented their section
Of the country in the double champion
ship matches against the best eastern
experts and have succeeded in putting
the west on an equal footing in play
with the east. They were beaten by a
small margin in the first three years,
but last season by the best double play
ever seen at Newport they captured the
first United States tennis championship
ever brought to Chicago.
III singles Carr Neel is looked upon as
the mainstay of the west. For three
years he has been the western and north
western champion, showing his superb
GRITTY in every tournament in which he
has entered, and his recently announced
retirement is deeply regretted. The last
two years he has reached the semifnal
round i'll the Newport championship
tournament being beaten each time by
the man who aftorward won the cham
pionship. His sensational finish last
summer against National Champion r..
ID. Wrenn, when he was several times
within a point of winning the match, is
-, 81 90 ho
players. This year, in case he played,
the tennis judges predicted champion
ship honors for him in singles, as well
as for himself and brother in doubles.
Mr.. Neel gives as the reason for his
retirement from the game the summer
course of study he is about TO take in
the school of mines at Houghton, Mich.
He says he hopes to be in San Francisco
during the western tournament, and
thinks, if he finds it possible to do so,
he will perhaps defend his title Of west
ern champion, although that will be
the only playing he will do.
The retirement of Neel from all ten
mis- playing, as announced in the dis
patches from Chicago, is not surprise
to his Oakland friends who have kept
up correspondence with him since he
left Oakland for Chicago. He has been
| talking of this step for some time.
The Neels were Oakland boys, who
obtained their education in books and
athletics in the High school of this city.
Carr began by playing football, and
his brother Sam was the original ten
mis- player of the family. Carr was
taught the game by Sam Hardy in his
private tennis court, and just as he be-
came an average player he injured his
ankle very badly playing football and
was compelled to stop all athletics for a
considerable time. In this interval his
brother Sam took rapid strides forward
in tennis, and he soon became various
kinds of minor champion.
In 1891 the Neel family went to Chi
cago to live, and both of the boys be
came students i'll the University of Chi
cago. Both left the coast before they
had been able to capture any coast
championships in the game, but wher
they made their advent in Chicago they
went heavily into athletics. They play
ed little football and did some sprint
ing, but finally settled down to tennis
and i'll this they soon shone above al
other players in the west. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.