The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-06-17
over The NETS
Tennis Tourney Opens
With Exciting Games.
Play on TWO Courts-ResuIts In
Detau-Hours and Matches
for Second Day.

The tennis tournament has begun
in earnest and from the indications OF
yesterday there are very warm times
YET 10 come before the contests that
shall decide for this year the suprema-
or OF the players in singles and dou-
bles. have been completed. The courts
OF both the Pacific and Beretania ten
MS clubs were well attended by friends
az the opening sets yesterday after
noon. The play on the whole was
very good and gives promise Of fine
things TO come in q day or 50. The
play of yesterday Is summed up as
follows
Pacific Courcs-H Waterhouse. P. T.
C. Senior, won over H. Macfarlane.
P It. C. Junior, 81. Go: E. r. Adams,
P. T. G.. won over ". H. Babbitt. Pu-
uahou. Ga. 6-I. Harold Dillingham;.
p. T. c. Junior. won over G. p. Wilder.
p T. c. Senior. o., 81, c. ". Dichey.
p. T. c. Senior, won over George Full
Ter. P T. c. Junior. 3-6. 90, 6-S; p. F
De La Es-gne, p. T. c. Senior, default
I'd 90 c. Berger. p. T. C. Junior.
The sets on the p. T. c. grounds were
very exciting. In the sets between
Tatsrlouse and 3Iacfarlane. the juui-
or member tried his best to get on TOP
but the senior member had the expert
elee. The first set between Adams and
Babbitr was very exciting. Babbitg
playing a fine game against q swift
opponent Had he kept along at the
same pace he might have won the
second set but he went 10 pieces and
gave Adams every opportunity 10 pass
him IL Is needless TO say that the
2. T. c. man .ook advantage of this.
Adams did fine work down the side
lines Fuller won the first set of
D-czey in nice style but he could not
Keep up the pace and put up q much
weaker game in the TWO remaining
sets
The last set played on the P. T. c. /
courts was between Chas. Atherton of /
The B. T. C. and s C. Wilder of the /
p T. c. This was probably the most /
exciting contest OF the day. Wilder /
won the first set with a score Of 60. !
Th=l A-her-on turned around and by
e splendid uphill game. beat Wilder |
by a score Of 6-3. Then came the de- |
Gliding game. Wilder and Atherton !
were both determined TO do or die and /
when il became so dark that they |
could play no longer, the score stood |
10 games on each side. The final |
games viii be played OF at p. m.
today
B. T. c. Courrs-D. H. Hitchcock, /
P. T. c.. won over H. ". Mist. So, |
So. 90. E. A. Mott-SmiJh, B. T. c., /
won from E. 4. Jones, P. T. c., Ga |
SIS. c. 4. Cooke, P. T. c., won over /
" A. Wall. B. T. c.. 60, 81; D. |
Shsnks. B. T. C. won over Geo. Car
Ter. P. T. c.. 81. 90; c. H W Norton, /
P. T C.. defauIted 10 Arthur Maczin-
r1sh. Valley Club: J. P Cooke, P. T. |
c.. won over Alex. St. " Macintosh, |
Valley Club.
The play today as arranged by the /
committee IS as follows.
p. T. c. Courts at 2. ne. R. /
Adams. p T. c.. IS. II. WaterhOuse. /
p T.. c.: Willie Roth. P. T. c. Junior, I
Vs. Wilder Wight. P T. c. Junior
. p nc. 4. Cooke, P. T. c. Senior, !
IS Harold Dillingham;. P. T. C. Juni- 4
or; 7. p. Cooke, P. T. c.. IS. c. ".
DicEev, P. T. c.
3. T. c. Courts al 40 p. m.-Chaz
Berger. p. T. c. Junior, vs. Donald 4
Ross. 3. #. c. p ne. A. Mott
smith. 3. T. c.. vs.. Arthur Macintosh,
Valley Club.
The winner Ct the Naturalization
match. unfinished yesterday, viii play
d. II. Hitchcock.
The percentage of players in the
SETS OF yesterday was as follows: P.
T. C.. Gs: B. T. c.. 1919; Valley Club,
l11a and PunabOu, ;.