The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-17
LADIES PLAY
MatrOnS and Debutantes
at the Net.
Fair Tennis Experts Are Admired BY
An Appreciatve
Audience.

a brilliant gathering of society peo-
pie was at the club house of the Pacific
Tennis Club yesterday afternoon to wit
ness the contests in the first round of
the ladies' singles. The weather, al
though threatening for a while, cleared
up and the various matches were play
ed in burst of sunshine that served to
intensity the Kaleidoscope effect of gay
gowns worn by beautiful figures and
crowned by charming faces.
During the tournament refreshments
were served to the visitors by Mrs Geo.
b. Carter and Mrs. E. r. Adams.
| Among the company were: President
and Mrs. Dole, Mr. and Mrs. E. Mott
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. John Waterhouse,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Wilder, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Nc
Bryde, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Allen, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Mott-Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Waterhouse, Mr. and Mrs.
F. c. Field, Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Adams
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ Brown, Mrs j. P.
Cooke, Mrs. T. c. X Gibbons, Mrs. A
Gartley, Mrs. S. T. Alexander, Mrs. E.
! D. Tenney, Mrs. s. w. Damon, Mrs. Geo.
Paris Mrs. Fred Naterhouse Mrs W.
P. Boyd, Mrs. II. Gum, Mrs. Won
/ Hamm, Mrs. A. T. Brook, Mrs. Frank
Hogs, Mrs. J. S. Walker, Mrs F. NJ
Swanzy, Mrs. Annis NJ. Turner, Mrs. J.
/ a. Gilman, Mrs. Widdifield, Miss
! Widdifeld Miss Catherine Widdifield,
Miss Mary Widdifeld, Miss Bertha
Young, Miss May Young, Miss May
Hart, Miss Gertrude Scott, Miss Elston,
Miss Vida, Miss Carter, Miss Water
! house, Miss Schaefer, Miss Wideman,
Miss Russell, Misses McFarlane 90,
Messrs. Marshall, DR.. Nichols, Roth,
Lansdale, Fuller, Mist, Alexander,
Lovekin, Elston, Coleman, Brock and
! Soper
Miss Bertha Young won from Mrs. E.
R. Adams, 60, CO. This was a run
away game.
Miss Gertrude Scott defeated Miss
Mary Young, 6-3, 3-6, 81 Miss Young
played stylish tennis, but her agrees
sive opponent carried too many guns
for her.
Mrs. j. Waterhouse accounted for
Mrs. B. Won Hamm, GA, 6-1 These la
dies played the best tennis yet exhibited
in the tournament, the first set abound
ing in brilliant plays. The volleying OF
the winner was singularly effective.
Mrs. a. NJ, Brown took her sister,
Mrs. S. G. Wilder, into camp thusly
6-3, 4-6, rs. The contestants put up an
historical contest and played the game
for all there was in it. The sets were
/ exciting enough to satisfy the most fas-
tidious in this respect. The players
were exceedingly evenly matched and
had evidently more than a passIn g
! knowledge of each others strong and
! weak points, as the score will testify.
/ The last setssbut two ran "A, SIS, and
excitement was at fever heat when in
the last stage of the match Mrs. Wilder
weakened and finally succumbed to the
winners vindictive volleying
The second round will be played this
afternoon on the same ground, com
mencing at o'clock, and will be as fol-
lows:
Mrs. J. Waterhouse VS.. Miss Gertrude
Scott
Mrs. A. NJ Brown VS.. Miss Bertha
Young.
The contests will undoubtedly pro-
duce a gilt-edged exhibition of the
game.
On Friday afternoon the winners of
the above matches will meet in the final
and on Saturday the successful lady will
meet Miss May Hart (holder) at the
nets, to decide the possession of the
cup.
On the same afternoon Mr. F. C. Ath-
erton, this years finalist, will meet Mr..
Charles Elston (holder) to decide a
similar vexed question.
The ladies of the Pacific Tennis Club
will entertain their friends from 4 till
O'Clock each afternoon. The follow
ing ladies will preside: Thursday, Mrs.
5. G. Wilder, Mrs. A. NJ Brown Fri
day Mrs. Joseph P. Cooke. Mrs. ]. Wa
terhouse; Saturday, Mrs. G. P. Wilder,
Miss Harold Mott-Smith. Mrs. C. w.
Dickey.
Visitors will be cordially welcomed
throughout the week.