The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-29
REVIVAL
IN TENNIS
tournaments to
Be Held Next
Month.
PACIFIC CLUB
CHASING PLAYERS
Glass Scheme Works Admirably
and Keeps Courts Occupied
From Noon to Dark.

HINES are hvening UP considerably
in tennis circles and visit TO
the courts of the Pacific or Bsre-
tania tennis clubs any afternoon will
amply support this statement
About the middle Of next month each
of the big tennis clubs will conduct a
tournament IN which Honoluiu's most ex-
prowess
The feature on the Beretanta courts
will be an invitation mems singles tour
nament The prize is a handsome silver
cup TO be won thrice before becoming
the individual property of any player.
This Will be the first contest for the
trophy.
After the above has been decided the
Pacific Tennis club will hold an invita-
ton mems doubles tournament. The
prizes in this event are two silver cups
which must be won three times before
being retained permanently. Messrs.
Elston and Ross were last years win
ners.
The Pacific Tennis club has hit upon
a scheme which is arousing much inter
est among the members and which is
stimulating practice wonderfully.
A system OF classifying the players has
been adopted. Five classes have been
instituted. The classes were filed arbi-
contention among the players to graduate
from one class TO higher one. If a
class No. 2 man is DESTROYS of getting
into class No. l he must first beat all
the players in his class.
Players in classes No. 3, and are
called upon to beat one man in the class
ahead In order TO earn their advance.
A player can put another player down
a class by conceding a man in his own
class fifteen points and beating him.
This applies to all classes barring No.
5. BY this means many players advance
and not a few recede.
If a man succeeds in putting down a
peg all the other players in his class he
becomes. of course, sole representative of
his class, an honor which is much COW
eted.
Should player fail to concede an OPP
ponent the fifteen points agreed upon, he
is fined the modest sum of fifty cents
which is dropped into a Boys Brigade
collection box.
The classification system is develop
ing a number of good players and
Messrs. Elston and Ross viii have to get
to work if they desire to retain the en-
blems of last years victory. Among the
most formidable of their prospective an
tagonists who are praeticing every after
noon may be mentioned:
F. Atherton and c. Cooke, W. billing
ham and w Roth, d. Fl. Hitchcock and
P NJ LansdaIe, E. r. Adams and A T.
Brock. ]. P. Cooke and John Water
house
Dillingham; and Roth are both mems
singles ex-champions and are now play
ing together. Adams and Brock have
held the mems doubles championship for
the last three years.
/ The Pacific Tennis club is providing a
/ lunch every Saturday afternoon for
members. Players belonging to the Bere-
tania club are cordially welcomed. After
| lunch last week the courts were kept oc-
cupied until dark. Such is the enthus-
iasm among the players that stakes are
played for in the shape of wetermelous
and soda water.
| Quite a lot of tennis Is being played
at the Davies place "Craig side.' width
| er a number of deyotees of the sport
make pilgrimage every Saturday.
! The courts at Alex Young's residence
on King street have been but little
played upon of late. ON account of the
absence of the Misses Young at the
| Coast.