Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-14
WILLIE ROTH CHAMPION
OF ISLAND In
TENNIS TOURNAMENT


Willie Roth is now the tennis cham-
pion of the Islands, having on the Pa
cifc Tennis Club courts yesterday af-
ternoon defeated Frank c. Atherton,
last years champion in q hard fought
series of sets, the playing balancing so
well that each contestant won two sets
and the final set became a necessity,
The final score stood, 6-1, 2-6, SO, 10.
6-l.
The first set was won easily by Roth,
his opponent showing up in very weak
form. However. in the second set
Atherton suddenly cast off his SEEM
ing weakness and blossomed forth in
all his old time strength, rushing back
and forth and sending the balls past
Roth at will. This gait he kept up and
pulled out the set in his favor.
In the third set. Roth showed signs
Of letting down which was not to be
wondered at when his hard battle with
Elston on the previous day is taken in
to consideration. However, he did
some very good playing. Atherton pur-
sued the sane Tactics he had in the
second cot sending hock stroke alto,
etr,lo ,bot nth co,,IJ ,r,. f,,. h,,t ,ct
return, finally winning the set and
,urrirg tho oIds n, No., ,,,,r
when tho two cracl, n,overs tool,
their places for the fourth set, 1t really
Iooked as n Athertop would again he
tbo chomnior potb nrirod birnsois 20.
gotbor for , bord strrgyIo o,d bo bod
q rho MAY wos r,st frriors and
brilliant some NJ tho rallies lasting 10,
eiybt mr. ton strokcs at cIoso ,r,rtore
Roth wos moro war; and no kont his
opponent running hack and forth on
the court mill II seemed as ~ bo must
dron from sboor ovbouetion Tho sooro
snalIv stood 5-,I With tho odyort,go
mother wov Roth s,onnod sorviny y
sIo,, holl ond M, In rir,bor -, .n,i,,
ones which Atborton was inc, ohio =,
retnrr hnt mot N niaco with bic Sayor,
ite stroke down tho side limos Tbis
gave Roth onnortunitios ~ "kn," Tho
halls which no ala ronoatodIv Nv dirt
or hard 6rhting no gnoII,. wo. ,bo
roooescr,, t,,.o stroi,rh, 80, a,i o..
score stnod ,wo Cote on,ooo
Interost wos intoreo IN ,bo doo,dir,
GOT Whom tho two n1,vore tool, ,hoir
,Iocos nm ,bo aou,, AGO., = r.s, ~ aha,,,
ton r,inrtos nth oor,ror,. % ~, ov
rec,otions ebnwoJ 80, in Lot,o. ,or,,
,ho., AZ INV ,imo drrino a. III.
match uo woo FIJI, ~ iiFo on5 oo,iri.
10 and worc conGdont oynrossion
Atherton IN the otber hand u,as nor.
centibIv worn out a,d nInyod onI, ~,
streaks Roth pusbod bis odyantogo
excoIIontIv worting A,borton al owor
tho court and GnoIIy njIing nm bis -
70 40 Atbertop tbon nuIIod ort ono
game which saved hin, n love" co, ond
then Roth In lose time tbor Il toLos
TO tell won the noxt game tho sot ana
the championshin of tho Islands
Entriea for tho mems doubIos cIoso5
Yesterday afternoon and tho draw tool
place last night resulting ne foIIows.
DIR II RickneII ,R\ and r. r poo,,us
(B) VS.. ! Waterbouse (pl and n
Howard Hitchcock pl. r Curbo
CRl and A NJ NowolI m, vs ~
Wilder lpl andJ 9 DilIinvbam fp(
]. II. Harrison (Bl and e l. CIrvir
BD IS NJ. A Cheek ,pl and n w
Anderson OBJ: f. w Grimwood and
w Macfarlane VS. w p Roth and w
+. Dillingham; Cpl. T. A Nott-Smith
OBJ and Ri Mary ny vs. e A
Elstop OBJ and L. C King (Bl. G n
Cooke (Pl and w II Rabbitt fp) W.
II C. Carter OBJ and q. Lansing CRl
The preliminary and first rounds nj
the doubles will be PLAYED this after.
noon. the time and place of the games
being as follows.
Pacific Courts: At4p m-BIcknel
and Bockus VS.. Waterhouse and Hitch
cock; Cunha and NOVEL; VS.. Wilde,
and Dillingham;.
Beretania Courts: At4p m-Harri
son and Girvin VS.. Cheek and Ander
son: Grimwood and Macfarlane VS.
Roth and Dillingham;.
The above are all preliminary roun,
games and at 5 D. m. the first rom,
will be played, the draw being as fol
lows:
Pacific Courts-The winners OF tn,
Bicknell- Bockus Waterhouse- Hitch
cock game VS.. the Winners OF the Gun
ha-Nowell Wilder-Dillingham game.
Beretania Courts-The winners O
the Harrison Girvin Check Anderson
game VS.. the winners OF the Grimwood
Macfarlane Roth-Dillingham game,
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