The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-09-05
MAUI TENNIS
TOURNAMENT 7

I finals OF the Puunene tennis tourna-
ment Thompson beat Williams, Hen
derson vanquished Ault. and Nickel
sen won over Tougher. The finals oc-
CURED during Monday and Tuesday
afternoons of this week On August
2S the score stood: q. Il. Henderson,
I sc; ]. b. Thompson. ga. on August
20 the record was: G. b. Henderson.
6-6 Theo. Nickelsen, Ia
c. b. Henderson was the winner of
the tournament for which victory no
prize was given, it having been de-
cided by the athletic club to classify
the players before Offering any trophy.
On Monday another tournament, gem
| tlemen singles, will begin at Puunene
according to the following plan: The
players are to be divided into two
classes to be known as class A and
class B. Glass A will consist of those
men who played in the second round
or semi-finals of the first tournament,
Messrs Henderson, Thompson, Nickel
sen. Ault, Williams and Tougher.
Class b will be composed of those play
ers who appeared only in the first
round. Messrs. w. w. wescott, w. P.
l.. Bett, II. 1. Shoemaker, VIM. Nc
Gerrow, A. C. Belts and E. C. Camp
bell, and in addition several new
players.
The members of class A will play
against each other as will also those
of class B, and then the winner of
class A, suitably handicapped, will
enter the contest against the winner
of class B for some prize to be award
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On the 9th the Makawao Tennis Club
will begin a tournament on their
grounds at Sunnyside Paia The first
games. which will be ladies' singles,
are to be followed later by gentle
mems singles. This tournament is for
the purpose of classifying the players.
SAILORS PAID OFF.
On Wednesday the fifteen sailors of
the wrecked ship Spartan were paid
off in the Office of the Bismark Sta
bles. Wailuku. Two months wages
were due, or the balance still unpaid,
at the rates of s17. s12 and $40 per
month.
Among the crew were a number OF
aliens, which fact caused the visit Of
Immigration Agent Bechtel last week.
These men not being American citi-
zens had also to undergo an examina-
tion by DR.. John Weddick to show
that they were physically fit to have
the freedom of the country. The men
departed for Honolulu by the Maui
Wednesday afternoon. 1t is stated that
1t is customary for the federal gov
ernmept to pay the expenses of ship
wrecked marines to their homes from
the place of disaster. However, the
steamer refused to take the Spartan's
crew until their passage money was
guaranteed by Deputy Collector Aiken.
The wrecked ship Spartan still re-
mains in good condition upon the
Spreckelsville reef The vessel and
cargo We're sold by Captain Flynn to
Cant Nicholson, the Kahului pilot for
s4OO.
Capt. and Mrs. Flynn still remain in
Kahuui. 1t has been most unfor-
tunate wedding trip for them both.
Mrs. Flynn is but is years old and was
married to the captain only three days
before sailing from Newcastle
NOTES. q
G. o. Cooper is now connected with
SOAsA
Saturday, August 26, the steamer
Nebraskan arrived in Kahului from
Honolulu, discharged 800 tons of mer-
chandise and departed on Monday,
August 2S, with 5000 bags of sugar.
The September meeting of the Ma
kawao Literary Society will be held
next Friday evening at the Spreckels-
Vile residence of Hon. and Mrs. H. p.
Baldwin.
By the Wednesday steamer Misses NJ.
MCGOWAN and Nina Adams returned to
Honolulu after short visits in Maka-
wao
1t is not Rob. Nawahine of Waihee,
but a brother of his. who is singing in
the quintet club ct the Lewis & Clark
Exposition, Portland.
Mrs. Chas. Copp, the wife of the dis
trict magistrate of Makawao, has been
quite i'll during the week but is now
somewhat better.
On Wednesday Judge Lyle A. Dickey :.
returned to Honolulu after a brief visit
with his parents at Haiku.
BY the Mauna Loa of Thursday Mrs.
F. F. Baldwin. Miss Charlotte Baldwin
and Sam Baldwin departed for Homo
lulu. After the polo games Mr.. and
Mrs. F. F. Baldwin depart for the
Coast. Miss Charlotte Baldwin returns
to school at Pennington, Sam Baldwin
goes back to Yale and Fred C. Bald
win takes a trip to New York.
On August 26 Mrs. Wren ana four
children arrived in Kahului from the
Coast.
Polo is such an uncertain game that
it is matter of regret that G. w.
Wilbur did not go to Honolulu with
the Maui team TO act as substitute in
case of emergency.
weather-Light showers from windr
ward