The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-14
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HOW MAUI WIPED HER
SACRED SOIL WITH OAHUANS
The Advertisers Special Representative on the
Battlefield Tells How the Fell Deed Was
Done---A Tennis Tragedy

hard to the outer court and Savage
failed to negotiate. This made the
score thirty love. Twice more Steere
served and each time the ball stayeu
, in the opposite court and Oahu had
won the first game and love game
at that.
The Honolulu rooters and Mauinese
eheered alike and everybody thought
that this was good omen for the visit
ors. But, alas for omens and their
well known contrariness. Searby
proved nearly as fast a server as
Steere and the second game went to
Maui When it came TO Savage's turn
to serve he showed marvellous dexter
ity and sshot the balls over in great
shape st'Dexterity" is the right woiu
to use in this connection for Mr.. Saw.
age has but one arm and he is forced
to toss the ball with the same hand
that holds the racquet. He has this
down to fine point, however, and can
find the inner court with hard SER
vice as unerringly as the best man
with two arms.
The Maui team won the first set by
to 4, the second by the same amount,
and the third by to l. Each game
was hardly contested, and in the sec
plays that kept the spectators breath
less with interest In one game the
score zigzagged back and forth from
deuce to vantage in or out no less
than ten times, when a hard one from
Searby to the outer line finally won
the game.
CHEERS FOR ONE COURT.
Before the first set was finished,
Cooke and Waterhouse were busy on
the other court. This court had only
a few spectators in the early part of
the tournament, as the sun was hot
and there was shade beneath the grand
stand. So these players fought it out
almost without encouragement, as all
eyes were turned on the first team on
the other court. But they fought none
the less ably for that, and played
nimbly on while their fellows on the
other court were receiving round after
round of applause.
When the first match on No. / court
was finished, Judge Ballou and Willie
Roth came up to do battle with Messrs.
Lindsay and Turner. Roth is probably
the most brilliant player on the Island
of Oahu, and great things were ex-
pected of his combination with the
Judge. Nor did he disappoint these
expectations in the first set, for they
took it by the large majority of 1-6.
In the second set, however, it could
be seen that Judge Ballou was firing
somewhat, and both the Oahuans were
evidently suffering from the disadvan-
tage of having so recently left the
steamer They lost the next set, 60,
but made a grand fight for the last
set, losing it by only one game, 6-5.
Roth showed his versatility and MINI
bleness in the first set when high
ball came towards him while he was
near the net. His partner had just
run up, so could not call to take the
stroke. Roth made a jump and caught
the flying ball with his racquet, send
ing it nearly out of Turner's reach
and just inside the line. He had to
reach out with his racquet to find the
ball, and this movement, added to his
leap, caused him to fall when he land
ed, and he rolled over on the court
amid the mingled cheers and laughter
of the spectators.
THE FIFTH MATCH.
As soon as Cooke and Waterhouse
had won their hard earned victory on
No. 2 court, Macfarlane and Langhorn
took their places to try conclusions
with Sam Baldwin and Mellor. They
made hard tussle for the first and
last sets, allowing their opponents a
margin of only one in these cases, but
were able to tally only three games in
the second set.
The fifth match, that between
Bockus and Anderson for Oahu and
NOVEL; and Rosecrans for Maui, was,
perhaps, the most hotly contested and
spirited match of the series Anderson
had been suffering from slight attack
of ptomaine poisoning and complained
of feeling unwell when he boarded the
Mikahala last night When he went
onto the court he stated that he was
feeling better, and it was admirable
to see the way he threw off his in
disposition and played the game of his
life. Bockus was lively and aggres-