Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-18

Long and MCLOughlln, the tennis
pair who are travelling to sydney. N.
s. Wales. to there play for the Davis
cup, will have to improve 100 per
cent on the form they showed on
the Beretania courts on Saturday, IL
they are to have any chance OF win.
ming the worlds championship.
II is granted that the Americans
had Just stepped OF the Aorangi and
had not got their shore legs.
They, OF course did not play up
to the form they must have exhib-
tied on the mainland, for the tennis
people on the coast know exactly
what sort of players they have In
the Antipodes.
But, nevertheless, neither man
showed strokes which would entitls
them to consideration as top-notch-
ers.
No matter how much a man may
be out OF form, at times he shows
glimpses of what he really was at
some time In the past.
The challengers for the cham.
pionship are not in the Wright.
Alexander-Lanard class at present.
In three or four year time Long and
Mclaughlin are pretty sure Of de-
veloping into champions. for now.
young and inexperienced as they are.
they have reached a fairly high place
in American tennis.
In their match against our local
men the mainland players made In
excusable mistakes in both ground
and air strokes.
And us far as double faults
went, It was a miserable exhibition.
Time after time Long failed on both
serves, and mostly through serving
his second just as fast as his first.
The other man was good on the
service most Of the time, and. also
did some fine volieying.
Gee and Roth did well In running
the visitors 80 close, and. although
the third set was no criterion as to
the coast pairs ability, owing to
their holding back little. our men
by getting five games to their op-
pOnents' seven In the FIRST set, did
well.
In the second set the visitors won
out 81, and the tennis was devoid OF
any really exciting raliys.
The third set. which went to the
local players. 1913, was good up to
the five-all mark. After that the
coast men did not exert themselves
very much. and double faults were
In evidence at critical moments.
Roth. once he warmed up. played
the game OF the day. His volleying
was good and his side line shots I'm
mense.
Gee played well as usual. and was
particularly good in his service.
His first score. was always good. and
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Taking It all around. the fact was
proved that, according to mainland
standards. the game Is well up in
these islands. Our men, II they had
the opportunity OF playing against
coast men more frequently. would
soon blossom out as players OF the
best class.
One peculiar thing was noticed in
the mainland mems play. When
one OF the couple was serving from,
say, the left hand court, his partner
would always remain In that court.
The same thing occurred when one
Of them was serving from the right
hand side.
This practice Of having both play
ers on the same side OF the center
line certainly gives them an advan-
tage In stopping sharp cross-court
shots, but will be received with won
der In Australia.
In the writer's opinion there are
at least half a dozen pairs In the
land OF the kangaroo who are capa-
Die Of defeating Long and MGLoush-
lin.
The games down under will all be
played on grass courts, and that will
not make things any better for the
challengers.
= The match on Saturday went in
favor Of the visitors, -7-5. Ga, $40;
II games to 10. and our players did
remarkably well.
There was big crowd present.
and the ground was lined with auto
mobiles. As soon as the visitors
were prevailed upon to play. the
word was passed around. and every
body who could turned out to see
the champions at work.
The coast men, when seen In their
dressing room after the match.
seemed surprised at the class of ten
mis- our local men had put up. Roth
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