The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23

Al one Time yesterday afternoon %
seemed certain that the first round OF
the E. o. Hall tennis tournament
would have To- be postponed ON account
of the weather. but fortunately the
rain cleared of before doing any ap.
preciable damage to the Beretania and
Pacific Clubs courts, though the Ma
noa and Neighborhood clubs courts
were put out of commission
for the time being. Seven
matches were scheduled TO be
played off YESTERDAY but only
! five were completed One of the re-
naming two Cthat between J. Water
| house and A. Richards was commenc-
ed but before the game concluded
| darkness set in and the match had to
be abandoned.
Four matches were played on the
| Beretanias courts, but in no one case
was there anything like interest ma
infested. outside the players them
selves and a couple of members Of the
club there were no spectators, not
! enough even to go round as umpires.
! This fact seems to belle the assertion
that the general public are interested
in tennis; if they are interested stay
ing away from the matches is a pecu-
liar method of evincing it.
The match Of the day was that in
which A. NJ Novel;, owes Is, met and
defeated w. G. Singlehurst, receive Is.
The game went two sets only, Novel;
winning the first by six games to two
and the second by six games to four.
In the first set NOVEL; got into form
almost from the first serve and by
skillful driving and accurate lobbing
he kept his opponent on the move and
won with comparative ease. The
! second set was much better contested.
Singlehurst displayed improved form
| and several rallies were well sustain
ed. But Novel; was in winning vein
and had control Of the match through.
out, winning as stated
c. G. Bockus had all the better of
the match with H. S. Gray. both
men starting off scratch. Bockus was
it is said, originally put in the re
ceive fifteen" class, but he asked to
be put on scratch and the committee
acceded to his request. Gray also
objected to receive a start and volun-
tarily put himself back into line with
Bockus. On the play of this match
Gray would have done himself justice
had he retained the fifteen allotted to
him by the committee, and he would
have worried his opponent more AS
it was Bockus won by 6-1, 6-1. The
first set was not such a runaway
match as might be imagined from the
score, for in five out of the seven
games deuce was reached, in the fifth
being called twice. In the second set
Bockus had all the better of matters
and only once was deuce called This
was in the fifth game again and three
times deuce was reached before Boo
kus won. By coincidence Gray won
the second game in each set. Bockus
served better than his opponent and
displayed the greatest agility, inva-
riably endeavoring to return the ball
no matter how difficult it seemed.
W. T. Smith and v. - Stanley
both receive thirty, started their
match a tri1e late, with the result that
the closing stages were played in com
parative darkness. Stanley had all
: the better of the opening game anf
won four games in succession before
letting Schmidt in for one, and ther
picked up the succeeding two in very
easy style. To the onlooker it seem.
ed a foregone conclusion that Stanley
would win with the greatest of ease
but in the second set he fell away
completely and allowed Schmidt tC
win four games before he returned t.
the style which had gained him the
first set. Then Stanley won three
games straight out, the score being
. called four-three in favor of Schmidt
4 Even at this stage Stanley had an eX
y cellent chance, but he spoilt his pros
poets by slamming unnecessarily. B!
Y winning the next two games Schmid
y equalled his opponents score. Tn,
.. third set should never have been com
: menced. although the light was fai
for the first couple of games, but to
! wards the close it was impossible al
most to follow the ball in it's flight
Schmidt doggedly stuck to the gam,
but Stanley displayed a nonchalan
air and played much below the form
: he exhibited I'm the first set. Schmid
= ultimately won by six to nil.
r. Sinclair and ]. Guard, both 81
scratch. had a well fought out match