The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-14


uieht for tennis can hardly DE Inn.
aeluod. and spectators and players
were alike loud in their expressions
of delight of the conditions which
existed when the -rsy match wac
commenced at the Manoa Valley
club at 1870. The air was clear and
cool. the stars shone brightly, and
the half-moon lighted up the sur
roundings with mellow glow. There
was only the slightest suspicion of
mist and but for a white leecy
cloud which lowered over the mauka,
there was nothing to dim the brilli-
aucy of the stars. There was hardly
vestige of "A breeze, and in the still
night air it was as great a pleasure
to sit on the grassy lawns and watch
the players as to participate in the
matches on the courts. With every
thing favorable and good program
of tennis promised, the large crowd of
people present must have exceeded
expectations. There were well upon
three hundred lining the courts. and
chairs were at a premium.
Four matches were played and in
terest was sustained right up to the
last, the final game finishing close
upon ten o'clock.
All the tournaments are now prac
! tically at the final stages, for only
! six matches now remain to be de-
cided to complete the competition.
! In the Mems doubles r. A. Cooke and
! c. G. Bockus have already won their
way into the finals and will meet the
winners of tonight's match between
A. Richards and c. H. Cooke and w.
! Z. Schmidt and l.. j. Warren. There
can hardly be any question as to
which pair will get into the finals,
all that has to be decided is by how
many games Richards and Cooke will
win. The final match played tomor-
row night should be a brilliant con-
| test.
/ In the Mixed Doubles Mrs. Coulter
and c. H. Cooke and Mrs. Give
Davies and d. w. Anderson are al
ready through to the finals, which
will be played tonight. Here, too,
| there seems to be an easy victory
foreshadowed, for despite the ex-
cellence of Mrs. Davies play, she
and her partner can hardly hope to
stay the progress of Mrs. Coulter and
Cooke.
The Mems Singles have reached
the finals, H. e. Savage, A. M. No
well, r. A. Cooke and Anterior Rich
ards being still left in. Both matches
are set for tonight, with the finals
for Saturday. The Nowell-Savage
game should be fast and clean, and
the chances for Novel;. A harder
match promises in the Richards
Cooke encounter. Both players will
be extended before the final game is
called, and excellent tennis should
be seen.
Miss Lucy Ward and G. Irwin put
up quite a game contest against Mrs
Coulter and Cooke last night, and
won five games out of the fifteen
played. The lady champion was moi
up to her best form, particularly il
serving, for on one occasion, in the
fourth game, she gave two successive
double faults. Miss Ward played {
careful game, but was not at all favor
ed with luck, losing several points
by the barest of margins, and netting
several balls which seemed certain
to cross. She displayed good judg
ment and though she and her partne
lost they both had a good deal of tn
game in their favor. Cooke playe,
a steady game, but Irwin also pu
considerable vigor into his strokes
much to his own disadvantage, 70
he lost more often than he won.
Losing the first game to love wa
not an suspicious opening for Mrs
Give Davies and D. w. Andersen
against Miss Patty and w. H. Bal
bitt. but this was more than equalize
by the succeeding play as Mrs. Davie
. and her partner won five games righ
4 off. They both played steadier TENN
u than their opponents, and occasion
X ally Mrs. Davies sent a fast driv
y across the net which invariably net
y ted her point. Mrs. Davies used
\ good underhand service, and Mis-
) Patty also got a few excellent one
: over. On the whole, however, Mis-
= Patty did not play as well as expecte'
{ Messrs. Babbitt and Anderson playe
= quietly, there being very few ralliC
y in the match.
A fast game characterized
= singing drives, brilliant volleyir
! and killing strokes, was played b
. tween G. Irwin and r. A. Cooke, b
- the latter had all the better of Il
!, match and won by ten to FIVE. Grw
y endeavored to win the match wi
n his lightning serves, nut he fouT