The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-15


night tournaments viii Doe completed
JhIs evening when the finals for the
Singles and the Mems doubles will
De played Last night Mrs Ethel
Coulter and c. H. Cooke defeated
Miss Give Davies and u. w. Ander-
son in the Mixed Doubles. and three
semi finals in the other competitions
We're played
The weather conditions were again
excellent, though not quite as beau
tiiul as the previous evening. Clouds
gathered during the evening and sew
eral times rain threatened. but the
three best matches of the night were
completed before rain fell. For ten
or twenty minutes heavy rain fell to.
wards the close Of the program, but
by that time many of the spectators
anticipating that there would be lit
tie of interest in the last match. had
left. The lights We're not as good as
usual, as one end of the court was
darker than the other. as was re-
marked by several of the players
and spectators, but this was not a
serious defect
As was expected Mrs. Ethel Coul-
ter and c. II. Cooke had a compare
lively easy victory against Miss Da-
vies and D. W. Anderson winning
two straight sets, 6-1 Ga. The win
ners displayed good combination
though Cooke was at fault several
times in invading his partners ter
ritory and losing the points. Mrs
Coulter's service was uniformly good.
though not killing. but she won nine
points with this stroke. Cooke
brought off several good smashes, but
his volleying was weak at intervals.
Miss Davies played a sound game be-
ing particularly noticeable in her dri-
wing, but she served three doubles
which detracted from her play some
what. Anderson was at sea in the
earlier stages of the game, though
he played better towards the end,
winning one game to love on his
service. There were but few rallies.
The winners deserved success, but a
far better game would have resulted
had Miss Davies been partnered by
Cooke, and Mrs. Coulter by Anderson.
Both semi-finals in the singles were
keen contests, but the palm must be
awarded to the game between r. A.
Cooke and Anterior Richards Though
Cooke led by four to one at the end
of the fifth game, Richards drew le-
vel at the end of the fourteenth and
took the lead at the end Of the next
game. Both players relied on their
driving and placing, rather than on
the service, for in the twenty games
played only twenty-five points were
decided on the serve, and this is n
small number in such long contest.
Richards was unable to get into his
length until after they changed over
at the end of the fifth game, but
then he played with more brilIiancy,
and won three of the next four games.
On changing back again he did ev
en- better, getting four out of the five
and leading by eight to seven. In the
eighth game there was an excellent
rally, the ball Swimming back and
forth, volleyed and half volleyed, I'M
til Cooke took the point by placing
just beyond Richards reach on the
left. Richards was driving and plac-
ing well at this stage of the game
and kept Cooke on the move, revers-
ing the order which prevailed in the
opening games. In the sixteenth
games Richards lost some of his ac-
curacy and found the net continually,
and Cooke took the lead again at the