The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-24
II'1LE IS NOW
THE CHAMPION
..;s Title Holly Contested
by Young Atherton
Richards.

n.roii's tennis champion Is \. l..
r,stle. former Punahoo and Harvard
, ~ crack pitcher on both the home
= = The varsity mines. Castle defeat
:, ,rherton Richards yesterday after
an the Beretania courts, taking
-, straight sets, although each was
',.lr contested by young Richards. The
- s;s;t;on showed that Castle is play
-, N fine form, although three sets
..,ousb for him, while Richards gives
.nisp Of one day succeeding to the
n. Of champion. Richards is many
~. the junior of Castle. and is a
,,s Stripping, yet his playing IS mark
nv eool-headed racqueting, IN which
a. plaeing of balls is his speciality,
i relieving is mere Pastime. Rich
!, oply fault which cost him extreme
.,,Ites was in being drawn too close
! Tho net. where he was handicapped
r Castles calculating placing of the
III Castle frequently played to bring
p,bards toward the net and then vol
.rsd in a well directed play a4d put
geAsras out of the scoring. Richards
yong card is playing on the back line,
rsspse he directed his returns in a
ruterfdl manner, keeping his opponent
so1stantly shifting from side to side.
The title of champion goes entirely
ID Mr. Castle as Edwin :. Gee, pay
masters clerk. United States Army,
who won the title and retained it. is
now permanently absent from the Terri
tarT
FOung Richards has worked his way
Trough phaIanx of tennis players
vsose sealps adorn his belt. They were
alvers worthy of the best racquets but
sisrton wore them down one by one.
1ase defeated players formed an in,
.aesting group who sat on the club
house steps yesterday during the tour
Hament and formed a Down and Out
Cub = resolving themselves into a
board Of strategy, criticizing the plays
Of the contestants who put them out
Of the wav. The FObSOlete crowd re
ffeshed themselves by asserting right
stariily that if this or that had not
happened and if the ball hadn t struck
Tie tape and bounded over heads. they
might have been playing in yesterday :,
tournament. The "DOwn and Outs
declared themselves Of the earnest IN
te1tion of showing what real, gooC
tennis IS, when they once more get int
he lists.
Yesterdays scores were -, 6-3
81.
The results of each set show tina
eastle had no easy victory, and it il
title won which IS worth while. Whel
the first set had gone TO Al Castl'
Seadled down and made some eXcellen
Fiarns while Richards seemed TO hav'
lost his grip and his returns went on
Of bounds. Castle took the fifth gam
quickly, when Richards steadied dow
and brought the first set to deuce
tsstle took the next and in the mex
game Richards lost his chance to eyel
ne score to 6-6 by making a poo
,e'aFn Of fly sending it far over tn
back line.
In the next set Castle started OF
a'A a love game, hut Richards car
'uea the next. doing some very prett.
so'S throughout. Down in the fit
game Richards won on Castle : seryic
saa castle retaliated by taking the mex
saae IN Richard 8 serve. Castle the
~san placing the balls. thoroughly dis
sleeftmg Richards. It was a nea
tie SET.
Then Castle began smashing the bal
f s-a DIS first serve was generally gooC
10y 'aree out of four were sent bac
''IOss the net into his own territory
q Inc last set was holly contested fror
y START and went from p, g.
-. AID ii, and Richards lost tn
A' game on his serve. both balls net
as az a critical moment. In his las
.s ~ to hold Castle down Ricf
s s returned ball by sending it sky
Inc ID LAY "'1'Ad the "a
~ 'uy game was witnessed by a crow