The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-17
MANOA TENNIS,
NOVEL; VICTOR


when the Two final matches in the
mems singles and doubles were played
Off, Unfortunately the weather was
rather mfa,orable Before the match.
gs commenced the conditions could
hardly have been oXcelled, but during
the progress of the first set rainladed
clouds slowly drifted down from the
mauka and spread over the heavens.
At oight-ffteen, when the games stood
at six all, rain fell in torrents for
brief space of time rendering a Cessa-
ton to play imperative. Later in the
evening further rain fell but notwith-
standing this the matches were con
inued and the tournament brought to
a successful ending. or course, the
rain spoilt play to a considerable eX-
tent, making the balls heavy and dis
coloring them, which made it difficult
for thep layers to keep track of fast
serves or returns.
Play was of a very high character,
particularly in the singles final, in
which A. NJ. Novel; played a remark
ably fine game, bringing OFF a recovery
when the first set appeared hopeless,
such as Is seldom seen on a local ten
mis- court But this appears to be No
wells strong suit, judging from the
general comment of his club-mates.
Novel; certainly played brilliantly
throughout the evening, with but few
patches of Indifferent play. He was
slow in starting, and it seemed as
thought otherwise, particularly George
through Cooke was to walk away with
c. Guild, who when matters seemed
going against Novel;, stuck to his Oft
expressed opinion that Novel; would
win out And so it proved.
Dick Cooke opened by taking five
out of the first six games, winning
practically all his strokes with his
right-hand chop stroke and doing
deadly work at the net He seemed
to have little difficulty in returning
Nowelrs fastest serves and tossed skill
fully over his opponents head, des-
pite NowelIs reach However, after
the sixth game Novel; came along
with a rush that was not to be denied
and added four games to his score
before Cooke had another look in.
| Three of the games went to deuce,
but not once did Cooke have the adj
vantage. NOwell's success was due
to the fact that he attacked Cooke on
his weak spot. He played on Cookies
left whenever practicable and as this
is Dicks vulnerable point Novel;
scored point after point. After hav-
ing the score called forty-thlrty in his
favor NOVEL; lost the next game, but
drew level by getting four unreturn-
able serves across in the twelfth game.
He won the next on Cookies serve, lost
the fourteenth on his own serve, and
was made a present of the following
game through Cooke making a double
fault, when the score was thirty-forty.
The final game of the set was fought
out with logged persistency by Cooke.
Novel; won after deuce had been
called twice, but it was on his service
that he took the game and the set.
Curiously enough Cooke started off
with a victorious run in the second
set, taking three games to nil. Both
players returned difficult shots with
what seemed to be comparative ease,
Cooke bringing down thunderous ap-
plause by running back from the net
and returning a high tossed ball which
landed on the tape at the back of the
court. Cooke also brought off several
back-hand volleys and did good work
at the net. He served two doubles in
the third game but recovered in time
to win. A game to each player fol
lowed and again NOVEL; came along
in winning vein, taking the seventh
and eighth games easily, net play and
accurate placing being his strong
points. Cooke won the next two
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in doubt right up to the last minute
In the tenth game when the score
stood thirtyforty Novel; serving
Cooke returned a serve that seemed
good Novel; could not get to the
ball, but the referee was doubtful as
to whether the serve was good or no
and gave it as a let" though it SHOULD
have been either fault or a point t
Cooke If the umpire had ruled the
service good Cooke would have haC
game and set, and if fault Novel
still had one more serve. But how /
could be a 'let" passes understanding
Novel; won the point and then ther'
was a long drawn out struggle for tn,
two points necessary to winthe game
Cooke threw away a second chanc,
later, failing on an easy smash, ant
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