Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18

II took but two sets for Dick Cooke
to demonstrate that he was the bet
ter man on the courts yesterday aft
ernoon than Atherton Richards, and
although there was but one love game
In the match and few which did not
go to deuce. 1t was the strong, steady
playing of Cooke that won over the
spectacular but more erratc work Of
Richards
Both sets were taken to the same
score, 10. aud there was n large num-
her of fans on Pacific courts to sce|
the match afterward all going up to-
Beretania courts to watch the finish Of
the two matches being played there.
Walter Dillingham; and Irwin We're
"a play on Pacific Courts also, but
Dillingham; defaulted to Irwin by not
appearing,
At Beretania there were two matches
played, Novel; winning from Theodore
Richards handny in two sets, G-a. Go.
and the second match going the full
three sets and being won by Jack
Guard from Bartlett, Ga, 90, go
This afternoon there will be two
matches played on Pacific courts,
Steere and Sinclair being scheduled to
meet there in the preliminary round,
Dick Cooke and Novel; playing Off In
the second round
At Berctania, Irwin will meet Guard,
and on the Neighborhood courts
Bookus and Judd will play.
Cooke Richards.
Richards won the toss and chose the
Eva court when the match started at
4:30, and from the start the pace was
rapid.
Cooke took the first game on his
own serve after II went to deuce sew
eral times, and the second and fourth
games also went to deuce before the
deciding points We're made.
Richards took the second, third and
fourth games in succession, and then
Cooke came In for another, but again
Richards went ahead until he had the
score 5-2 in his favor
From that point Cooke seemed to
get into the game more and took five
straight games and the set, 7-5.
Second Set.
The second set was more even. first
one man and then the other getting
the lead, and at no time was there Il
difference OF more than three games
between them.
II was volley, smash and volley dur
ing most of the games OF the second
set. but when about half over both
men seemed to drop back from their
former play, the ninth game of the set
being given away by Cooke on his own
serve to love.
Richards seemed to fall back more
than did Cooke, who started in hard
again after this love game, and when
the match was over he seemed more
than usually tired after such a short
play.
Both men played magnificent tennis
at times, and there will not be any
better games in the series, probably,
than the fast ones they played yester-
day afternoon.
Cooke plays a sure game and eXerts
just enough power to place the ball
where he wants It to go, wasting no
energy which Is something that Rich
ards does often, driving himself sew
erai steps into the court by the force
of his serve.
Richards did n lot OF poor placing
during the game, and once lost IA game
by serving II double. lie was fairly
accurate as far as the back line of the
court was concerned, but many times
he dropped balls into the ALLEY" at
the side, thus losing valuable points.
Cooke did brilliant work when the
score stood ilye-all IN the second set,
his placing In the next game being
magnificent, ana he Kept II up during
the following game, which gave him
the set
The games were taken In the tot.
lowing order
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