The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-09-02
The Latest
In Sports
What the WreStlerS, Boxers and Base
Ball Artists Are Doing.

FARMER Burns, CHIEF trainer OF
Frank Gotch, champion wrestler,
for his coming contest in Chicago
with Hackenschmidt, has changed
his training system.
More defensive work and sitter
wind developing work was the fea-
ture of Burns new training. New
and old styles of defense alike were
brought forward by the veteran
wrestler. The champion at first
resented Burns statements concern
ing his condition, but finally adj
mitted his condition was not Of the
best, and, although his wind his
improving, it is still in bad shape,
while the defensive work thus far
has been poor.
'Gotch has been training entirely
upon the aggressive" said Burns.
He is and has been SO confident
that he will be able to push the
match throughout that he has taken
no precautions against a turn in
the tide. He is at present under
condition and showing signs of
growing stale. He will be all right
when l get through with him."
Alexander and Hackett were in
vincible as doubles tennis cham
pions for four years and never lost a
match in that time. They first
won the championship by defeating
w. A. Larned and w. j. Clothier
in 1907. For two years previous to
that time they won the preliminary
doubles and were defeated in the
challenge match by Beals Wright
and H. Ward. The Pacific states
teams for the last two years have
been the challengers for the doubles
title and both put up a good fight.
James and Mclaughlin were the first
of the coast teams to go down to de-
feat before the present champions
and last year Bundy and Hendricks
suffered the same fate. When Bun
dy and Mclaughlin joined forces
this year they were conceded by
everybody to be the best team ever
sent away from the coast and it was
a bitter disappointment when they
were defeated by Little and Touch
ard for it was already rumored that
the champions were on the decline,
and the coast team would have a
good chance to capture the title.
That Alexander and Hackett are nc
longer the great team they were,
seems evident from their easy defeat
at the hands of 7. r. Pell and L.
E. Mahin in the New York tourna-
ment. This team was not consid'
cred a particularly strong team as
Pell ranked eighth and Mahin 29tf
last year.
Mclaughlin, Long and Bundy
showed well in the New York tour
nament which Mclaughlin won by
defeating Z. r. Pell in the challenge
match. 1t was three set match
but had the Californian not becom,
careless in the second set he would
have won easily in straight sets, al
his high bounding service puzzled
Pell and he had things pretty mucf
his own way in the first and thirC
sets which he won 6-1, 60.
OF the coast players, Long wal
the particular star in the Invitation
al tournament last week on tn,
courts of the Meadow club at South
ampton. This event does not carr!
, title with it but is an importan
one on account of its being helC
just previous to the Newport event
, 1t was thought that Long would no
do much in the last tournaments o
; the year as he usually plays best a
the start of the season, but from hi
/ play in the Southampton. event h
is evidently playing as well as h