Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-14
new STARS Shine
In The TENNIS
ARMAMENT
Beretania Tournament Brings
Out Some Players Who Have
Been Under Cover Here.
TODAY'S TENN


4 p. mr.. Sinclair vs.. Lieutenant
Prattj m. c. Johnston VS.. II. S. Gray.
$3.50 p. me-. Parker VS.. r. B. RE
tow; c. r. littlejohn VS.. G. G. Irvine;
c. II. Hogs We. W. Horner.
S p. mp. De BrettevilIe VS.. Lieu
tenant Vaughn; j. T. Guard VS.. J.
Maoaulay; A. e. larimer VS.. W. A.
Greenwell.
When President Bockus and the
committee of the Beretania Tennis
club planned the invitation singles
tournament that started yesterday, it
was with the announced hope that 1t
would bring out some new material
and inject some new life into the sport
here. The date was purposely chosen
before the arrival of several of the
crack players who are attending col
lcge and school on the mainland re-
turned. and general invitation was
sent out to bring the lesser lights out
Of cover. That this scheme worked.
was shown by the preliminary round
matches.
Considerable class was flashed when
G. AXclrod made his appearance
against Jack Guard. lie lost. but in
doing II he showed himself to be u
player of real ability who, with a
little steady practise. will he right back
on his game. Axclrod has only been
seen In one previous tournament here,
the night affair Of the Manoa club,
which didn't give much opportunity to
size up his real worth The moment
he began to play yesterday, the side
line critics began to sit up and take
notice. Also. they began to jog their
memories for the dope" on his play
until someone remembered that he fig
ured prominently in the tournaments
Of the Golden Gate Tennis club In San
Francisco about five years ago, and
that at that time he was playing right
up with Mclaughlin. Mel Long, Carl
| Gardner and the rest of them. He was
McLoughlin's doubles partner for a
while, which i'm itself shows that he
must have been pretty good In his
time.
AlcXrod plays the sort of game that
, requires a lot of practise He doesn't
hit hard. but he puts tremendous
cut on nearly all his strokes, and to
do this the eye must be In perfect ac-
cord with the hand. He plays with his
head and not his feet, and when he
can get the feel that his racquet il
part of his arm, he will he n hard man
for anyone to beat. AleXrod uses the
American twist service, and in the
! first set he made double after double
/ trying to make II behave. As the
! game progressed his control improved.
but Guard had figured out how to
handle the high bounding out-shoot-
ing ball, and the service didn't net so
/ many aces. Guard himself was hitting
Il terrific straight service that was
! good for a point nearly every time he
got II in. lie won the match, Cd, 6-l.
/ Littleiohn a Winner.
! The closest match Of the day was
4 between G. f., Littlejohn, who came to
/ the front as one of the winners of
the Moana tournament, and X. T..
! Barnes. Each took a set Ga, and then
the deciding set went 1910 in favor
F"f LittloJohn. the games dropping first
{ on one side of the net and then on the
! other with great regularity.
| That sterling uphill fighter r. Il. W.
Gray went down to glorious defeat at
the hands of Lieutenant John Pratt
of Fort Ruger. Gray was in splendid
| condition, his springy step showing
hard and faithful training, but he was
outgeneraled by his opponent MI
merous military duties prevent Lieu
| tenant Pratt from keeping regular
| training, so he has developed clever
passing game which allows him to win
points with the minimum CT eXcrtion.
Another new player who showed u
| sound knowledge of the game is A.
1 Marshall whn will 1nIIht lao al