Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-16
Old Timers
Show Their
Real Class
By LAURENCE REoINeToN.

w. P. Roth and Walter F.. Dilling-
ham are the new lawn tennis cham.
! pions of the Hawaiian Islands in
mems doubles. 49,, r
| Yesterday afternoon they defeated
A. L. Castle and j. Anterior Richards
in the finals of the tournament that
las been in progress since the first
of the week, and did it so deciSively
that there was no cavil or question
as to which was the better team. In
three straight sets the new cham
rions walked through the present ISL
and singles champion and last years
champion, his partner, winning MANY
clean aces. and also preffting ny many
errors Which the losers made during
the short match. There was some
sensational tennis, but, after the sec
ond set, when Roth and Dillingham;
ran. out five games straight with the
score Al against them, there was no
question as to the ultimate result. In
fact, the champions took the. last set
to love, makinga string of eleven in
a. row, which is going some, to use
the yernacular. y
Yesterdays match proved two
things. The first is, that two singles
champions do not necessarily make
a champion double team. The second
is that James J. Jeffries didn't put
ink on everyone who tries to come
back. Walter Dillingham; and Billy
Roth aren't exactly octogenarians,
but they can go good ways back in
tennis history nevertheless, and were
using trophy cups for shaving mugs
when Al Castle was college lad and
Anterior Richards was learning to-
walk. Walter Dillingham; won the
doubles championship first some
eighteen years ago, and it is some
time since Roth and r. A. Cooke held
the title, figuring twelve months as
3 year. -.,,- -
Better Team Work.
! Dillingham; and Roth won yester-
day because they used better team
work and better headwork, and be- !
cause their opponents as a team,
were far below their individual form !
as singles players. Richards played /
the worst game that he has put up
since returning from college this sum- !
mer, and Castle was way off his usual /
brilliant style, missing many easy
shots that would ordinarily be easy
acres for him. The break of the luck .
vas about even, both sides having !
tails that ran along the top of the
net and, peeked over to find a soft +;
landing place to drop on. AS the Pa
Cific courts are not tapped, the element !
of line balls bouncing crooked did not
MT hn noIo
thing that was in was PLAYABLE. /
Castle and Richards did much to ;
heat themselves, as the number of !,
nets and outs charged against them
will show, but, at that, their Oppon-
ents won many points by either
over their heads or placing
clever cross court volleys just out of
reach. At straight smashing billing
ham showed to advantage. especially
in the third set, when he landed G.
short lObs time and again, making the
return bound to the top of the back
stop, in an absolutely unplayable po-
sition. He was also on his drive
Roth put more place and less pace
en- his returns. and astonished every
one, including himself, at some of the
recoveries he made He wasn't using
Lis deen cross-court smash to any
extent, but was putting a deal of cut
on the ball, and puzzling Richards
With a slow return and serve.
Change Of Pace.
Dillingham; would hit a hard drive,
and Richards would stick out his rae!
4uet firmly, and volley it. Roth would
send a soft one back again to Rich
ards. and the latter would take it
he same way as the previous return,
The result being that ball after ball
lidn't even reach the net off Rich
ards racquet! 1t was the same way
IN the service. Roth's soft ball with
plenty of cut being a puzzler to the
singles champion Another heady
piece of work was that neither of the