Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-28
CASTLE CUP goes
To EkLUND
Of EVA


Playing steady. and at times bril-.
liant, tennis, VIM. Ek.und, the young
Eva crack, won the Castle cup out
right Saturday afternoon. Eklund al
ready had one leg on the trophy and
only w. Iioogs stood between him and
a second win, carrying with ii per-
manent possession of the trophy. The
match went the full five sets, and
brought out some of the most excit-
ing tennis seen at Beretania for many
a long day.
1t was anybodys match until the
game before the last one. But Hoogs
had shot his bolt, and Eklund's super
Tor steadiness enabled him to win
the final game, match, tournament and
cup, In easy style.
Eklund beat Hoogs, 10, go, GA, 81,
rs. The first two sets were played
more than a week ago, when the
match was postponed on account of
bad weather and muddy courts, so
when the pair came out Saturday af-
terno0n each had set to his credit.
Eklund took the first set of the sec
ond days play without developing any
very spectacular tennis on either side
Of the net. In the second set he had
a lead of So. and II looked all over.
but the shouting, when Hoogs took a
grand brace, and won four straight.
With two sets all, and the games.
one all. Hoogs. on his own service,
ran to score TO 40love, and then lost.
the game. Many thought that this
reverse would finish him, and when
he dropped the next game, it looked
as though this was the case. How
ever, he took another brace, winning
two in q row, and putting the score
80 in his favor. Eklund came back
with the next game, but Hoogs pulled
out the next, and after some hair-rals-
ing rallies. Eklund made il 4-all. and
Hoogs took the next, making 1t "a
on his own service. Superior steadi-
ness won this game for Eklund, bring
ing the set score to deuce. The eiev-I
cnth game was fiercely contested,
tut it finally dropped on Eklund'sI
eide of the net. and the one that fol-
lowed was walk-away.
Eklund was conceding heavy owed
odds. being minus 80 one game and
minus IS the next He proved very
effective off the ground, and his half
xolleys were up to the highest stand
ard His principal weakness lay in a
department in which he usually shines
for Saturday his overhead work was
very erratic Time and again he had
an easy kill or cross court volley on
short l0bs, and put the ball out of
court. Probably his most effective
point Of attack was a raking cross
court drive to the forehand corner Of
Hoogs' court, and this seldom failed
TO score an ace, Hoogs repeatedly put
ting his return out. Eklund was very
accurate, and the balls that were out
or Melted were so by only q matter of
inches.
Hoogs surprised his friends by. the
firm stand be made in the face Of
what looked like defeat. His drives
had plenty of pace, but were not par
,icularly well placed, and Eklund,s al
nose phenomenal half volleys al
lowed him to stop many that looked
good for aces. Hoogs made several
costly double faults. and at the net
seemed too tinlid about hitting the
ball, patting back a number of shots
which he should have either smashed
or turned.
All in all, though, it was an excel
lent match. and the result vindicatedI
the Judgment of the handicap commit
tee. It would have been impossible
to bring the two men closer together.