Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-10
ROTH AND COOKE
Win DOUBLES
Title
Defeat lizard and Robertson in
Best Match of Tournament.
Superior Steadi-
ness Told

w. p. Roth and r. A. Cooke art
the new tennis champions OF the Ha
waiian islands In mems doubles. Yes
terday afternoon, at the Beretanis
courts, they defeated Walter b. lizard
and Walter M. Robertson, in three
straight Gets that ran up to 49 games
and developed some Of the best dou
bles play ever seen I'm q champion
ship here. II was a great match tC
win, and a hard one to lose, but Roth
and Cooke played the steadier and
header tennis, and their victory was
well deserved.
The final score was sc, 1911, 6-3
and there was something doing every
moment Of the time that the players
were on the courts. Roth and Cooke
, found their stride before their oppon'
ents, and ran up three games In rapid
FIRE order Then the navy-army team
braced. making II Sail. and from that
time until the end Of the set 1t was
nip and tuck, with every man working
on the high speed.
Early in the second set Cooke
slipped and fell. cutting his knee
quite badly. He stopped only long
enough to wash away the gravel, and
then went at II harder than ever, and
the injury, although II must have been
painful. didn't seem to slow him up
ct all
The second set was thriller, and
twice 1t looked as though lizard and
Robertson would win out and make
Il one and one, hut overanxiety to
-. - A. t.rrn a.
finally Robertson ended the agony by
driving q cross-court shot an inch
over the sideline. In the third and
final set. lizard and Robertson, al
though they opened strong and ran
the score to 81, seemed discouraged
toward the end. and let their oppon-
ents get command time and again by
lcbbing short.
Dick Cooke switched his style OF
play yesterday. and the change work
ed wonders With his and Roth's COM
bination. Usually the former Is con-
tent to Solley for placement only. but
yesterday he started swatting the ball
hard. and scored many clean kills ct
the net BY powerful smeshes that
either went cross-courf, or that bound
ed as hiEh e. the backstop. The
match was rGplete with pretty recoy-
cries. and there were some shots
that didn't look real az all. Some Of
the rallies brought the big crowd TO
its feet. and While most Of the ka-
maainh6 were pulling for the Roth
Cooke veterans, there were B number
oi s1rvite people 81 hand to encour.
age their reprt1e1tttiyes, and the APP
plause was generous. and evenly d.
uded. In fact. Il was the tennis rath-
er than the players individually that
won the hand.
Billy Roth. the veteran Of many
tennis wars. played steady, heady
game. and was as foxy as ever at
knocking the ball over the net just
out OF reach. Most of the aces won
by the R6th-Cooke combination were
gained by places down the center line.
when the opposition had been forced
out Of position. The losers covered
the alleys well. but didn't work in at
the center Izard's backhand yolleys
were as reliable as ever. and he work
ed up his service to q very effective
point before the end Of the match.
Robertson hit the ball hard overhead,
but would have got better results had
he directed his smashes more careful
".
Roth held the doubles title last year
with Walter r Dillingham;, and has
been champion several times before.
He. and Cooke are veterans Of the
courts. and they showed yesterday