Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-12
old GUARD Of
LOCAL TENNIS
PASSES ON
- -
Not a Single Former Champion
Appears on the 1914
Roll OF Honor

The championship tennis TOURNAMENT
: OF 1914, which came to close Octo
Der 81, attracted less general atten
ton than any former annual court con
test for several years past. In point
CT numbers there was little difference
between the 1914 and 1913 champion
ship events, but attendance at the
matches this year was not nearly SC
large as last, and even the competitors
seemed TO take the game less serious
~, anu to lose sight OF the fact that
a territorial championship was at
stake.
This passive attitude is due, il is
believed, to the lat eness of the tourna'
ment date this year. Early in 1914
the Hawaiian Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton decided to schedule the annual
championship tournament for the late
fall, the idea being that many of the
tennis men were active participants in
baseball, and that II would be a good
move not to start tennis until after
Y the diamond season closed This plan
didn't work well. for with the tennis
matches In the dim distant future the
players had little incentive to practise,
and in consequence there was com
pnratiyely little play leading up to
the tournament
A change Will be made next year,
according 70 officials Of the associa-
ton. The tentative plan is TO hold the
championship events In the spring, re-
turning to the dates In vogue several
years ago.
r..tt -. ~. - "a ho<,s. a rr1fcfo
to hold the tennis championship so
late In the year" said A. L. Castle In
discussing the tournament recently
completed. 1T viii be a good move
70 70 back to the spring date. which
has proved the best ail-round time for
tennis IN Hawaii
In some ways the 1914 tournament
was q big success, IL brought several
new players into prominence, which
is always q good thing for the sport,
and developed champions IN all four
events who had never before figured
on the Hawaiian roll Of honor.
William EkIund. the young Eva
I,l1ytf NlIo h18 Bten pf0lnihent e on
the courts for the past three years,
finally arrived, defeating w. u. Hoogs.
jf.. in the singles. Eklund was run
ner np to G. A. Major IN 1913.
The doubles finals brought to the
front an entirely new combination in
w. H. Hogs, Jr.. and w. M. Arga-
brife. The tournament was Arga-
brite's first tennis appearance here,
lie being comparatively recent conner
10 Hawaii. He entered the tourna-
ment as q dark horse, and came
through with flyins colors. Argabrite
came here after graduating from stan
ford with q big baseball reputation,
which he continues to hold as center
fielder Of the champion Punahous. His
tennis possihii.ties we're overlooked,
however, and when be and Hoogs won
Mell4merited victory over Castle and
I.0Nrey IN the finak round there was
considerable surprise, but sincere con
ordinations.
In the mixed doubles a new pair
came 10 the front when Mrs, H. F.
Nichols Of Fort Rpger and ". L. War
rem made runaway race Of the event.
The ladies' sin2,es went to Mss
Alice Hopper, who defeated Mrs.
Nichols IN the finals,
No ladies' doubles were played this
year.
The tournament jusf closed is quite
remarkable for the number Of new
names on the championship list. be-
cause since 1895. when the records
we're started, the game has been a
monopoly for certain players who OBJ
ftined q foothold. and then held on
as either singles or doubles cham
pions year after year.
For example. W. +. Dillingham; was
champion In both singles and doubles
IN 1896 and 1896. and then came back
in 1919 BY winning the doubles with
w. p. Roth. F. G. Atherton won two
singles titles w. P. Roth was cham
pion so often that titles lost their
novelty to him. He won the singles ia
1898. 1904 1906 and 1907 and then re-
tired from singles competition. In
doubles he figured on the winning
team in 1898, 1904, 1905. 1906. 1907
1908. 1912 and 1913. Five years in a
row Roth played with G. H. Cooke. In
1912 ne hooked ~ with the veteran
Dillingham; and in 1913 with r. A.
|. Cooke. He dida't compete this year.
I a. L. Castle has been singles cham
pion three times and doubles cham
pion once. C. H. Cooke and r. A.
Cooke formed combination that won
the doubles in 1910. Z. r. Adams and
A. +. Brock won tie doubles four sue
cessiye years. In ladies' singles Miss
Z. Horner won seven championships,
three IN ladies' doubles and three in
mixed doubles.
And hence. with none Of the above
names on the 1914 cups. the tourna-
ment just closed is remarkable for the
passing Of the old guard.
Many a man who hopes to wake mp