The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-01
SCHEDULE
ISNOW COMPLETE
Season Tickets For Matches At
Pacific Courts Are Now
Available

Season tickets for the Carnival Ten.
mis- Tournament will 20 on sale this
morning. The price will be ~ and
will include both the singles and dou.
bles tournaments Tickets may be OBJ.
tained from any member Of the tennis
committee, namely, A. L. Castle, J..
Lowrey, Harry Maefallane, G. H. But.
tolph, Stanley Kennedy. The price for
individual days win be fifty cents, and
as seven days tennis are planned at
present the pnrchase Of season ticket
will result in a great saving.
According to present plans the event,
which promises 60 be one Of the most
interesting of the whole Carnival win
open on the Pacific Tennis Courts on
Thursday, February IL, Commencing
with the doubles. Griffin and Dawson
arrive from Manila February IA. and
as they have played through that
tournament as team--and incidentally
won the Far Eastern championship
shall be in good shape for the Honolulu
tournament. II Is planned to finish the
doubles with the finals Saturday after
noon February 10.
Plenty Of Accommodation
Preliminary matches win be best
two sets out Of three and the finals
three out Of FIVE. Six bleachers yin be
used daily on the courts SO that ali
should be accommodated without Diff.
Guilty. The manka court will be used
If it can be put into first class condi-
tion. The fence will be covered with
green cloth to make fine back ground
for the playing.
The teams at present playing the best
tennis are Griffin and Dawson Of Cali
fornia, Beals c. Wright of Boston and
Alan j, Lowrey Of Honolulu, and four
local teams as follows: Castle and Elk
lund, Hoogs and Warren, Hanoch and
Dillingham;, and Kennedy and o 'Dowda.
Beals C.SWright, the famous interna-
tionalist, and former doubles and sim
giles champion of the United States
needs no introduction to the Honolulu
public. No greater court general has
ever played the game of tennis. He
has played in sixteen matches in the
Davis Cup events, the blue ribbon Of
the tennis world, and has to his credit
victories over the famous N. z. Brookes
of Australia and the late A. +. Wilding
Of New Zealand. His wonderful fight
against Brookes in Australia where he
downed his opponent on his home
grounds in five sets with the thermom,
eter, at 137 on the tennis court, Is one.
OF the memorable tennis battles Of his,
tory. Wright's style Is different from
the Californian style we are used to in
Honolulu and 1t win be treat to watch
him play.
Mainlanders Are stars \
Clarence Griffin, known as - Peek -
Griffin, today ranks number seven in
the United States in singles and with
Johnston No. 1, in doubles. He does
not play with Johnston's speed but
he Is very accurate in placing, and Is q
thorough court general.
Ward Dawson, ranks in Glass B in the
United States (2l-3O), but on the Pact
fic Coast ranks number in singles and
with Herd No. in doubles. He Jays
the orthdox California game, using a
severe service and hard strokes at all
times.
This tennis tournament Is nnqnestion-
ably the highest class tournament which
has ever been attempted in Hawaii.
Last year with Johnston, Larned, and
Breek, the public were treated to splen.
did matches but the class this year is
higher. 1t Is also true that the local
players, who have worked hard and
eonscientiously for this tournament, are
playing in much better shape than
ever before. Although it is not expect
ed that in singles the local players will
force the visitors to their limit, never
theless if either Eklund or Lowrey hits
his top form during a match, it will be
close enough to make the fun fly. In
doubles Castle and Eklund have fine
chance, II being remembered that they
decisively beat Johnston and Breek last
season.