Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-21
VETERAN WRIGHT
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TRANSFORMERS
Finals Won BY Griffin and
Dawson in Four Great
Sets
SECOND AND THIRD SHOW
I SOME REMARKABLE WORK

"The best tennis doubles ever
rlayed in Hawaii.
big league stuff" rs
"Newport and Long Island never
saw any harderiought matches.
Comments like. these bubbled from
500 tennis enthusiasts last SATURDAY
when Ward Dawson and Clarence =.
Griffin, the fast-golng mainlanders,
fought their way to a triumph IN the
doubles matches of the Carnival tour
nament, defeating Beals G. Wright.
former national champion, and Alan =.
Lowrey in four splendid sets.
Wright and LOwrey, badly beaten N
the first set, entirely outpaced, out
generated and displaced. made q re-
markable recovery in the second set,
pulled II out by brilliance and court
crakt, kept up their work In the third
set. but lost after o great fight, and
then were unable to stem the tide 10
the fourth and last conflict.
The scores were 60, 6-S, Sc, 81, and
these scores pretty accurately indicate
the keenness of the struggle.
The feature of 1t all was Beals @.
Wright, veteran of countless matches,
hero of championships. The master os
racquet and net has been out, OF the
game for two years and for several
years previously had been below nio
great form. But on Saturday his cool.
ness, generalship, ability to bring or
some wonderful ground strokes, and Q
Judgment of his opponents shots that
was nothing less than marvellous,
made him the outstanding figure In
the finest doubles that Honolulans
have ever seen here.
The second and third sets produced
rally after rally, stroke after stroke
that brought the spectators to gales Of
applause and many Of them to their
feet. 9 Nj
In the first set the visiting pair
started off as If they would make
runaway match of 1t. Lowrey, the
least experienced Of the four In tour
nament playing, was plainly nervous,
many Of his returns going into the MT
and his lobs falling outside. Wright
also had "a few mishaps in returning,
but both were serving well. In addi-
ton, their lack of opportunity, pre-
yiously for playing together showed
in occasional lapses Of teamwork.
Wright and lowrey Take Brace.
Griffin and Dawson easily ran this
set through and the spectators ex
pected them to take three straight.
But in the second set Wright and Low.
rey got into remarkable stride.
Lowrey's drives were sent swiftly over
the net and clipped the tape inside, OF
I. 81, Ao1 ~. q
landers could not get 1t. Wright
showed magnificent all-around work.
Without the pace of the others, he was
placing with good judgment and put
ting the "cut" on the ball that made
accurate returns difficult. His ser.
vice was lesson to tennis men and
he and Lowrey pulled together. per.
fectly. Time and again he called
balls out that Lowrey was just
starting after, and invariably Wright,s
Judgment was correct. Griffin and
Dawson also speeded up their work,
but the others were not to be denied
and won out after the set had gone
to deuce.
The third set was much like the sec.
end and the tennis was correspondents
ly good. Some of the rallies were exs
tremely fine. Lowrey and Wright lost
a point or two at critical moments and
after the set had again gone to deuce
and then two games beyond, Griffin
and Dawson pulled out victory. This
victory proved the deciding point.
Griffin and Dawson kept up their
speed and ran the next set out In rapid
fashion.
That Honolulu appreciates tennis
and likes immensely the work Of the
visitors was shown by the Impartial
applause that came from the stands.
When Lowrey and Wright were max
ing their uphill fight, the sympathy Of
the spectators was with them, but the
good shots of their opponents were
never overlooked ..