Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-24

Local PLAYERS furnished the feature
match OF tha8second round Of play in
the tennis singles yesterday afternoon
al the Paoi1k Courts. Not that the
tennis was letter, because II wasn't,
bait the closest match Of the nnrnar
ment came his afternoon when VIII
liam Eixlupd won from John ODOwda
in three fast,ketss
During the afternoon Ward Dawson
defeated Alan Lowrey In straight sets.
and Clarence Griffin won the only set
OF the last mitch when darkness fell.
The visiting players starred In the
play, but the 7RteEes' y re fzst mats 2
Was ct ia hish pitch at all times. II
was . great match from d contest
standpoint, and O'DoWda made some
remarkable shcte chose 20 the net =.
o'pbWda wins First Set.
The first set -of the day proved TO
be the one5ses Of interest. and the
crowd watched every stroke during
the second half Of the set. Every
stroke meant a change In the complex
ION Of the match, and when ODowda
won By great playing in the last game.
the crowd gave Elm reception which
he surely deserved.
Ekllnd started out IN wonderful
form, and his play had O'Dowda BAT.
ned. Eklund was leading 81. and had
the serve. and the spectators expect
ed to witness a e-1 set Then Eklund
made two double faults, and o'Dowda
made two pretty returns which gave
him the game. From that time on
O'Dowda played great game, and his
forehand drives close to the net and
at EkIund's feet threw the latter on
his game, and O,Dowda won fiFe
straight games. He was PLYING won
ierfu1 tennis while Eklund was unable
to make the treturns.
Eklund, serving, won four points
and made the score s ALL and then he
fen down In bis returns and sent three
careless drives far outside, and
O'Dovda won out In love game. The
latter by playing careful shots to the
side line won the last game and set
BY score of. S-6. Eklund was clearly
ontplayed tn this set
EkIund Improves.
Eklund came back In the second set
and played better tennis. The first
game went Ito deuce twice, and the
last point for O'Dowda was the most
spectacular play seen on the courts
since the opening Of the tournament.
Eklund played a shot close to the line
that looked certain OF being point.
0'DoWtla raced across the court and
reached the ball. and sent II over the
net FOR point that Ekiand did not
even Try for. EkIund was serving bet.
ter, and was playing his overhead
strokes with deadly accuracy. 0'Dow-
da was unable TO return his hard
drives, and the class OF tennis at this
period was good. In the first set Elk
lund had six double faults marked
AGAINST him. while in the second set
only one double fault was made.
Playing cross court shots and re-
turns that were well handled, Eklund
won out In The second set by to
score. 0'DdWda had q chance in this
set, but after the game had gone to
deuce he missed an easy point, and
the tide turned In favor OF the cham
pion. In the third set with the score
ga, Eklund heading. ODowda sent two
outs, and the game and set went to
Ekiund, who was playing up to form
in the last set. Eklund is the only rep
resentafiye from Hawaii to enter the
semi-inals this afternoon.
Dawson Plays Sterling Tennis.
Allan Lowrey, who has been playing
sterling tennis throughout the tourna'
ment, met Ward Dawson, and the
mainland star won in two straight
sets. Lowrey played good tennis. but
he was clearly outclassed by the Cali
fornian. Dawson gave great exhibit
Of tennis in the second round. He had
two alternative strokes for each posi-.
ton. and has shots were played with
simplicity. There were no wild dash.
es. but his work was like that of a
well oiled machine.
Instead q trying 10 place the ball
u the base line. Dawson would return
40 ne side line as near the net as