Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-24
Fine SPORTS Of
CARNIVAL period
PLEASE CROWDS
Tennis, Baseball, Swimming
Prove Attractions for
Many Thousands /

prominent features. Ha wall Is grad
ually paving its way in the field o
sport and this year finds the various
departments OF endeayor at thei
height Tennis, swimming and base
ball have been especially featured thi:
season
In the greatest tennis tournamen
ever staged In Hawaii, William Johns
ton, that grand little court general
captured the honors In the mems sin
i giles from George Church OF Tenafly
= ~. j. East was meeting West ant
! the Californian proved without {
shadow OF doubt that he was the mas
! ter OF the tall Fastener, who had de
4 feated Kumagae, the Japanese cham
pion, in the last national champion
ships.
/ Tournament "5est Ever"
Tennis enthusiasts voted the tourna
ment, which was recently held on the
Beretania courts, the most pretentiOus
one ever held In Hawaii, and the
! largest crowd In the annals of tennis
here turned out to watch the final
| battle between Johnston, representing
the West, and George Church. repre-
senting the East 1t was a battle OF
! wits, with Johnston cool and calcu.
lating throughout Church lost fight.
ing, and in the second set Honolulu
: tennis enthusiasts saw some great ten
mis- play ON the part of the fastener.
II will be many moons before we
again see such tennis as was dis
played fly the visiting players.
William Johnston, George Church.
Clarence Griffin, John Strachan and
Harold Throckmorton. These tive
players rank with the leaders in
the tennis world and Honolulu was
especially fortunate in being able to
secure such galaxy OF stars at one
time.
Greatest Set in Years
Perhaps the greatest set that has
been played on any tennis court In
recent years was staged In the semi
final match between William Johnston
and Harold Throckmorton. Throck-
morton won the first set, 1913, and the
youngster who annexed the junior
championship last year used every
ounce of his strength to return the
well-placed shots of the master work
man. Even Johnston, employing all
his skill, could not turn the Fastener
back, end with a dash and fire that
kept the spectators on edge the young.
ster made a great stand, and after
returning several shots which looked
spooky, the fighting wildcat won out
in the first set, which will long be
remembered In local tennis circles.
Johnston played steady tennis
throughout and in the last two sets
with Throckmorton was never in diff
ficulty. The great play Of Strachan
In his match with Johnston, which he
lest In straight sets. was one of the
features of the tourney. Hardly able
to walk on the court and suffering
from sunburn, the game little player
gave Johnston hard battle through
out. Griffin played great tennis In
the doubles, but was not in the best
form when he lost to Church In the
eemi-finals. Johnston and Strachan
captured the doubles honors from
Church and Throckmorton.
Local Men Show Well
Local payers made a good showing
and the pay of Lowrey, Eklund,
Hoogs, Warren, NOVEL;. Vinson, Roths-
child. Marshall, Barnes. McKeever and
Henoch was especially good. The
officers and members Of the Hawaiian
Tennis Association conducted the
tournament In an excellent manner and
II was regretted that A. L. Castle, the
chairman Of the committee, was I'M
able to compete In the tourney. Cas-
tie was operated upon for appendicitis
shortly after the tournament opened.
Next week the singles and doubles
for the feminine champion
ship will be held.
Baseball OF High Class
For the first time in the history Of
baseball league team has selected |
Honolulu as training camp. Poets.
rhymsters and sages have pounded |
out material about the climate OF Ha-
wall. but never before have the league |
magnates hardened to the call of the |
Paradise OF the Pacific.
Walter McCredie and his band of |
Portlanders of the Pacific Coast |
League arrived in Honolulu on |
morning and immediately
all fell In love with the climate. For |
the first day the players we're kept /
busy seeing the various features of /
the Carnival and all were very much /
impressed with life in Honolulu
Hawaii Gets Publicity
Hawaii has been given more pub
lefty throughout the Northwest since
the announcement that the Beavers
would come here than ever before in
history. Perhaps there is not any
other athletic feature that will bring
continued publicity to Hawaii as much
as visit of league team here for
Horolulu has been espe-
cialiy fortunate In securing Walter
McCredie and his band {. Beavers.
That there has been much interest
n Oregon is evidenced by the fact
hat the three Icing newspapers of
Portland have sent their sporting edi-
.oIs TO Honolulu to tell the fans of
The Northwest just what is going on
IN the Beaver camp. Other cities in
he United States have offered big
sums to the training teams and Homo.
ulu was especially fortunate in having
secured the Coast League team, with
Bakersfield and San Jose
making strong bids.