The sun., 1916-08-25
JAPANESE TENNIS E,
PLAYERS HONORED
Kumagae and Mikami Are
Given a Luncheon at the
Bankers Club.
ADEE LAUDS ORIENTALS
~ DANIEL.

II Ichiya Kumagae. the Japanese lawn
,snnis sensation. entertained n serious
soub:s as to his greatness. he was prob
ably relieved Of them yesterday At q
.,,cheon given In honor OF himself and
n. fellow expert. Hach.sh!ro Miksy,l. by
the Japan Society At the Bankers Club.
Owing 10 his poor command Of English,
Yumagae was unable to say much that
sould be understood by the white folks
prc,ent, but Miksmi. who spent quito
o time at the University OF Chicago,
acted as spokesman for both.
Kun.agae. who ID q very retiring
sentlernsn. might have been enjoying
himself, but It Is doubtful. His brown
face vas at all times wreathed In a
broad smile, but Kumagae is ever smil.
me-. even In the face of adversely, so
tha, could not be used as a criterion.
Very likely Kumagae was Cad he could
not rpeak English. In his attempts at
Carrying on an English conversation Ku-
masae utters q few words. finds him
,slf up a tree for the third and then
whips out a little dictionary. In max
Ing a speech that would have been kind
Of awkward.
For the most part those present were
AuSTlSdtSs ~ INV
enc whit backward in declaring. with
considerable truth. that II we did not
look out We would find the japanese
leading Us not only in tennis but In
mos, sports. even (heaven forbid ~ In
In BASEBALL
More Boosts for japanese.
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson. former
president Of the New York Athletic
Club. acted rs toastmaster. The Colonel
has spen, quite some time In Japan and
be Is aware Of III athletic possibilities
Of It's inhabitants. He asserted that be-
fore long Japanese would be holding
worlds champ!onsh. ps In ennis and
other sports. Col Thompson. who holds
the order Of the Rising Sun from the
Emperor Of Japan. complimented Japan
on its rapid rise in sport and its ANA
teur spor,smen. who play games fairly
and squarely.
The United States National Lawn Ten
Ms Association was represented by quite
. delegation led by George T. Adee.
president: Robert D. Wrenn. former
president. and Julian 8. Myrick. head
Of the West Side Tennis Club. Adee
said that the Japanese were not only
the real goods In tennis. bvt that they
we're regular fellows" He had come
to that conclusion after having met Ku-
magae and Mikami or the courts oil
four occasions.
Fred Alexander. tho veteran player
Paul Williams. field secretary Of the
tennis association; Miles s. Charlock,
Clarence c. Pell. Karl II. Behr and
George ". Carpenter were other tennis
asures present.
Lindsay Russell. president Of the
japan Society. told how the advance VI
Americans and Amer!canism was always
accompanied by the propagation Of Amer
lean sport. He said that the American
occupation Of the Philippines was re-
sponsible for the development OF sport
In the Orient. The 1900 baseball teams
organised in the Philippines during the
administration Of Gov. Forbes, he de-
CARED. had = greater influence than
military force In the civilization Of the
natives.
Mikami said he was sure that the rise
IN tennis and other sports among Japa-
hese would make for q greater friendly
Telling bet ween tho nations.
Tennis Feast IL Coming.
While the match for the national
scubles title between William NJ. John
sion and Clarence J.. Grimm, the title
holders, and Maurice L. McLoughlin and
ward Dawson. c~hallensers, will feature
the opening OF the national champion.
NIP tournament At the West Side Tennis
C}ub next Monday. there will be many
sonar attractions in singles. The
COUPLES match will be started at $3.50
At 10 A. NJ. the hrst star match Of the
teu'ney will bring together Joe Arm
strong. the Phils delphia master Of the
ehop stroke, and Willis T.. Davis, ma
uonal clay court champion. An hour
AND q half later Kari H. Behr will take
me championship court against Conrad
= Doyle. the Washingtonian, who de-
teeteo George u. Church In tho clay
sovrt tourney At Cleveland.
M!kami will make his FIRST q
shee In the tourney at 4: =. NJ. on the
nam court against William J. Clothier,
!oImsr national champion. On Tuesday
tners will be q real feast Of tennis.
Aumseae and Church are the likely con-
~sIAnts In the star match on tina day.
GeLoushlin will then make his start in
Cheles against Kenneth Hawks. another
Californian.
No.sn Roberts will be called upon to
ace \. me winner Of the Armstrong.Davi
W. while Williams will play Robert lie
roy. pell will meet Fred Alexander and
unIoekmorton will oppose Leonard
n.shman. Unless there are some up
~, Johnston will play Nat Niles on
"s'Nesday. They have met only once
~ I Niles Ia recorded a. the winner.
ppy,i"lsnl!n will play the winner OF the
ts.'AIe.ander tussle and Williams, un.
VS. oea'en, will take on Dick Harte, a
wan mate from Harvard.