The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-31
JAPAN LOSES CHANGES FOR
 ENSNAR|NC TENNIS HoNORS
Church Decsivey Defeats Kumagae In National Singles
 Contest .,

I placements were recovered by Kuma- l zoe, but he was so much off balance and out of position that errors result ed on the returns more often than not This in part accounts why Church is not credited with a greater num- Der of placements. The fact was evil dent, however, that it was Church s 1 play, which was making the Oriental commit the errors
 Church Cautious at Start.
 In the first two sets Church temper ed his impetuous rush for the net with a bit of caution. The two had never met before and Church evidently wish ed to be sure of the game of his op- ponent before he gave free reign to his attack But in the last set he seemed to take sheer joy in cutting | the Nipponese down quickly. He | forced the play with more aggressive | ness and Kumagae, who is known as being at his best in five-set contest, did not have chance to turn aside defeat. One game was his quota, the l first that was played in the set, in which he broke through Church's S service.
 In the first set, service carried off | the first two games and then Church | was broken through in a long deuce contest. kuma gae's placements and | Church's double fault at the end de- cided the issue. The Princeton man replied in kind, taking a love game from Kumagae on the 1atter's service. It was in this game that Church first | used his soft stroke, the final point | being scored on a soft shot that fell weakly across the net with Kumagae standing on the baseline ready for a deep drive.
 Kumagae was wild in the next game, outs counting largely against him then as they did in succeeding games. Church was leading at 3-2. kumagae made the score 3 all, but that was as far as his success went. Church took two love games in the second of which he broke through Kumagae for the second time. In what proved to be the final game, Church was leading at 40-3O on his own service, but Kumagae took it to deuce on a lob that sailed over Church's head to the baseline, and it was not until after five vantage points that the game and set went to Church.
 In the second set Kumagae led at 3-2, but Church made it 3 all on his own service, and his excellent play was so well sustained that the next three games fell to his lot. With this set also to his credit there was not much hope for the Jap. When he took the first game of the third set by breaking through Church the specta- tors gave him a roilsing cheer, but it did not inspire him to the extent that he could stop the volley of place. ments which Church loosened. Game after game fell to the former Prince tonian until he closed out the set and the match to his credit.
 Rupssian Player Defeated.
 The only other foreign player in the tournament, A. w. Macpherson, one of the leaders in Russia, was van- quished in a second-round encounter with Dean Mathey. Macpherson was under a heavy handicap in that he had never contested more than 10 sets on turf, but even with lack of knowl- edge of the grass game he played Mathy to the point of exhaustion. The score of the encounter swas GA, 7-5, 2-6, S-6.
 In the fourth set Mathey led at 5-2, only to have his antagonist pull it up to deuce. The 14 game went to deuce five times before Mathey could rescue it and the match. The Russian show ed a fine command of strokes, there being much of the ease of the Euro pean type of play in his game rather than the more forceful American style.
 Willis E. Davis, who put out Arm strong in the first round yesterday, had a sharp battle with his fellow San Franciscan, Roland Roberts, before he won at 5-5, 7-5, 6-3. This, as a match in speed, was the controlling factor. Each player burned his strokes across, and there were many moments of keen interest. Davis was not quite as steady as when he played against Armstrong, and Roberts was stroking with more effectiveness than at any time since the match against Williams at Newport. Each knew the others type of play, and this contributed toward making the struggle close and worth while for a big gallery which surrounded the court
 Nearby Maurice E. Mclaughlin and William M. Johnston, two others of the Californian group were playing on courts nearby, the former against Kenneth Hawkes., also of California, while the latter had as his opponent Francis T. Hunter. Mclaughlin had little difficulty in winning at 6-1, G. 4, but Johnston had a more serious time with Hunter. The latter play ed sharp tennis ,and the national champion was forced at times to ex- tend himself to the fullest The con- test went to Johnston, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, Hunter making it a battle real ly worth while in the last two sets.
 The veteran internationalist. Fred erick B. Alexander, who knew all there was to know about tennis when some of-the present contestants were youngsters, dropped his second round encounter to Theodore Roosevelt Pell by the score, 6-4, 6-3, 2-6. 6-3. This match was staged on one of the exhibition courts and attracted wide attention, for Alexander approXi- mates perfection in form.
 Alexander was hardly in condition for sharp battle yesterday with the famous backhand expert Pell. The latter, who will be McLoughlins op- ponent today, was playing stronger tennis than in his recent matches, and. with his rival showing the effects