New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-08
Causes Upset in Seabright
Tennis Tourney by De-
feating Throckmorton.
NILES HAS A CLOSE
CALL WITH HUNTER
Behr Drops First Set to Parker,
but Then Rallies and
Wins Match.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALE.

Seabright, n. j., Aug. This is a
tale Of a worm that turned and came
back. Hachishiro Mikami. who has
been referred TO everywhere merely as
"the other jap 70 distinguish hin
from his doubles partner, the great
tennis player, Ichiya Kumagae, turned
savagely upon sensational young Har'
old Arlington Throckmorton to-day II
the first days play Of the historic Sea
bright invitation tournament at the
S6sbright Lawn Tennis and Cricke
Club and sent the youngster down t'
a "a, 6-3, 6-3 defeat.
Mikami ran true TO form in the frs
set. He was almost helpless before the
brilliant national interscholastic cham
pion. In the second set he began q
turn. being aided in the successful
turning by Throckmorton, who did no
held his opponent too seriously, anC
then began 20 worry as the swarthy
hard working little Oriental began u
creep into the lead.
Throckmorton became more anC
more erratic, and soon the Californian
Edwin Mccormick, was collecting from
Z. II. Ted Whitney, who had wagereo
that Mikami would not take more thar
four games in the match.
Stars In Action.
William NJ. Johnston, national cham
pion; Willis f. Davis, national clay
court champion; Robert Lindley Muir
ray, national indoor titleholder; kar
DaLr Muar-g Ihnreh IrhiVf
Kumagae, Nathaniel W. Niles, 8. How
ard Voshell, Leonard Beekman anC
other stars got into action in the hot
humid afternoon.
Behr. Niles and Davis did not hav,
matches as easy as had been expected
In fact, the noted Bostonian Niles wa
actually in the shadow of defeat II
the best and most furious tennis o
the day when he faced the hard-hit.ini
Comedian, Francis 7. Hunter.
Hunter took the first set of pyro
technics, Cd, and led "a in the sec
ond. Then he unconsciously eased Of
trife in his speed. Niles saw hi
chance. seized it by leaping for the net
and hammered out the next thre'
games. In the third set Niles Away
held the upper hand, although the raj
I
The fiery Behr gave funny exhibi
| ton against Henry S. Parker and tn
weather. Against the former he too
things easy in the first set on accoun
of the latter, against which he ha'
many comments TO make. much TO tn
! delight of the gallery.
Behr is hero at Sea Bright, for J
was here that he trounced Maurice +
! Mclaughlin in straight sets last year
He dropped the first set to Parker
! 4-6. but took the next two, 81, O.
/ Davis, the Coast Bullet, likewise los
the first set, 3-6, to Edwin McCor
mick, of the University of Southern
/ California, but overcame his erratl
tendencies and finished out at Cd
! GO.
Beekman Beats Hall
Leonard Beekman, the slim Prince
ton captain, turned in what is an up
set on paper He defeated the veteran
I New Yorker, Walter Merrill Hall, las
of the charmed first ten in the nationa
ranking, ca, 60. The result wa
not entirely unexpected, however, a
Hall has been having a poor year.
Johnston brought his big gun-hii
/ forehand into action against youni
Arthur II. Cofey, of the Princeton
team. and blazed out 6-3, GO vic
tory. The progress Of the nationa
champion here is watched with muci
I interest because Of mis- defeat by Rich
ard Norris Williams, I'd, in the recen
East-West matches, for Williams ha
two legs on the handsome Achelis chal
lenge cup of this tournament, which
he has won the last two years.
Williams must be met by the tourna
ment winner in the challenge round
/ The Achelis Cup, which was put int
competition in 1903, contains the name
of practically all the greatest player
of the country. -
Kumagae, the left-handed New YorI
State champion, administered the las
rites to Bernon S. Prentice, who ha
won the Sea Bright club championship
for what is thought to be a monopolis
/ tic record for tournament-twelv
times in fifteen years Prentice sue
ceeded in getting three games IN tn
second set; no games in the hrst n
day was hot. and Kumagae wished Q
/ get through as quickly as possible. Al
WAYS the soul Of courtesy, the Jap per
mitted Prentice, who. as chairman o
the tournament committee, IS ms hos
/ mere, 10 httD vi fFtll ~ ~" w - 49,
Murray defeated X. r. Coffin, %
90. showing poor form in the frs
set, but perking up nightly in the sec
ond. Church paraded through the vet
eran southpaw, Fred c. Inman, %
2, by storming the net, despite IN
heat.
McMullen Eliminated.
Voshell. who played the first mattel
of the tournament, and therefore drew
6rst blood. eliminated another veteran
Charles McMullen, %, 6 l, in tn
rafting time Of twenty-five minutes,
WcNulien was entirely outclassed
while Voshelrs form BODIES trouble 10
Niles when the two meet tomorrow.
Edwin ?. Larned, younger brother o
the Nestor Of American courts, de
feated DR.. William Rosenbaum
national indoor doubles champion
60, &c, co. The doctor playe'
/ himself out winning the second SET