New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-14
c,,;fomian Victor in Final
Round of Tourney in
Straight Sets.
RITTER STRUGGLE
FOR ODD GAME
Griffin and Roberts Take Meas
ure of Bull and Hall
in the Doubles.

,r;-8lsv Murray. Of Palo Alto. Cal,
-, I,hiva KumaCae. OF Japan, for the
'e- time in the final round Of the
800 s.'..s,t Athletic Clubs open tourna-
-, Yesterday. The score was So
-. -. At, II
TIE struggle yesterday settled all
.-.st;ons as to the victory OF Murray
~, Kumaeae last week at the invita-
80, tournament of the Sea brlgnt
~, ~ Tennis and Cricket Club. Al
-, match there was no foot fault
80. and Murrsy's style OF play
!.s~sssd him. all Internationally, 10 take
go, $50. Advantage Of the japanese player.
W. ynrrav apologized 10 the japanese
bs heard that he had been guilty
" t.ot fsulting, and expressed a wish
:. ,sst Kumagse again. The wish
W, trre. and again Murray was vic
49,. .s,ious. this time beyond question.
Loses First Set.
n the first mstch Murray lost the
ers, set. but, weary and wilted
,sourh he seemed, he won the next
Eva Yesterday the Californian scored
Ne victory in straight sets, but he had
h,ttle on his hands from start TO
s,ish. The why little japanese was
.,srnslly on his toes. and he made tho
p,lo Alto boy gasp with WEAKNESS be-
fore the end came.
fortunately for Murray, there was a
..sr Of California weather in the air
- sl,es Of the humidity which nearly
Ia him low at some Of his previous
.....bss in this vicinity. He started
yisibIv brighter than he has been at any
,i-e or this last trip East, and he
nl.ved in his best form. lie had 10, Tor
- Nipponese was also at his best
Murray drove with a vigor that was
,lmost furious at times. but he was
ever accurate and steady. Kumagae
vss right on edge 70 make him give
~. hest he had, and at times the little
Jsnsnese made some spectacular re-
arms OF shots that seemed absolutely
impossible.
he eighth game Of the second set were
wonderful. They were responsible for
,ons real thrills al this point Muir
raw was hard pressed there, but the
,tesming weather which had Slapped
bis stamina when he was forced TO de-
fsult a. Forest Hills was absent yes
,erdsy and the Californian had reserve
force enough 10 stick it out in the
tight places.
Thrilling Duels.
The odd game in the first set see
sawed 20 and fro slarmingly, but Muir
ray came through victorious by taking
the fourteenth game. In the next set
he gathered q burst Of speed and
notched himself lead of 4 love in
games. But Kumagae began TO battle
and cut down the lead. The eighth
game was another thrilling duel and
had the crowd applsuding.
In the third set Kumagae began to
show signs Of WEAKNESS at the start.
But be warmed up and settled down
70 his work, overcoming a handicap Of
two games by winning three in a row.
He forced the set TO extra games, but
Murray was full Of his old speed and
dash.
Il was spectacular tennis from first
70 last The match should demon
strste that Murray at his best is
Kumagae's superior. He certainly
seemed at his best yesterday.
In the final round Of the doubles
Clarence J. Griffin and Roland Rob
erts, also Of California, defeated
Charles VI. Bull and Walter NJ. Hall.
The score Of the doubles was 7-6,
50, s..
The point score Of the singles match
follows:
FIRST SET.
NarIJ ...... ( 44i464 i45 4-s-s
SECOND SET
ku5tsIs ............ 2 a. 24t II t-t-sI
Murray .............. 44442e4 9 4-6-4l
THIRD SET
kl-tgD ......... 53s44 T-S-4s