New-York tribune., 1916-07-12
u;kari Takes One Match,
but Is Beaten in
Second.
o, Az BEGINS FOR
STATE TENNIS TITLES
,obns Advances by Default
Harold Throckmorton De-
feats a. R. Acheson.
By JAMES s. o'NEALE.

ws~e seen, anc one, inc weaker, was
Sgpsschishiro MiSami. already dubbed
~ by other competitors in the New
w. w. State tennis championships at the
y.t,nndssis Golf Club, lost to young
n.,,es 5. Garland. Of Pittsburgh. in a
i .."o-s.rounG match marked by fine
NTSSs 6-i. e. Previously Mikami
- essily defeated r. Hamilton Tor
~ 90. 6-l.
Hi,t;ya Kumagae. the great japanese
So. who IS making his first visit %
~, OecidCnt. was the foreigner who
- ssw and won two matches in hol-
~. style. Kumagse is fine little fell
~ verv left handed. bespectacled and
- 4 cap. but he did not let any OF
,,ose things interfere to-day.
4 y the morning the only Japanese
a. ever defeated the Californians,
T.-sree !. Griffin snd Ward Dawson. in
j - ra- East put the rolling motion I'M
..-s5 bv the train from far 81. Louis
- his strokes Snd went, 6-2. 90,
s-,nrh Andrew II. Allen, Of the Hoo
~ Falls Country Club. location after
, Sii-srt search unknown, and we are
,srsiG to ask MIR. Allen.
after a luncheon which, in honor OF
.ls distinguished visitors, had as
:.s,ert island pudding. the swarthy lit
- Oriental picked on James Lowery,
~ the YahnundasiS club, and, like
yy-acae IN the morning. with fine Ori-
81 courtesy permitted his opponent
e~s rare IN the second set. The Japan
sse are the politest people in the world
The Japs Are Here"
There was shout early in the
-sr-irr that aroused even late sleep
10 newspaper men. The Jsps are here,
80 from mouth to mouth and was
uiekly followed BY such hush as
ws-- over the Mudville multitude when
~irbtv Casey advanced to the bat.
There was ease in Casey's bearing,
| mere was pride in Casey's ttace. ASK
|1s Wolf Hopper. And somewhat OF the
sme sort Of thing marked the httie
| lars at once as the favorltes OF the
rowd.
Notwithstanding their long trip from
:. Toris which was but another link
their long journey from the Flowery
Kingdom. the two were anxious to play
. A. orce and went on the courts.
To sidetrack the Yellow Peril for
'ew moments, there were other nne
matches to-day, but the intensity OF
|he neat was absolutely matchless.
Never was there such torrid day and
|,ever were courts so hard, so sun
baked and so cracked. In consequence,
tse Californians who played, familiar
with the high bounces Of the Coast
ss,hslt courts, were thoroughly at
home. IL was so hot that the players
suffered severely, several having mar
row escapes from sunstroke, and the
defeated ones usually saying. well,
I'm glad I'm out of the singles, any
/ how
Roland Roberts, the slim slasher OF
san Francisco. latest Of the Native Son
sensations. had a fine match with Ralph
r. Bags. Of the West Side Tennis
| Club. New York Baggs stayed right
with the speed boy and took three
games IN each set.
Edwin z. Mccormick, of the Uni
rsrsity Of Southern California, played
bis first match. winning easily from a
local man. l.. X. Thurlow. 6-l, 6-l.
|EuFene Warren, McCormick's class
mate. also won readily from Hubert
Kernan, Of the (say it gently Sada-
eusda Golf Club, Utica. 90, SO.
Johns Advances by Default.
Harold Van Dyke Johns. Of Leland
Stanford Peck Griffin, of San Fran
cisco and national doubles champion
ship honors, and Willis +. Davis did
not play Johns advanced by default
and Davis telegraphed that 1t would be
impossible for him 10 get here. Griffin
viii meet young Francis I. Hunter,
Cornell captain and holder Of The
Tribune Cup, tomorrow morning. Hun
ter will give the famous Californian
quite a fight, judging from the way he
played Frederick c. Baggs, Of the West
SIDE Tennis Club, New York, this morn
Ing.
Trailing in the third set and the
heat at 2-4, with Baggs serving and
sYparently hull-down on the horizon,
the determined Cornellian pulled out
the set, 81. The complete score was
50. 1-6, 81, Baggs winning the
most games, but Hunter taking the
decisive ones in mis- usual way.
Harold Throckmorton, the sensation
a. Elizabeth youngster, came up TO
Utica TO forget his middle name,
Avington. which has been trailing HIM
10 the metropolitan district, and for
TO- IL well as he flashed great tennis
igsinst A. r. Acheson, Of Syracuse.
The national interscholastic cham
pion won mis- first encounter. %
-. He played extremely hard IN
the first set, making many errors, but
IN the second frame he whistled over
his shots fast and true, thus proving
that golf in the morning does no'
necessarily prevent good tennis IN the
afternoon.
Harris Reaches Fourth Round.
One man. the massive Green Noun
tain standby. Fred II. Harris, ad-
Nsneed 10 the fourth round He did
50 az the expense of J. S. O'Neale,
& newspaper man, "a, GO. After
the first part Of the opening set har-
rs got his aggressive game well IN
hand.
William s. McElroy. Pittsburgh star
who won the tournament last year by
sound play, appeared to-day, for the
irst time. taking easy matches from
John y. Thurlow. Of the Brooklyn
Tennis Club, 6-l, 6-l, and from +.
y. Randall, Of Orange, n. j., 6-l'
80.
Irving c. Wright. the Bostonese, also
played his first two matches. The
chop stroker dropped the first set 70
Chuck Garland's father, Charles Car
land, Of the Pittsburgh A. A., but
made friends with the heat IN the last
,"o sets. The score was 20, o.
"a.
IN the next round Wright bested