New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-10
Seabright Tennis So Fast
That II Tires Out
Tennis Hawk.
KUMAGAE DEFEATS
LEONARD BEEKMAN
Japanese Racquet Wielder
Sweeps Through Defence
of Princetonian.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALE.

familiar pet osprey that continuaily
circles above the courts OF the Sea-
bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket CLUB,
nearly collapsed here to-day. The rea-
son was that Mike, self-appointed
watcher and almost. in fact. foo'-
fault Judge of the play in the annual
invitation tennis tournament. saw SO
many good matches that he was COM
PEELED TO fy almost TO the point OF ex-
haustion. l.
Tennis ran rampant, despite the DE,
fault of William VI. Johnston, national
champion, in the singles, because ne
does not wish to become oyerPiayvu'
Mike went into retirement Tor "h,le'
neeved because the sandy little Golden
Cater had eliminated himself, ou'
straiehtawav commenced circling again
when. in their early afternoon continu-
alton of their match, halted by ram the
day before, the Brooklyn southpaw, ,;
Howard Voshell, put over his upset anu
defeated Nathaniel W. Niles, sixth man
in the national ranking.
The score complete was 6-4, %,
"a. The match was continued iron
30. Niles leading, in the second SCI;
Neither man was in particularly goou
form hut the closeness OF the array,
tho fact that an upset was in progress
ord the fact that Voshell was getting
reven0e for beating Niles gave him AT
Nassau made the match exciting
Kumagae Wins Again.
Mike saw the Toxic typhoon, lchiya
Kumagae, give added PROOF % ~
greatness by sweeping through t
trin Leonard
man ga. "a. and then by deteaI-
inc Edward p. Larned, As, 6-2, e-1'
Mike circled higher in fear "heh
Willis f. Davis, the Coast bullet gov
his terrific services in working orGer
in the last two sets against hacnlsnlIo
Nikami and J. S. Pfaffman, and swept
through to speed mad victories.
Davis. erratic, dropped the hrst Sc
"a in each case, but won the remain
inc two frames with little trouoie'
Miami. the swarthy little Jap VINO de-
feated Harold Throckmorton YESTERDAY,
gave the national clay court cnampioh
5Ientv of trouble until he strained MS
snkIe az the end o. the first set; IL
10 doubtful whether Mikami Will De
able TO play in the doubles with hufna-
The towering George Church, who Is
having big year and who, with Johh-
80 illuminated. is becoming almost
favorite for the tournament nohots
and the right 10 challange X. MOTIFS
Williams, I'd, took two matches, HuSn
TO the delight of the soaring Mike, WIZ
found it a delightful diversion ~
dodge the lanky Princetoniah heao
as il bobbed miles above tne court;
Church defeated +. II. whitney, lol
mer intercollegiate champion, ana one
of the most graceful players on 'i0
courts, in three fast sets, %,
60 Then the Tenafly Terror en-
0aood in some sterling tennis with
Vosbell. winning GO, 10-S. The sec
nn3 set was great exhibition, nelther.
r,on making any errors TO speak OF
and each serving hard and boring III
for the net. Church had Noshen matcI
noint in the tenth game OF the secoh9
set hut the game Brooklynite pIlieu
the match temporarily out Oh the hre'
OF Day for Murray.
f. Lindley Murray, the Meteor, dia
NOT meet with Mikes approVal to-uay'
for the Palo Alto phenom splliee SOM
had tennis-for him. After deieaUihs
the net attacker, Alrich II, Man, Jr, tne
former Yale star, in a tairly goo1 eA
bibition. Ga, 80, 81, Murray iaeeu
tall Young william T. Tilden, "a. AFTER
winning the first set, 6-3, Murray en-
Gagged in an almighty struggle l9r INC
Second. finally losing IL aIVer
6oht that followed the two Isst ser Sc,
vices involved until 1l-all. men ~
den broke through, Murray. retailsted'
but dropped his next service nGS"
man served and went Tor the net III
stanter 49, Fact
West matches, was near collapse VIZ
darkness put an end to ms tussle T1'a
Tilden. The indoor champion mas !oSs
weight alarmingly IN the last t"1
weeks, partly because Oh an altar u
ptomaine poisoning. To-Day ms 800
were poorly directed ana posSesset
little sting, going high ior inc mS
part. His famous hump-JumP si'''S'
also, did not terrify Nike at all
Doubles Are Flashy.
Fine play featured the doubles. The
big attraction was the temperance IN
tournament play of the veteran Hol-
combe Ward, national champion IN 1904
and inventor of the American twist
service. now used by almost all the
cracks. Paired with Bernon 5. Prem
tice, formerly Of Harvard, Ward lost TO
the two young Californians, Eugene
Warren and Edwin Mccormick, 5-I
6-8. The victors led at 81 and 40
Is in the last set, when Ward, playing
we'll, and Prentice ran into 6-5 lead.
The veteran can still play tennis, albeit
a little heavy.
The summaries follow:
Invitation singles second rounds. Howard
yoshell defeated Nathaniel w. Niles. 8. %.
81. George NJ Church defeated y. a. whitney,
G-3 6-S. ca. J ) Pfafiman Won from william
NJ Johnston BY default. Willis =. DAVIS defeated
Hachisllro Nikami. Sd, e., 80 X LiAiley
Murray defeated Alrick II MAJ. r.. 81. -.
al w T Tlden. ID from Hugh TAllant ~
default. Ichiya kumagAe defeated Leonard Beck
Third tound--Georse NJ. Church defeated :
Kuinssas defeated Edward 2. Iauled. IS GO.
6-i, r. L.ndley Murray ". " 7. Tilden. ID.
Invitation doubles (nrst roundl Frederick y.
Alexander and Kari II. Bchr defeated Dean Mathey
and Lyle f. Mahan. - 90 Roland Roberts and
Harold A nrockmoron defeated Edward ?.
Laned and Fred c. IHman. "a. -: Anck II.
ieonard Beekmen and Z. II Whitney. 6-t SO.
- Eugene Warren and Edwin Mccormick de-
feated H0lcomhe Ward and Bernon 5. Prentice.
Is So
second round-willam ". Johnston and Clarence
J. Griffin defeated Anck II. Man. IT,. and Charles
N Bull ir s.. So.