The sun., 1916-08-31
KUMACAE'S DEFEAT
AMAZED STUDENTS
OF TENNIS FORM
Oriental Champion, in Match
With Church, Seemed Mys-
titled From start.
BASE LINE OFFICIALS
IGNORED FOOT FAULTS
Nv J. PAR MLY PARET.

form stood amazed. The Japanese never
started at all. From the beginning
he seemed puzzled and mystifed by h
tactics Of the American, and he
was ba fled at every turn when he tried
rew strokes TO meet the peculiar style
OF Church, kumagae likes speed better
h anything else to play against. and
there was little or nc speed In Church's
strokes. The so-called pulled drive OF
the visitor. which is no more pulled than
A~lexander's forehand stroke and less
than Johnston's. was not in evidence at
all, and the most effective shots he made
were cross court drives to the edges. ,
made more from the centre OF the our
than from the side. A backhand cross
from Church's service in the right
tKumagae is l~efthanded) also
earned nan points for him.
Church rushed the net constantly be-
hind undercut chops that gave the Jap
anese little chance for hard driving, and
once In this position he teased him con-
stantly with little cut strokes from side
to side and stop volleys that made the
ball fall short over the net with little or
no bound. Generally In the back OF his
court, Kumagae was frequently fooled by
these short ball plays. and when he did
get forward fast enough to reach the
bail he found Church. nearly twice his
size. towering above him and spread out
across the net. always on the alert and
generally able to reach the ball.
Curious Contrast.
The match furnished a curious spec
tacle Of an excess Of nerves. 40 common
TO American athletes. opposed by a lack
OF nerves. which IL typical Of the jap
anese character. and oddly enough the
high strung Yankee won. As the second
set began 10 follow the Hrst in Church's
favor kumayae's usually imperturbable
manner showed signs OF being rufied.
He changed his racket for another. and
small gestures of disgust were appar-
emf from time to time. Gu, of At the
net constantly BY Church's long reach
he tried more speed. but put the ball
out of court. ana he tried lobbing with
much the same result when the bal, was
low enough 10 fall in court the Ameri-
can was generally on the spot with q
winning smash.
As for Church. he played his usual
game. with all the limitations Of his I'M
orthodox style. using an underclt ball
moat Of the time and cutting and chop-
ming continually. Al the net he gem
eraliy rrips his racke, half x,ay I'm the
handle which limi,s his reach and the
sp~cd OF hte returns. but heinz him in
! making short ball cut strokes that die in
cloee 10 Tho net with a low hound.
He iavishcd hi. strength again YES.
,erday. "A in most OF hi. other big
matches So tina, he vas ,an.inp heavily
before the first set was finished while
the .Jananesc meyer GO, warmed up
enough 10 breathe sax, 10 church re,s
into a long match This x,eek this moor
conservation ~ s,rens, In likely IN prove
| his updoinV dexpi,. hts fine phys,cai con-
di,ion. He foo, faultcd al.o Yesterday
murh more oy,cr ,ban he was called hv
Pcll's victory over Alexander verified
n sa'd !eS.e1oaS. ,or .ne veteran
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or this court too the foo, faul, umpi,-
ing was very lax, and Hickman foot
faultcd constantly and got away with II,
/ on his FIRST service he was over the line
almost as often as behind il. but was
called for his trangressions very little. n
At all.
With the Japa nese visitors both elm.
mated and tho Russian champion, Mac
Pherson. an Englishman. also GU, of
the running. the championship struggle
is narrowing Town to the field that had
long been expected TO furnish the final
c%ontendcrs for tho title and will
straighten out for a finish night within
the next two or three days. Griffin
must dispose OF Whitney. Hall and Wal
lace johnson TO earn his place in the
semi-fnals, and this seems an EASY tai TX
for the genial lad from the sunny
coast.
In the second quarter Williams should
have little difficulty in disposInR of
Clo,hicr and Walters. the brilliant
youngster from New Orleans. and Ibis
would bring him face to face with Crit
fin again for the much sought opnor.