New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
Jap Star in Final with
the Champion from
California.
ORIENTALS ADVANCE
IN DOUBLES PLAY
Westerner Beats Johns and
ThrockmOrton --- fastener,
McElIroy and Whitney.
By JAMES S. O'NEALE.

By JAMES s. O'NEALE.
Utica, n. Y, July l..-East is East
and West is West, and tomorrow the
twain shall meet.
A conflict between Japan and Cali
fornis will take place tomorrow morn
ing for the New York State tennis
singles title at the Yahnundasis Golf
Club. This will be the second meeting
between Ichiya Kumagae, the great
Japanese invader of American courts,
and Clarence B. (Peck) Griffin, ma
tional doubles champion.
The two met last winter in Manila
for the championship of the Orient, and
the great Jap southpaw took the title
after five desperate sets. Tomorrow
thousands Of miles away, and on courts
alien to Kumagae, Griffin will try TO
take his revenge for this and for the
loss of an exhibition match in Toxic.
Whether he will be able to do so is
extremely doubtful. Working like
some wondrous machine compounded
Of Oriental cunning, the great little
Occidental onrusher showed the better
form to-day
Crafty, shifty, nifty as little Jap
anese idol, Kumagae battered down the
Pittsburgher, William S. McEllroy,
holder Of the New York title, 10,
6-2, in the morning. In the after
noon he eliminated Edward II. Whit
ney, of New York, former intercol-
legiate champion, and the man who last
Thursday put the Coast sensation, Ro-
land Roberts, out of the running in
three overwhelming sets. The scores
were 60, 6-1, 6-3.
Griffin Defeats Van Dyke Johns.
Chunky, nervy little Griffin, of San
Francisco, put fellow Pacific Coast
man out of his misery in the morning
when he buried H. Van Dyke Johns, Of
Leland Stanford, under a 81, 6-l
score. After luncheon the national
doubles champion took on young Har-
old Arlington Throckmorton, the sensa-
tional Elizabeth youth. who was IA
vored by many to win the state cham
pionship.
Griffin, swinging into better form
than he has shown thus far, battered
down the national interscholastic
champion and the psychological in
fuence Of the feminine part Of the
gallery, which was plainly partisan 70
Throckmorton, 6-3, Is, 6-3. At
times Throckmorton exhibited extreme
wildness, a fault he often has, but
Griffin was always part cause OF the
wild streaks.
This day was a supertennis day.
Everything was crowded together be-
cause of the rainstorm yesterday.
| There were singles. doubles and even
exhibition mixed doubles matches. IN
which Miss Molla Bjurstedt. Miss
Florence Ballin. of New York; the in
ternatonalist. Frederick B. Alexander.
of New York, and McEhroy. figured
The weather was fair and just like
the description one of Utica's best
debutantes gave Of doubles match.
"Oh, this is deliciously close!"
Whitney Bested Harris.
On his way to fall before Kumagae,
Whitney bested Brswny Fred II. Har-
ris, CT the Brattleboro Country Club,
90, 6-3, 81.
For the doubtful pleasure of being
defeated by the indefatigable. chunky
little Griffin, Throckmorton completed
s. Chuck Garland, and defeated the
tiny spectacled Pittsburgh youngster.
%, 2-6, 60.
Kumagae's racquet work was a
revelation. There were those who,
scoffng. had day by day belittled the
prowess of the modest Oriental and
the big reputation that had preceded
him. Tonight there's different
bat " N
does against Griffin tomorrow, the
wenty-four-year-ol Oriental will
leave Utica with the admiration and
respect of all this section.
Starting neryously and slowly against
the hard-hitting McEllroy. facing
crowds plainly partisan, persons anX-
ious to see a native American win,
whether they openly expressed their
sentiments or not. the game little Jap
overcame 81 lead McEllroy ran up
in the first set, and broke the fading
champions heart by his wonderfully
cunning forehard and backhand drives
which he reeled off with regularity.
But McEllroy was also dead game,
showing that rare nerve that never lets
I'D in hard hitting even in the face OF
defeat. And the tennis was fast ana
furious, thrilling and throbbing.
Cunning driving won from McEllroy
and Whitney. Against the latter
Kumagae took the first eight games ana
fourteen out OF the first fifteen games.
With long preliminary swings to ms
long-head, fourteen-ounce racquet, tne
left-hander drove the ball deep to the
corners, imparting a long, rolling top
spin to the sphere that caused It TO
bowed high and far thus preventing ms
op,-nent getting a quick start for the
net.
When they ran on their service
Kumagae tried at once for line or
cross court pass, and, with Oriental
patience and flashing footwork, was
willing TO chase volleys from side to
side until. sooner or later. one OF ms
twisting drives found an opening.
Jap Occasionally Flurried.
Occasionally Kumagae was furried
by McEllgoy's fast net attack, but after
a moment or so he was again his usual
dependable self. Kumagae's opponent
must always make his points; Kumagae
throws away fewer than any player II