The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-28
MARATHON IN
 TENNIS PLAY Kashio and Dionne Reach No Decision After 4 Hours
 and 20 Minutes.

| Endurance records seem to De all the rage in the national championship tennis singles tournament at Forest Hills. On Monday Harold Throckmor- ton and Harold Taylor went to new mark of S2 games and yesterday G. A. l.. Dionne, the West Side veteran, and Seiichiro Kashio of Japan had 1t out for four hours and 20 minutes without reaching a decision. When darkness forced a halt Kashio was leading at 6--1, 7--9, 6--S, with the count 2---aH in the fourth set An at- tempt will be made to finish the struggle this afternoon.
 There were some who claimed for Kashio and Dionne a new time record for the national competition. How ever, a few of the bearded veterans who remember back to the stone age of tennis in this country recalled that when arlmeP Presbrey and T. Suffern Taller played their record match of 80 games in 1888 they took more than six hours to settle the argument. The chances are that before Dionne and Kashio finish their match today they will have eclipsed the old record and set a mark for continued motion in sport that will stand until cricket be- comes popular in this country.
 The long days play provided no startling results. In the main favor Iites came through with flying colors and when the draw was put away for the day there were only p survivors. Beginning with today the quality of competition will take big jump, for most of those who are left are top notchers.
 Again there was a big gallery watching Ichiya Kumagae. This time he was on one of the championship courts in a match with George w Wightman of Boston. Kumagae dem- onstrated in no uncertain manner that he had regained his form and that his defeat by Walter Hayes of Southamp- ton had not taken away any of his confidence. The Japanese won al 6--3, 6--2 6--2.
 William T. Tilden, 2d, strong fa- vortte for the title, had nothing tc worry about. He was opposed by Charming Burrows of Brooklyn, and Tilden just breezed through at 6--1 6--3, ca It was only a practice ses- sion for Tilden in preparation for his match with Connie Doyle of Wash Ington this afternoon.
 For real interest and heat of com petition the tussle between Vincent Richards and Frank Anderson car ried off the palm. Richards is only l. and Anderson is Is. Anderson had won the Long Island championship and divers other honors, but he proved unequal to the task of stopping the brilliant low volleying of Richard: from just outside the service court The count was 6--1, 6--3, 6--3.
 Voshell dropped only four games 1T eliminating Harold Bretz of Bostor : and today will face Richards. Vo. : shell was the s. Howard of old. He dashed to the net for repeated kill! and had the old zip and pep in his game.
 The Western champions from Chi cago, Hayes and Ralph Burdick, con tinued their progress with no diff culty. Hayes won his way into tht bracket with Walter Merrill Hall b! defeating Edmund H. Hendrickson O. Amherst, the New England intercol . legiate champion, at 6--1, 6--2, 6--2 Burdick earned the right to play Nile 5 today by winning from A. H. Chapin [ Jr., of Springfield, Mass, at 6--3, 6--1 ) 6-1.
 Beals Wright disposed of Dr. B. F s Drake of New Rochelle with the los 1 of only two games. Wright showed 5 surprising form and steadiness ana won much applause from the galler.
 by his brilliant play. HDyle advances lat the expense of George King 0 8 Yonkers, the Westchester count, 8 champion, at 6--3, 6--3, 6--3. 5 Irvink c. Wright, a younger brothe T of Beals, was defeated by Waite ' Merrill Hall in four sets. Wright wol 4 the first at 6--4, but Hall after har 4 and gruelling contest took the secon' 4 at 7-5, and then won rather easily a T 6--1, 6--2, as Wright was tired. Som : of the best tennis of the day wa ; shown in the earlier sets.
 A. S. Cassils, the lone entry fror
 Canada, made his exit through hi
 defeat by Lieut.. Craig Riddle of tn
 Pliers, at 6--2, 6--4, 6--2. There wa
 an element of surprise in the elimina
 ton of E. c. Simmons of Los Angele
 by Dr. H. J. Morgenthaler of tn
 Kings County club, at 6--2, 6--1, G..
 T. R. Pell advanced at the expense C
 
 without a scare as the Rhode Is
 lander took the opening set Nile
 won from w. J. Galon, though he ha
 to go ten games in the middle SC
 and Alexander walked through A. r
 Chapin.
 g This afternoon the national boy s and junior championship tournament 8 vii be started The feature matche l. on the grand stand courts today fo n, low:
 tt 1:3O p. m.---T. R. Pen vs R. Lind w ley Murray; N. w. Niles vs. Ralph I ss Burdick.
 y p. m.---Frederick B. Alexander V t. Harold A. Throckmorton. c. 4:30 D. m.---William T. Tilden V of Conrad B. Boyle.
 Id 5 p. m.-Beals c. Wright vs. LinC or say Dunham.