New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Kumagae Meets
Richards; Kashio
ToPlay Taylor
senni-F inals for Metropolitan
Honor To Be Fought Out
This Afternoon
Bv Fred Hawthorne

ruo Of Americas schoolboys will
...a the great little Japanese stars,
r,h,vs Kumagae and Seiichiro kashio,
:. o,clock this afternoon in the semi
a,.1 round of the metropolitan cham
n;n,sbjp singles on the turf courts of
.bs Crescent Athletic Club. IN Bay
p,doe Vincent Richards, national boy
hampton. viii meet Kumagae in the
inner half Of the draw and Harold
ravlor. former junior metropolitan
idle holder. viii take on hashio IN the
Iower half. Thus it has fallen upon
,wo of our youngsters in the game TO
~, N nut stop 20 the winning streak
- the men from the Far East.
Richards won his way into the semi
anal brackets yesterday afternoon by
Jafeatiug Charming Burrows at IS,
"a 81, while Taylor took two
catches. playing IN brilliant style. to
rsin his semi-fnal place. Inc brook-
irn schooIboy first vanquished Charles
Chambers. the Brooklyn Champion IN
bard fought three ply struggle, the
..s aoine al Is. IS, St, and then
swamued William A Hartye, Jr., at
70, 60.
Knmagae moved out toward the final
bv defeating Dr. H. J. ". Morgenthal-
~ Of the Kings County Tennis Club,
by score of 81, Cd. in match
that saw the loser putting up sur
nr;singly good battle against the
m;ohty little man from Japan.
In addition to the two masches IN the
ssmj-hnal OF the singles, a semi-tinal
ms-ch in the doubles VIII be played
This afternoon. the opposing teams
hang composed Of Cecil Donaldson and
Rovsl Richey and Charles Chambers
and Henry " Mollenhauer. The finals
in both singles and doubles Will be
played tomorrow afternoon
kumagae Likely TO Win
Kumagae should defeat young Rich
ards to-day in straight sets, even
though the schoolboy is to-day one
Of the greatest players Of his years
in the country. The Japanese cham
MON. with his recently acquired net
game. IS at present IN transltory
stage Of development. and is perhaps
mot quite as formidable an opponent
as he was in 1916, but he Is learning
the art Of voleying with remarkable
auickness, and By the time of the ma
tional cham mpionships, toward the end
Of this month. should be pretty nearly
at the height OF his power.
The singles matches this afternoon
will be for the best three out of five
sets. and this should be an added ad-
vantage to humagae, who IS tlreless on
the court whereas Richards has not
yet recovered his full strength after
an operation.
Taylor would seem to have a better
z Il i
he can maintain the same dashlng, eff
tective style Of net game against the
Japanese this afternoon that he used in
his matches yesterday. But it IS doubt
full whether the Brooklyn boy will be
able 10 charge the net with the same
recklessness when facing Kashio's Won
derfvlly accurate passing shots that he
. found so effective against Chambers
and Hartye. The Japanese is an adept
at tricking his opponents out Of posi-
ton when close in to the net and then
edging the ball down the side lines
Unless Taylor can maintain his attack
sc full speed this afternoon. Kashio
should win his way into the final round.
kamagae seemed 70 realize yesterday
that ne had his match won before he
took the court against Morgenthaler,
consequently he played his best tennis
only in spurts, coming through with
dazzling shots when the occasion de-
manded. He made far more errors
than is customary with him, netting
the ball quite frequently OF his ground
strokes, but his volleying, when he
elected to take the net position, was
brilliant.
In the main. however, the Japanese
star, fought the match out from back
court DR.. Morge genrhaler refused TO be
sWed by the reputation o: his famous
opponent and went into the rallies at
iul! speed, cutting off many Of Ku-
Eagae's shots by sharp vo.leying In
ne second set, with Kumagae leading
a. 4-2 on games, Morgenthaler
ofonght the SET even az ALL BY q sus-
.aned period Of excellent net play.
me effort was too much for him. how
ever, and Kumagae took the last two
games with ease, for the set at 6-4,
and the match.
81 Burrows literally played his head
on sI IN the first set againsc Richards,
sol;owing N on service with fine speed
anu voHeying the ball a. sh.rp nglA
% mat the schoolboy rarely got his
racquet TO the ball. But in the last
.o sets Richards had his own game
..orAlng without a hitch and proceeded
70 pass his opponent with beautiful
shols taken on the full volley. His
Placing was accurate, toe, with the re-
sust that Burrows was frequently
'@ughe lar out Of position.
Taylor Shows Courage
:, iaylor showed his courage under fire
'ne match against Chambers, who
Sn ,ae trst set az 81 by really
spafk!ing play TIE veteran made full
s Of MS cnoD stroke on the slow
tsst;: III; and coyeved his court in amazing
s-lon. Inc second set was a bitter
Iuggie Tor the points, with Tavlor
-sV.!hg up TO the net for rare sessions
..p sharp vol!eying. With the match all
sse AGAIN, Chambers proceeded to
,sa o tleo a Big lead IN the third, until
games stood az 81 in his favor
~ defeat, Taylor reused him
-. ana started spurt that rapidly
a..m MN up on even terms with his on
a.. and eventually gave his the
ber d. 10, and the match. The school
er... constantly tricked Chambers bv
5sm block volleys that dropped the
'',' JUST over the net.
a, ss@anH ssmH Hartye, Taylor was moving
Is,ia speed, his service being particu-
oy.s. seYere and well placed. and his
Har,nao Yolieytng accurate, so that
'ss never had a chance.
saiiors Play Exhibition
MA. spscia! "ezhibitionp matrb MN,
T,o, = Iste In the afternoon between
q ~ o1ke" Thomas and Alex Ter. two
49, felnam Bay saiiors. n vas
<. before the match started thai
~,,r's' would have 70 paddle the
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