The sun., 1918-07-30
JAPANESE TRIUMPH
IN TITULAR TENNIS
Kumagae Gives Groesbeck One
Game in Metropolitan Singles
-Kashio Beats Baggs.

Ichiya Kumagae Is terribly in earnest
about winning the Metropolitan tennis
championship The Japanese star left
no doubt thereover In the mind Of George
8. Groesbeck when they met in the OPEN
ing session Of the tournament on the
turf of the Crescent Athletic Club at
Bay Ridge yesterday afternoon. Kuma-
gae gave Groesbeck one game In the
first set, but he seemed to feel Ill Mt ease
over having yielded even that crumb, and
In the second set Groesbeck. like Mother
Hubbard's famed little canine, had to
go without anything at all.
Groesbeck used to be quite an adept
In the long game. but he showed only
flashes Of his former form. and was out
claesed by Kumagae. Many who had
come to get real line on the Japanese
were disappointed. though they did get
view OF Kumagaes sweeping drives
and found that he had more power than
he showed here two years ago. Kuma-
gae took more chances than Of yore. but
he did not seem to be as accurate. His
increase in yigor has taken some of the
steadiness out OF his game
Seichiro Kashio had a harder time
than did Kumaeae. Kashio faced Fred
Basgs, and In spite Of the fact that the
latter was out OF practice he gave n
fairly good account Of himself. Kashio
won at 60, 6-4.
richards in Feature.
The real feature OF the day was the
second round match In which fifteen-
year-old Vincent Richards defeated Fred
Anderson. Jr.. at 4-6, 60. Ga. Rich
ards. who only lately recovered from an
operation for appendicitis. appeared to
have developed even more speed than
he had possessed before his visit to the
hospital. Richards played a remarkable
net game. and his long drives were mar
wells too. He was accurate and severe
overhead and took all sorts Of chances
and usually got away with them.
To those who have followed tennis
closely for many years Richards was q
second edition Of Gus Touchard. Ander-
sons bsckhand and his splendid volley-
ing from his towering height made lot
Of trouble for Richards In the opening set,
but the second set saw the Yonkers Lad
get the gauge OF his rivals style and
turn the tables on him with his own
weapons
Elliott Bin.en Of the Naval Reserves
had to 60 three sets to win from G. A. L.
Dionne at s--3, IS. e-s. Dionne's
readiness was too much for the impa-
thence Of youth in the second set. Alex
Her. another entry from the Pelham
Naval Station. won from e. Dawson at
60, rs. J. s. O'Boyle, a third Pei
ham sailor. went into the third round at
the expense Of H. r. Burroughs and J.
b. Hughes beat Gerald Donaldson. Jr.
E. f. Thomas advanced. but p. Schnitt,
sixth sailor, was put out by Chan
Burrows.
Hendrickson Hard Pressed.
Edmund Hendrickson Of Amherst, New
England intercollegiate and national
junior indoor champion, had a rather Pc
culiar experience with Frank Fall. Hen
erickson started with a defeat in tho
| opening set at 4--6. Then he spruced up
| and won the second set at 60. He
started to breeze through the third too.
! but Fall organized a splendid defence
and sent the set into sixteen games be-
| fore he yielded.
Charley Chambers earned double
brackets at the expense Of Howard
! Boggs and Frank Danielson. Walter
Pate came out of retirement and won
from Roy Ritchey. who defaulted in the
third set Harold Taylor defeated Percy
Kynaston. and George King, champion
OF Westminster, eliminated Fred Ander-
son. the father. in three sets. Walter
Merrill Hall defaulted to Herbert l.
Bowman. The summaries:
Metropolitan Championship. Singles
First Round-Elliott Binzcn defeated G. A.
!. Dionntt s-2, SIS, "a; Waiter L PATE
dstsul:ed; 4 r.T defeated +; Dawson.
Tremain-, 81. s-l; Dr. II. J. Morgen-
thaler defeated II somers. Ga, So; r.
Middleditch defeated II. II. Nsale, 81
s-l; Charles Chambers defeated r. How
ard BogEs. "a. ell; +, panielson de.
feated Gerald Donaldson. sr.. s-s. So;
L. Bowman won from Walter Merrill
Hall by default; Harold Taylor defeated
Percy Kynaston. 6--3, s--4: Edmund Hen
Erickson defeated Frank Fall, IS. SO,
BE W. A. Hartye Jr.. defeated Jay An
derson, 6-l. So
second Round-C. G. Burrows defeated
P. Schmi,t, 60. s--l: E. F. Thomas de-
feated NJ. F. Marksoud, s--:, 81; Vim
cent Richards defeated Fred Anderson, Jr.,
IS. 6--2. e.; Ichiya Kumagae defeated
q. s, Groesbeck, 81, Go Charles Cham
bers defeated F. Danielson. 6-4. So: J.
g. O'Boylc defeated II. r. Burroughs. as.
6-2; George King defeated Fred Ander-
son. Sr, 6--2. 3--6. 6--+: 8. Kashio de-
f.ated Fred c. Bags, "a. S-i; J. b.
Hughes defeated Gerald Donaldson. Jr.,
6--l. Ga,
Third Round--C. @. Burrows defeated f.
F. Thomas. Jr. 2-6 6--l, IS.