The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-30
KUMACAE WINS
 IN TENNIS MATCH
Gives Gr0esbeck But One Game in Metropolitan 
 Singles.

1chtya Kumagae is terribly in earn est about winning the Metropolitan tennis championship. The Japanese star left no doubt thereover in the mind of George S. Groesbeck when they met in the opening session of the tournament on the turf of the Crescent Athletic club at Bay Ridge yesterday afternoon. Kumagae gave l Groesbeck one game in the first set, but he seemed to feel i'll at 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 outclassed by Kumagae. Many who had come to get a real line on the Japanese were disappointed, though they did get a view of Kumagae's sweeping drives and found that he had more power than he showed here two years ago. Kumagae took more chances than of yore, but he did not seem to be as accurate. His increase in vigor has taken some of the stead mess out of his game.
 Selichiro Kashio had a harder time tthan did Kumagae. Kashio faced Fred Bags, and in spite of the fact that the latter was out of practice he gave fairly good account of himself. Kashio won at 6---2, 6---4.
 1 The real feature of the day was the second round match in which fifteen year-oId Vincent Richards defeated Fred Anderson, Jr., at 4---6, 6---2, 6---4. Richards, who only lately re- covered from an operation for appen- dicitis, appeared to have developed even more speed than he had pos sessed before his visit to the hospi- tai. Richards played a remarkable net game, and his long drives were marvels too. He was accurate and Isevere 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 a second edition of Gus Touchard Anderson's backhand and his splendid Ivolleying 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 ta- bles on him with his own weapons.
 Elliott Binzen of the Naval Re serves had to go three sets to win from G. A. L. Dionne at 6--S, 3---6 6---3. Dionne's steadiness was toe much for the tmpatience of youth ir the second set. Alex Her, another en- try from the ePlhan1 Naval Station won from E. Dawson at 6---2, 7--5 J. S. OBoyle, a third Pelham sailor went into the third round at the ex- pense of H. R. Burroughs and J. B Hughes beat Gerald Donaldson, Jr B. F. Thomas advanced, but P Schmitt, a sixth sailor, was put out by Chan Burrows.
 Edmund Hendrickson of Amherst, New England intercollegiate and na- tional junior indoor champion. had a rather peculiar experience with Frank Fall. Hendricks,on started with a de feat in the opening set at 4---6. Then he spruced up and won the second set at 6---O. He started to breeze through the third too, but Fall organized a splendid defence and sent the set into 1S games before he yielded.
 Charley Chambers earned double brackets at the expense of Howard Boggs and Frank Danielson. Walter from Roy Ritchey. who defaulted in the third set. Harold Taylor defeated Percy Kynaston, and George King champion of Westcheeter, eliminated Fred Anderson, the father, in three sets. Walter Merrill Hall defaulted to Herbert L. Bowman.