Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-30
WRIGHT AND JOHNSON
BEATEN BY JAP STARS
Kumaeae and Kashio Win a
Straight Sets Victory IN
Red Cross Tennis.

Although II I.indley Murray and VIII
liam Tlldcn did not compete IN the tennis
matches for the benefit ui the Red Cross
AT the Wilmington Country Club Satur
day. the event arranged IN accordance
with the wishes uf the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association was p
huge success NJ least $500 will be turned
IN to the general fund and probably the
sum will he m excess of this amount
\ preliminary IA the lrl-State and
Suburban matches. Singles and doubles
exhibition matches were plaNed In the
first. :. ka@hlo and Wallace I Johnson
entertained tho spectators Only two sets
were PLAYED. however. IN order to make
room Tor the doubles matches. kashlo
and johnson put M fine exhibition and
they were wonderfully well matched II
was a case al first ono and then the other
winning his service until hvc al was called
IN the first set Then hashlo tool, the lead
al o.. with Johnson serving. and finally
won the set S-6 The second set was even
more strenuously contested and both
paNere brought of many fine shots, Five
al and SIX all was called and then .Iohn-
son Won two straight and the set
IN the doubles match, kasht1 and
Ichjva kmnagae took on Reals Wright
and Wallace Johnson The Japanese stars
were IN great form and kept their on
ronpnts on the jump They won the first
two sets with surprising case. b-2, hut IN
the third, Weight and johnson showed
something approaching their true form
The nrientals. however. were too good for
Thorn and they were beaten. 81
In the Tri-Statc League doubles match
IS. Bclhcld took the honors Each team
/, a.,.s n,
MONT and Relheld gathered IN II Cyn-
VIVID 10. Wilmington 2 and Overlook
2i5 For I3elhcld first team, Percy os-
borne. and T Garry Martin were IN great
form. for They won all three OF their
matches They encountered J ) Tavlor
and i W Harris. Of Wilmington, and as
il turned out tho Neutrality-suspicious. gave
them their host match " the afternoon
In tho first SGT. Tavlor and Harris PLAYED
a very aggressive game and perhaps they
were a littlc unluC<y IN being beaten. -.
In the second set Osborne and Martin
struck their true form and experienced no
difficulty IN winning, CD.
ovTRnRook TEAM EASILY BEATEN
In tho next match. Osborne and Martin
disposed Of l.. : ncI.onc and + Harvey, of
Ovcrhrook in straight sets. 60. 6-} 1t
was expected tIlai tntN NNlltu bf gwen n
pretty hot match by the Cynwvd pair. II
Barker and l. : Cravis, hut the l,clhcld
pair had the edge on them all the way
through and won 6-3. Ga
None o. the matches Tor second teams
were particularly close although Paul
Gibbons and Harvey Lake bad To go all
the way IN order to defeat Tom Smith and
:. J Rothersall. Of Belfcld. Gibbons
and Lake took the FIRST set without much
trouble, hut IN the second. they found
their opponents tough customers and
they had to play for all they were worth IN
order O win, -.
The best contested match Of the day
was PLAYED between Kelly and Lands, Of
Bclfcld, and du Pont and Gawthrop, Of
Wilmington in tho matches for fourth
teams du Point and Gawthrop, ia very
strenuous struggle. took the FIRST set. but
their opponents were tri6c too clever for
them IN the second. and they won only
three games. The third set was inst rs
hard fought as the first, but this time the
Wilmington pair were on the wrong end
Of II at the finish, for they were beaten
80
In the match for fifth teams. between
Berl and Benkhart, of Cynwyd, and Adee
and Stonev. of Wilmington. three sets
were PLAYED, the Cynwyd pair winning
IS, 10, ca.