New-York tribune., 1918-06-28
Clashes
With Kashio in
Tennis Final
Japanese Star Has Chance to
Win Annual Middle States
Championship
By Fred Hawthorne

Middle States championship all-comers'
tournament. Hall and Kashio, playing
yesterday in the semi-fnal round of
this tourney on the clay courts Of the
Orange Lawn Tennis Club at Mountain
Station, N. j., came through victori-
ously to take their places in the final
brackets. They Will meet this after
noon, and the winner will earn the
holder of the championship trophy, in
ne challenge round on Saturday.
kashio won surprisingly one-sided
match from G. A. L. Dionne. the vet
cram beseliner of the West Side Tennis
Club, the sets going at 6--1. 81, while
Hall eliminated Lindsay Dunham at
5-3, 4-6, 60.
The women's singles went into the
semi,final round. with Miss Helene
Lynch at 60, 6-3; Miss Nathalie
Browning vanquishing Mrs. R. C.
Miller at 6-2. 60; Miss Bessie
Holden eliminating Mrs. W. H.
! Pritchard by score of 7-5, Cd, and
Mrs. Stuart Green takin~ an easy match
from Miss Joy Hanscl by score of
6-1, 6-2. The winners will meet in
| the order named for the places in the
| final bracket.
Mrs. Green a Winner
Mrs. Green. who finished as runner
ur to Miss Molla Bjurstedt in the re-
cent Ards.ey Club tournament, and
who defeated Miss Marie Wagner on
Wednesday, in the present tournament,
also worked her way into the semi
final round of the women's doubles
Nathalie Browning. She threatens to
repeat her feat of winning the doubles,
| as she and her sister did at Ardsley,
and not only appearing as >tinalist in
| the singles at Mountain Station, but
winning the event.
The match between Kashio and
Dionne, while far from the hard-hit-
ting net-storming style of play that is
always an attraction to lovers of the
game, possessed peculiar interest for
those who know the court character
triumphed over many more spectacular
players in the past through his prevail
! ing steadiness, his careful placing and
his ability to cover up the holes in
his court by tireless run ming.
! But in meeting the japanese, Dionne
was facing a player with practically
the same playing equipment. Neither
man ever "strokes" the ball with great
speed or pcwer, but Kashio shows a
greater willingness to g, to the net
points when he has tricked his man out
If position, and yesterday he was far
more accurate in his placement shots
than his opponent.
A glance at the set score in this
match. 6--1, 6--1, would indicate that
the Japanese had rather easy time OF
it, but such was not the case. Most OF
the work was accomplished from. back
court, with the ball travelling back and
forth over the net anywhere from
points were scored. kashio may make
trouble for Hall to-day if the latter is
not in control of his shots, but it seems
to us that the former champion, who
"strokes" very severely on all his
ground strokes and is decisive vol
leyer overhead, ought to accomplish
Kashio's defeat because of those two
things.
At Best Against Hall
Dunham was at his best against Hall
yesterday in the second set, when he
succeeded in blocking Off his opponents
shots by quick dashes to the net. But
the champion of 1911, in both the first
and last sets, was in full command, and
caught Dunham with racing drives
down the sides Of the court as the New
between his base line and the net.
Mrs. w. H. Pritchard, although de-
feated, put up surprisingly good tus-
sic against Miss Holden in the women's
singles, yielding only after the sets had
gone to 7-5, ca. 1t was errors at the
critical stages that counted against the
loser, but most of the points were long
contested duels from back court, with
Miss Holden coming through by splen-
c%A
the first set went to deuce twelve times
before Mrs. Pritchard won it.
! OFF Day for Mrs. Lynch
Mrs. Edward v. Lynch, who sue
cumbed to Miss Pollak, was distinctly
OFT form yesterday. while Mrs. Green
had little difficulty in taking the meas
ure of Miss Joy Hansel at 6-1, 6-2.
Miss Browning demonstrated her su-
periority over Mrs. R. G. Miller by TAX
ing the match at 60, 6-2. She and
Miss Pollak ought to furnish a fine bit
of lawn tennis this afternoon in their
meeting.
The summaries follow:
MEMS MIDDLE STA. STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
l.; Dionns 81 si Walter Merrill Hall ias1'd detested lei
Lindsay Dunham. 6--3 4-6 Go.
MEMS DOUBLES
Second round-G. Dixon and G. Nolan rxor
from QUO H1nck and partner by default.
THIRD ROUND
Harold l. Taylor and Gerald Emerson ds,e,t..,
Dixon and Mclean. Go. 3-6. Ga.
WoMEN's MIDDLE STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
SINGLES
. Third round-Afss Helene Pollak defeated NJ,
Edward V. Lynch. 60. 6-3; Miss Nathalie Bro.n
ing defeated Mrs. R. c: Miller 6--2, So: Miss
Bessie Holden defeated Mrs w. H. Prttchard ~
S-1: Mrs. Stuart Green defeated Miss Joy Hansel'
woAlEN's DOUBLES
First rolnd-Miss Gertrude Della Torre AND ,,,.
caloma ma. VIM defeated Mrs: George l. Chapman
ana Miss Marian Chapman. Go. 7-5: Mrs u IT
Pritchard and Mrs. Samuel F. Wsrina dsf.+ ", n; n
Mrs L 1s Murray s,, and. and Miss Helen I McAusla
ing defeated Mrs. H. c. Miller and Miss Joy Nam
| sci. g.. g.. wy Aa1i-
Second round-Mrs. Green and Miss Brovnro T..
feated Mrs. Albert Humphries and Miss Bessie Ho to
zen. %a, 81 80 6-4 Miss Claire Cassel and Miss
Helene Pollak defeated Mrs. r. " Lynch and MAJ
Elisabeth H. Moore. 60. 6- N''' ''iSs