The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-22
KUMAGAE RETAINS
STATE TENNIS TITLE
Defeats kashiO in Challenge
Round at Utica Courts.
4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 81.
Special Despofch 10 Tar Sun.


UTICA, July 2l.--Ichaya Kumasae Of
Japan retained his New York state ten.
njs championship this afternoon by de-
feating Seiirchiro Kashio, also from the
and or the Mikado. by n score Of as.
e-2. 6-2. 81. In the cha llenge round
!or the annual tournament on the clay
courts OF the Yahnundasis Golf Club.
This marked the first time in the his
tory OF American lawn tennis that two
Japanese had ever met in a challenge
round for n title.
Inc match consumed more than two
hours ana half In the playing and
an through the struggle the men played
unoer red hot sun that sent many Of
the spectators scurrying to the shelter Of
the shade cnst by the apple trees in the
orchard near the courts Kumagae
seemed less affected by the heat than
Nashio and was apparently good for
another match after he had retained
MS title by defeating Kashio.
me games went to deuce many times
before the points were decided and there
was a total of seventeen deuce games
IN the match. The men INDUCED in al
most interminab Bile rallies from deep 3
court Some Of there were broken up
when Kumagae went for the net posi-
Tor and finished off the points with
low. fast volleyIng that Kashio could
not meet. but there were those among
the oniookers who sometimes longed for
the presence OF a Mclaughlin or a MUIR
ray on the court. somebody who would
charge the barrier In meteoric manner
and vein or lose the points with one re-
sounding. "kiillng" smash.
But neither kumagae nor Kashio
elected to decide the issue in that way.
They were content to achieve the Same
ends by dnt Of tireless covering OF court.
by the most delicate OF placing and by
infinite patience.
kumasae's Net Gain.
Had 1t not been for Kumasaes newly
acquired but modified net game tho
match might well have gone on for an
other two hours. Kashio cannot he
beaten by trying to outsteady him. Ku-
magae discovered that he might as well
bat the ball against a practice wall as
to trade drives with the little man on
the other side OF the net.
kumagae tried to outsteady his on
ponent in the first set. but he soon found +,
the task an impossible one and started ,
to come in to the net following service.
This met with great success. although 4.
Kasho had established such an early ,
lead that he won the nrst set at ca.
In the second and third sets the spec E,
'dtois sdW NuHABae the Dali
harder and charging for the net every
time he thought the openings presented
The second and third sets -,
were the champions by scores Of IS
and 6--3 respectively.
Miss Bjurstedt Beats Taylor.
The customary seven minute rest fol.
lowed and In the meantime Mr.. Torrey
announced that Miss Molla Bjurstedt,
national woman champion. would play
an exhibition game on q neighborinG
court against Harold l.. Taylor Of Brook
yn. former Junior metropolitan title
holder. As soon as the great Norwegian
girl began to tune up her strokes prepar- T.
atory to starting this match the bulk Of
he gallery deserted the Kumagae- Kashio >:
match and grouped itself around the p
,ther court. where Miss Rjurstedt and
'ourg Taylor went through two slash
ng, hard hitting sets, with the latter p
at rs. 7--5. -
The fourth set OF the challenge round
vas the most bitterly contested OF tho 'r
match. with long rallies at the deep
irving game the distinguishing charac- 20
eristic. The games alternated up to
all and then Kumagae ended tho
aspirations of his coun- =
ryman by taking the fifteenth game on
lis own service and the sixteenth on
lashio's. the latter smashing the last =
all three feet back OF the base line. >
he summaries: