The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-05
Japanese Star Defeats Young Taylor Easily in Three Straight Sets Rosembaum and Boggs Win Doubles in Three Bets.

Nchiya Kumagae, the crafty lawn | terEis player from Japan, was IL no | time forced to display his bag of l many tricks in easily va7qulshi1g | ! young Harold T. Taylor of Brooklyn, | in the final round of the annual met | ropolitan lawn tennis singles, cham | pSonship tourney on the turf courts of the Crescent Athletic club in Bay Ridge yesterday. Taylor failed hope lesly to stap his rival, adding to his own defeat by an unusually cratic exbihitlcn. Taylor begai. impressive ly, b.:t immediately faltered to suffer 1efeat in three straight sets by scoteN a. G---2, (.--3, 6--1. KumaGae, when occasion demand d 1t, flashed the form that earned him such high brackets among his more formidable rivals in 1916.- His low drives were exceedingly baffling to Taylor, and he drove effectively, picked many openings with rare skill and time and again caught Taylor standing flat-footed with lightning drives down the side baselines. Ku- magaes deceptive hop on the ball as he smote it with his racquet proved difficult for the Brooklyn schoolboy to handle with any degree of success.
  but many of his own faults, particu- larly his smashes into the net, gave points to Kumagae. Lack of control on Taylor's part was noticeable at many critical moments, although his service was astonishingly severe and earned him numerous points, Many of his aces in this respect came on his second service, when he would drive the ball with lightning speed past Kumagae. Taylor was expected to give his Japanese opponent rather hard tusle, but when he began to send the ball everywhere except within the boundary of the court his most faithful followers held out little hope for him.
 There was short delay in the be- ginning of proceedings, owing to the shower shortly before starting time. However, with the coming out of the sunt it was decided to begin matters, as the courts dried out quickly.
 r. Taylor performed unusually well In the first twp games of. the first set, which he placed to his credit after belated rally on the part of Kuma- gae. The latter brushed up his at tack in the next game, and, fairly sweeping Taylor off his feet with his steady playing, won the next five games in a TOW.
 The second set found Taylor put - ting up a more stubborn fight, in spite of an early lead gained by Kum- agae. The new champion had quite a. hard time gathering points in the first few games, although on a num- Der of occasions. Tailor presented him with points with his drives out of court. However, Taylor recovered himself momentarily to close the gap, principally through a severe service and rushes to the net. With Kumagae leading by to 3. Taylor again lapsed into a spasm of inaccurate driving volleying into the net and giving Kumagae the next two games and set
 Taylor suffered his most decisive rout in the third set. At this time Kumagae was putting morep over be- hind his attack and playing a splendid base line game. The first game went to Taylor, but that was the only one as the Japanese player literally swept Taylor off his feet by winning the next six games in successive order tC give him the set and match. In tht final game the playing was hard, witt Taylor Taylor staving off defeat fo short time. Kumagae then got hi puzzling service working and, pick ing several openings, gained hi necessary points.
 Dr. William Rosenbaum and Fret c. Baggs, the favored pair captures the doubles title in three straight set from Henry J. Mollenhauer an Charles Chambers by scores of c.; 6-4, 6-1. Rosenbaum kept up
 hot volley at the net, while Bags frequently intercepted drives from hi opponents, who invariably met tn attack from the back base line.
 The driving of Dr. Rosenbaum an Bags was harder and their playin steadier, especially in the third SC when they scored games in almo; consecutive order. Mollenhauer fai ed to place all his power behind h. strokes, with the result that his riva returned the ball with lightning ra pidity for aces.
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