The sun., 1918-08-27
PLAY 81 GAMES IN
RECORD NET MATCH
Thrcekmorton Defeats Tsyler
in Longest Tilt in History
Of National Singles.
rAvoRITES SUCCESSFUL
Kumagae 0verwhelms Pate
Murray Off Form but Ad-
vAnces With No Tronhle.

vances With No Tronhle.
Twin Ire Iongts. match IN TIE thirty
eieht Years history Of the tournament
FEATURING the play the national ehArn-
] ronsh,p tennis singles was started yes
tsraav On the turf courts q; The West
SIDE Tennis Club, a. Forest Hills The
ssv endurance record WAS set by CoTpo-
Al Harold A TnrccKnnrron 81 the Coas;
ARTILLERY and Harold Taylor. The Brock
In you;h ThroeknorSon won, but be
was tered to play Eve sets and eighty
one games 10 advance. with the SCORE nj
So e.. Eli. -. ALL.
The new recnra vii be severe blow
10 Palmer Preshrty o. Bos:oa, for MANY
r,sr the New England delegate on the
executive committee Of the National As
ssenuoa When Prcsnrey and T Sn.-
fern Taller played eighty games il, the
national tournament nj Newport in 1888
they decided tina. they hsd set q mark
tat would stand the tesc Of age. How
ever. Preshrsy may console himself with
the knowledge that while Threekmorten
and TAYLOR exceeded the old mark By
e.e game they did not come within three
ter Of Tina
Frea Msnsasit Of Boston. whose con-
nectioa as referee with national tournA-
mea:s dates back to the time Of Rfchard
Sears and his first, titleA told Us several
years ago that Preshrey and Taifer
|, played for six hours and had ever 20
many cups Of tea in the tnfermissions
Throckne1ton and Taylor had II cut for
little more than three hours and let il
he said that it was no ira tossing tussle
sitter.
TayIer's stana Surprises.
I, was contest replsie with ssintll-
htng rallies and flashing attacks and
tennis. too Tayldrs stand WAS a reve-
Auon. II had been Anticipated that he
would give q good account of himself
bit nor even his own father. who thinks
hst Harold. Jr.. ie the eighth wonder.
hoped for 40 brilliant an exhibition BY
The Brooklyn roungster. who is just IL.
However. Taylor can thank Throcsmor-
tons lack of practice for his ability TO
drive the Corporal % far.
Throckmorton'e work in the service
hsd gwen him very little opportunity to
tnne ~ his strokes and he showed that
very plainly all through the match
with sensational rally. only TO sink
bark into a series of innoeuSas move
ntzu OF the tyro type HE judgment
q distance was bad. but he made Up fer
ths; with periodical saIlies at The ne.
has reminded the on1ookers OF Ire
feeockmor1on Of last year
Taylor played pretty much the same
SGT OF q game He put rp remark
ably pretty exhibition for three or four
fsmes and then siid hack into the novice
slas. In Epife Of the on and OF ten
esraef Of the players. the match was a
hEaly interesting one to watch ana it
he'd big gallery AL the way
KunaGae In Form.
Tsr.n- OF. several occasions was
within an ace or two OF the match but
each tine he WIS ortEenerAled by the
rore experienced youth on'khe other soe
Of the harrser. Time and again they
stood AZ the net only q few feet apart
AID Slammed away FOR sI they were
worth This sort Of match was too
n7ch for even the stamina Of youth and
when the fifth set was nearing .ts
finish both were 20 tired that they could
barely lift their racquets Throckrsor-
ton had just a mite more endurance. and
Re can thank his service training for
that
TIE long match was q welcome feature
Of az otherwise lack sensation inaugu-
nj when saw the FIRST round completed
and most Of the second round finished
too. Jchiya Kunsgse was the cynosUre
o. a.! eyes and he obliged with a splen-
Cid exhibition against Walter Pate. n
PLAYER with considerable tournament ex-
perisncs. The Japanese won AT &c,
~ So
Pate ;-led every which way 10 Offset
the accuracy. hard driving apd appar-
enLy !n.iless stamina Of the Jap but
kunsgse wa. absolute master AT every
stage We played far Better and sounder
tennis than or the oc-asion of his first
Try for the national tit,e IN 1915. When
Il was over Pate was willing 10 concede
Ira; IL spite Of KlraEse's defeat by
Walter Hayes a. Southampton the little
brown mar was very much in the hunt
Tor the championship.
Tilaen L. Idle.
A host OF tennis followers wandered
about the courts looking for the match
hs.Seea william 7 TiIden "a ard Paul
Gibbons They sought in vain, for TIL
Ger Won By default Those who saw
Hayes defeat Ned Cumming Of Harvard
saw swift moving. hard hitting ma
a.re Hayes won at IS. 81, e-s.
ard his game was as even as his score
Al 10 time did he extend himself and
Cumming prides himself on being a
ANY good driver.
The one sutrart who failed 10 live up
70 expectations was Sergeant of Marines
Alex Craven, Pacific coAs; intercollegiate
thsup.on. who had been conceded
esa!oe 70 travel far in the tournament
S'sveTl ran- afoul OF the long arms OF
Lyle I Mshan and the latter won at
~, G-5. Ga. IL wssSeasy 20 see that
VfAVerr was OF his game and that he
has snort Of work Al that he allowed
hmsel! 70 be tricked out Of position
father frequently.
The ss-!y gallery saw r. Lindley Muir
rsy tune up his strokes against Jack
Dudley. junior from Washington II
was pity 20 send the youngster against
', formidable a proposition. for while
Ag'Eay vas not the meteor OF 1917 he
Vas !zr 100 experienced. powerful and
.rrrfssiYs for the boy. Murray won at
-. 50 al
murray showed very plainly. that he
vas 70, within q mile OF his real form,
!of ne vas very uncertain overhead. He
showe1 unusual tirnidity about hitting
u. ba hard and freely. and II was ever
seldom that he brought on one Of his
sd overhead kills
Alexander wins Easily.
Fred Alexander came through with
ny.ag colors, but his doubles ps rtn.r
sho former national champion. Beals
Wright, had 20 ST around Idle.
Eoo+fl i. James was 10 have opposed
NFgTt. but the uD-Sta.sr faitsd eo