New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Mere Exercise
For Jap Player
InMet. t.Opening
Binzen and Anderson Most
Serious Contenders for
Title in Court Tourney
By Fred Hawthorne

field of forty-tive players took tho
turf courts OF the Crescent Athletic
Club, at Bay Ridge, ssterday, at the
start of the annual mems metropoli-
tan lawn tennis championship tourna-
ment, and among the favorites to come
through the testing round were Ichiya
humagae, the famous Japanese New
York State champion; Vincent Rich
ards, national boy champion; Seiichiro
kashio, of Japan, runner-up for the
state title; Elliott H Binzen, former
national indoor junior champion, and
Harold L. Taylor, former metropolitan
junior champion. Walter Merrill Hall,
former holder of the metropolitan
honors, allowed his match with Herbert
L. Bowman to go by default
Looking over the field with en- eye
to the future, it does not look as though
there were anybody entered OF suffi-
clent calibre to prevent Kumagae from
adding this tournament to his list of
American conQuests- To face the issue
squarely, it would not be surprising if.
as was the case at the New York State
tournament at Utica a few days ago,
two Japanese, kumagae and Kashio,
faced each other again for another Of
New York's oldest titles of the courts.
The Serious Contenders
Elliott H Binzen, now in the Pelham
Bay naval training station, and one
OF the best of the younger players in
this section; Richards, whom the writ
er named more than a year ago as
player OF remarkable potentialities in
the game, and Frank T. Anderson,
junior metropolitan, Long Island and
serious contenders, outside of Kumagae
and kashio, for the title row in play,
but it must be said that the task set
them here might prove bit too big,
when we remember the exceeding
steadiness and craftiness of the Japan
ese pair.
Kumagae had no more than an ex-
erclse gallop on the courts yesterday
IN eliminating George S. Groesbeck in
the second round, by score of 6-1,
SO. The loser has always been noted
as one of the steadiest of pluggers,
but he never had even a feeting chance
against the harder stroking game of
the state champion, and he seemed to
have great difficulty, too, in gauging
the flight of kumagae's famous loop"
forehand drives, with the fast drop Of
Do4I. ~ SGLllllS ABOUT his court
the Japanese was at a distinct advan-
tage over Groesbeck, and the result of
this match was never in doubt.
The work of young Richards, the
graceful perfect 'stroking" youth
from Yonkers, was impressive, when
1T is taken into consideration that only
a few weeks ago the slender youngster
was operated on for appendicitis and
has not yet recovered his full strength.
Richards took the measure of Fred
Anderson, jr., the tall STRIPPING from
Brooklyn, in hard three-set struggle,
the sets going at 4-6, 6-2, Cd.
Execution Is Flawless
There is nothing of the spectacular
about Richards's game unless it be the
almost dawless execution of his shots
and his really excellent judgment in
placing his returns through narrow
openings. But the Yonkers boy does
not rely upon lopsided development of
his game to achieve results. There is
no sacrificing of back court play and
use of ground strokes for the sake Of
net-storming attack, such as the
Californians have made famous the
world over. Richards's play is we'll
rounded out, and experience, that in
valuable teacher, is all that he needs
to place him up among the great of
the courts.
After dropping the first set yester-
day he nullified young Anderson's vi
cious net attack by the cleverest of
passing shots down the side lines and
across the court, and when he went to
the barrier himself it was to volley
with beautiful precision for the finish
ing shots.
Kashio defeated that willy veteran of
the courts Fred C. Baggs in straight
sets at 6-2, Cd, his steadness from
back court and his great accuracy in
placing being obstacles that Baggs,
with his chop strokes, could not over
come. Binzen, trusting to a severe and
we'll controlled game, took the meas
ure of Dionne at 6-3, 3-6, 6-5, and
the latter's steadiness did not deter
the Pelham Bay sailor from following
in on service and smothering Dionne's
returns.
Charming Burrowes reached the fur
thest out toward the final brackets yes
teTday Getting q bye in the first
round, Burrowes defeated P. Schmitt
at 60, 6-1 in the second and E. F.
Thomas, jr., at 2-6, 6-1, Is in the
third round. The tournament will con-
tinue to-day.
The summaries follow:
METROPOLITAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
,fiTst round.Elliott Binzcn defeated &. A. L.
defeated defeated E Dawson. 81 Is; Or W H Ross
defeated l. Tremaine. 9-7. 81; Or. H. j. Nor
genihaler defeated H Somers. 6-3. 6-2: II.
SShdoiedltch defeated II. II. Neale, 6-2, 6--l:
Shartea Chambers defeated r. Howard Boggs. So
e-5' r. Da,ielson defeated Gerald Donaldson. sr
~ d II l. Bowman won from Walter Merrill
hah by default. Harold Taylor defeated r Synas-
ISh, d Ct: Edmund HendricKson defeated
frank tA 4--6 Go. 81; w. A. Harty, jr.. de-
ieatcd j Anderson. 6--l. c.
second roand-C. G. Burrows defeated F.
NJ Il NIackSoud Ga 6-I Vincent Rjchards de-
F,slS Fssted Fred Anderson jr. IS 6-2 64 Ichiys
huhlaeae defeated G. s. GroSsbcck jr.. 6-l Go;
Charles Chambers defeated F. Danelsoi t-4. g.
,. o BOYLE defeated H.: r. Burroughs. 6-S
George King defeated Fred Anderson sr.. 6-3
- "a. S kashio defeated Fred c. Bags
. j. 3. Hughes defeated Gerald Donald
sol, tr.. 6l. 6-2
u,id Third round-c G. Burrows defeated E. f.
ahonas IT,. 2-8. e-l. rs.