New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

Chief interest in local circle, L..
week centred in the playing q, q.
annual Eastern New York State eh,..
pionship tourney on the clay courts =.
the Mount Pleasant Tennis Club :.
Pleasantville, N. Y. This tourpam.,.
began yesterday and will be fni.b.s
to-day, the committee having decia.a :.
send the whole thing through Ia ~. .
pletlon with a rush, with the plsvsr.
putting in two whole days on w.
courts. 10
Because this event had NOT sr..
started when these lines were writ.
1t Will be idle TO comment on the .ns.
ney, but 1t might not be amiss N -.
that it will not be at all SURPRISING :,
see one of the junior elemen. ro,.s :.
through the field to win the title rss
held by S. Howard Vosheli r.,
champion will not defend his ebsm'
rlonship, being detailed on duty in =.
aviation service.
A week from tomorrow the sn,,,,
tournament for the women's chamn;os
ship Of Long Island viii BEGIN or -,
excellent clay courts Of the Woodrs,o
Club, of Woodmere, l.. l.. with s,ngi..
and doubles to be contested. The e.
tire proceeds of the tourney will 4.
turned over TO the war fund for tr.i,-
ing camp activities.
The women of the NetropoIitsn ds.
trlct always have looked forward -
TINS tourney with interest. for ma
entry list usually has contained tIs
names of some of the most prominsrt
OF the local players. Miss Marie Wsg.
ner, New York State champion; Mss
Clare Cassell and Miss Helen Gillesu.
deau being among the previous WIN.
ners. Leslie H. Fishel. chairman Of ,ls
tournament committee, reports tha,
truiy representative entry has been re-
celved to date, which means that the
hxture will be one of the most i'm.
portant of the season hereabouts. The
Woodmere Club has gained an enyabls
reputation for the efficient manner in
which 1t conducts its lawn tennis
events and the hospitality extended 70
visiting players is proverbial.
Later IN the season this club will
mold Junior tournament FOR the Long
Island centre championship, and whils
TINS VIII be IN the nature of an innoya.
non. the great growth of tennis among
the boys of the East insures a large
entry OF exceptional quality.
The report that Ichiya Kumagae, the
greatest player who ever came out Of
the Far East and the man who created
sensation in this country in 1916,
when he left Japan practically un-
heralded and made victorious sweep
Of many of our most important tour
naments, including the New York State
and the Newport Casino invitation
fixtures, is on his way back TO the
United States, will be hailed with genu-
inc pleasure by all who came in con-
tact with the little Japanese on the
occasion of his last visit here.
The fact that Kumagae conquered
great players like William NJ. Johnston
former national champion; Peek
Griffin, E. P. Larned, Nathaniel ".
Niles, and host of others of lesser
skill during his whirlwind tour, will
lend additional interest this year to
the Seabright and Southampton tour
neys, for it is presumed the MikadCs
little champion Will take part in these
fixtures.
Kumagae will find few to oppose his
triumphal march to more champion
ships and trophies, for there is not
man among the first ten" Of 1916 who
is not now in service with the army OF
navy, except Kumagae himself, who
was ranked at No. 5, and Robert Linz.
ley Murray, the spectacular son Of
California. 1t is doubtful whether
Murray will be able 20 get sufficient
time off to enter at Seabright, South.
ampton or Forest Hills. He is engaged
IN most important work in a war man
ufacturing plant and has not been seen
upon the courts this season.
Under these circumstances there.
does not appear any one capable ot
saving the national title from taking
trip to the Far East this year. Pos
sibly William T. Tilden, I'd. Of Phlla-
delphia, who won the national cay
court title at Chicago last week, ana
who has been playing the greatest game
of his brilliant career this season, nsy
appear in the breach to do battle WIN
the little man from overseas; but II y
doubtful, first, whether Tilden, now ID
the navy, will be available at the na'
tional championship tournament anu
second, if he We're to play, whether NJ
would be equal to the task Of deles''
ing Kumagae.
Sergeant Leroy Henderson, OF ne
S16th Engineers, stationed at lamp
Merritt, New Jersey, asks us to gNs
notice of the fact that Nelson =, we
burn. formerly Central Calioths
singles and California state doupiss
champion, is now an enlisted man WIN
the 3l6th Engineers and has torssata,
the court game for the greater spo''O'
Ticking the Kaiser =,
AS member Of the Olympic Guy, w. !.
San Francisco, Welburn was one OF W.
tennis players wearing the coiots o,n "
that club, with Maurice McLougnmrs
Billy Johnston. peck" Griffin. JonnMey JM,
Strachan, Willis f. Davis, Elmer ol,a.
and Roland Roberts as his teammS""
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