New-York tribune., 1918-07-27
Many Tennis
Stars Battle
At Greenwich
Japanese Team Is Defeated
Overwhelmingly by
Pell and Niles
BY Fred Hawthorne

A notable field of PLAYERS. both
and women, started pla yestord..
AFTERNOON OH the turf courts Of -.
field Club of Greenwich, Conn N g.
three days tournament for the bs,.s.
Of the War Departments Comm;ss;..
on Training Camp Activities Fund
National champions, former nat;o.a,
champions and Davis Cup plavers 80
other years were among those who too,,
the courts.
One of the first matches put on v..
a women's doubles, with Miss Mou.
BJurstedt, national woman chann;nr"
and Mrs. George W. Wightman r.,
times a holder of that tivle fsc;rs
Mrs. Stuart Green, Middle States cbor.
pion, and Miss Marie Wagner. fornnr
national indoor champion. Miss RIM
stedt and Mrs. Wightman won in ,,.o
keenly fought sets at e-3. 81 Win
Mrs. Green really the star of +hs
match, for she covered court in mar
vellously efficient manner and met tba
terrific driving of Miss Bjurstedt and
the severe overhead play of Mrs,
Wlghtman with surprising success.
In another women's doubles encoun-
ter, Miss Marion Zinderstein. of Bos.
ton. and Miss Eleanor Goss, of New
York, national doubles champions. de-
feated Mrs. de Forest Candee and Miss
Balm, of New York, by a score Of
Is, 6-2, 6-3. The losers put up
a plucky struggle for the honors. Mrs
Candee distinguishing herself partic-
ulsrly by her brilliant work at the net
and her remarkable gets" but the
young champions were powerful com
blnation at the net, and it was this
ABILITY to finish off the points decisive
iy that brought them victory.
Great Match on To-day
Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs. Wightman
will meet Miss Zinderstein and Miss
Goss at 3 O'Clock this afternoon in
the fnal round, and this should furnish
one OF the greatest women's doubles
matches seen this season, for rarely
do four players of such exceptional
ability come together in a tournament
While the women were delighting the
onlookers by their spirited plav the
men were performing on adjoining
courts, and there was much interest IN
the appearance of the Japanese stsyS
!chlya kumagae and Seiichiro Kashio
put the men from the Far East wen,
down to crushing defeat at the hands
OF Theodore Roosevelt Pell and NJ.
thanlei W. Niles, by a score o.
The match demonstrated that Kun..
Gae and hashio are far from being
strong doubles team. Neither ms
sesses a severe service. and the hail
taxes a slow bound which allowed peN
and Niles to 'stroke" their return.
WIN every ounce of power. and then
loiloW IN to the net in preparation for
the kl4: Both the americans wers
gong well yesterday, and Niles's play
ing showed that he is rapidly round.
ing INTO form for the important tour.
hements yet to come. Both on ground
oelohes and overhead he made few
kumagae gave further proof that he
is acquiring the basis of a strono ma
game, and while he was lust fsiiinv to
oflng or many shots YESTERDAY ii.
strokes were executed with great g..
verify Ii he succeeds in smoothing
OH the rough edges by the time of tbs
national championship he will be sew.
efal degrees a better PLAYER than hs
was in 1916. ''''' A'
In another mems doubles match ths
opposing pairs were Frederick Ell
Alexander 4 and Beals Wright and LyIs
=. + Mahan ard William A. Campbell, and
the struggle was Surprisingly close
Mahan and his partner carving ths
famous nternationalists to two sets a.
Ga, % before yielding
At 10 o'clock this morning there will
De two mixed doubles matches. with the
opposing combinations as follows: Miss
Goss and Mr.. Niles against Miss lin.
d6erstein and W. Merrill Hall and Mrs.
Wlghtman and Mr.. Wright against
Miss Ballin and a partner.
The summaries:
Women's invitation doubles lsenni-anA round
Mrs. George W. Wighfman and Miss Mois Par
st s,edt aefeated Mrs Stuart Green ard Miss MAJ.
Wagner: 6-3. 81: Miss Mauon Znders,eis esf
Miss Eleanor Goss defeated Mrs de Forst cv,.s
and Miss Florence Bsilin. 4-S 81 5-3
Mems Invitation doubles semi -fna roundl-F
p Alexander, and Bess Wright defeated Iyl. +
Mahan and W. A. Campbell 6-4 s-s: \ v
Niles and T. r Pei defeated Ichiya Kumayse an
Seiichiro Kashio. 60. g