The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
JAP STARS LOSE
 IN TENNIS MATCH
Kumagae and Kashio Fall Before the Playing of
 Pell and Nlie.

ooH"AcHI Conn., July A(-WlIn a gathering of tennis stars such as had not been brought together before this season play began yesterday afternoon in the invitation tourna- ment on the turf courts of the Field Club of Greenwich. By all odds the most important happening of the day was the defeat in the mems doubles event of the two Japanese stars, 1chiya Kumagae and Selichiro Kashio who fell before the superior play of the two distinguished veterans of the game, Nathaniel w. Niles of Boston and Theodore R. Pen, both of whom have many times achieved a place among the first ten. The score of the match was co, 6-2..
 In the opposite half of the draw a team of former internationalists, Frederick B. Aalexander and Beals Wright, came through to the final after spirited match against Will liam A. Campbell and Lyle E. Ma han, the score of each of the two sets being 6-4.
 In the women's doubles, which also includes only four teams, the victors were Miss Eleanor Goss and Miss Marion Zinderstein, who hold the na- ,tional doubles championship, and Miss Molla Bjurstedt and Mrs. George W. Wightman. Miss Burstedt is the present holder of the singles cham pionship, which she has won three times, and Mrs. Wightman as Miss Hazel Hotchkiss was also a victor three times in the national cham pionship. The meeting of these two winning teams will be the feature of the program today, and Miss Goss and Miss Zinderstein will have their first serious test since they won the dou- bles title. In fact, in playing Mrs. Wightman and Miss Bjurstedt, the champions will face a team stronger by far than any of which they were forced to pass in gaining the laurels at Philadelphia.
 Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs. Wightman had spirited match yesterday be- l fore winning their way to the final, defeating Mrs. Stuart Green and Miss Marie Wagner at 6-3, 9-7. In | the case of Miss Zinderstein and Miss Goss a three-act match was necessary | before they took the honors from Mrs. De Forest Candee and Miss Florence Ballin at 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Mrs. Can 1 dee played a wonderful game in this match. She showed superb defensive tactics against the determined attack of the champions, and was ably sec- onded in her work by Miss Ballin. Miss Goss and Miss Zinderstein ran l off frc of set, but Miss Ballin and Mrs Candee succeeded, much to the amazement of the onlookers, in reeling off the next | five games. The score went to 5-4 when, with Mrs. Candee serving, she and Miss Ballin won the single game | they needed for the set. In the fol- 1 lowing sets the play of the champions was of greater steadiness and better | balance and they were always in command of the situation.
 The downfall of the two Japanan- csc players was not what could be called an upset. Both Kumagae and | Kashio have proved on many occa- l sions the worth of their game in singles, but double play is a strange puzzle to them, and Pell and Niles | 1OHipOu dlOLS u klClOIS dIIIlOSI ds 1 they pleased. It was a case of net l play being in the ascendant. g Pel1 | and Niles followed their service to the l barrier on every occasion and volley- ed and drove for. placements with un- erring eye. On the other hand
 Kashio was a bit slow in going to the net. Both of the Japanese are deer
 court players in the essential, anC 1 they could not establish a game ir the forecourt against the swift play
 of the rival contenders. Kumagat
 tried at at times, but his volleying
 was not of the crisp, flashing variety
 so necessary in. doubles, and then, too
 he made many errors.
 There was a real treat for the
 spectators in the play of the former
 internationalists, Alexander ant
 Wright. Mahan and Campbell were
 in such good stroke that their work
 served to bring out tennis of sterling quality in the rival pair. It was (
 sharp battle that was waged with 2
 wealth of pretty volleying that occa stoned much applause.