New-York tribune., 1918-08-05
japanese Routs
Harold Taylor
In Easy Style
Youth Plays Brilliantly =.
Times, but Fails to
Take a Set


Ichiya Kumagae, the crafty Ian,
tennis player from Japan, was At =.
time. forced to display his bap 4.
many tricks in easily vanquish;,.
young Harold L. Taylor. of Brooks
in the final round of the annual ma.
ropolitan lawn tennis singles cham.
pionship tourney on the turf courts =,
the Crescent Athletic Club in b.,
Ridge yesterday. Taylor failed hon.
lessly to stop his rival, adding to E,
own defeat by an unusually erratic Az.
hibition. Taylor began impressiyely
but Immediately faltered to suffer A.
feat in three straight sets by scOrs,
of 6-2, 6-3, 6--1.
kumagae, when occasions demanded
it, flashed the form that earned him
such high brackets among his mon
formidable rivals in 1916 His low
drives were exceedingly battling "a
Taylor, and he drove effectively, pieksS
many openings with rare skill and
time and again caught Taylor stand.
ing fiat-footed with lightning drive.
down the side baselines. Kumagas's
deceptive hop on the ball as he smo,s
it with his racquet proved difficult for
the Brooklyn schoolhoy to handle with
any degree of success.
TayIor's Work Varies
Taylor played brilliantly in spot,
but many of his own faults, particu.
larly his smashes into the net, gays
points to Kumagae. Lack Of cont,c
on Taylor's part was noticeable At
many critical moments. although his
service was astonishingly severe and
earned him numerous points. Many Of
his aces in this respect came on bis
second service, when he would drive
the ball with lightning speed past
Kumagae. Taylor was expected to
give his japanese opponent rather
hard tusslc, but when he began to
send the ball everywhere except with.
in the boundary of the court his most
faithful followers held out little hop.
for him.
There was a short delay in the be.
ginning Of proceedings, owing to the
shower shortly before starting time
However, with the coming cut of the
sun it was decided to begin matters, as
the courts dried out quickly.
Taylor performed unusually we'll in
the first two games of the first set
which he placed to his credit after 1
belated rally on the part of Kumaga.
The latter brushed up his attack in ths
next game, and, fairly sweeping Taylol
| off his feet with his steady playing
won the next five games in row.
Taylor Improves His Play
The second set found Taylor putin,
up moro stubborn fight, in spite Of al
early lead gained by Kumagae. Th
new champion had quite a hard tim
gathering points in the first few games
although on number of occasion
Taylor presented him with points wit
his drives out of court. However, Tay
lor recovered himself momentarily i
close the gap, principally through a Sc
With Kumagae leading by to 3, Tsy
lor ngain lapsed into a spasm of inss
curate driving, volleying into the mel
and giving Kumagae the next two
games and set.
Taylor suffered his most decisive rouf
in the third set. At this time Kumsgae
was putting more power behind his al.
tack and playing a splendid base line
game. The first set went to Taylor
but that was the only one. as the Jap
anesc player literally swept Taylor of
his feet by winning the next six games
in successive order to give him the Sc.
and match. In the final game the play
ing was hard, with Taylor staving Of
, defeat for short time. Kumagae ther
got his puzzling service working and
picking several openings, gained his
necessary points.
Rosenbaum-Bsggs Win
DR.. William Rosenbaum and Fred
Baggs, the favored pair, captured The
doubles title in three straight sets from
Henry J. Mollonhauer and Chares
Chambers by scores of 6-3, 6-4, 6-l
Rosenbaum kept up hot voley at the
/ net, while Baggs frequently intercepted
drives from his opponents. VINO IN
variably met the attack from the back
base line.
The driving of Dr. Rosenbaum snd
Baggs was harder and their playing
steadier, especially in the third set
when they scored games in almost con-
sccutive order. Molenhauer failed to
place all his power behind his strokes,
with the result that his rivals returned
The ball with lightning rapidity for
aces.
FIRST SET
Pt. g.
Kumaxse B 544 4 4-3t
Taylor ....5 S 3 2 2 0 f-fs
| SECOND SET