The sun., 1918-08-14
EIGHT PAIRS LEFT
IN TENNIS DOUBLES
Logical Survivors Stand Test
i'm National Cham
piOnships.
Special Dsspotch to TIE srs.

BosToN, Aug l3.--Only eight pairs
we're left in the mems national cham
pionship doubles tournament when the
last match was finished this afternoon
on the grass courts of the Longwood
Cricket Club. Among these eight Will be
found the logical survivors. Beals G..
Wright and frederick B. Alexander,
Davis cup stars OF few years back :;
Nathaniel w. Niles and Theodore Roose-
welt PeIl, high ranking players. William
T. Tiden I'd OF Philadelphia. national
clay court champion. and Vincent Rich
ards, holder OF the boys national title,
and Ichiya Kumagae OF Japan, New
York State and metropolitan champion.
and Harold l.. Taylor. the brilliant young
player from Brooklyn, are among those
who will play tomorrow to get Into the
ser1i-final brackets.
Ralph Burdick and Walter Hayes. the
Chicago stars, will get into action at
2 80 o'clock Thursday They got bye
In tie frst round and a default In the
second from Or. William Rosenbaum and
Fred G. Basgs. In the third round they
will face J. D. f. Jones, the veteran for
mer cha NIPPON of Rhode Island, and Rus
sell Dana.
Niles and Peli did not have strenu-
Gus task in disposing of A. n. Reggie
and S. l.. Rice OF Boston in the second
round, taking the match by score OF
6-l, 6--3. 60. Niles played his usual
sound game. His service had a sting to
II that gave Rice and his partner lot
Of trouble. The Bostonian knew how to
handle lobs In II most effective style.
The ball rarely came back once Niles
got a fair smash at 1t.
Richards and Tilden ran away from
H. F.. Thomas and ii. b. Hughes from
thu pe1ha ~, pav Training Station.
They took the match In straight sets at
60, 6-1, Ga. Richards took a more
prominent part to-day He followed into
the net after service with speed. finish
ing on his points by clever volleying
at sharp angles
Tilden kept the gallery on the alert
by the spectacular way in which he
drove and maohed alternately. A lob
was destined for an untimely end, once
the tall Philadelphia got his racquet
sGuarely on the ball. Indications are
to-day that Tllden and Richards will
face Niles and Pell in the semi-final
round in the upper half of the draw.
Alexander and Wright were assigned
a double task this afternoon, as a PEN
atty for their late arrival. First they
were asked to meet II. b. Bretz and X.
Chauncy Seaver. q local pair
In the first round. and after winning
tnlS natCn AT O-e, 20, ~, Inty
played Julian 3. Myrick. vice-president
OF the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association. and Edwin c. Sheaf.
president OF the local club. who went
down under a 81. Go. 60 score.
kumagae and Taylor defeated X. Cur
rier and II. Taylor at 60, 6-3. ID.
The match showed that the Japanese is
steadily improving as a doubles player.
He and Taylor went to the net when
ever the openings presented themselves.
Kumagae still shows a preference for
bringing of his volleys from midcourt,
instead of close up to the net as Taylor
did. The summaries:
National Championship Doubies-F!rst
round-K, Fisher and $ Dunnack won
default; Elliott II. Binzen and James
OBoyls defeated Stanley l.. Beals and
w Rand. 2-6. g. O., e.; J, Novel;
and Albert Kent defeated z. Page and
Julian = Nyrick and Edwin c. shesf de-
feated II. Is, Flnck and w. l.. Wei, G-S
Ga. %: Frederick b Alexander and
Deals c. Wright defeated n B; Brett and
piimpton and c, Il. Wilbur -, 80,
second Round-Alexandcr Her and Henry
Il. o'Royle won from Fisher and Dunnack
by default; Nathaniel W. Niles and Theo-
dore Roosevelt Pen defeated A. y. ReggIn
and $. l. Rice; al. Is, O. Vincent
j, b Hughes and y, F. Hughes, SO:
8--l. a.; lchiya kumagae and Harold
l. Taylor defeated u. Taylor and r. Cur:
rier 90, 6-3, T-S: Alexander and
Wright defeated Myrick and sheaf 81,
defeated Collester and 1. Kent. e.,
G-3. Ga.