The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-23
Chicago Player Springs Great Surprise on Tennis World Richards, Throck- morton, Hall and Rosen- baum Also Vanquished in Singles Play.

ter l. hayes OL CHlCdSO SeL Ile NOIlu of lawn tennis to talking on the eve of the national championship tourna- ment at Forest Hills next week by ad- ministering a decisive defeat to Ichiya Kumagae, the noted Japanese player on the turf courts of the Meadow club yesterday afternoon. Hayes won at 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the annual invitation tourney, and his vic- tory places him in the semi-fnal round where he is bracketed to play Theodore Roosevelt Peil of New York who also gave the gallery a surprise by vanquishing Harold A. Throckmorton at 6-3, 6-2.
 In the lower half the semi-fnalists are William T. Tilden 2d, national clay court champion, who defeated Ralph Burdick of Chicago after a sensational match by a score of 1-6, F-5, 6-2, and Robert Lindley Mur- ray, the spectacular son of California. who, arriving late at the courts, de- feated Elon H. Hooker at co, 6-1 in the second round, and then admin istered defeat to Vincent Richards, the sixteen-year-old national doubles champion at 6-1, 6-S in the third bracket.
 It was a day filled with surprises, and while the unexpected defeat of Kumagae came as the climax to a series of reversals Tilden started the tongues wagging by the two hairline matches he won from Walter Merrill Hall in the morning at 4-6, 8-6, 10 --8 and from Burdick in the after noon. On top of this came Pell's de- feat of Throckmorton in the after noon.
 Kumagae was off his game yester- day, his ground strokes being at fault almost from the start, and he sent many balls into the net that ordinarily would have struck the lines for place ment aces When he attempted to smother Hayes shots by going to the net Kumagae came to grief, for the Chicago veteran tricked him out ot position driving his returns short. so that they fell into the service court, and then when the Jap had raced in to get his racquet on the ball Hayes sent up deep and beautifully timed Jobs to the base line.
 Kumagae fought hard and cour- ageously against impending defeat, pulling up in both sets after Hayes had worked into substantial leads, but he could never gain full control of his strokes, and his play appeared more ragged yesterday than at any time this season.
 Burdick came perilously close tc sending the spectacular Tilden dowT to defeat. In fact, had it not beer for a slowing up of his game after he had the first set tucked away at 6-l and was leading at 4-0 on games 1T the second the doubles partner O. Hayes would have earned added glory for the Windy City this afternoon. As soon as Burdick, growing over cautious in the realization that ht was near victory, began to let up 1T his "stroking" of the ball, Tilder noted the change and started one O. his old whirlwind attacks at the net supporting this with terrific drives and wonderfully singled volleyint shots across fore court. Steadily h. pulled up on Burdick, and when h. had brought the match all square b! taking the second set at S-5, tn Chicago man seemed to feel that hi chances of victory had gone glimmer ing, for his play slackened consider ably whereas Tildens gained il power and accuracy, so that the thirt set was easy for him at 6-2.
 It marked Tilden's second narrov squeeze of the day, for in the after noon he had been, carried to thre gruelling sets by Walter Merrill Hal at 4-6, S-6, 10-S, only comin through the test by a session of spec tacular playing at the critical stage of the match.
 The singles will be brought into tn final round today when Hayes play Pell, and Tilden and Murray clasH and in the afternoon two rounds C doubles will be played, bringing thi event into the final season. Tn singles final is scheduled for Saturda morning and the doubles final for tn afternoon.
 Singles, first round: Seichiro Kas hio defeated Alexander Iller, c. 60.
 Second round: Walter T. Hayes dt feated Elliott H. Binzen, 6-4, - Ichiya Kumagae defeated S. Kishi 6-1, 7-5; Harold A. Throckmortc defeated Gerald Emerson, 6-1, 6- Theodore Roosevelt Pell defeated D William Rosenbaum, 6--1, c. Ralph Burdick defeated Conrad
 
 2d defeated Walter MerrilLRall, A. S-6, 10-S; Robert Lindley Murri defeated E4on H. Hooker, co, G. Vincent Richards defeated Henry Bassford, 6-2, S-6.
 Third round: Walter T. Hayes d feated Ichiya Kumagae, 6-4, G q. R. PeIl defeated Harold A. Throc morton, 6-3, 6-2; William T; Tild 2d defeated Ralph Burdick, l. 7-5, 6-2; Robert Lindley Murr defeated Vincent Richards, c. 6-2.
 Doubles, first round: Conrad Doyle and ". F. Horrell defeat Elliott Bingen and J. II. O'Boy 6-4, 6-S. 6-2; William T. Tild and Vincent Richards defeated Du E. F. Thomas. Jr., and J. B. Hugh 6-3, 6-1; S. Kashio and Gerald Fl erson defeated George A. Walk Jr., and H. H. Bassford, 3-6. G. 6-2; W. T. Hayes and Ralph Burdi defeated H. D. Keresey and E.
 Hendricksen, 6-1, 6-1.