The sun., 1919-07-30
With Score 8 All in Third Set,
California Youngster Is I'm
able to Continue.
NJ EUGENE n. o,ooNxnLL.


NJ EUGENE n. o'CoNNELL.
sxABR1aHT. NJ J.. July as.--Piay in
tho second round OF the seabriEht bowl
singles at the seabright Lawn Tennis
and Cricket Club WAS completed to-day.
and the opening round Of the doubles
had only one match left over for deci-
sion tomorrow. The weather was ideal
for competition and the players made the
most OF t.
The turf, which had been pretty well
soaked on the opening day, had dried
on. and was fresh and resilient when the
players took the courts. incidentally
followers Of the game took advantage of
tho weather mans favors and turned out
In large numbers to watch the play The
sun was hot enough to bake the courts
to the proper degree of hardness. and
would have baked the spectators and
players as well but for the fact that q
brisk. cool breeze from the ocean swept
over the spacious club grounds and kept
things fairly comfortable.
AZ on the opening day. the COMMITTEES
showed It's determination to brook no
delays that could be avoided and started
all Of the matches promptly on scheduled
time. The one doubles match which was
pat over until tomorrow was postponed
only az n work Of mercy to one OF the
teamA the one composed of the Califor-
MIA youngsters. Axel Craven and Rob-
ert Kinsey. These two had met earlier
In the afternoon In bitter struggle in
the singles, which terminated only when
Klnsey, exhausted. was unable to con-
TRUE. After battling for moro than two
hours Kinsey defaulted In the third set
Of their match, when the score stood
81. e--S. Sail.
Richards Defaults.
This match was the real big feature
of the afternoon. Craven had made a
great hit with the crowd on the OPEN
ing days play Through his remarkable
work In his first time on turf. Naturally
the gallery was anxious to see how the
other young Californian would shape up
In his debut. II was coincidental that
he should have to play his team mate
ON his very FIRST time out This was due
TO the fact that Vincent Richards. who
was drawn against Kinsey. failed to put
In an appearance and was defaulted.
When the two youngsters appeared
for their match. in spite of the fact that
they were assigned to the court rarthest
from the grandstand, there was a gen.
eral rush for the bleachers hear the
scene Of their conflict. Few there were
who went over to watch the play who
expected a contest such as the affair be-
tween the young Californians turned out
to be- The match recalled another such
battle here in 1915, when Robert Lindley
Murray, then Of California. and Richard
Norris Williams I'd Of Philadelphia.
fought until both were exhausted and
Murray finally defaulted In the third
set.
The match had not gone very far when
Il became evident that II would be ham,
mer and tonss affair right up to the fin-
ish. Craven started the service and
took the opening game. which he fol-
lowed by breaking through Kinsey's SER
vice. Kinsey showed a certain scariness
Of the grass which led the onlookers to
believe that he would prove easy pick
ings for Craven. who had showed UP 30
well yesterday.
Kinsey Not Worried.
Kinsey, however. II he ever was the
least bit uncertain about his game on
the grass courts, did not let the un-
certainty AFFECT him long During those
first two games he was feeling out his
footing and the action Of the ball on
the turf. 1t was really remarkable the
way he found himself 80 suddenly.
He came right back at Craven In
the third game. broke through his rivals
service and evened up the set by taking
the fourth game on his own delivery.
From that time until the tenth game
each OF the youngsters won on his own
service and every point was well fought
While many of those who had seen
Kinsey and Craven play on the clay
courts were convinced that Kinsey on
all around play was quite a bit better
than Craven. practically everyone
thought that on the turf to-day Craven
wa sthe better Of the two. Certainly
Craven was showing more speed In get
ting around the court and he was much
better on the ground strokes. although
his drives had not as much power as
those Of Kinsey. nor was his service as
good 1t was on his ground strokes
that the gallery expected Craven would
beat Kinsey.
The gallery had a surprise In store
for Il however. for after the battle had
gone along to the eleventh game with
each winning on service. II was Kinsey
who first broke through. He took the
eleventh game by making some clean
placements through right back on
Gravem's service and then finished the
set by winning his own service on the
twentieth game.
Craven Discards volleyins.
Tho second set found Craven wise
to the fact that he could not enter into
any volleying duels and resorted TO
shooting the ball at Kinsey's feet. These
tactics proved valuable. for KiDsey was
not 30 sure OF the ground and lost these.
The third set was a sizzler right from
the start There were seven games
which went to extra points. but neither
could get more than a one game ad-
vantage on the other. In this set. the
youngsters were frequently breaking
through each others service and Kin
sey, Just before he stopped play. won
the sixteenth game after It had gone
TO deuce three times. or Gravem's ser
vice. There was difference of only
two points between the youngsters at
the end Of the 81 games which they
played. Craven 1913 and Kinsey 121.
The point score follows:
CRAVEN VS.. KINSEY.
First Set.
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