New-York tribune., 1919-05-24
Lieut.. Hunter
And Jap Take
Closing Sets
Binzen Bows 10 Former.
While kashio Beats Fox
in Quaker Ridge Tennis
By Fred Hawthorne


ship tournament on the clay courts Of
the New Rochelle Tennis Club, at Wyk-
agyl Park. The rain had the better of
the going, for several matches in prog
ress around Z o'clock had to be called
en- account of "wet grounds"
The two matches that held the great
est interest or the brave little gallery
that defed the showers were those be-
tween Lieutenant Francis T. Hunter and
Elliott Binzen. in the third round, and
Seiichiro Kashio, Of Japan, and Joseph
" Fox, of the Harlem Tennis Club, in
the second brackets. Both OF these had
been left unfinished from the opening
day of play at one set all, and both
we're decided in quick fashion in the
final sets.
Hunter defeated Binzen by score of
l5-l7, 20, 6-4, while Kashio account
ed for Fox at ST, IS, 6-1. 1t was
again battle of smash and volley be
tween Hunter and Binzer, as it had
been in their first clash on Monday, when
sBinzen had won that gruelling first set
Of thirty-two games and Hunter had
match even.
Both players were inclined to wild
ness Yesterday, alternating the most
brilliant of shots with almost ineXcus
able clubbing" of easy kills" But
Hunter was the more reliable, and
made frequent use of his terrific fore
hand drives to work his openings, after
which he followed in to the net to
finish off the points.
Emerson Double Winner
They battled along on even terms
for while, but Hunter, smashing with
great power toward the last. finally
pulled out the set at Ct, giving him
the match. His opponent in the next
round will be Gerald Emerson, the
hard hitting New Jersey schoolboy
who won two matches yesterday.
Kashio made short work Of Fox, and
the result came somewhat as a sur
prise, in view of the very close match
Fox had made OF it earlier in the week
when he held the crafty Japanese even
in games and sets. But Kashio was
not missing the shots down the lines
and across court from his back~hand
as he had done in the first two SETS.
"Deadly accuracy" was his slogan yes
terday, whereas Fox did not seem able
to get his shots working in any kind
Of shape and his end came without
much Of struggle
Another third round match found
Alex Her, the Pelham Bay ex-gob. tr-
umphant over Harrison R. Hathaway
by score of 8-6, GO. Hathaway.
who has the use of only his right arm.
proved almost a match for Her in The
first set, coming from behind at -..
and holding the games even up to e
all, when Her came through with an
added burst Of speed and hard hitting
and took the set. The second session
showed that Hathaway had spent his
best efforts in the opener. fo~ he was
never threatening thereafter.
Her was a bit erratc in the first
half Of the match, several OF his
smashes landing ba1s of the base line
or IN the net, but his volleying was
excellent. and many times ne smoth-
sfed Hathaway's attempts at passing
IN TINS manner. The men engaged in
several long driving duels from deep
court and here Hathaway had the bet
ter OF the going. But he weakened
toward the end and Ter kept improv-
ing as the match progressed.
Hartman Hard Pressed
ingo Hartman won over r. 7. James
IN the third round by score Of 81.
%, pltting his all-round court game
against the steady driving and clever
placing OF his opponent. After gain
ing d lead of 50 on games and 4O-l5
on points IN the first set Hartman lost
control OF his overhead game for a
period, and James almost took the set
prihging the games to deuce at 5-all
ana then going into the lead at 7---6
ne accomplished this by the cleverest
KIND Of side line driving, catching
hartman wide Of position as the latter
uied to reach the net to volley.
ny supreme effort Hartman
seeadied at that point and took the last
ehFee games. giving him the set at
-" Once again he was cutting off
S%mess ahots by sterling net play, and
ne never weakened for moment in the
""al set, gong into an early lead and
Se'UHhg 3ne issue in decisive manner
~ score Of 6-2, thus taking the
matcn. Hartman is scheduled to face
aired D. Hammctt this afternoon for
''e place IN the scmi-fnal bracket.
a start was made in the doubles.
WIN sixteen teams entered, but the
ram interfered when the only two
matches played wee still unfinished.
vincent Richards surprised the gallery
~ taking part in this event, paired
with Allen Behr, although his sus-
pension by the u. S. n. l.. T. A. was
not supposed to be officially lifted un-
III to-day. He and his partner were
opposed by Hartman and Wylie Grant.
ana took the opening set at ID, but
cropped the second al If.
in the other doubles match Her and
Leon Croley won the first set at e~3
from Dr. b. Z. Drake and J. Watson
before the drops began 70 fall. The
tournament viii continue this after
noon.
The summaries:
Wv ..s" Rochelle Tennis Clubs Quaker
1sasS s cn@mDionship singies is~cond
su'nn' seiirblro KA8hio defeated .;oxenn
<f91. -. 7-~S. I'll. Gerald Ernerron
's4e@i - ~. horton, b~--z 81
~" Erpnd. -~ francis r. Hunter de-
f<@1f' Elliott r. Einzen l5-i7 III
Dffat1 ku4rsDn 0efeated W H.
st<'Dbsufost, 80. H. Alex fer defeated
.<fTls1n uAtbs yay. 81 s,z Ingo
II, r,.,,ts nan aefsAied H. H. James. 81, s~~s