The Washington times., 1920-05-16

IL is a broad assert ion TO say that
no man In America today ID Kunn-
gae's master He has been beaten
and can be beaten again on the turf.
Right now. however. the Japanese
expert Is on the top OF his game.
while Tlden. Johnston. Murray, and
the others who have defeated HIN
are not down fine enough TO defeat
| him.
Yesterdays exhibitions at Chevy
Chase found Kumagae entirely 4 o
good for Doyle, Hardy. Botsford, and
kelleher. and chiefly because he had
everything and was In prime physical
, condition. which could not be said OF
the others.
At Palm Beach last winter Kuma-
gae won handily for the same reason.
Taking II all In all, the left-handed
expert Is I'm the pink" and not only
makes" a tournament, but generally
| wins IL wherever entered.
Net Game sim weak.
kumagae's back court game is his
| stronghold. He has not developed his
net game, and. although his service
| appears to be improved, even over his
form OF year ago. he is not inyinci-
BILE In the supreme tests such as those
| at Forest Hills.
Ii was on clay courts that Kuma-
gae learned. The base line game was
and Is his forte. On clay courts he
plays better than on turf, and yes
! terday's singles matches found him
| in top form, with the going quite to
| his liking. Kumagae is unusually
, popular wherever he plays. And he
| is a thorough sportsman.
After "A strenuous day the little Jap
+ retired to the cottage at Chevy Chase
! for a chance TO recuperate. Sam Har-
| dy. the Davis Cup team captain. In
another room. was also etching up
after a hard day on the court. Hardy
! was talking OF the chances of the Da-
| Wis Cup team when a tmid knock on
! the door was heard.
, Come in" called Hardy. and In
! walked Itchy" attired in IA gorgeous
! blue and white kimono.
| IL hear tennis" he said. and stretch
| ed himself out while Hardy told Of
| the plans of the American team to
capture the British title and the Davis
, Cup maches.
! Conceded His Victory.
1 81 think Itchy is going to win the
! worlds championship in the Olym-
pics said Hardy. He cannot get
over to the British championship. but
! he will win the Olympic title. That's
two worlds championships. What are
! you going TO do about itsItchyT said
I Hardy.
"In that case" said Kumagac beam
: ing" shall divide"
! And then another knock at the door
and a man appeared asking for Kuna-
,gae who was wanted at tea at the
1 club houses. ;
! "wil you come over right away"
l said the man.
81 will" said Kumagse. although
II was plain that he would rather
have listened to tennis.
"a great player" said Hardy, after
Kumagae had gomez" and good
l sportsman. believe he is almost in
sincible at this time of the year, and
[ hope, II things turn out right next
season, that we can come down here
with many players for this tourna-
ment."
Prepares For Trip.
fright now we are bending every
effort to make the trip abroad sue
cess. We sail from New York on May
20 and will go TO Liverpool and from
there to London and should arrive
and get a first-class workout In the
Queenscourt tournament on June o.
Going over We Xxpect to keep At
| IL we sail on the Kaiserin Victoria.
because we expect to rig up nets in
the rooms and will have our own
gymnasium where we will give the
boys setting-up exercises and
chance to hit a few balls.
"Tilden. Johnston and Williams
have been on a diet for the past two
| weeks. At Forest Hills on May % the
Church Cup series will pretty well
| establish the fourth man for the trip.
Richard Harte and Wallace Johnson
will play each other and the loser
will probably play Chuck" Garland.
california has asked that Roland
Roberts be given a chance to COM
pete. and it may be that he will be
| considered IL he gets the chance to
play.
VIII Make Great Effort.
at would be great thing for
| America II we could win. the British
championship Larned Behr, Cloth