New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-26
v oshell Faces
Japanese Star
OnCoul,:: To-day
Metropolitan Singles Title
at Stake; Kashio and
Washburn Meet Defeat
By Fred Hawthorne

By Fred Hawthorne
1chlya Kumagae of Japan and S.
Howard Voshell of Brooklyn, the play
ing through champion. will meet at
8 O'Clock this afternoon for the title
IN the twentieth annual METROPOLITAN
championship singles lawn tennis
tournament, on the clay courts of the
New York Tennis Club, at 23Sth Street
and Broadway
kumagae went into the final round
bracket yesterday afternoon by de-
featlng his countryman, Seiichiro
Kashio, by score of Cd, GO. Voshell
gained his bracket by defeating Wat
son NJ. Washburn at 6-1, $40, 81.
Four teams entered the round before
the semi-fnal in the mems doubles,
Voshell and Washburn, Kumagae and
Binzen and Fred Anderson and Ben
Letson, New Jersey State champions,
being among the winners.
In the match between Kumagae and
hashlo there was never any doubt as
to the winner from the moment the
men started play. Kumagae might
have won far more decisively had he
felt it incumbent upon him to flash
his best game all the way 1t was on
speed alone, blended with terrific
"stroking," that he outclassed Kashio.
Kaskio Generally on Defensive
On accuracy of placement, the two
Japanese were on par, but Kuma-
gae's forehand drives whipped into
court with such an excess Of speed,
and he was Son" the ball so quickly,
that Kashio was generally on the de-
fensive.
After dropping the first game, with
Kashio holding the service, Kumagae
started n session of furious driving,
fore and backhand, backed up by very
severe volleying from mid-court that
Melted him the next five games. Kashio
could get only eleven points in those
five lightning games, and Kumagae
held absolute command of the court
at this stage.
In the next three games there was q
decided let-down in the Florida cham
pion's play, and Kashio won them all,
with the loss of only three points
Kumagae was making most of his err
rors by overdriving the base line, but
he persisted in making every shot
and then grinned like schoolboy
when the points were called against
him. Just when Kashio threatened to
square the match, however, Kumagae
steadied and took the last game at
"love," giving him the set at GA.
In the second set the best Kashio
could do was to win the second and
seventh games, for Kumagae played
with greater intensity as the match
neared it's end. His ground strokes
carried great top-spin and were played
with such remarkable control that the
ball rarely fell more than two or three
IL. Il Il IL
not actually hit them.
Both Keep Ball Low
There were few occasions when a
smash was the logical stroke, for both
men kept the ball low most of the
time, but once. or twice Kumagae
caught short lob and KILLED" with
plenty Of decisiveness. The winners
vollcying was very good, even on low
balls, and he made his returns at such
sharp angles that Kashio was fire.
quently caught out Of position.
The last point was scored for Kuma
gae when Kashio drove into the net as
he tried to retrieve one of his oppo-
nent's cross-court returns, this giving
Kumagae the set at GO, and the
match.
The point score In this match fol-
lows:
1hSI DEL
KsHh's :. s s-sS
SECOND SET
K KnTb1e '....... - 44 -2s 6
saving battle, with Voshell starting off
at an unbeatable pace and fairly sweep
ing Washburn before him as he took
the first set at 81. In the second,
however, after running into a lead Of
So and being within two points Of
victory in the next game on his own
service, Voshell suddenly found it i'm
possible to storm the net with the same
unfailing success that had distin-
guished his work in the early stages.
Washburn broke through service by
taking this game and then ran out the
next three in row, bringing him into
the lead at 6-5 on games.
They alternated on service after that
until the games stood at Sail, then
Washburn won his own service and
broke through Voshell in the tenth at
Glove" giving him the set at 1O--8 and
squaring the match.
Washburn, who had been extremely
cratic, not only on his ground strokes
but also on his volleying in the first
set, had. gradually acquired control in
the second and began to pass Noshell
as the latter rushed the net. This gave
the loser confidence and he came in to
volley, outplaying Voshell at close
range. 1t was a remarkable pull-up on
Washburn's part.
But he was not able to hold the pace
in the last set. whereas Voshell, hav-
ing pulled himself together, once more
started his irresistible net attack. The
champion was extremely effective over
head and on his low volleys and won
the third set at Cd for the match.
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