New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
kumagae Certain to Lead New York Church Cup Team,
Baggs Makes
Fine Showing
On the Courts
Chop Stroke Artist Finds
Easy Foe in Dionne;
Tourney Plans Perfected
By Fred Hawthorne

Down at the West Side Tennis Club
=. Forest Hills yesterday afternoon
~. CLAW courts were very busy, but
.ore Of the candidates for the Church
c,, team was on hand, with the ex-
..ntion of Fred c. Baggs, the chop
.+roke artist. who went through three
~ four sets with G. A. L. Dionne, and
won quite handily. Baggs seems as
sured Of a place on either the first or
second team.
While there was no other activity
.. Forest Hills among the candidates
FOR the Church Cup matches next Fri
asv ard Saturday, 1 learn on good au-
tbori.v that Ichiya Kumagae will be
.he No. man for the New York de-
Tending team. with S. Howard Voshell.
Harold A. Throckmorton. Walter Mer-
ru Hall, Vincent Richards, Dean
uatbev. Frederick b. Alexander and
Fred Baegs among the others who will
meet the challenging team on Satur-
day.
Charles S. Landers, president of the
elnb has perfected every last detail
tor the conduct of the two-days' tour
nament. An admission fee Of 81, in
eludjng the war tax, will be charged
on both DAYS, and this entities the
purchaser 10 a seat in the big grand
Stand directly in back of the courts.
The stand seats $500, and no seats
viii be reserved, the tickets being
nlaced on sale each day All the
matches, singles and doubles, will be
nlayed on the SIX turf courts in front
Of the stand.
The quality Of tennis to be seen on
this occasion will probably be better
than anything we shall witness in this
country until the national champion
shin tournaments in August, for both
Richard Norris Williams, Cd, of Bos-
ton. former national champion, and
William T Tilden, Cd, of Philadelphia,
national indoor and North and South
Philadelphia teams, respectively.
There s certain to be tremendous
interest in the meeting Of Williams
and T.lden. both Of whom are members
Of this years Davis Cup team. The ad-
vantage will surely rest with Tilden
as far as tournament practice this year
Is concerned. for the tall Philadelphia
has been playing with great regularity
all winter and this spring, while Will
Jams mas confined his work to informal
matches
But if the former national title
holder IS in something approaching
his real form, there should be rega
struggle for the mastery Here are
two of the most brilliant masters Of
strokes in the game today, and II each
IS In control Of mis- shots next Friday
you VIII have to travel far to see the
equal Of the tennis they will bring
forth
The No. men on the Philadelphia
and Boston teams will probably bt
Wallace +. johnson and Richard Harte
respectively and here again the gallery
is for q tennis treat. This match
viii be for blood, since upon the out
cone may hang the honor of being
named Cor the fourth place on the
Davis Cup team, that sails for Eng
land on May %.
Three Leading Contenders
Johnson, Harte and Charles s. Gar.
land are the three leading ccntenders
for this place, and should either John
son or Harte win decisively next Fri
day the winners chances Of goine
with the international team Will be in
creased considerably.
The program at Forest Hills calls fo,
Boston and Philadelphia to meet or
Friday, with four singles and three
doubles matches scheduled. The win
ner of this meeting Will play the New
York team for the cup in. the chal
lenge round on Saturday, and it seem:
to me that either Philadelphia or Bos
ton will take the Church trophy away
from New York.
Mike, the head groundsman at the
West Side Club, had full force o.
men out all day Yesterday grooming
the turf courts fo matches. The
sod appears to be in lceptionally fine
condition, although. ing to the Ions
spell OF snow last Inter. l though
ia trife soft. A few days of sunshine
and kneading with heavy rollers will
PROBABLY bring the courts into fas
paying condition, however.