New-York tribune., 1921-05-30
Richards Advances
Into Fourth Round
On Yonkers Courts
Kumagae Scores Two Ea.v
Victories in State Ten.
mis- Title Tournamen,

Most Of the frat and second you,5
and part of the third round matsLs.
were finished yesterday in the srnT.i
Eastern New York State menis rbans
pionship lawn tennis tournament n,
men on the clay courts Of the Amark...
sin Club, of Yonkers. Among thoss :.
reach into the fourth round were w.
cent Richards, national iunior rb.n
pion; Jones W. Mesereau, of the In
versity Heights Tennis Club: AI.r
Behr, A. M. Hyde and Vanderbilt r
Ward, who iss making his first tourns'
ment appearance In several vears
lchiya Kumagae, North and SaptS
Old Dominion and present eastern Ns-
York State title holder, made his ss,.
appearance in the tourney. and won t,5e
matches without being extended Tbs
little Japanese stars first victim va.
Thomas Moore, who was beaten at s-0
6-1, and then DR.. George A. King ~
New York, was defeated at g. s9
giving the defending champion a amir,
tied battle to the end.
Richards, up near the tor ef cha
draw, swept through his match with 4
l. Bruneau at 60, 50. compIetsIS
smothering his opponent, as he WI
leyed brilliantly and placed his retuyns
close to the lines in every exchange
Richards has not lost & game in tbe
four sets he has played thus far in ths
tournament.
A. J. Ostendorf reached the third
round by defeating George A. Wake
jr. at 60, 6-3 in the first bracket
and N. R. Sinclair al 6-4. 6~3 in tss
second. Ostendorf was going very well
and handled his shots overhead with
neatness and dispatch, although against
Sinclair he was called upon to extend
himself.
Mersereau. Of the University Heights
Tennis Club, getting g bye in the frs.
round and winning from S. z. Palmer,
at 7-5, Cd, and from G. Helme, a.
6-2, 60, in the second and third
rounds, respectively. showed great
form in gaining his fourth round
bracket, his play being distinct ad-
vance over anything he uncovered last
season.
Ward displayed traces Of lack Of
tournament practice in his match with
Edmund W. Peaslee, which he won az
6--2, 4-6, 6-3, and against Hyde TO-
day ne may have more serious opposi-
ton.
DR.. L. V. Robinson, who has improved
to surprising degree over his last
years form, scored an upset by de-
feating the veteran base liner, William
M. Fischer, at 6-3, 6-3. The victor
forced the net position persistently
and, although his strokes lacked the
finishing power, his accuracy Of place
ment more than made amends, and he
cut off majority Of Fischer's returns
The summaries:
@Bfen's Eastern New York State Cham
pfonship Singles (frst round)-Morton
Bernstein defeated J. Kellog, 6-o, 6-li
Ichiya Kumagae defeated T. Moore, e.
6-1; DR.. George King defeated F. a
Schmidt, 6-1. 6-1: Albert J. Ostendorl
defeated G. A Walker jr., SO, e-si
A. l.. Biltchik defeated p. P Fallon s-a
Go, L. c. French defeated R. L. James
6-3, SIS.
Second round-F. D. Powers defeated
J. H. Steinkampf, s--6, 6--2; l. " Robin,
son defeated w. NJ. Fischer. 6--s, So
Leonard Beelsman defeated 2. NJ sn9S m
King. So, 6-3; Albert J. Ostendort de-
fe9ted N. r. Sinclair, 6-4, 6-3; J: "
Nersereau defeated s. e. Palmer. f-e
6-4; l. w, Knox defeated H. Tinsngxs
Third round-vincent Richards defeated
A. j.. Bruneau. Go, 60; MersereaG ae
feeted G. Helme, So, 60; Allen Behf
defeated Paul Martin, 6-2, e.; A. =.
Hyde defeated E. Desnoes, 6--2, ~
Vanderbilt 3. Ward defeated Edmuno w.
Pcaslee, So, 4-6, 6-3.