The Washington herald., 1921-09-04
Jap Challengers Beaten s
BY u. S. Stars In Doubles
Williams and Washburn Turn Back Kumagae
And Shimidzu, 6-2,7-5, 46 and Is:
Nipponese Minus Punch in Crisis.
BY ARTHUR ROBINSON.

The Davis Cup. most precious trophy
Of its kind in the world. is Amer
ica's.
The msssed attack Of the world
upon the right OF America TO that
trophy has failed. II failed pre-
ciselv at 6:14 this afternoon
At that moment a long drawn out
match between r. Norris williams
and Watson NJ washburn, repre-
senting the United states ead Ichixa
Kumagae and Zenze shimIdzu. rep
resenting Japan. came to an end.
Victory for the American play
ers was won by a score Of 60, rs.
4-s. rs. Victory over Japan by
three matches TO none.
Friday. William TIIden. champion
Of America and the world. defeated
Shimidzu. and william n. Johnston
defeated KumaEae
Monday Tilden will meet Rumagae
and Johnston will play shimidzu-
The results will have no bearing
upon the series. The outcome Will
be purely acadmic In its signif.
cance. The series was to be decided
by the best three matches out Of
fve and the series was decided TO.
day.
Jnps shy Punch in CrIst,-
The match between the doubles
teams was interrupted by a ground
shaking thunderstorm during the
internission. between the third and
/ fourth sets
Play was held up for one hour
and three quarters. and as the
crowd. hidden under the stands
waited for the storm to subside. the
thunder song OF the elements blend
ed and finally lost itself in the vic
tory song Of Williams and Wash
burns rackets.
Lightning flashed in the storm
clouds and a bsrrage Of hailstones
fell. Huge awnings on the veranda
and balcony of the West Side Ten
mis- Club were tore away by the
gale.
At the fall OF the rain a panopIy
or vari-hued parasols opened like
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display attained a prismatic effect
In which red and white and blue
predominated. Then, later, a rain
bow CLEANED in the sky, and again
a blend Of national colors was pre-
dominant
Once in the second set the Japa-
nese were within 2 points Of win
ming II. II they had won those
points the entire complexion OF
the match would have been
changed. But they did not win and
the match passed on TO the third
set. in which the little japanese
streaked about the court, and drove
and battered their way through the
defense Of the Americans.
Driving Of Japs FaII..
I Williams and wsshburn played
like Americans. They exhibited
the national traits which foreign
ers perceive in us They stormed
the net. leaping high 20 bring their
racquets down on the ball with
terrific crashes. They voIleyed in
midcourt with trigger-Iike fnality.
and by that metho6 they won.
Kumagae and Shimidzu, on the
other hand, tried 70 win BY their
cunning and alertness. But thev
confined themselves almost eNclu-
sively to the back court and their
driving failed.
1t was thus that the Davis Gun
was saved for America. II is the
most precious trophy of fits kind fn
the world and was put into com
petition twenty-one years ago
Twelve nations Of the world chaI-
lenged Americas right to IL. One
by one the foreign teams, engaged
in conflict with each other. dropped
out. until only Japan remained.
And Friday Japan sent it's best
against William T. Tilden. and
William A. Johnston in two singles
matches. Japan's two best bets
failed.
The 5000 or more spectators who
| remained after the storm in the
hope OF seeing Mile. Lenglen play
were disappointed. She was TO have
played an exhibition match with
Vincent Richards against Mrs. Nav
Sutton Bundy and Willis Davis.
She was forced to call of the
match, however, on account Of i'll
ness.
As substitute attraction, Clar-
erce V. Todd and James o. Ander-
son Of the Australian Davis Gun
team. played Willis Davis and Dean
Mathey.
Following their defeat in the
doubles. Rumagae said the Japanese
had lost to a better team.
We will win the cup in two
years" he said.
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