New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Beals Wright
w ilas Doubles
With Kll1llagae
Victory of Veteran Tennis
Star Features First Round
OF Green Meadow Tourney
BY Fred Hawthorne

There was lot of good play mixed
up with some that savorcd strongly
of early season quality, in the annual
invitation roundrobn mems doubles
levin tennis tournament yesterday
afternoon on the grass courts of the
Green Meadow Country Club, at
Harrison, Westchester County.
The tournament committee at Green
Meadow always makes it a point to
gather together for this two day af-
fair some of the men who have made
tennis history, and so yesterday we
found Beals Wright, former national
singles and doubles champion and old
internatonalist Robert lie Roy. who
held the national intercollegiate title
number of years ago, and Lyle E.
Mahan, who has won his honors in
many court struggle. contendng
with some of those who are of the
more modern school.
Only two matches were played yes
tcrday, in one of which Wright, paired
with Ichiya Kumagae, of Japan, North
ard Voshell, former national indoor
title holder, and Harold A. Throckmor-
ton, New Jersey state champion, by a
score of Cd, Go In the other
match Voshell and Throckmorton van
quished lie Roy and Mahan, at 6-3,
81, Sc.
Beclman Lost in Hills
Leonard Beekman and Walter Mer-
rill Hall, North Side champions, were
to have played match yesterday and
Hall was on the ground ready to go on,
but Beekman, losing his way in the
Westchester hills, did not arrive until
s. late that it was deemed best to hold
over this match until this afternoon.
Beekman and Hall will be called upon
to play three matches to-day, while
the other teams play two.
The Green Meadow courts are situat-
ed in an extremely picturesque spot,
with rolling lawn sloping down to
the courts, and on these green slopes
the gallery took it's place, to the num-
Der of several hundred.
Wright and Kumagae were the first
palr to start warming up, and those
who looked to see the younger op-
ponents take the measure of the vet
eran Wright and little Kumagae did
not reckon on the court craft of the
old internationalist nor the killing
pace that the Japanese put into his
shots. Wright. while he lacks most
of the sting in his shots that formerly
brought him world fame. is still just
as keen in his court technique as of
yore.
kumagae in Fine Form
1t was Kumagae who battered open
ings in. the opposing pairs defense,
crashing forehand drives of tremen-
dous speed over the net, and these
opening wedges often gave Wright the
opportunity for finishing off the re-
turns by deft volleying and beautifully
placed overhead shots. The first set
was keenly contested, but in the second
Voshell and Throckmorton were not
able to stand up against the other
sides fine team work and did not get a
game.
The defeated pair in this match
showed to better advantage, however,
against lie Roy and Mahan. Throck-
morton was never reliable, that is, he
was never certain of his shots, alter
mating the most brilliant strokes with
glaring errors. Some of his shots
looked impossible of execution as he
made sensational gets from every po-
sition on the court
Too many times, however. he. fell
down on easy shots that he never
should have failed to put away. Voshell
was far steadier, always being danger
ous overhead The winning pair also
held distinct advantage on service
but even so, the softer, more accurate
tennis of LIE Roy and Mahan forced the
issue to three sets, the last two very
closely fought out to deuce.