New-York tribune., 1921-05-31
Richards Goes
10 Sen1i-F'irlals
I'm Tennis Play
humagae Also Works WAY
Into Next to Last Round
of Tourney at Yonkers
By Fred Hawthorne

|
Vincent Richards, national JUNO,
champion, and Ichiya Kumagae, OF
Japan, North and South and defending
title holder in the Eastern New Yorl
state championship tournament, worked
their way into the semi-fnal round OF
the annual tourney on the CLAW court
Of the Amackassin Club, Of Yonkers
yesterday. They are scheduled to meet
tnl5 afternoon at o'clock in the strup.
gle fer the final bracket in the upne,
half of the draw.
", hichards came through by defeating
waiter D. Toussaint at Go, 60. but
Aumagae was forced to play three
matches during the day, In at least ons
OF which he was extended to win. The
ilttie japanese is OVERRIDING matters
perhaps not of his own volition. but
three such speedy matches as he played
yesterday III a scorching sun are NOT
calculated to do him any good, particu-
iafly when we remember that all his
energies will be needed later in tbe
season, When he and Zenzo Shiuidzu
represent Japan in the Davis Cur
matches. NF
humagae's first and hardest match
was. against the tall Albert J. Osten
dort, whom he defeated at 6-2. 9-7
Ihe next man to fall before the little
Or1enta's speed and skill was Leonard
beekn1an, who was eliminated at 60
o. and then young Morton Bernstein
was defeated at 60, Cd. When ha
nad completed his days work yester-
aay humagae told me that he himself
thought three matches in four days was
gong bit too far
1T is the Davis Cup that I must
| Salf p L
paying now will be bad for me, !
| think"
Jap Must Call Halt
AS Kumagae is also entered in the
Orange Lawn Tennis Clubs invitation
tourney, in the Brooklyn championship
and In the invitation tourney at the
Green Meadow Country Club, all to be
played or started this week, it may be
! seen that he must call a halt some
where.
Four other men reached into the
/ round before the seni-tinal yesterday,
Hugh Oakley defeating James D. Ewing
at 6-4, 4--6, Ga, while Alfred D.
Hammett defeated Jones W. Mersereau
at 3-6, ca, 6-2; Allen Behr de-
| feated Herbert L. Bowman at 6-2,
SIS, 6-3, and Vanderbilt B. Ward de-
feated A. Musgrave Hyde by a score
Oh b-1, t..
have rarely seen young Richards
| in finer playing form than he was yes
| terday. In the eight matches he has
played in this tournament the Junior
champion has only dropped two games,
and those two to Leon Croley, one of
the steadiest and hardest working play
ers on local courts. Croley was de-
feated at I'll, 81 late on Sunday
afternoon, and it was expected that
Toussaint would give the slender
youngster a slightly more severe test.
Toussaint never had q chance yes
terday. He was so unfortunate as to
bump into Richards when the latter
was going at his best and, even though
Toussaint was not playing his standard
game, the result must have been ap-
proxirnately the same.
Richards volleying was the feature
in this match and he completely smoth-
cred everything that came within his
reach. Richards has been noted for his
net game ever since he first began to
attract tournament notice, and yestei'-
day we saw him in rare mood. His
low volleys recalled the great Frederick
B. Alexander at his best, and no mat
ter If the ball came to him on fore or
backhand, it seemed all the same to
Richards, who also showed amazing ac-
curacy as he shot the ball into the
openings.
Finishing Power Improving
1t seemed to NE, too, that Richards
has more finishing power in all his
shots this year than ever before, his
forehand drive having a lot of pace and
his overhead play was absolutely dead
ly. wish that a certain contemporary
critic, generally conspicuous by his ab-
sence at local tournam ents, but who
ventured the opinion in print recent
ly that Richards was practically
Through" could have observed him
yesterday.
Kumagae's play was uneven in his
match with Bernstein. He seemed able
to go out for his finishing shot when
ever he really reused himself for the
effort, and then his shots held a speed
and power that bernstein could not
withstand, but there were mony oc-
casions when Kumagae lspsed and per-
mitted his opponent to get points be-
cause of that.
Bernstein, however, is a rapidly i'm
proving player. His strokes are we'll
executed and he has speed to burn
and the energy OF youth. His service
is we'll placed and speedy, and it was
this that gave KUnagae more trouble
than anything else. If the japanese
is in good shape to-day, he and Rich
ards ought to provide one Of the lawn
tennis treats of The early season.
The summaries follow:
Mems Eastern New York state cham
pionship singles (second round Morton
Bernstein defeated j. Cecil Donaldson,
2-6. 6-4 6-4; Charles Chambers defeat
ed r. w. Gilmore, 60, 6--2; J. D, Ewing
defeated Hugh L. Nearing. S--6. 10-S;
Hugh Tallant defeated r. E. Roberts, Ga.
S.; Hugh Oakley defeated a. L. Blltcht1,
6--4. 6-3; Alfred D. Hammett defeated
feated X. Smith, So, 6-4.
Third round-E. + McLaughlin defeated
L. L. Tulley, 1t, 6--4. 6--4; w. ]. Tous-
saint defeated r. " Lake 1913 6--1 DR..
L. V. Robinson defeated DR.. B. Z. Drake
CO, 3-6, SIS; Bernstein defeated r. Il.
Price, 6-2, 7-6: Leonard Beekman de-
Kumagae defeated Albert ]. ostendorf.
81, st; Ewing defeated Chambers.
6-3, 3-6, 6--4: Oakley defeated Tallant
6--l, 2-6, 6-4; Hammett defeated
French. 6-2. o-6, 6--4: H. L. Bowman
defeated L. w. Knox, 6--4. S-6, 6-4.
Fourth round--vincent Richards defeat
defeated Mclaughlin. 81. liz; Bern
stein defeated Robinson, SIS. 6--S, 6-~3;
Kumagae defeated Beekman. 60, 6-s
Oakley defeated Ewing 6-4, IS, Ct;
Hammett defeated Jones w. Mersereau.
3-6. 6-4, "a; Allen Behr defeated Boy
defeated A. NJ. Hyde. 6--I, 6--2.
Fifth round--Richards defeated TouS-
saint, 60, SO: kunagae defeated Bern
stein, 6-2, Ga.
New Yacht Club Opened