The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-18
JAPANESE TENNIS
ACE MEETS DEFEAT
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Shimidzu, Baffled by Sizzling
Service, Loses to s. How
ard Voshell.
SHOWS AN UPHILL FIGHT
Winner Has Little to Spare in
Three Set Match-Miss
Goss Triumphs.
SHOWS AN UPHILL FIGHT
by SAMUEL >. BRooKMAN.

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GREENWICH, Conn. July 17.-Japan's
tennis ace. Zenzo Shimidzu went down
to defeat in his second match on Ameri-
can courts at the Field Club to-day
defeat that, strange to say. proved him,
great player. He made a splendid up
hill tussle against s. Howard Vosheli, a
man who ranks thirteenth nationally !;
fought off defeat several times, but had
to yield finally, not to superior general
ship or control, but to a sizzling sharp
breaking service that he rarely could
fathom, and a net attack that was diff
ficult % break down. Voshell, playing
the best tennis he has shown in two sea-
sons. won after three hard sets by the
close score of 6-3. 6-8, SIS.
If skill and speed alone counted. Shi-
nlidzu would have been the winner by a
comfortable margain. His maneuvring
for position. his dexterity in sending the
ball through the smallest opening and
his, at times. phenomenal agility in court
covering thrilled large gallery from
first to last and convinced critics Of his
unusual ability, but he had to start the
rallies going to. prove it. Unfortunately,
when yoshell was booming his tremen-
dous service across Shimidzu had all
sorts OF difficulty putting the ball into
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rately. and often when he did return It
within bounds Voshell was right at the
net prepared to defect 1t for an earned
point One of the first essentials for
victory in tennis Is to return service.
Late in the match Shimidzu was having
less and less difficulty with service, and
might have turned the tide II the contest
had been three out of five sets instead of
two out of three.
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conditions were not to Shimidzu's liking,
tor the turf was still soft and uneven as
the result of the heavy transforms OF
Thursday and Friday. and for the
same reason Voshell had the advantage
over the Nipponese. for Shimidzu's game
Is built almost entirely on perfection of
ground strokes, while Voshell by volley<
ing at every opportunity avoids the
chances of bad and freakish bounds.
In the long run. however, 1t was service
more than anything else that beat the
Japanese. Shimidzu netted off service
eight times during the match, drove tho
service ball out Of bounds an equal num-
Der of times, and returned twenty other
service balls so weakly that Voshell had
little trouble volleying them for place
ment.
shimidzu Stages Rally.
After Shimidzu had taken lead of
two games to one in the first set Voshell
won four straight games breaking
through service twice and holding his
advantage to the end. In the second set
Shimidzu outplayed voshell in the ma
jority of the rallies, but the latters SER
vice and good control kept the score
even up to 3-all. Shimidzu bobbed UP
with some splendid passing shots In the
eighth game, and two lobs perfectly
placed as Voshel forced his way to the
net gave Zeno the lead at 5--3. In the
next game he was within a point of the
set at Ga, but drove several inches
out on a shot along the side lines, and
Voshell took advantage of the error to
rally and take the game. Voshell also
won the next two. and, leading 6--5 and
30-love, was within two points of
straight set victory. Again Shimidzu
proved his fighting qualities In a pnich.
four earned points In q row. perfect In
their speed and distance. enabled Shi-
midzu to break through Voshelrs SER
vice and bring the score to Gall. Two
games later he broke through again for
the set, but this time Voshell contrib
uted to it with two untimely double
defaults.
Voshell led a. in the third set, but
shimidzu came from behind and evened
the score again at sail, breaking
through service by the boldest kind Of
strolxing in the tenth game when Vo-
shell was close to victory. The match
went four games further before Voshell
finally ended it In his favor. the last
two games being long deuce affairs
the victory brought voshell into the
semi-fnal round against Charles s. Gar
land of last years Davis cup team. but
the match was not played as time would
not permit They may arrange to play
of their match at the Agawam Hunt
Club OF Providence, where they are to
play all this week in the Rhode Island
State championships, and the winner
later In the season will meet Leonard
Beekman in the final round Beekman
reached the cup round to-day by beating
Theodore r. Pell rather easily In the
seni-fnal.
AS expected. Miss Eleanor Goss tri-
umphed in the women's singles tourna-
ment. but she experienced greater diffi-
Guilty than most OF the tennis fans had
figured. In the seml-final early in the
day Miss Martha Bayard forced her to
q long deuce set, SIS, but Miss Goss.
who had started rather unsteadily,
reached the top Of her game in the Sec
ond set and won decisively. 6-1.
The summary.
Field Club OF Greenwich Invitation wom-
ems Singles, Semi fnai-Mss Eleanor Goss
defeated Miss Martha Bayard, SO. Ell
Mrs Edwin A. Falk defeated Mrs. G, "
vinai Round-MIss Eleanor aoss defeated
ren Edw sIns a. Fa!s I'll founS-s Howard
yoshell defeated zenzo shimdzu. Ga. 8-s,
SIS.
semi-finaI Round-Leonard Beekman de-
feted Theodore ". PeIl. 60, 6-2
Mems Doubles-First Round--Theodore r.
Pell. and Hugh a.. NJ. Kellehsr defeated
James y. Peli and Anthony J. Biddle. Jr..
Ga, e.
Second Round--Ludlow vandeyenter and
II. kelleher. Or, Ga.
Sem-final Round-Dean Mathey and
leonard Beekman defeated Ludlow and
Philip Nandeventer, &C., g..
The point score and stroke analysis
OF the voshell-shlmidzu match follow:
s s5iniii r, ...... ! 9ffs ! SssGs
Nets. Outs. Place. serv. DF,
S sSi%id.a 49, ...... ! Il iS 3 g.
SECOND SET.
SSinfdl;; l.. ssatssissatas -, 49,
Nets. Outs. Place. serv. DF, |
s ESSSfi' i' -: IS !: q J !
THIRD SET.
ss si$is.a:.. Sstsstss.assssEss
sSi%id.a ;. :.: Il q y 3 3
REHABILITATION.
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