New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
v;lliau,s.W ashburn Vic
tory in Doubles Keeps
International Davis Cup
Here for Another Year
Nippon Pair Offer
determined Fight
Kumagae and Shinlidzu
Succeed in Capturing
4 Set From Defenders
By Fred Hawthorne

4 furious forehand orive from the
,,eouet Of Richard Norris Williams ID,
. desperate but vain attempt to volley
the ball from his backhand by Ichiya
yumagae, Of Japan, and the Davis Cup
vas safe for another year at least.
Such was the final point in the in
ternational doubles match on the West
side Tennis Clubs championship court
a. Forest Hills yesterday, when Will
,;sns and Watson NJ. Washburn, Amer
;ea,s defending team. defeated Kun
.rse and Zenzo Shimidzu, of Japan,
the challenging team, by score of 6-2,
rs. &c, TO, in the third match of
the series
Il was match that was not without
its thrills for the great crowd that sat
in serried rows in the three big stands,
even though Williams and Washburn
aIways looked like winners and always
held the advantage in the struggle.
The Americans were ever on the aggres
siye, forcing their way past the driv-
ing attack of the Japanese pair until
they could get we'll inside the service
court lines and then volleying and
smashing with an energy that was not
always under control, but was always
sharp, decisive and daring.
Japanese Fight Furiously
In the third set little Kumagae and
Shimidzu. determined to draw at least
one drop Of blood in the match, aban-
doned their customary backcourt tac-
tics and fought their way to the net
for sizzling, volleying exchanges and
smashing campaign that eventually
gave them the set at rs. 1t was fu-
riously fought set and the gallery thun-
densd forth its applause to the little
dusky challengers, even though Amer
ica's lead seemed threatened for space.
word should be said in tribute to
mat gallery. Half dozen years ago
It would not have been possible, such
Splendid behavior on the part of q
crowd that must have numbered many
hundreds of persons not acquainted
with the etiquette of the game. But
Yesterday it must have made the stout
hearts Of the little challengers throb
in appreciation as they saw their great
efforts given a generous, sporting need
Of praise.
When Julian S. Myrick, president of
the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation, who was standing beside Um-
pire Conlin's chair, caught the flying
ball that Kumagae had sent out of
court at the side, and Conlin had
called, Game, set and match for the
United States!" there was low, hesi-
tating rumble from the stands. The
next instant this rumble had gathered
momentum and became a roar of ap-
prevail for victor and vanquished alike.
Pillows were hurled into the air from
the seats, and under this storm of APP
probation Williams and Washburn
shock hands across the net with Kuma
gae and Shimidzu. Somebody ran to
the table near the umpire's chair,
where the great silver bowl that a
dozen nations have struggled for on the
courts OF the world shone and glistened
IN the dying rays of the sun. The
powi was picked up and carried about
y = trlumph for a minute, and then as
humagae and Shimidzu started for the
escorted by Paul Gibbons,
OF Philadelphia, the crowd let loose
With a new storm of cheers and hand
slspping.
Real Spirit of Tennis
The little men from the Far East
marched side by side, their swarthy
faces wreathed in smiles, bowling and
llaugning as they approached the club
mouse yeranda, where they were en-
guiied IN a pushing, jostling crowd of
friends.
=, Inc reception awarded Williams and
y "aShDurn, the victors, was not more
hearty or spontaneous. Of such is the
'pirit Of tennis.
-. was an afternoon fraught with
'trring Incidents. Just as the third
81 81: ended IN victory for Kumagae and
II,nimlozu, the first drops of rain from
Dlacx thunder clouds that had been
ssasherlng to the south of the courts
Ssgan to pelt down upon the thousands
m; mo sat unprotected in the stands.
"ienin ten minutes these advance
suard drops had developed into one of
.As widest hail and rain storms that
lan struck New York this season.
nan OF the crowd made a break for
,s;a ,o;ne KIND of shelter, the clubhouse
~ Jseang pared to the general public, but
s sss otner half, the pluckier half, faced
~ .hs deluge without hinching, even
.mough to some it meant ruined cos
Vines wh and bedraggled hat plumes.
msn ,ors u became evident that the down.
'su' was to continue indefinitely,
CONTINUED on pauc fouytsen,