New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
80 Tennis Stars
Start Tourney
For State Title
kuniagae and Richards ON
Same Side Of Draw in Up
per Half of Yonkers Meet
By Fred Hawthorne

State championship lawn tennis tour
nament began yesterday AFTERNOON on
the eight clay courts of the Amackas-
| SIN Club of Yonkers, with an entry
list Of eighty-nine in the singles.
lchiya Kumagae, North and South Old
Dominion and present Eastern New
New York champion, and Vincent Rich
ards former national indoor title hold
! er, are the most prominent contenders
and the fate of the draw has placed
both these stars in the upper half.
Richards was one of those to play an
early match, and the youth who gradu-
ates next month from Fordham Pre-
raratory School showed himself in
great playing form as he overwhelmed
| Byron Kikuchi, of japan, in two mete-
orie sets at CO. 60. The former in
door champion was placing his returns
| faultlessly, coming up to the net fire.
quently for finishing shots on the full
volley. He literally smothered every
thing that the working Kikuchi
sent over, and, although the latter
managed to force some of the games to
deuce, that was the limit Of his accom-
| plishment
Beekman Wins Easily
Kumagae had not appeared at the.
courts up to late hour, but he was
scheduled to meet Thomas Moore in
the first round. Leonard Beekman had
no great difficulty in defeating Edgard
T. Appleby, the billiard star, the sets
going at 6-3, 60. Beekman was
good from any position on the court,
having a lot of pace on his ground
strokes and both severity and accuracy
overhead. His volleying was good, on
the whole, although at times he threw
away points by missing on easy shots.
Herbert l.. Bowman, who performed
so we'll in the recent Harlem Tennis
Club tournament, was slow getting
warmed up in his match with Ely Be-
har, trailing in the first half of the open
ing set, but thereafter he gathered
speed and went straight through to
victory, winning at ca, Go. His SER
vice was severe and we'll controlled
and his forehand drives ripped holes
| in Behar's court. Overhead Bowman
was deadly on short lobs.
/ Hugh l.. Nehring, of the West Side
| Tennis Club, signalized his return to
local tournament play by defeating
| Charles A. Anderson at 6-3, g, in
match that was featured by several
keen rallies from back court and at
| the net.
! Charles Chambers, president of the
| Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Association
and veteran of a hundred courts,
proved his ability to still hold his own
and a little bit more by vanqulshlng
! F. Wolkowitz at SO, Ga In spite OF q
/ torrid sun, Chambers played through
out without removing his sweater, and
as he covered court with his custom
ary thoroughness, it may be surmised
that there were at least two or three
| pounds of Charles Chambers left on
/ In, I,,1ar, Tho tpb fnl she'd
| The victor announced that he was
more anxious to lose weight than to
win by decisive scores just at present
Martin Hard Pressed
Paul Martin was another winner, de-
feating Milton Soper at 6-2, 8-6. in
the second round, after drawing bye
in the opener. Here was match with
both men trying to gain the net at
every opportunity. Martin had better
control and his playing kept Soper on
the jump continuously In the second
set, however, Martin was hard pressed
to win, but managed to break through
after the games had reached o-all,
! and win on his own serve.
A full day Will be put in to-day, in
an effort to reduce the big field to
more wieldy proportions by sunset,
and the first matches will be played in
the morning. The doubles will proba-
bly begin on Tuesday as, with another
! full day tomorrow, the singles should
be we'll advanced toward the semi-fnal
| brackets.
The summaries:
! Eastern New York State mems cham
/ inson defeated ID. Mitchell, 6-l, 60; R.
K. Price defeated George s. GroesbeclS.
6-2. 81; Leonard BeelSman defeated Ed-
defeated Fred Damrau, 6-4, s.; n. r.
| Sinclair defeated A. Hewitt 6--1 6--3; r.
! w. Gilmore defeated d. Greer. g, 6~-2;
6-2. 64; J. d. Ewing defeated H; Wisel-
tier, St, 6--3;' Hugh l.. Nehring defeated
Charles A. Anderson. 6-3, e.; Hugh
Tallant defeated r. p. Winfield, 6--2, 81;
r. E Roberts defeated d. Griffith. 6-l.
6---1; X. Smith defeated f. Pierce Adams,
r. d. Golden won from r. sohlessinge,r.
Levy, by default; Hugh Oakley defeated
AL Orth, GO, 7-5; w. S. Pearce defeat
ed c. A. Schultz. 6--3, 6-4; Alfred ID.
Hammett defeated r. j. Sommer, 60,
| SIS
C. Nj. Cordley, &c. st; r v Lake de-
feated |. l.. Feschman, 90, g.; Wal
ter }. Toussaint defeated Murray Vernon.
3-6 So, 6--4; r. d. Golden defeated
Alex Her, 6-2 6--3; Allen Behr defeat
ed NJ. r. Ackerand, 6-1. 2-6 6-2; H.
Haines defeated e. o. Desnoes, 6-2, 6--3;
Edmund w. Peaslese defeated j. p Nick
I enow, So, 12--10
Bruncau defeated S. Motfatt, 6-4, g.;
Vincent Richards defeated Byron Kikucht.
60, 60; Leon Croley Won from G. IA
Howe by default; E. 1. Mclaughlin won
from w. H. Ruxton by default; Herbert l..
Bowman defeated Ely Behar, e., 60;
Paul Martin defeated Milton Soper, 6-2,
SIS; A. NJ. Hyde defeated {. H. Van Ness
Ga, 6--4; Vanderbilt b. Ward won from
f. G. Norton by default.