New-York tribune., 1921-03-03
Boston Expert
Drops One Set
ToanUnknOwn
Ian Humbles DR.. Roscnbaum
and Will Defend Laurels
Against U. S. ex-Champion
By Fred Hawthorne

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 2.-Ichiya
Ssmacae, os Japan, the defending
, .hsupion. ard Richard Norris viii
l;su,s Cd. Of Boston, the former ma
,jonsl singles and present worlds
,oubles champion. will meet on the
.lsv courts of the Palm Beach Tennis
,lvb tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
eciock fer the singles championship u
Florids.
This morning Kumaeae swept through
his semi-inal round match with DR..
William Rosenbsum in impressive
forr, the sets going at &c. Go. Will
jsms in the mean time, or an adjoin-
,-g court, was being carried to three
se.s by S. Jarvis Adams, of Pittsburgh.
ne score being 6-i. 4-6, e-1. Adams.
who was an unknown quantity before
his tournament began, has no form,
70 finishing shots, rarely ventures to
the net and is older than Williams by
q least ten years. How. then, did he
manage TO push TIE former national
champion to three sets
AM strongly inclined to- the opinion
,Ast Williams might have won by al
most any score he chose had he been
filing to 60 in and finish off his shots
But he appeared perfectly satisfied TO
1T the affair linger through three sets,
osrtly, perhaps. because he was reiuc-
.sn, 10 exert himself to the extent of
,orciug the ret position steadily. and
cs-tly, too, because he felt the practice
would DO him good.
Williams Great Shot Maker
Tho Williams who faces kUmagae to-
morrow tor the championship will Je
al entirely different performer, l be-
.ieve Williams has the shots TO bring
i'm victory over any player in the
world, and the only question that puz-
.les followers o. The game down here
ro-nigh, is whether Dick will be able
10 produce those shots when he faces
tie hard-strohing kumagae.
Adsms's plan Of campaign obviously
was 20 make his light from close TO the
base lire and Nait Tor Williams to
laake the errors. and in this he was re
warded distinctly. for VIII ans is one
a. those players who always compile
high total OF errors. winning or losing.
In ire frs. Sc. several Of the games
vent 10 deuce. as Williams kept hitting
tae net -apc IN trying TO keep the ball
low. In the second session this ten
deacy was even more marked. and
Adams found Il good tactics 10 merely
Keep the bal il play and wait for his
'amous opponent To lose the points by
hitting the net o. going just over the
ines
With the matcn all square. Williams
.-l.ra-ed now easily he might have
wea bT bringing of several dazzling
20 ley.ac 3ts into the corners for
,acemer acas as he moved into the
Let. N-- 'r the nam ne was satisfied
10 MAKE &, a driving exchange from
.hs hack a. tie court. Even under
these circumstances the pest Adams
eogl &c Was to &c. one game before
Williams n4d -sker The third set and
ne match.
Jap Plays at Top Form
Aumagae was rot apparently with
ho,Gins anything in his match against
Dr. e. c1hau.-i in fact. he seemed 30
gelcoas the opportunity for hard
dr.yirg caranaigr and sent his shots
-leocse-i - over tne net, of tora and
hack hand and With such cxtreuee pace
taA. his o1poner- va freqcently IN
aole 20 *. within reaching distance Of
the BAL as !, sped by him with bullet
reioc-t
IN tne opening se-, through tie ex-
iell-rure o. tremendous amount OF
energy. Hoseaoauu managed 10 cut of
come OF lie low drives that humagae
ser. over, thus winning his only two
games @. cle match But the effort
iold severely on the loser \ the sec
oad SET, kumagae literally sweeping
everytaiuc before 4 m a lie increased
MS -lEeless pace. The little champion
wen- for the ne. often, and when he
lll Il-- - of b,
POINTS oy severe vOlleying as he took
the ball about shoulder high. Kun
-sae nas never developed the smash (
~e snow II q America. bGt he never
TAeisss sets winning results.
Iae men doubles event was brought
NO tire semi-dnal round and q start
vas made in the mixed doubles, with
about twenty combinations competing.
he Tnal of the doubles will be played
friday with the fnal Of the mixed
-ouoles Saturday.
I1e SUNNI aries:
Eens cssn pionsh.p singles tsesni-fnal
-, r. osenhauga 6-2. 60; Richare Nor
- Williams - defeated : Jarvis Adams
t-5. I'll
Esa's chsu.p p'orsh!p doubles (nrss round)
" Ian HoserbaIra and s. ". Merr;-
- ~ csseqt7a WMia'a J. Waller tr. and
''sa go - 80, -. s.;
''-i-.-- f-a4cOlI0 q. ClecS ana
mn Phipgs defeated George L. wrenn
ana Colrtlsndt .. Barnes. 81, IL:
saena-d ab,nad Norris Williams 20 and Ogden
ssla'pps defeated S. Jarvis Adams ana g. <.
@e}srs, es, s-s, 60, 7--6,
ynaIn pionshi2 mixed doubles (r-s- -ounG)
c.n.s cn.snaTd Norris williams % and Mrs
e.o.ss M4gntsran won from Mr and Mrs
~ r,9'ss & Hr1-ph-eys By default; Mrs. Rsw-
Ta. w. Noo4 and lchiya S1magas defeated
80 80 fesey Iheyer and II. = Horrans
u Mrs Boardnsn and r.
"a To2 BY default. Mrs A Nlblac}.
80. ,-a I. p j. NcCoFTnack defeated Miss Flor
.-s. s-S. S. -N''s9'