The New York herald., 1922-06-20
Walter Wesbr0Ok of Detroit
Plays Impressively-Kashio
in Form Again.
by SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

The midwest has one entrarit in the
metropolitan clay court championship
which is being fought out this week on
the courts of the New York Tennis Club
but that one. Walter Wesbrook OF De-
troit, western intercollegiate champion
year ago. will have to be reckoned
with the greater part Of the way In
two matches thus far Wesbrook has
played decidedly impressive tennis and
has earned the right to be regarded as
one Of the leading contenders for the
title held by Vincent Richards
IN advancing to the third round yes
terday Wesbrook eliminated last years
runner-up, Alfred J. Cawse. in straight
sets. The latter. ono Of the steadiest
drivers and one Of the most agile getters
In the metropolitan district, made a
strong bid for the second set, which he
carried to deuce games. His squirt, too.
came at a time when Wesbrook was hav-
ing a bit OF trouble with control, but
the versatility of the Western youth,
his all around speed and the decisive
character of his strokes pulled him out
Of several tight situations and gave him
the set eventually at SIS. The FIRST set
had ended In the ninth game, 6-3.
Wesbrook can play both baseline and
net. His game is to follow low swift
drives to the net and entrench himself
in the forward court until the rally Is
his drives, and the5 are forcing shots
of exceptional merit The defeat in am
early round Of the player who reached
the title match year ago Is evidence
of the stronger entry this season and Of
the success of the seeded draw. In the
tournament Of 1921 practically all the
contenders were crowded in one half OF
the draw, and while they were eliminat-
ing each other some~of the lesser lights
were advancing we'll toward the cham
pionship match In the other.
There was nothing remotely akin to
an upset In yesterdays play. Five Of
the eight seeded aspirants-vincent
Richards, title holder; Seiichro Kashio.
Brooklyn champion; Elliott III. Binzen,
eastern New York State champion: DR..
George King. westchester county title
holder, and Walter wesbrook--all
triumphed In straight sets, and with the
exception Of Wesbrook lost very few
games. Richards. never forced to call
on anything like his best speed, disposed
OF c., w. Brown 6-1, 6-2. Binzen yielded
only one game to Arthur r. Glore, DR..
King dropped two in the frst set to d..
Donaldson and then won the second set
at love, and Kashfo overwhelmed Jerome
Lang with the loss Of only one game.
1t was a far more effective Kashio
who faced Lang yesterday than the one
who played through four games OF a
match halted by rain the previous day.
The days rest appeared to have given
the Nipponese renewed vim and con-
fidence. and he was stroking with all
the brilliance that had marked his
triumph in the Brooklyn championship
and that had carried him to the title
round in the New Jersey title. .tourna-
rnent. Kashio completely outplayed
Lang yesterday. and Lang, one of the
rising tennis set. has been giving some
of the top ranking players in the dis
trict considerable trouble this season.
The Japanese was all over the court, an
ticipating shots with uncanny regularity,