The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Five Courts Hastily Put Into
n Condition for Initial
Matches.
SEEDED PLAYERS SCORE
Kashio, Kynaston and Ward
~ Among Contenders to .5
q, Advance.
by SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

All TIE tournament committees
plans for reducing record tennis
field more than half on the opening
: day of the Brooklyn championship
were knocked into a cooked hat by
rain at the Terrace Kings County
Tennis Club yesterday. The damp
weather OF the two previous days had
rendered the courts heavy, but dill
gent work by the groundkeepers had
put them into fairly good shape again.
only to have the rain come back tan
talizingly and flood most Of the play
ing area. Ts
Not to be discouraged. however. the
committee set at work late in, the day.
when the rain ceased. to have as many
courts as possible In playing condition
and they were gratified to see the skies
clear and permit some of the matches
tolbe disposed Of. Not a very large
portion of the record entry OF 14s play
ers was eliminated, but every little bit
helps and 1t Is hoped to bring the tour
nament down to sixty-four survivors in
the third round by nightfall. The field
was reduced by fifteen.
Only five courts could be used late
yesterday afternoon. but it is expected
that more than score will be occupied
Continuously from 10 A. M. to dark to-
day. The first two matches disposed of
proved to be one sided. lovesset affairs.
Frank A. Fall won the first from w.
A. Blackwell and Lowell Shumway took
the second from Samuel r. Bradley.
Then Royal D. Richey. one OF the most
skilful of the home club veterans, scored
q Quick victory over Frank NJ Aukamp.
6--l, 6-3, keeping his opponent racing
all over the court to meet his well
Judged placements aran3Igy
stsMatch Of Ups and Downs.
!, Vanderbilt q. Ward. first of the eight
6eeded players to get into action. also
came through victorious. but his match
with c. A. II. Smith was peculiar for
ITS ups and downs. Ward, by superior
speed and steadiness and ability to come
70 the net to finish off a rally. fairly
kreezed through the first set. taking
six games in arrow. Then he sumped
IN surprising fashion as Smith redoubled
his efforts and took the aggressive He
IN the second division of play. but ap-
parently was just biding his time to-
ward the end OF the set. for he came
back with spirited rally and left little
doubt as to superiority in the third. The
score was 60 3-6. 6-1. aisefir
Y Seiichiro Kashio, member of the JAP
anese Davis Cup team OF 1921. and
Percy L. Kynaston. Nassau and Queens
champion, were two other seeded play
ers to come through theirinitial matches.
They won decisiveiy. Kashio defeating
X. Okuno, a fellow Nipponese, g., Sc.
while Kynastonr disposed Of William c.
Prsll with the loss OF only three games.
In match that was productive OF
perhaps the most interesting tennis OF
the day Kenneth d. Fisher, who has
disposed of some prominent players In
the early tournament of the season. de-
feated Anton L. Won Bernuth, 4-S. SO.
6-2 The winner was slow to get into
stride and Won Bernuth's . skilful placing
caught him flatfooted quite frequently
in the first set. Thereafter, however,
Fisher although, forced to keep going
at top speed held the upper hand mainly
through the speed OF his attack and the
neyerity Of his forehand drive. It was
,,auch closer in the last two sets than
the score indicates. but although Won
Bernuth played well his strokes lacked
the decisive character OF those OF MS
opponent. ,-t., ~
some of the Contenders.
Frank T. Anderson. winner IN 1920;
Frederick c. Anderson. the North SIDE
champion; Herbert l.. Bowman. Elliott
n Binzen and Allen II. Behr are other
saeeded players who get into action to-
day The summary: rt Hgr1tae
FIRST ROUND. ecei q,
! J1rsme Minister defeated Lawrence Baker
O-Irs NJ. Anderson defeated n. A. Fleis by
osFsa', Frank A. Fan defeated w. A. Blackwell.
y j. e. Cameron defeated Max cavalii. Ga.
.g-vh SECOND ROUND.
Percy L. Kynaston defeated william G.
fT,l,msIls;h Ioxsii shsmwsy defested samuel r. Brad
i'z, xr'sar SS. v W Osunnsl, defeated r W. briggs.
Joseph II. smith defeated N. A. Halsey.
". J. l. Iisoee defeated Herbert = Barti'''
o7S; Royal sl-y i. Richie defeated Frank NJ. Au-
fs|p' W. Koibs defeated John J. Schultz.
y.nSerblit n. ward defeated c. A. II.
stsdnan Jameson defeated Charles s.
sent as, e., Ga.
fsiichiro Kashio defeated X. okuno, g.,
t-f. L