New-York tribune., 1922-08-10
|l,panese Star
|lriurnplns Over
Hugh Kelleller
lad Player Eliminates
Seer: Richards : Hunter
eeach Doubles Semi-Final
pv Fred Hawthorne

Sos say, - California, Pacific coast
isss. champion, advancing into the
issasss Sore the seni-final, to join the
tssaa ~ men who gained those brack-
q yesterday. w., xo1,ohor of
81 " Yeyk. by a score OF e-l' o--o'
g y;nsey eliminated Phil Neer, an
psrisc coast star, by a score of
~ "a 10th third-round matches,
he.h played in the morning, in
e. ~ heavy night and morning
~ The courts of course were un-
n heavy and the men had TO be on
Z" .iert lest they sprawl their length
" ~. suri AS result of the slippery
= .I+;ans Bv the time the afternoon
...s;on of play began, however, the
sN..,.,d had absorbed most OF the mois-
Ivt,leton Fox, chairman of the
Au,nsment committee, and Dr.. Walter
Me. referee, after an earnest con-
Ice and a study Of meteorological
lsitions early this morning, decided
"A risk the singles schedule being held
M later in the week by bad weather
i and devote the entire afternoon to get
n ting the field of thirty odd teams in the
4 doubles on their way. Consequently
S only the two matches mentioned
1 we're played in the singles and the first
4 and second rounds Of the doubles SUBJ
stantiall completed before sundown.
4 Tomorrow the singles will be
brought into the semi-fnal round and
4 ihe doubles into the round before the
semi-fnal Originally it was intended
4 to play two out of three set matches
a in the singles, but Mr.. Fox, taking a
Yote among the eight Seeded" play
srs, found that ali were in favor of the
4 three out of five set plan for both
4 ssmi-fnal and final round. and those
/ eonditions will therefore be observed
IN the two rounds of play.
Larned in Umpire's Chair
No less tennis celebrity than Will
Ism A. Larned presided as umpire in
the Shimizu-Kelleher match. The for
sg perennial national singles cham
pisn had been entered in the doubles.
J. BOT sprained ligament in one leg
& compelled him to take a less active
part in the tournament. Like all good
tennis players, Larned immediately Of
isrsd to make himself useful in an of
aeial capacity and was duly laducted
MO ONCE by Messrs. Niles and Fox.
shimizu began the service and took
ne hrst two games, directing his at
acs from close to the line. Kelleher.
gifted With an unusual reacs+ though
% Is, found 1t almost impossible to
sloes OF the nicely aimed shots that
lae little Japanese sent for tho lines
ne did manage to win the third game
aid by breaking through Shimiz,I,s
'ervice at that, but that was the solo
.Aehl Oh MS success in the opening
session., the Oriental star taking the
iaa iour games with the loss of onIv
lOar points, the two final games being
Aeileher had not shown either enough
spsea in going for the net position o,
saacient control Of his volleying shots
~ onset the sharp shooting of his on.
poheht IN this set. Shimizu earnino
many OF MS points on placement shot
is which Kelleher frequently failed r.
sst INTO position quickly enough t.
make the return. ~
In the second set the New Yorl
man did far better, winning +hra.
games and forcing three to "deuce'
s,,at sviots snimlzu could put across the
Sba'sning shots. Apparently believing
.oula uncover a weakness on thu
.spahese's backhand, Kelleher main
,s .s.neo steady attack at that poin,
s.t,oughout most Of the second set. bu-
ss.atnlzu vas just about as steady or
..s ieI' as on his right side. and al
saVugn occasionally he was outpIavef
saeh s helleher forced the net position
ns persisted in his deep court tactics
MAINTAINING ny t! splendidly uniform deptl
,a, va ms arlves, varied at times by short
i..u'ns that sometimes caught KeIle.
AsT y, mapping in back court.
Inc point score of this match fol.
ssu, FIRST SET
S'iss'' H''i'a .; .....s 3 a-4s-s s-is-f
s,,., SECOND SET
S'i's S'iish's Z Z i ! ! 1-ss-s 5-ss-s
Kinsey Obtains Big Lead
sals du Pont Irving umpired the
~witS tSSSsS,Neer Ser match, which was begun
inc tbre 49,. serving and Kinsey break
and ih.vagh to win the opening game
~ nst;, 'neh continuing on witbone g ha1t
mirJ Ill ne led at SO. Neer ybo 'sa CO
aIs ran nae considerably of Iindlav NJ
my N /, ootn In his court appearance " and -
-. us execution of shots narticnlari,, y,
Es his % ,oW voiley, was slow in oain;n . :,
ss sor,. 'oottieeylng Of position, even fbongS @ (
,4e N. = Vi 'ne drives were splendid forc :.
va ~, shots ss behind which to advance II
- ~ .nls hesitancy that enabled K;nso,-
dys ramas straight through the first
Of the sat n aithough in the last four
i tbat 'ea !. Neer abandoned his caution
ksnsA AIt bi.. II was, that had previously
took chan.se ,, eiose to the base line and
s:nrles iosmer national intercollegiate
sgysr.h .l champion won the sixth and
gs ana salhes after a stubborn strup-
;o, tSs au .hen Kinsey took the next
Eip,sre SCI at 6-2 on his own service
tAe bssae pe II remembered, is one of
sams 'aaiest oIe young players now in the
tonaS.,. Always searching for an on
.,,k;n.s weakness, and reIentlesslv Of
II tnat point. On the heavy tnrf
t,.s uay his sliced and chonned ra-
Cat t,' result NTesuited in low and tricky hound g
sslt ~ nesl found it exceedingly diffi.
a. sOrt 20 handle. and Kinsey had such SUI
seant ttol tai,: OF these strokes that It
. storua @ raking M daring chances at times
+ Do di.n II the net. and this Neer had
II "a u ne was to win. ~
ssoud ID .ss second set Neer won the first.
tas po;nta saa NTH games and brought
siaas iS-1ss Ss 70 deuce in five of the ses-
III briiI;amnee iiIEme OF his low volleys were
sssd to tlian' da character, but, as Murray
ssch To \. ne often left himself too
Gpsasas Gaa too late in gaining his NOS nosit;on ~ q
slT NY " tried lobbing tactics occssion pcs.s,on'
aaess snl az, It was generally accurate we'll
hnsss iSSebing, but on some Of these as
Nth Neer won the points o,atriebt
aaasbapsO pO"erfui and we'll controlled d