The New York herald., 1922-06-12
Fred C. Anderson Baffled by
Remarkable Steadiness
of Opponent.
PLAY THREE QUICK SETS
Loser Fails to Stroke With
Sufficient Speed at I'm
portant Stages.
BY SAMUEL ). BRookMAN.

For the second time in the five year
history of the tournament the Brook
lyn tennis championship fell to a Jap
anese player on the courts of the Ter
race-Kings County Tennis Club yester-
day when Selichiro Kashio defeated
Frederick C. Anderson with astonishing
ease i'm the title match. Showing
marked Improvement over his form OF
any previous season. the Nipponese
made short work OF the final. taking
the title in three one-sided sets, So,
So, 6-3.
Fred. like his brother Frank who had
gone down to defeat at the hands of
Kashio in the sem-final on Saturday
was completely baffled by the cunning,
the remarkable steadiness and the un-
erring Judgment Of his opponent Fred
went on. to the court determined to
avenge the defeat of his brother. but
before the mach was over he was
battling to get a set.
= Kashio's tennis was truly revelation.
Association with Ichiya Kumagee-who
won the Brooklyn tournament in 1919
and with zenzo Shimizu has made a
fifty per cent. stronger player of kashio.
He not only has retained his customary
unshakable control but he has become
sharpshooter at passing an opponent,
has a more varied repertoire than ever
before and is getting sting aplenty into
his finishing strokes.
Played Kashio's Ganre.
Anderson made the mistake of trying
20 outsteady Kashio half the time The
first set should have taught him there
was little hope In attempting to play
the Japanese's game. Speed was the
, thing for Fred to employ and speed
ordinarily is one of his strongest assets,
yet he hesitated about getting power
into his shots. Had he stroked boldly,
forced the issue at all times and kept
the Japanese running to meet his swift
est stroke, Anderson might not only
have made better showing but might
have won.
With occasional exceptions there was
nothing decisive about Andersons
strokes Many time ana Oft when
the ball came floating over the net,
Fred had all the opportunity in the
world to kill" ball that was just
begging to be Killed" but Kashio had
him so fiustered that Fred either sent
the ball into the net or returned IL so
safe and with such little speed on TIE
volley that Kashio had plenty OF time
to catch up with the ball and return H.
1t is dangerous to play net against the
accurate Japanese, but 1t is Just as dan
gerous to keep patting the ball back
without putting enough sting into the
returns. In justice to Fred however
II may be added that Kashio's game is
just the type to throw the average
player off his game---he Is so tautaliz-
ingly steady. Kashio obtained good re-
suits by pounding Anderson's backl1and
at every opportunity. fred's backiiand
was not the most accurate stroke in tee
world. and when he was not netting the
ball he was giving the Nipponese OPEN
ines on the next return. Whenever An
derson ventured up to the net, which
was quite often, Kashio.s short cross
court returns, his lobs, or his drives
down the sidelines had Fred plunging
and reaching in vain.
Difference In Control
An idea of the difference IN accuracy
between the PLAYERS may be understood
from the fact that Anderson made a
totcl of forty nets during the match to
Kasnios eleven. At no time in any Of
the three sets did Anderson have a lead.
Kashio took four games in row IN the
first set after the score had gone to
2--all In the second set games went
on service TO the eighth. when Kashio
DTOke tnTOuBH lot n ltdu Oh %. ne
ended the set In his favor in the next
game. In the third set Anderson broke
through service twice and Kashio four
times Anderson fought his hardest.
but not his spcediest. as he seered to
be under the spell of the Nipponese's
magic tennis TO the end. The point score
end stroke analysis follow:
FIRST SET
Ksshio .......... 4 . 3 40 9
Place Service Double
Nets. Outs. ments. Aces. Faults
Ksssrson Ksssle -. " Il : ! 2 3
SECOND SET.
Kashio ....... 8 - 2 +-31 G
Anderson, .... 4 2 4 4 4 4 2-2i 3
Place Service Double
Nets. Outs. ments. Aces. Faults
Ksssi. E.ssI.on -, :. ,ss 10 20 8 :
THIRD SET.
Anderson ..... S 8 Z 2 3 / s--2s .
Place. Service Double
Nets. Outs. rnents. Aces Faults.
Kashio ..... 5 II
Anderson IA 10 II 2 .