The New York herald., 1922-08-22
CHAMPIONS SCORE
in STRAIGHT SETS
Advance Over Gotham Nippon
1 Pair at Longwood 8-1,
81, 618.
-FOUR CROWNS AT STAKE
Juniors and Boys Begin Com
petition in Championship
4 Singles.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

ny SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.
BosroN, Aug. 21.-That the playing
through title holders, William T. Tilden
and Vincent Richards. are primed for
their best concerted effort of the tennis
season. the opening round of the ma
tional doubles championship proved
rather conclusively at Longwood to-
day. Zenzo Shimizu and Francis T.
Hunter. team that figured to carry
the champions along at their best
speed. team that as matter of fact
defeated them in an exhibition match
In New York early In the outdoor
campaign, went down to Overwhelming
defeat at the hands Of Americas top
ranking doubles combination, at the
hands Of the team that Is likely to
carry the doubles burden OF the United
States in the coming Davis cup chal-
lenge round.
There was never a period in the con-
test when the Japanese star and the
man who triumphed over Gerald Pat
terson at Seabright recently threatened
the champions in the slightest degree,
and the score OF 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 bears
out the statement rather eloquently. In
deed to the majority in the large gallery
that attended 1t looked as though the
champions might have made their VIC
tory still more decisive had they cared
to oall on all their tennis wits and play
at top speed all the way. But there are
other and undoubtedly far more stren-
uous matches ahead of the title holders
and their wisdom in starting leisurely
was apparent.
Champions Always Masters.
Rarely during the match did Tilden
feel called upon to use his famous can
non ball service, rarely did he attack
with the whirlwind aggressiveness that
Is his when the occasion demands He
seemed perfectly content to travel along
at subdued gait, and Richards to a
lesser degree. kept him company. But
when point was needed badly, when
either Tilden or Richards decided to go
out for a point and clinch 1t, they rarely
failed OF their purpose.
Despite the one sided score tho con-
test was interesting because both sides
stormed the net repeatedly and because
the voleying duels were frequent and
the stroking decisive. Tilden's rnaneu-
vertng was up to his high water mark.
his control was excellent and his smash
ing at the net devastating. Richards
although not quite as steady as his
partner came through with his custom
ary sparkling volleys, some sharply
angled cross court and others DETECTED
down the center line with crisp preci-
sion.
Hunter and Shimizu fought deter
minedly enough, but could not match
the control or decisiveness of the title
holders. Shimizu. as was to be expected,
was the steadier of the two and his
getting was thriiingly spectacular, but
as a rule he failed to put the ball away
Hunter had the better speed of stroke,
but his errors piled up at an alarming
rate and paved the way for the more
or less easy advance of the opposition.
The champions ran into an early
lead OF 81 in the first set and not only
held but added to that advantage be-
fore the set was over. In the second
division of play the Hunter-Shimizu
combination won the first game and no
other. In the third the losers rallied
for brief spell and break through
Richards's service gave them the lead
Of 3-2, but II only served to spur the
champions on to a speedier effort and
the Hunter-Shimizu team did not place
another game to its credit the rest
of the match.
Quick Victories Prevail.
It was day OF quick, decisive VIC
tories, only one match requiring more
than straight sets for completion. In
that one the result remained in doubt
until the fifth set. when. by superior
control and an exhibition OF varied pace
and crafty mixture of strokes, the
team of Samuel Hardy and S. Howard
Voshell triumphed over r. G.. Wertheim
OF Australia and Jose Alfonso, the third
member of the Spanish Davis cup team.
The latter match was played on an OUT
side court, and did not attract the at
tention II deserved. its rallies being well
sustained and skillfully, as well as brill
iantly. fought
There was one decided surprise and
H. came In the straight set defeat of the
national Intercollegiate champions, Phiiip
Ncer and James Davies. at the hands
OF the Western champions. John Hen.
rcssey Of indianapolis and Walter West
brook OF Detroit The match had conf
IDENTIFY been expected to develop into one
OF the closest of the initial day of the
brief as the majority.
The winning factor from start to fin-
iHh was superior control, and another.
although II did not stand out as pronoi-
nently. was more concerted team play.
The collegians played with all their vim
and dash and stroked powerfully, but
both fell down repeatedly on shots that
should not have gwen them any trouble
ut all In the third and final set Ncer
and Davies flashed a rally that prom
ised well for while. but they failed TO
sustain IL. unsteadness being the rock
against which their attack broke down
badly.
Ward and Davis Advance.
Holcombe Ward and Dwight T[Dayis.
the famous doubles team that repre-
sentod America in the first international
matches twenty-five years ago. en-
ploycd their exceptional court craft TO
good advantage in defeating the team
OF Henry Guild and Il. b. Benedict OF
Boston. 6--3, Ga. 6-4 The losers had
tho speed but could not match the CEN
eralship of the veterans Tho latter
viii probably be seen In just one more
match In the tournament, for they meet
Tiiden and Richards tomorrow. but
whether or not they succeed In extend
ing the champions there is the certainty
their skillful msneuvering and highly
developed team play will make the ar
fair interesting.
On Breton Woods Links.