The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
U. S. TENNIS STARS
DEFEAT JAPANESE
in STRAIGHT SETS
Williams Washburn Team
Outclasses Shimidzu
! And Kashio.
SCORES, 6-2, 60, 6-2
Result of Match Reduces Nip
ponese Chances in Inter-
national Play.
By GORDON SHAND.

Norris Williams and Watson Wash
burn. 1921 Davis Cup doubles cham
pions and probable United States rep
resentatives this year. administered
a crushing defeat to Zenzo Shimidzu
and Seiichiro Kashio, who will rep
resent Japan in the contest for the
international trophy, in the final round
Of the. Chevy Chase invitation tour
nament yesterday. The scores were
.6-2. 60, Ga.
fact beyond all doubt: That Japan
can hardly be reckoned as a formida-
BILE contender for the international
crown this year. With the decision
of Ichiya Kumagae not to leave his
native land to participate in the con-
tests, which was announced yester-
day, the chances of the Nipponese
went glimmering. for Kashio, though
game little player. fails to rank
with any OF Americas first ten.
RESULTS NEVER IN DOUBT.
The result of yesterdays final
round contest was never in doubt.
In the first set. the Americans, find-
ing their true pace Immediately and
stroking with decisive speed. cap
ured three games before their op-
ponents began to find themselves.
The Japanese managed to win the
fourth and sixth games, both on their
own service, to make the score 4-2,
but Washburn easily ran out the sew
enth game on his own delivery, fin
ishins with a clean ace. and the yam
KEGS then broke through on Shimidzu
to take the set at 6-2.
Williams and Washburn were con-
sistently outguessing their opponents
at this stage of the match. finding
a convenient groove down the CEN
ter of the court, where they stroked
the ball, with each Of the little dark
skinned racqueters expecting the
other to make the return shot. The
team work of the japanese was not
Of the best. Doubtless they will make
much more formidable combina-
tion when this fault is eradicated.
Williams Driving Decides Issue.
The Americans quickly ran out
six games in the second set. with
out losing one and only three go
ing to deuce. Williams served two
clean aces in the fifth game, which
he won at love, and his severe, ac-
curate driving was the chief factor
which gave his side the sixth and
final game. also at love.
The former champion was right
on top of his game, and with the
aid of Washburn's effective. but
less spectacular work. was COM
pletely outplaying the Nipponese
in every phase of the game. Two
as the third set opened before the
Japanese broke through to win the
third on Williams service.
But the former Harvard pair re-
taliated on Kashio's delivery with
the loss of but two points and cap
tured the fifth game at love
on Washburn's service. Shimidzu
pulled the sixth through on his own
service. but Williams let loose his
cannon-ball delivery in the seventh.
losing but a single point. The
Japanese fought Camely in the
final game. carrying 1t to deuce
once, but the result was inevitable.
Kashio netted a cross court drive
by Williams for the decisive point.
williams Wins Exhibition.
Following the doubles Williams
and Washburn engaged in an ex-
hibition singles set. the former
winning decisively at 6-3 after his
doubles partner had gained a two
game lead at the start of the
match. Williams. had a snap and
decisiveness to hie stroke and serv-
cope with. once the former cham
pion had found his stride.
Shimidzu and Kashio then took
the court for another singles ex-
hibition. the former winning 60.
after a series of back court driving
duels