Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1926, Page 37

Japanese Tennis Team May Prove Surprising Factor in Play for the Davis Cup IMPRESSIVE FORM SHOWN BY NIPPONESE ON COAST Critics Sure They Will Give French Great Battle in Final Round—Shimizu, in Match Against Johnston, Displays Old Skill. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, Jul directed pretty N —While the attention of tennis fans has been exclusively upon the players who will make up the French Davis Cup team, it might prove worth-while to give a thought to the Japancse team whose play recently impressed San Francisco critics 1s know good tennis when they see it and one of the coast advises the writer that if the Japanese continue to improve, sy most certainly may be expected to do, the Fri ch outfit will have their work cut out for them if and when they meet Capt. Zenzo Shimizu's Oriental racquet wie I by the w San Frane other members Taws o and proved Tohnston of the As to team—Sekio national champion and student—they will playing now on his f ica, becomes more ex in international play and erfects the cannon-ball serv- v using. Shimizu Is Conservative. These two men defeated the Fili- pino Aragon brothers in five straight | sets last week end at the Kezar 1mm in San Francisco. imiz who did not play, hed every stroke from the side lines in his self-professed capacity 1id that_he expected the team far Davis Cup play this But he did not venture to pre: his men would figure in the e the challenge match. A would depend the plavers improve in this but | as e said he himself did not | expect to compete, but would confine | ROD AND that | the, Iders in_the final Davis Cup round. v. put up a great exhibition match against William that he is far from being a has-been. himself to coaching the two men. It is, however, no secret that he will play if the Japanese team ins the right to meet the French- new entrant in Japan's sses all-around Davis cup play, posse strength, depending, as most of the ounger Jap players do, upon a “mashing forehand drive for point stroke. He has a good service and a able hackhand, but sticks largely to the base line. Just at present West coast critics }do not regard the team as up to the s Shimizu-Kumagae combination which won its way to challenge round for the Davis 1 Conetheless, the ability of Tawar to put across those smashing final shots which win i their tenacious battling for point and their mastery of variety of strokes render them formidable, and as they continue to play in this countr) and thus gain competitive experience they may well spring a surprise before they are done. STREAM ndard of the cup in Tide Tables. ’ . Todav—Low tide, 7:39 am. and 8:23 pm.; high tide, 1:16 am. and Te w—Low tide, 8:39 am. and 9:19 pm.; high tide, 2:15 am. The Sun and Moon. rose 4:46 am.; row—Sun rises, 4:46 am.; rises 12:06 am.; sun sets 7 3 pm sun sets, 7:37 pm. sets 12:20 p.m. < THE BELATED fishing season progresses. so the returns from fishing grounds within the the Washington arca grow more sting. The advent of hot weather has shown its effect upon of the anglers and reports for all stations the past week very atifving results. e the a has nota or flounder has r Th heen a & emporium gives | of its patrons that ne remarkably fine ns Island, Broomes | other places along !hpi The hardheads are said | \ning more numerous than for \any years. Trout have heen dence nd more have been ght so far than has been known this time of the season. anglers went out in*a ons Island and landed well DEMPSEY IMPROVED, _ T0 BEGIN TRAINING| | SPRINGS, Colo., July | much improved in he was here in June, worl heavyweight today prepared to | training here to con- titular bout next champion “fine” and tipped the s ALl T want is plent nd road he said. “With regular hours | mbing evi I expect to k into cond | | | nd taper the da off with rest, recreation and * of sleep.” There will be no sp: at Camp “izil, 4 mountain S which he lected for a training id. ompanied by Gene and Terry Dempsey did 3 to join him th, Dempsey said WINS CHEVY CHASE TITLE. Mrs. C. R Bryn vester n the finai Train defeated Laura 1y at Chevy Chase Club | round of ‘the women's tennis tournament. 6—3 2 3 BRUNSWiCK TIRES PROBEY TIRE STORES 2104 Pa. Ave. N.W. 9th & P Sts. N.W. 12th & H Sts. N.E. 2114 14th St. N.W. rance of good-sized trout in many of increase in the number of rcokfish and the sole fish peared at Chesapeake Bay points. The surprising feature of the reports is - of the catches. There 2s gathering in a big string of hard- heads. Some da in The Sta ago reference was made olumn about the fishing achievement of Capt. Noah Hazard's| little three-vear-old son, Nesline, who| ta-time big hardheads from his dad fishboat out in the deep waters off Chesapeake Beach. It is learned that Edward Lewis of North Beach, Md., is one of the ardent dis- ciples of Walton and can be seen any good day out on the Chesapeake Ba: rving conclusions with the finny tribe. landed Up-River Conditions. Up river reports say that the water is clear and fishing conditions are ex- cellent. The strings of fish, however, have shown more catfish in evidence than other specles. With fine water conditions, however, there should be some good fishing for the week end. Reports from Benedict and Rock Point all tell of increased numbers of hardheads, rockfish and trout in the catches the y week. ) Your Old Hat X Made New Again Cleaning, Blocking _and Remodeling by Experts Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th Street The Sp Celebrates “The Fourth” Sale of $9.50 Authentic, Autographed John Black Golf Clubs $5.75 'AMED “ John Black _Super- Stroke” Drivers, Brassies and Spoons. Cham- pionship caliber. Made with i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, P. C. FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1926. SPORTS.’ MOLLA LONE YANKEE TO LOSE IN BRITAIN WIMBLEDON, July 2 (®).—The final of the woman's singles division of the Wimbledon golden jubilee tournament will be an Anglo-Span- ish contest. Senorita Lilli de Alvarez, Spanish champion, yesterday blocked termined effort made by M Mallory, ican star. The senorita’s conquest, & was made the more impressive by the presence of the King and Queen of her country, now visiting Eng- land, while from the royal box which King Alfonso and Queen Victoria occupied Mlle. Lenglen, former queen of the Wimbledon courts, witnessed the triumph of the new candidate for the woman's net throne. The Spanish champion, who is 21, pretty and graceful, gained her vic- tory by much the same means as Mile. Lenglen has habitually em- ploved to win hers. She is alert every moment, is all over the court for returns and quick as a flash to find an opening for one of her drives from near the base line for a plac ment. Mrs. Mallory's the woman's singles wa counter balanced by othel American team who wer finalls . Vincent Richards nsey became the first team to enter the final round of the men's doubles by a decisive vietory over the British pair, Ran dolph Lycett and H. W. Austin, 7—5, 6—4, 6—4. They will face the winner of the Cochet and Brugnon-Van Len- nep and De Kehring semi-finuls match. By their defeat of Mrs. Geraldine Beamish and Miss Clark, EHzabeth Ryan and Mary K. Browne reached the finals in the woman's doubles and will dispute the champlonship with the English players, Mrs. God- free and Miss Colyer. Kinsey and Miss Browne won from Col. Berger and Mrs. Strawson, 5—17, 6—4, 6—0, becoming finalists in the mixed doubles. Their team- mates, Richards and Miss Ryan, in the other bracket, who defeated J. B. Gilbert and Miss E. H. [ reached the semi-finals, §—6, 6 elimination from somewhit of the placed as round—senorita_ Lilli_de Al- Mrs. Molla Mallory, 1o Godfree, England, Vlasto, France, 6—t. \'S DOUBLES Elizabeth Ryan " Tnited States.” defeated eqmishand” Miss Clarke. and Quarter-final _round—Elizabeth Ryan_and Vincent Richards, United States, “defeated M E. H yéy and J. B Gilbert. Eng wron_and Col. M. Valentine and G. P. Hughes. ngland, de- R. D N 1 50 ary ‘K. Browne and efeated Mry > DOUBLES. Quarter-final _round—Henri _Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. France. —defeated Jean s ngul, France, 4—6, ncent Richards and . United States, * defeated nd H. W. Austi, England, W i ort Shop Sale of all $13.50 TENNIS RACKETS $6.85 SELECTION that will thrill every chalked - court dev- otee. Renowned makes—strong, good- looking, serviceable. All weights. Special Ten $5.00 Bishop Golf Irons $1.35 Each A. Berger. En- | SEMI-FINAL TILTS TODAY IN D. C. TENNIS TOURNEY EMI-FINALS in singles awd doubles make up today's program in the District men's tennis championships being decided at Dumbar- S Mangan, ton Club. The four players remaining in the fight for the singles crown—Tom Zddie Jacobs, Bob Burwell and Clarence Charest—take the courts at 3:30, with the doubles matches con Each of these but Burwell team matches. Paired with Gwynn against Col. Wait C. Johnson and Capt. Robert C. Van Vliet, jr and Bob Elliott encounter Charest and Capt. Walter A Burwell advanced to the semi-final at only Baum showed a flash of the brilliant tennis that had caused the downfall of Capt. Van Vliet on the day previous in the biggest upset of the tourney, but Burwell was having a good day, and, after dropping the first set, 6—1, took Baum to camp in the next two, 6—3, 6—4. Tomorrow’s program calls for the deciding matches in both divisions of the men's tourncy and the start of an invitation mixed doubles affair, in which eight teams will take part Winners in today’s singles matches | will face at 3 o'cloc | Play in the women’s singles will et | \jic. I ¢ morning 9:30 as was announced It was under way Sund: at instead of Monday viginally by the announced v courts would be avai . and for | reason the entry list will be closed | r than was be in by 6 o'clock tomor- | also nnounced. All|six 2 immediatcly after. _is scheduled to take part in the King, Tom Mangan will see action Jacobs Anderson. the draw will he made 1t the Dumbarton Club. . chairman of the wom- mmittee, and Capt. Al ill act as tournament of- will make the draw together with other members of the committee. Women's doubles lists will remain open f Entry fees will | singles and $3 per team for double: ‘ees should be mailed or given to Miss Curran be- : | row night, for fe les results: 1 and King defeated ) e H | Va v Anderson Cousidine” and O'Neill . | On July 22, 1899, Beaumont of the | Pittsburgh team record of | hits and six runs in a game | inst Philadelphla | made 2 |ler would win in straight CHANDLER FAVORITE IN COLLEGE TENNIS HAVERFORD, Pa., July 2.—Call fornia placed one of her sons in the final round of the national intercol- legiate singles championship tennis tournament yesterday when ‘‘ranston Holman of Leland Stanford Univer. sity defeated Neil Sullivan of Lehigh University by a score of 6—8, 6-—3, 2, 6—3 in the semi-final round on the turf courts of the Merion Cricket Club. Holman will face the winner of to- | ‘s lower semi-final n ch between dward Chandler, University of Cali forni; the present titleholder, and | John Van Ryan of Princeton Univer. | sity on tomorrow for the champion- f earned his semi-final bracket by defeating John F. W. Whitbeck of Harvard University, a scorq of 6—3, 6—0, in the fifth | round. Chandler looked particularly impressive, so much so that the talk about the clubhouse this evening was | mainly as to the margin by which the | champion would defeat Holman. A majority of those in the gallery seemed fnclined to think that Chand- | ets. He in the final round t vear, with Chand inning after a keen struggle. “our teams gained places in the semi-final round of the championship doubles, with California collegians rep resented by two teams, Oklahoma by one and Harvard by one. These semi final round matches will be plaved today. In an exhibition singles match, by | and Holman me on these courts | fol. | | feat was | star | 1 lowing the Holman-Sullivan meeting, Big Bill Tilden, the national cham: pion, defeated Manuel Alonso of Spain, 1—6, 6—4, 6—2. Tilden took thing: y easy in the opener, hegan to inc the pressure in the second and in the third was playing unbe sle tennis, so that de- ine’ ble for the flashing Spain, Results in the doubles - round .. Oklaho Stanford au Jolin R i =1 CALLOW TO REMAIN WITH HUSKY CREW PHILADELPHIA, July 2 (®).— Speculation as to whether Russell Callow would coach the Uni- ania crews or the University of V nzton eights next r was put at rest when it was of- ¢ announced that he would re Coast his way to Cuba to ? 2 Yacht Club crews, conferred with John Arthur Brown, chairman of the Pennsylvania rowing committee Wheth ny new proposition was made to Callow could not be learned, the conference both the m coach and the Pennsyl- issued statements I there would be no change in the Pennsylvania head coiuch CHAPIN IS EXTENDED BY TEXAS NET STAR By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGG, July 2.—Play in the Illi- nois State tennis champlonships was brought to the quarter-finals yester- day with most of the favorites victors, A. H. Chapin, jr., Hyannis, Mass secded at the top or the draw, was forced to display the brand of tennis that gave him a victory over Wml. liam T. Tilden, national champion, earlier in the yvear, to defeat Berkeley Bell, Austin, Tex. The match went | three sets, 6—2, 0—6, 6—1. Art Shaw of Chicago took the measure of Josiah Wheelwright, Bos- ton, 7—5, 6—1, and Bryan I. C. Nor- ton, n Antonio, came back after splitting the first two sets with Paul Kunkel of Cincinnati, winning the final with six straight games. Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer, Chapin, de. nding her title, and Clara Zinke, 17- 3 -old girl star from Cincinnati, went into the semi-finals of the wom en’s singles with easy wins. They meet today for the right to go to the | finals. WINS BAY STATE TOURNEY. WORCESTER, Mass., July 2 (®). —Donald Vinton, professional at the Plymouth, Mass., club, vesterday won | the Massachusetts State open golf championship in a 72-hole test over the Worcester Country Club course. Vinton turned in a 73 and a 74 yes- terday, which added to his 150 of Wednesday enabled him to lead & field of 99 starters. 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