| Show t VICTORY 1 yO OVER Y ERi J JAPANESE A PAN ESE NET RIT PAYE PLAYERS HS C 1 I F AMERICANS CINCH TITLE JOY BY WINNING TWO SINGLES Players J for U U. S. S Repeat Success Staged in Aus Aus- L U J. J E t alia Last Year More Than f Spectators Attend Final Matches of OREST lULLS HILLS N. N Y Sept 5 Davis cup tennis f players defending tho the international 1 trophy made their victory nithe in the challenge round over Japan complete at the West Vest Side club td today r when they won on the remaining two singles matches of the theP P match William T. T. T Tilden n II of or Philadelphia defeated Kumagae 9 7 6 4 6 l. JOHNSTON WINS William M. M Johnston of at San Francisco 1 won from tram Zenzo 6 63 7 5 6 2 I 6 These victories coupled with the winning winning winning win win- ning of two singles matches Friday and the doubles match of at Saturday gave Tild TIl- TIl Til- Til d den n and Johnston and K U. Norris Morris Williams Wil Wil- lams hams of or Boston and Watson M. M Washburn Washburn Wash Wash- burn urn of ot N New w York the doubles double pair five straight victories In a a. concluding round ot the 1921 Davis cup match which began last Juno June with twelve nat nations ons as 83 chal- chal same five victories scored in tnt retaining tho the trophy an identical final count caunt with that made by virtually tho the samo amo team In New Zealand earl early this jo year car MANY SPECTATORS 5 While the tho outcome of ot today today's play had Ho bearing on tho the retention of the cup which already had been won last week more than spectators were present Although the tho players lacked the tho Incentive the tho t tennis was of ot tho highest order Both matches were played as ns though possession of Dt the International trophy troph hun hung on the result This was particularly true In the l Kumagae Tilden match In fact tact fans were almost unanimous In expressing the opinion that during his r risi- risi sl- sl dence here has never lifted his game gamo to th he heights shown today It was virtually Kumagae's valedictory In America for ho tails sails next neat month for Japan to be married and resume banking I business In Tokie to gain and nothing t yx lose Kumagae toro tore Into TIlden with puch such uch speed and accuracy of stroking that iho ho American champion was forced to a aJ J terrific battle tho the first two sets to win The Japanese abandoned his usual baseline baseline base bilse- line Une game somewhat and traded stroke for lor and speed for speed with Tilden Tilden Til- Til den until his str strength gave out under unez tho stress of at his exertions and he faded away physically In the tho third and final set act ct lle was wag loudly al applauded KUMAGAE SHOWS FORM While Tilden had the advantage Kuae Ku- Ku ae showed unexpected ab ability III t In tho the handling of or tho the severe severo form of or pIa play and J Jn Th returning many apparently hots for tor clean placements In place- place ments he held his own with Tilden but It was the disparagement In errors that showed the real causo for defeat derent Many Ian of t his nets and outs were caused b by the peed of Tilden's s drives and the tho speed with which Kumagae Kumas-ae was obliged to them There was but tut twenty five points difference In the tho point score of ot the two 0 wo players although Tilden had a martrin mar mai- trin of or nine games and virtually all of or these points in tho the winners winner's favor tavor were errors accumulated by Kumagae In his brilliant sensational and unexpected ef efforts efforts et- et forts to outplay tho the champion Tho Johnston match lacked much of tho the thrill of at Its predecessor but lt It t was atoned for by bv by tho the finesse and strategy of ot the pIa play and l' Us U's efforts to find a break to at attack at- at Lack tack the former American champions champion's game ame Johnston at times ao the tho Impression Im Im- Im that he ho was using the tho match as the vehicle through which to tone up his play for Cor forthe the national championships next week There sharp breaks in his attack In which he varied vax from unbeatable ble forceful stroking to a slower and less decisive baseline game In these latter p periods of ot play more than held his Ills own and t there er were a a. number of ot long IonS rallies in which the tho ball crossed the net nut nutA G A dozen times OmeR or more moro before a 0 decisive stroke Whenever Johnston could procure procure procure pro pro- cure a a. position at the net there was a finish In both tho the direction and driving of oC his return which left almost helpless JOHNSTON SUPERIOR The str stroke k analysis showed that while Johnston won by seven games and ond sixteen six fix teen points he outplayed 47 to 15 Tho The Californian California however piled up many JOany errors His score showed twenty more Lnore errors than that of oC A mn majority of oC these were made mado when Johnston Johnston John- John ston aton was In deep court from which point he appeared at i t l. l to be testing tao direction and range of at his stroke LENGLEN PLAYS After Atter the Davis ls cup pin play Mile Suzanne a- a J engl n D French woman champion ma made e Her second appearance on American courts and also a much more favorable Impre Impression ln than was th the s C case when wl-en she defaulted to Mrs MrM Mr Molla Moila Mallory In the second round of or tho the women's na nl- nl Sho She paired with 1 Dean enn Mathey of oC Cranford N N. J J. J In a n. 5 mixed Sutton button doubles match with Ith th Mrs May a Bund Bundy of oC Los Loa Angeles and Willis IA of San Ran Francisco Mile len Lenglen len and partner won two straight sets 6 2 l. G-l. She was given much appl applause uso when she eho uncovered her wide repertoire of ot strokes She wore a a. brilliant cerise silk sweater and a bm bandeau eau of oC th the same Bame hue Once tho the pia play was under wa way she re removed removed removed re re- moved the tho sweater and n. n symphony sym sm phony phon In white Sho She opened her pIa play In Ina Ina Ina a rather In Indecisive manner her three returns being errors Once she got sot the swing of her racquet however vever Mile Lenglen showed remarkable ab ability Ut to smash or softly drop tho the ball across the Let tot and remarkable finesse In playing for openings She took cannonball strokes off of Willis Davis Davis' racquet and returned them with wilh skill There ero sero several duels between Mrs Bundy and the French star In which the latter had much tho thc better of oC the stroking In making re returns returns returns re- re turns to both Davis and his Mile l Lenglen showed no partiality and her victory victory vic vie tory with Mathey was due as full fully to her efforts a na as those of h hr r male partner |
