The Archive · 1920

LAWN 'TENNIS

Keioh Univ. r. Portuguese.

The Portuguese Sporting Associa tion tennis teams met and defeated the Keioh University teams on Sunday afternoon by two rubbers to one.

The first game was between R. Canavarro andre. Leitao and Matsu-bara and Harada. This resulted in a win for the former couple by 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 62, and 6-3. In the second game Odegiri and. kimura defeated R. Robarts and G. Silva with scores of 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, and 3-6. The last deciding: game proved to he three straight wins for A. A. Leitao and A, R. Leitao over Koniori and Hosotani by 6-3, 6-4, and 6

Keioh University Cercle Sportif The Keioh University players were visitors to the Cercle Sportif on Monday afternoon, and three interesting matches were played. Of these, the French Club won two, and one had to be abandoned at two games all owing to the failing light.

H. H. Knowles and H. Gulick leat S. Hasatani and Komari fairly easily, 64, 6-0, and 6-4, J. McEaclan and Sheldon were successful against 8. Matsubara and Harada, 36, and 62. 3

The most evenly contested match of the three was that in which Toussaint and Elmore met Odakira and Kimura, The French Club won the first sett, 64, the Japanese the second and third, 108, 7-5, and the fourth—played in @ very bad light—was won easily by the Club 6-1.

This rubber was replayed at the French Club on Tuesday and re-resulted in a victory for Toussaint and Elmore by three sets to one—60, 46, 6 6-2. The Cercle Sportif Francais therefore won the doubles match by two rubbers to one.

The Japanese pair played a distinctly good game and Were ever prominent With volley-smashes foreing drives, and good. services. The superiority of the home pair Jay in their clever placing and Only one singles match was played, between Sheldon (C. 8. F.) and Harada, and this had to be left in an unfinished state owing to the rapidly failing light. Harada took the first set by six games' to two, but in the second set, Sheldon, after being behind at 4-5, made the score 5 all and 6 all, and won the set in the fourteenth game.

In the third set Sheldon at one time led by four games to one, but Harada played very steadily "and gradually improved his position in the scoring until 5 all was called. At this stage the match was abandoned.

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