Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1917 — DEPENDS ON “PULLED DRIVE” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEPENDS ON “PULLED DRIVE”

Success of Ichiya Kumagee, Japanese Tennis Champion, Uses One of Rarest Strokes. fc. Tennis experts who have been studying the style of Ichiya Kumagee since the recent victories of the Japanese. Champion showed him tobe a formidable contender for the national title, say that Kuiuagee’s success is due largely to his use of the “pulled drive,” one of the rarest strokes in the game. The stroke, they say, -corresponds to the pull in golf. Its effect is to_ make the ball spin upon an axis tilted away, from the player at an angle

of about 35 degrees. The, ball is heavily cut sideways, upward and outward, and the effect is a wide curve in flight and a very puzzling bound or break after it strikes the ground. It is said that this stroke was successfully used by the late Anthony F. Wilding, the British and Australian ehampion, but it is virtually unknown in the United States. ——

Ichiya Kumagee.