Evening star., 1919-07-27

1t would be interesting to see Nc
Loughlin and Brookes again face
each other at the net. for it was
against the Australian that the
comet" played the two greatest
matches of his career. One was IN
the Davis cup clashes of 1914, which
he won. and the other was in the
international competition of 1911.
when he was beaten at Christ Church.
New Zealand. The match in America
was won Ifs. IS 6-3, the first
set being a record one for Davis cup
play, and one which tennis experts
who saw it have put down as the
greatest set in the history of the
game. Brookes won in Austria liza.
6-4 3-6. 4-6, 6-3, "a, but his
victory was due more to McLough-
Inns unsteadiness than anything else.
Mclaughlin went to Australia that
year as extra man on the Ameri-
can team. and in this last match of
the losing series he was substituted
for William A. Larned. Mclaughlin
led two sets to one, and had Brookes
81 in the fourth set. when the Aus
tralian rallied.
Brookes is the only one of the four
Australians making the invasion this
season who has ever played in
America. Patterson, the 1919 SEN
sation; Lycett and Thomas will be
making their American debuts.
OF course, main interest is centered
in Hurricane Patterson. who de-
feated Brookes for the English title
forty-two years old. probably is
about to take the down grade, but
Patterson, who is only twenty-thrce,
has just reached fame. If it would
be interesting to see Brookes and
Mclaughlin battle. it seems that 1t
To "a
and Patterson on the opposite side
of the net Patterson is said to he
somewhat of second edition OF the
Comet and earned the title OF
Hurricane" for his smashing service
and California style of play IN gen
eraI.
Almost without exception the Eng
lish papers have described his serv-
ice as the most severe since McLough-
lin played at Wimbledon. One paper
had this to say:
Deep. fast. varied in direction al
will, with just enough work on the
ball to reveal the true artist. his sefV-
ice is delivered with a free. uncramped
action The servers height favors him
and he uses it well. McLoughlins
service was lower in delivery and it
had more break: it took considerably
ma nds a greater variety of services
and his pitch is more under control.
but in a year or two Patterson's sery-
ice will probably be as powerful as
that of his countryman.'
Patterson is a nephew of Nine. Nellie
Melba the famous soprano
Brookes play SO often has been de-
scribed in America that it is super
fuous to go into details as to his
game.
Lycett is not considered wonder
full singles player, but has shared in
winning a number of doubles titles in
the most recent in 1911. He
also shared in winning the victory"
service doubles in Paris December
last. Paired with Elizabeth Ryan of
California he defeated the wonderful
Nile. Suzanne Lenglen and Iaurentz.
another noted French racketer, in the
mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
Thomas is one of the younger of
players. An idea of his
ability can be gained from the fact
that he eliminated Willis E Davis the
tall Californian. from the English
championship play in four sets. Davis
was one of the ranking American
racketers in 1916 and is well known
here for his participation in a Chevy
Chase spring tourney.