The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-07
YANKEES SWEEP
TENNIS COURTS !:
AGAINST ANZACS
Win Three More Matches
and Make the Final
Score 6 to 0.
JOHNSTON STARS AGAIN
Defeats BrOokes, but Loses a
Set-Tilden Scores Over
Patterson in Like Way.
JOHNSTON STARS AGAIN
BY EUGENE II. o'CoNNELL.


America made a clean sweep of the
international tennis series with AUS
tralia yesterday on the courts of the
West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills
by winning all three matches The
American players had taken the opening
matches on Friday and finished with the
score to 0.
In yesterdays play william NJ john
ston of San Francisco, the American ma
tional champion, defeated the veteran
Norman e. Brookes of Australia at 8-t,
10, 60, CO and William r. Tilden
I'd of Philadelphia downed Gerald La
Patterson OF Australia, the British
champion, at sc, 6-3, e., 81.
The doubles match went to five sets be-
fore Richard Norris Williams I'd of Bos-
ton and Wallace F. Johnson of Phila-
delphia triumphed over Randolph Lycett
and r. V. Thomas. the Australian team.
at GO, Ga, IS, 3-6. Go.
The victory was one of the most de-
cisive yet gained in an international ten
mis- series any place. The Australians
not only failed to win a match but in
| the course of the two days play sue
ceeded in carrying off only five sets.
| Against this America won Is sets and
1875 games Australia won &c games.
While nothing depended on the out
come of the series it should be particu-
larly gratifying to followers of Ameri-
can lawn tennis for the Australian team
! is on its way home to defend the Davis
cup, the symbol of the worlds tennis
team championship. Furthermore, Il
| is probable that the team which could
not win single match from America
will succeed in holding the famous
trophy against the challenging nations.
America did not challenge this year, and
so although this country will be credited
with having the real championship tennis
| team, the Davis cup will not come home.
While the Johnston Brookes match
| brought out the best tennis of the day.
the real feature was the Tilden-Patter-
| son contest. The latter appealed more
to the gallery for the simple reason that
1t was more spectacular Both Tlden
and Patterson played fiashy tennis from
the start They were continually hit
ting hard and as result there were a
6reat many more errors thar in thu
johnston Brookes match.
There was little to choose between
| The two men on service or for that mat
tar on any OF their other strokes Pat
tcrson was a little better up at flie net
and his overhead play stood out above
II at of Tilden. The Philadelphia. on
he other hand had a little the sdvan-
| tage on the back court play and his
drives both forehand and backhand
We're more accurate than and quite an
severe as those of Patterson.
Make Spectacular Gets.
One of the big features of the match
| from the standpoint of the spectator was
| the number of remarkable gets made by
| each player. Time after time one of
the contestants would slam over a drive
that appeared to be a sure winner, only
| to have the other come up from no
where and shoot the ball back Long
rallies were not frequent but the few
! of them that were squeezed into the
match We're thrilling.
| When the men came out for their
match. they lost little time in prelimi-
naries. The Australian started the ser
vice and won the opening game after
1t had gone TO deuce. Realizing that
the Philadelphia is possessed of a Sc
we're service, many believed that there
would be a duel on service games with
| the men winning alternately.
The gallery was a bit surprised there
fore to see the Australian break through
| Tllden's service on the second game and
take it at love. The Philadelphia was
| having considerable trouble in gauging
| distance, and it was his errors that had
lost him the games Patterson increased
his lead to 80 when he made his own
service good.
Tilden perked up bit after dropping
those three games. He put more speed
! on his service and greater power behind
his drives, with the result that the Anzao
could not make effective returns, and
the Philadelphia ran OFF three games.
| squaring the set at all.
Tilden looked considerably better than
| Patterson in these three games, but the
Australian soon recovered his form and
| finished the set by winning the next
three games on his brilliant placing
Patterson had the lead for the set on
points al 80 to "a.
Looks Bad for TiIden.
| Patterson kept rushing right ahead
! and ran his string of games up to five by
! carrying off the first two of the second
| set. Things were not looking any too
rosy for the American at this stage.
Patterson was scoring many points on
his ability to smash from any angle OF
the court, and when he was not actu-
| ally earning the aces his terrific speed
had Tiden returning out of court or
| into the net.
Tilden braced and, getting TO the net
| frequently took the next three games.
| Patterson managed to win the sixth
| game on his own delivery, but Tilden
carried off three more in a row, every
| one OF which went to deucs, and had
the set at 6-3. Again there was
margin of only six points separating the
players, with Tnden leading AT 80 to 2S.
| In the third set it was Tilden who got
| eff TO a good start. Although Patterson
won the opening game on his own SER
vice, Tilden soon went into the lead by
winning the next two, The tennis was
| lightning fast and not a moment Jagged
! The Philadelphia had a chance to in
! crease his lead on the fourth game with
| his own service. He went out in front
/ at 4O--l5, but could not hold the pace
! and made Jour consecutive errors tina
last one a double fault. and the game
went to Patterson.
The Australian shot his serve over
/ with such speed I'm the fifth game that
the American could not return one in
| the four shots and the game went to
| Patterson at love, giving him the lead
al "a Tlden's placing of drives i'm
proved and he won the next three games.
The ninth game on Pattersons service
! went to deuce nine times and Tldsn
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