Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-17
AUSTRALIANS WIN
IN j. S. DOUBLES
Patterson and Brookes De-
feat Johnston and Griffin
in Straight Sets.
SCORE IS 1913, 81, rs

. BOSTUN August l6.-Brookes and
Patterson. TIE Australians. won the
final match in the National doubles
lawn tennis tournament today de-
feating Johnson and Griffin of Cali
fornia in straight sets. 1O-S, -
-.
yhe play opened with both pairs
stroking the ball rather erraticai-
~ and errors were frequent In the
early games. The American team
broke through BrookeS
the fifteenth game and had an excl
lent chance to win the sixteenth, pul
threw away the opportunity oy net
ting. ,;o,
The Australians were the steaoieI
team but Johnson's hard driving ana
effective service was a feature rat
terson was weak OH ground strokes
but almost invincible at the net. GriI-
fin contributed a number OF points Dy
sharp cross-court drives. Wnlie
Brookes' change of pace at critical
moments at times threw the losers
out of formation
Brookes and Patterson also won
the second set at 81; after nue.,
play Long rallies with botn pairs
camping st the net aroused the large
galleries to repeated bursts of APP
pIause in which the fine tennis OF each
Bombarded Griffin.
Early in the set the Australians
forced the play TO Griffin continually.
many errors accruing from the latter's
backhand strokes. Johnson's service
was a redeeming feature. ana Wneh
Patterson developed streak OF Wl!o-
ness the set weni to deuce inc an'ip-
odeans recovered their pace and. by
forcing johnson and Griffin out OF
position. gained an opening for place.
ment aces. In the twentn game
Brookes and Patterson We're within
point of the set, but clever serving
BY Griffin kept the Americans in the
running. Late in the set the american
champions of 1915 deepened their lop-
hing and carried the set along 70
seven-an. where Patterson uncovered
a great streak of smashing anu Won
for the visitors.
The third and decisive set went to
Brookes and Patterson at - Inc
winners will meet Tilden and Rich
ards in the challenge round on Mon
day.
I The Australians played better tennis
in the final set, their team work and
Judgment keeping Johnston ana GriI-
I'm constantly on the run. The latter
pair were forced to the base line oy
their opponents play and while they
battled desperately the visitors were
far the steadier in the rallies. taking
advantage of the Americans frequent
errors and placing the ball with dead
ly accuracy whenever an opening de-
yeloped, which occurred frequently
under the skillful work of the Aus
tralians.
In this set Brookes showed the best
tennis of the four. his stroktng OF the
ball, change of pace and fencing OF
openings being remarkable
p1o~ EefJc Of
The Australians conquered the COM
bination which won the highest
doubles honors of 1915, but II cahnot
be said that the play of Johnston and
Griffin today was equal to that OF the
Pacific coast pair when they were at
the zenith of their court career. The
losers fought determinedly throughout
the hour and thirty-odd minutes that
the match consumed. but the play of
neither team approached the sensa-
tional racquet battles which have
marked similar contests in the past.
Perfect weather and good turf con-
ditions greeted the four experts when
they appeared on the grandstand strip
before a gallery which approached
1000 spectators. The opening set was
rather mediocre. Notwithstanding that
1t was the longest of the three. Both
teams failed to stroke the ball with
any degree of certainty and there was
Dut one rally worthy O1 HchtiOH.
The players settled down to serious
competition in the second set, which
developed the best play of the match.
There were frequent and lengthy
rallies which brought the spectators
to their feet. The Australians set out
to break up the team work of the
Pacific coast pair and by driving a
long majority of their returns to
Griffin's back hand partly succeeded:
The final set was the shortest and
most decisive of the three.
Brookes and Patterson appeared to
have taken their opponents measure.
and they forced the pace. placing so
successfully that the 1915 champions
were Obliged to play almost entirely
from the base line. Johnston and
Grimm adopted lobbing tactics. but
majority Of their lifts fell between
the net and their opponents service
lille. affording many chances for
smashing kills of which Patterson
was quick to take advantage.
An analysis of the match shows that
tho Australians won by twenty-six
games to twenty and by 1873 points to
1873. The steadiness of the winners
at critical moments and their ability
in the second and third sets to force
their opponents out of position or
break up the team play were the de-
Gliding factors from a combination
standpoint.
individually. Patterson made the
best showing so far as placements
and service were concerned. but he
made more outs and nets than his
partner