New-York tribune., 1919-07-09
Hmhom9l lEmwNh<e

The weeks that remain between now
and the beginning of the great tourna-
ment for the national singles cham
pionship on the turf courts of the West
Side Tennis Club, at Forest Hills, l.. l..
on August %, will see continual sue
cession Of important Journeys as the
high ranking players of the, country
start their final tuning-up work.
Some Of these events will be played
on clay courts, as, for instance. the
team match between the East and the
West at Cincinnati. starting to-mor-
row: .ne national clay court cham
nionships at Chicago. beginning next
Monday. and the New York state cham
nionshin tourney at the Yahnundasis
Golf Club. of Utica, starting week
from to-day.
These will be followed by a series OF
tournaments on turf courts. beginning
with the annual invitation event at the
Field Club. Of Greenwich, week from
Tomorrow. Then come the annual SIN
Giles and doubles tourney OF the sea
bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Clup
at Seabright. y. j.. on July 2S; the an
nual invitation tournament at the New
mort Casino. on August 4; the invita-
tion event Of the Rockaway Hunting
Club. at Cedarhurst. l.. L., on August
II: the national doubles championship
tourney at the Longwood CrlcKet oluo'
of Boston. on August II; the INVITATION
tournament Of the Meadow Club' OF
Southampton. l.. l.. starting Angus, TO-
and finally the national singles al ror-
est Hills, beginning August %.
II is notable list of court attrac-
,;ons and in at least four of them,
starting with Newport, there viii
nrobably be the tremendous added IN
tercst caused by the presence IN the
nlavinp lists Of the four Austral ian
Davis CUP stars-Norman Brookes,
Gerald Patterson. r. V. Thomas and X.
Lycett-who will leave England on the
Aouitania next Sunday and arrive IN
this country about July 20.
The Antipodeans have announced
their intention of competing in the ma
tional singles tournament at Forest
/ Hills. and il is more than likely that
thew will grasp the opportunity Tor
needed practice by entering the events
| have mentioned above. This means
we will have fine chance to compare
the present holders of the DAVIS 'up
with our own best players, and
through the results Of these matches,
gain a line on this country's chances
of regaining the international trophy
in 1920
The cabled dispatches from Wimble-
don telling of the defeat or the mighty
Brookes by young patterson, 10
kA Cn q
match indicates that Brookes has seen
h;a greatest days on the courts. Nor
il this surprising, when we consider
the long reign the great Victorian has
cnioyed as one of the greatest players
that ever volleyed ball.
. Patterson has been a lawn tennis
b pupil of Brookes for years, the master
: schooling the younger man in all the
! niceties of the game, and now the
nupil deposes the man who won me
, worlds championship at Wimbledon II
1914. II is the inevitable march OF the
= wears that has removed Brookes from
the top.
= Patterson's brilliant victory does
/. not, in my opinion, prove that he II
necessarily a dangerous contender fol
our nat.ona title so much as it serves
to show that Brookes has reached tn
end of his rope, so far as playing hi
greatest game Is concerned. Severa
weeks ago Dick Williams, who held tn
national title in 1914 and 1916. told mi
that he did not consider Patterson
quite up TO the best players. but tha
the Australian has a tremendous ser
vice and is fine volleyer.
On this basis. and taking 1t 70
granted that Patterson is the bes. O
the Australians, there does not sect
TO 10 any cause for worrying ahou
the possibilities Of the national cham
pionship being carried off by one q
the visitors.
Tho more I try to weigh William J
Johnston's chances for rcgaining tn
national honors that he won so bri
liantly in 1915. the better | conside
them. The little Californian has al
parently been playing his head Oh
o in recent tournaments on the Coas
c as witness his recent defeat Of III
q meteoric Roland Roberts for tho Pacif
d Coast championship.
!, Tho soundness Of Johnston's gam
K, every stroke perfection and fawlei
5. footwork. are mighty assets when
player attempts to como back after a