The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31

| style and had brought out sun shades on
day when the sun was about as promi-
nent as measles at baby show.
Crowd Remains in Rain.
! The matches We're watched by mnny
who are interested in all forms of ath-
letics, and all admitted that they could
not recall case in any other branch
| or sports where the enthusiasts had
come out 20 intent upon remaining that
they weres determined to fool the weather
| man. Nor did the crowd leave when the
| rain first started, in spite of the fact
that even from the first few drops II
promised to be the father Of a rain
storm.
Some few OF the more faint hearted
left the stands when the first drops ap-
peared. but they did not go far. The
players had not ceased in their contest,
ami even the tinid did not wish to miss
| anything of the tennis. The rain did not
| waste much time, however, until II came
| down In torrents, and then most of the
| folks left the top of the stands to go
underneath them. There were a great
| many who never left their seats at all,
evidently preferring to keep the seats
! dry.
There is no doubt but that the
weather prevented record breaking
| crowd from seeing the matches As 1t
was, just before the rain storm came,
! there were close to 5000 persons in the
stands and bleachers, and practically
all OF them remained until the rain
/ passed over 1t was an interesting spec
| tacle to see the fans returning to their
places In the stands by hundreds while
| it still was raining. but after the word
had been passed that play would be
resumed when the rain ceased
|
real feature. of the afternoon. for, like
| the Johnston-Patterson affair of Friday,
| II was an international contest 1t
brought together a veteran of the under
| side of the world, and a youngster rep
resenting America. For Brcokes is AZ
years old and started to play tennis be-
fore Tilden. who Is only in his early
| twentles. was born.
Brool<es still a Star.
But Brookes is none the less feared.
He has made a reputation for himself
| on the tennis courts OF the world that
1 will stand for all time. He won the
British championship in 1907, twelve
years ago. and is still OF championship
calibre. When Brookes won the British
title first he was 80 years old, or at an
age when most athletes are beginning to
| slip. And what is more, he came back
! title again, and now after having been
away from competition for FIVE years he
is back in harness and just getting back
into form.
That Brookes lost yesterday is nothing
to his discredit, nor was it due to youth
being served" Brookes never Jagged
and he did not tire. He was going as
strong at the finish as he was at the
start. He was beaten because Tilden
4 Nlg va tAt,n ut Tha t1aI al to-
was at the top of his game. playing the
brand of tennis that enabled him to
beat Johnston at Newport a couple of
weeks ago. 1t Is not hard TO understand
that that kind OF game is impossible for
any one to hear, and the fact remains
that Brookes made a hard fight against
| II.
-he.o was oaiy oIs ses Il. -h.c;.
| Brookes had more errors than Tilden
and that was the second. Then he made
| only two more. The plav of the Aus
tralian forced the Phladelphian to earn
| most of the points he gained and 1t ap-
! pears from the result that Tilden was
! equal to the occasion.
There was no general outburst of en-
| thuslasm from the crowd after Brool1es
| had been beaten such as marked the fin
! ish of the Johnston-Patterson match.
In the latter tilt II was a battle of two
other from home, and the Yankee had
triumphed Americans love the Anzacs.
but they love the Yankees better.
l Yesterday, however. II was the case
Of veteran who has made tennis his
tory and who still stands as n marvel
of the courts. being beaten by young
ster who only in the last couple OF
years climbed into prominence In Ameri-
can tennis. Any one who could enthuse
orer that would have had n poor idea
of craftsmanship. And as a matter of
fact when the pair left the courts 1t
was Brooke who was lionized.
Brookes might not have been very
popular with American tennis fans on
! his last visit here. when he objected 20
the American method OF cheering a win
ner but he surely is we'll loved now by
the American devotees of sports. 1t may
bs that the war has taught the Ameri-
can to have a warm spot in his heart for
the Anzac. or then again 1t may be that
Brookes, who has stood out through the
years as a star of the first magnitude.
finally has come to be appreciated. But
the fact Is that Brookes had many
rooter in the stands who win cheer him
} to victory over any one but an Amer
can.
The opening was not very suspicious
for Brookes as he lost the first game on
his own service, but his accuracy and
superior generslship enabled him to re-
talitate and break through Tilden's ser
vice. Brookes won the third game quite
easily because Tilden could not handle
the veterans service. The fourth game
went to deuce six times before Tilden
won 1t on his own service.
Australian Going Strong.
Brookes was playing superior tennis
and he came right back and won the
next three games. Tilden finally man.
aged to win the eighth game on his own
service because Brookes had spell in
which he WAS missing low played shots
by a few inches. Brookes, however,
came through and held up his end by
landing the next game, which gave him
the set at 6-.3.
|, The Australian was playing brand
of tennis that has made him one of the
most picturesque figures in tennis his
tory. In this set Broohes scored So