New-York tribune., 1919-08-23


skill, all his superb court craft and
perfection of stroke, but gone are his
speed Of foot. his ability to finish
shot overhead and the reserve
strength that only goes with youth.
Davis played at his best pace in win
ming from the great Victorian, and he
had need to, for it was only his supe
riority in hard hitting and in terrific
service, backed up by tireless court
covering, that brought him the laurel
wreath that goes with victory.
In the other semi-tinal round match
in the singles, Charles S. Garland OF
Pittsburg, rompcd through his con-
test with Lyle Evans Mahan. winning
at 6--1, GO, and he and Davis will
meet for the handsome new Meadow
singles cup tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
Murray and Mathey Lose
The doubles event was also brought
into the final round, with Randolph
Lycett and Ronald v Thomas, of Aus
tralia, defeating Conrad B. Doyle and
Dudley Morgan at Cd, Cd, and
William T. Tilden, Cd, and Garland
vanqushing Robert Lindley Murray
and Dean Mathey by q score of 81,
6-3. The doubles final will be started
at o'clock in the afternoon.
The largest and most appreciative
gallery Of the week was banked about
the championship court, row on row,
when Davis and Brookes walked out
from the clubhouse to begin their
struggle. The weather conditions were
perfect, a gentle southwest wind
blowing in over the sand dunes, tenn
pering the brilliant sun. The court,
however, which had been previously
somewhat torn up in a doubles match,
was 'spotty,' that is, there were
places where the turf had been dug
up by the players spik<, and this
caused many faulty bounds.
Brookes seemed to be bothered
moro by this than Davis, and, per-
haps, the veteran did get bit the
worst of the brakes in this respect.
bat the final outcome was not affected
by any such misfortunes.
Davis gave a demonstration OF spIen-
did craftsmanship in the final set when
he was leading at 5-4 on games, with
the service in his favor. On the first
point Davis chopped short overland
volley to Brookes backhand, and the
ball, striking a soft spot, failed to
bound at all. On the next point
Brookes received the worst of close
line decision by one of the linesmen
his shot being called "out" instead Of
an ace, which in truth it was.
This made the points so for Davis,
and the end looked near then, remem-
bering the young Calfornian's deadly
service, but Davis plays the game" all
the time, and it was not to his liking to
be credited with an unearned point. On
the next service, therefore, he deliber-
ately made double fault on service
throwing away his chances of winning
that game and the set. Brookes made
it 30-all on the next point by sending
a short drive down the centre, Davis
netting his wild stab at the bali
Drives Out of Court
The Californian drove out Of court
on the next shot, and then Brookes made
it vantage" out by whipping over d
beautiful cross-court shot on the full
volley. He won the game by sending a
dazzling shot straight down the side
line as Davis came tearing in from the
base line.
Thus the games We're brought to
5-all and the match squared, and it
required the playing of sixteen more
games before the American could
finally batter out the victory
Looking at the match from the side
lines it seemed to me that Davis might
have won more quickly and more de-
cisively had he elected to employ a
deep lob more frequently. Brookes is