The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-30
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PATTERSON LOSES TO YANKEE
 STARS IN FAST TENNIS MATCH
Norman Brookes Wins Over Garland-"Comet" Wins
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Forest Hills, L. l., Aug. 3o-Eight players are left to compete. for the national singles tennis championship iR the thirty eighth annual tourna- ment on the turf courts uS the West Side Tennis club here, as a result of yesterdays play. It was a day which will go down in the annals of tennis as the biggest show that ever has been in the history of the sport. The play itsself was wonderfully brilliant in every match and furnished a boun- tifuI feast for even the most ardent devOtees of the sport
 Gerald l.. Patterson was defeated by William M. Johnston, the little Californian. Johnson downed Patter- son in one of the greatest battles ever seen on any court in five sets at 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
 Another outstanding feature was the uphill fight made by the Austra- lian veteran, Norman E. Brookes. The forty -year-old Antpodean eliminated Charles s. Garland, Jr., of Pittsburgh in another five set tilt at It, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7--5. These two matches alone might have been enough to give the ordinary onlooker heart failure, but the fans were treat ed to still another keenly contested struggle when William Tilden, 2d, of Philadelphia vanquished Ichiya Ku- magae, the Japanese star, at 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2.
 Other Favorites Win.
 Outside of these scintillating ex- amples of tennis at its best, the other favorites of the tournament were showing to good advantage and turn
 
 Maurice E. Mclaughlin of Los An geles, still the popular idol of the courts, came through in straight sets over Percy L. Kynaston, a Long Is- land youngster, at 6-2, 6-2, S-6. The Californian did not extend him self at any time, for he wished to save himself for his match this after noon with Richard Norris Williams 2d, of Boston.
 Mclaughlin has not met Williams since the Bostonian beat him in the final round for the 1914 champion ship at Newport, and followers of the sport are looking forward to today's match with as much interest as if the championship actually hinged upon 1t. Williams came through to his place in the fifth round by defeating R V. Thomas, an Australian, three sets to one, at 4-6, 6-4, co, 7-5.
 It is a queer coincidence that Brookes and Tilden, both of whom won five set matches, will have to meet today. Johnston has no easy task facing him either, for he will be pitted against Robert Lindley Mur- ray, present holder of the national championship Murray advanced by beating Conrad B. Doyle, the strong Washington player, in straight sets at 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. thereby display ing that he is in very fit condition to defend his crown.
 The first line of attack with which Johnston mastered his rival from overseas was carried by his keeping the ball low in its flight. The American, driving and volleying with amazing skill from all parts of the court, continually compelled Patter- son to stroke the fast flying ball from near his feet. These were the mast erful strokes. He avoided the deadly overhanders, the killing smashes with which the young giant from the An tipodes has crushed his former op- ponents.
 It was when Patterson stormed the net, rushing in from his base line for the kills, that Johnston carried the second line of his adversary's defense. From his side the American lobbed. His losses of the ball were not high. He lifted the ball just beyond the reach of Patterson to drop it safely in deep court compelling Patterson to whirl in his tracks to make recover ies. It was his marvellous skill in handling these two strokes that wrecked the chances of the Austra- Han of adding the title of the United States to his laurels.
 Throughout the five sets and every match that Patterson has play ed has gone the full limit-the big Australian fought every rally to it's finish. As he drove Johnston's last low drive into the net. the spot at which the majority of his returns of these shots had landed. the crowd gave vent to it's pent up feelings. It cheered itself hoarse. Then followed the widest of demonstrations. Seat cushions went sailing into the air un- til the space above the great stretch of turf appeared as if filled with gi- gantic black hailstorm.
 At the clubhouse, as he came in, Johnston was greeted with slaps on the back that shook his slender framo of 118 pounds, causing him to race for the shelter of the dressing rooms to avoid a well-intentioned punish ment for winning one of the greatest ever fought on the courts of this country.