The sun., 1919-08-29
PATTERSON WINS
OYER WASHBURN
IN LONG MATCH
Australians Persistence
and Stamina Score in
National Tennis.
WILLIAMS BEATS DAVIS
Shows Great Improvement in
Straight Sets-McLough-
lin Plays Well Too.
NJ EUGENE n. o,CoNNELL.

NJ EUGENE n. O'CONNELL.
Play in the third round of the ma
tional lawn tennis singles championship
tournament on the turf courts Of the
west Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills
yesterday was altogether barren OF up
ssts and Just as fruitful OF good tenrIs.
Straight set matches were the order OF
the day, thirteen OF the sixteen being
decided that way, while two required
four sets and only one went the full
route of Ave sets.
All of the stars came through except
In one case. and that was when two
met and one had to go out 1t was Wat
son NJ. Washburn of New York. former
Metropolitan champion, who had to drop
out when two stars came together. for
he suffered defeat at the hands of Gerald
L. Patterson Of Australia, holder of the
British championship. Patterson was
the victor In the only five set match of
the day at 7-5. If. 6-1, 3-6. 6-1.
OF the other first flight players will
lam T. Tilden I'd of Philadelphia was
the only one who dropped set. Tilden
won by three sets to one from Craig
Biddle. another entry from the Quaker
City. at Ga, 4-6, 6-3, Go. Maurice
j.. Mclaughlin scaled one more obstacle
titular pinnacle from which he was
hurled a few years back, when he
= downed Leonard Beekman. Princeton
captain. In straight sets on the grand
stand court at Ga. SIS, Ga.
williams Is Impressive.
Coincidental with the brilliant show
ing of Mclaughlin in his defeat of
Beekman was the parallel return to
~
: Richard Norris Williams I'd of Boston.
Williams ran through straight sets over
Willis e. Davis of San Francisco. at
6-z. 60, Ga, in just short of half
an hour
William NJ Johnston Of San Fran
cisco. champion in 1915 after his rather
poor showing on Wednesday. came along
well and won easily from Henry b.
Parker of the Rockaway Hunting Club.
at 81, e., e.. Robert Lindley
Murray, the national champion. con-
tinued in his good form and beat
Lucien Williams of Chicago. at Ga.
Ga. ca. Conrad B. Doyle OF Wash
ington. Nat Niles of Boston. Theodore
r. Pell of New York. Walter Merrill
Hall of New York. Ichiya Kumagae. the
Jap star Norman E. Brookes. the vet
eran Australian; Charles s. Garland Of
Pittsburg and r. v. Thomas, one OF the
the third round in straight sets.
The only one who failed to live up to
form was the we'll known II not very
well loverd weather man. The fellow
who looks after the skies tried his hard
est tc spread n little dampness on the
afternoon but the best he could do with
all the resources at his command was
to haul up a whole hodful of clouds
His efforts along these lines did nothing
I.s1N Irlr hnn In
oniookers who had to gaze upon the
matches with the sun in their eyes.
Crowd Arrives Late.
whether the tennis enthusiasts were
hungry and remained a little too long
at their luncheons yesterday, or whether
they Just did not care hang about
getting down early is merely matter
for conjecture. The fact is the crowd
did not get down to the courts early.
and when the first of the matches were
put on the courts at l o'clock there
were hardly enough fans in the stands
to make up a corporars guard.
However, the players were not lone
some for there were plenty of ushers,
linesmen, umpires. judges, ball boys,
telegraph operators and tennis writer's
on hand TO keep them company. When
. the folks did begin to come, however,
they came in force. They were more
motor cars strung out through the
streets OF the quiet little village Of
Forest Hills than there are Fords in
Detroit. The trains coming from New
York all were we'll filled and even the
trolley cars did their share to help All
tho stands.
BY the time that the latest of the
afternoon matches were started there
was hardly a seat left in either the
grand stands or bleachers. There were
some incidentally who bothered with
neither the grand stands nor bleachers.
These were folks who had a son or
grandson playing in the boys or Junior
tournaments out on the outside courts.
and felt that If there was any tennis
being played in Forest Hills their young
kin was the boy who could play 1t.
international Flavor Attracts.
Although all OF the tennis was good,
the feature OF the day was the match
IN which Patterson defeated Washburn.
This match might have turned out dull
and uninteresting, but It stil would have
held the interest of the crowd because
Of the International flavor attached to
IT, But the contest was neither dull nor
ininteresting. From the very start It
was battle in which each man brought
INTO pay every Dll OI bNlil anu
strategy in his makeup. Nor did either
spare an ounce OF his strength or speed
at any stage OF the play.
Patterson won the match In much the
same way that he had conquered Fred
Alexander on Tuesday. The Australian
Is Just .bubbling over with stamina and
was as strong in the NTH set as he was
in the first. Washburn, on the other
hand faded out toward the close under
the terrific pace and relentless attack
OF the Antipodean.
While the match was a wonder and
replete with sparkling tennis, neither
player showed the timber of which real
champions are made Patterson's game
was strong enough to carry him through.
1t was not as smooth or as sure as that
which some other champions have
played. His game would not have been
patch on the tennis displayed by any
OF the four men who competed in the
Davis cup matches OF l914-McLough-
lin and Williams. Americans, or Brookes
md the late Anthony F. Wilding. Aus
.Mllans.
Nor yet was It as good as that shown
by Bill Johnston when he beat Kumagae
at Newport this year. nor as startling
Johnston In the same tournament Ger
tainly Patterson show ed an improvement
in form, especially I'm his volleying and
ground strokes. and for that matter In
his overhead play as we'll. But the fact
remains that In Washburn he did not
face As hard a hitter as Johnston. TIL