New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

- n -. limited States defeated Au
40 in the two days Of play.
-. feature meeting Of the day
..' ;, the clashing Of William T. Til
:, ~ "a. Of Philadclphia. runner-up to
s;Il;am ,r NJ. Johnston. Of California for
w.. y ,,.;opal singles championship, and
n.u |. Patterson, Of Australia, win
' - the sll-England title. Tilden
!, four furious sets. by score OF
As s-4, 81. in a match that
~,.ss tremendous enthusiasm in the
~, AZ. from a gallery Of about $500
xncns. -. A..
...,,.a Norman f. Brookes with less
.s,,. winning at 6-4, -, o., g.
:. ri, match never brought forth
.. erest fights Of tennis that abound
=, in the Tilden-Patterson meeting.
s.ooses looked wan and tired all the
,,v through. and in the last set, after
~. than an hour and half in the
ling sun, he actually seemed ready
:, i.op on the court.
Johnston Appears Tired
t.,,s.on. too. was not the same
..,ssrsul bundle Of steel wires and
,..-,n5ous hitting power that he had
Z.
thursday. although he gradually
,,,ssd himself up 70 the point where
;. terrific forehand drive was regain
;,c is sting.
The frs. match OF the day resulted
!. ne victory Of Wallace +. Johnson,
!; Philadelphia. and Richard Norris
Williams. %. Of Boston. former ma
.,-,l singles champion. over Randolph
Ir,s.. and Ronald V. Thomas. of Aus
-.is By score Of 60. 6-4. 2-6,
IS 60 Here Johnson was dis
t,.;ly the best Of the four in the
X, three sets. with Williams making
ssrinc errors in his volleying. In the
,c set however. the Bostonian came
,s,c .as. and began TO reel off shots
n. quickly overwhelmed the Austria
rs Lvce.t was better than his
u--er from star, 20 finish. and. in
H. was next 70 Johnson in effective
,ss when We view the match in its
s.are,y.
Paterson began the service in the
ia. match Of the day with glaring
s-n shining in his eyes, and he won
he opening game without much
.loube, Tilden falling TO get control
0; his shots as the Australians service
rane crashing into his court. Patter-
son was expected TO win on his own
cyeiy bu, when he broke through
llel il the second game. without
tr.,g his opponent single point,
,le,e was az air of uneasiness n the
sands
Tie zig Anzac made it 80 on games
b winning the third on his own SER
r;. ;ol'6w.rg up 20 the net with a
r.a and vol.eying with greater ac-
ris.y than usual Tilden's attempts
10 his opponent into back-court
=; win small success. Cor Patterson
1as tit,ing very well. and with great
I.se,, overhead. anG the American
ils lot very successful in getting the
E.ss c. the court correctly on these
,',s, often tossing the ball a foot
:s.E Of tie base line.
Iiden Sfag's a Rally
Inst Wien It looked as though Pat
ssor wee going to walk straight
.;ocga the So. without opposition.
A-en tcCan - stage some o. his
qse.4cclar shots, racing in 20 the net
%; .i.i.4n, 'cross-court volloys and
ti!:y shots that took the Australians
FVsrtul drives and dropped the ball
- over The net. Tildon ran off the
''-.;h ;if,A and sixth games, break
~ through Patterson's service in the
"a and sqa4ring the match on the
lex.
81; tie Phi,adelDhian could not hold
so1:.ol ;or any sustained period, and
us Austra. an won the next three
Il.ss closing m at the net with Won
t'rs strides and smothering Tilden's
a;-irs w.tA .ow volleys 10 al parts Of
,ls court
l. was Iildcn's service al the start
q he second set. but after the points
lad gone 10 deuce" twice Patterson
s'n' twice smashlng with tremendous
,.'rs as lilden sent up backhand lobs
..Ai did not have sufficient depth.
iisy we're "sitters," and Patterson
NsFs how to treat sitter as well
"say man on the courts to-day.
When the Australian took the second
s'ae on his own service and Tilden,
";ln.ng TO look anxious himself. was
--e'Ag many errors on easy shots, the
s''sry was plainly disturbed. even
-olga America already had an over
'-s.Ains LEAD ia the team match.
American Rcgairs Lead
he American suddenly struck one of
s,feaks Of super-tennis, however.
20 ran oil tho next three games, Civ
aim the lead once more. lie was
'-'.hg wicked uuderspin on the ball
ne Grove i low over the Let and
Eng FOR the corner. and even when
'sterson could get his racquet into
''stion in time he mad great trouble
agglng" the ball up, and Tilden
4" making him run from one side TO
rsce
me Australian won the sixth game
l., us own service. after the points
=. =. reached deuce" but though he
I. Up tremendous battle in the last
,e games Tilden was bringing off
-.s mat were simply unreturnable at
- and took the second set at G-3,
'Aring the match.
.''erson began the service in the
~ set' winning the game. but Tilden
~ oack IN the second and then
~ through in the third. aided by
.Sohderfal back-hand volleys across
r.'sons forc-court. The Anzac
sE:'.sa the match, however. by re-
n~g on the American in the fourth
N rnio neiiosing in al the net and cutting
!, .-lsh best attempts at passing
Z. ~s'e was not another break" until
seventh game. which Tilden took
u,,sm, u,s, as Patterson experienced an
n, ppsy psy Wild streak on his backhand.
ns.. .ailadelphian made it 5-3 on
,oy taking the eighth on his own
s,sI. and then came a tremendous
- iVr the poinfs IN Tho ninth .a,