The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-06
AMERICANS ARE
 TENNIS WINNERS
 AGAINST ANzACS

New York, Sept. 6-The two fam ous Williams of the American tennis courts-William M. Johnson, of San Francisco. and William T. Tilden, 2d of delphia-conquered Austra- lia's great pair-Gerald Patterson and Norman Brookes-in the interna- tiOnal doubles match on the pie turesque courts of the West Side club at Forest Hills. L. l., yesterday after noon.
 Four sets the match went, with the renowned American triumphing over the recent winners of the national doubles championship by the score or 6-4, 3-6. 6-4 6-3. Only in the second set and at the beginning of the third were the players from the other side of the globe able to make any headway against the resourceful speedy and accurate playing of John ston and TiIden.
 It was rather a disastrous after noon for the Austra Dan experts. Of the three international matches play ed. all were easily won by the Amer ican players. Wallace '. Johnson. of Philadelphia, master of the chop stroke. won the first match of the afternoon. when he defeated Ran do1ph Lycett of Australia in straight sets, by the score of 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
 After this match, Richard Norr;s Williams Sd, a former national champion. came on the courts with R. V. Thomas, another Anzac. Once more the American brand of tennis proved far superior to the Australian kind. Richards far excelled Thomas, and he won in three easy sets by the 
 Apparently the international matches have not created any great amount of interest among the tennis lovers. When the first match was started yesterday hardly more than two hundred spectators were seated in both stands And hardly more than five hundred were present when the doubles match began.
 In fact, the West Side club appear ed dead" after all the eXcrtement Of the day before, when Johnston defeat- ed Tilden for the right to be called the best player in America Because of the small crowd of yesterday, the committee in charge of the interna- tional matches has decided to bring the series to a close this afternoon.
 There will be no matches on Mon day. This afternoon Williams ana Johnston will play Dycett and Thomas in inc doubles: Johnston will meet Brookes in the singles, and in the final match of the series Tilden VIII match his speed and skill against Fat terson.
 The doubles match yesterday was by far the best of the three staged. It was dotted here and there with bril- liant and prolonged rallies; with spec tacular shots by all four participants; by great lobbying and by the cannon ball serving of Tilden.
 The Australians got away to a poor start and were away off in their game in the first set. Patterson committed no less than 13 errors in the first ten games, while Brookes made four outs and four nets. Brookes, too, failed 10 earn Q point in the set, while his young partner made only two place ment shots.
 The Australians steadied themselves in the second set and carried the Americans along at a fast pace. For a while it appeared as if Patterson and Brookes might humble the great Johnston and the great Tilden. The Australians won the second set by games to 3, and at one part of the third set enjoyed a lead of 9 games to 1.
 In the fifth game of the third set the Americans by two beautiful place ment shots checked the rush of the Australians. Johnston won the game by prettily executed cross-court shot while in close. From that point on until the finish the Americans held the upper hand.
 There was some great playing in the third set especially in the eighth game This game went to deuce ten times, ending with a spectacular rally. The ball travelled back and forth over +I,e courts many times before Brookes drove it into the net with a back-hand return.