Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-30

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Brooks and Patterson have chance
to partially redeem their position
tomorrow in the doubles against Til
den and Johnston. and there are many
who believe they are capable of gain
ing trifle in the tournament. being
Rated as the greatest doubles players
on the courts today. The way Til
den and Johnston ripped their way
through the defenses of the Australia
slams in today's contests. however.
gave supporters of the America ms
reason to believe that Brookes and
e. win even a momentary respite from
defeat in the tournament The final
singles matches will be played on
Saturday.
Tilden Is Puzzled.
Tilden was plainly puzzled by the
splendid volleying of Brookes today.
and BrookeS maintained terrific pace
afi through the match. Tilden's brill
liant returns did much toward turn
ing the tide in favor of the Ameri-
cans. although the heat and Brookes'
. age may have had something to do
with the final result Brookes' game
was only slightly below that shown
when he was in the heyday of his
old-time mastery. Tilden's play justi-
fed his position as world champion.
The match was played in two and a
quarter hours, including the rest of
seven minutes between the third and
fourth sets. 1t was contested bitterly,
but in the most sportsmanlike manner.
Brookes deliberately driving the ball out
of the court on one occasion in order
to make up for an assumed error on
the part of line umpire.
= The first set was a grueling struggle
which Tilden won only after a remark
able recovery of form in the later
games. The second set also went to the
American. who showed wonderful re-
serve strength after the first games had
: drawn little advantage of either player.
Z OF Brookes play. After losing the first
game. he opened up series of irresist-
dble drives which carried Tilden off
his feet and won the set handily.
The fourth set was opened by Brookes
IN the same masterful way and he won
: the first three games, making nine con-
Aecutive games he had taken from the
American champion Here Tilden rail-
lied, however. and solved Brookes'
smart drop strokes which had bewildered
him. The Philadelphia. serving at his
best. drove Brookes thither and yon
was now firing fast. and Tilden, con-
,-tinuing with unbeatable tennis. won the
set and the match.
Tilden's first serves were terrific and
/; an analysis of the match shows that
aRrookes can attribute his defeat to this
feature Ol LIE SAHiciiSdhS game. LII
> denis second ball was invariably re-
turned by Brookes. who shot the ball
; to the Philadelphian's backhand.
Johnston Has Easy Time.
Johnston's severe drives to Patter-
sons backhand in the back court fea-
tured his first set with the young
Australasian star. Patterson replied
to these drives weakly. and his volley-
ing backhanders were driven back
? with lightning speed by the Califor-
before Patterson was able to score
victory. ~
The second set showed plainly that
Johnston had Patterson's measure, as
he won the set almost at his own
pleasure. Patterson won the first
game, but failed to break through in
another contest during the set. Pat
ferson's volleys which crossed the net
were so weak that Johnston was able
to run in and score with lightning
drives.
The third set was a repetition of the
second. Pattersons play growing
worse each game. Johnston won five
straight games before Patterson
gained victory. but the American
took the following game with ridicu-
1ous case.
1t is fair to say that no one ever
has been so overwhelmed In a Davis
cup challenge round. and Patterson
must reorganize his backhand strokes
if he desires to retain place in Davis
ctp tennis circles.
Johnston showed complete mastery
of the game at all times. and his
forehand drives to Patterson's back
hand were always winning strokes.