Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-31
DAVIS CUP WON BY
BRILLIANT WORK OF
AMERICAN PLAYERS
Australasian Tennis Champions
Lose Laurels TO Tilden
and Johnston.
CLEARLY OUTPLAYED
BY CHALLFNGEPS
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lasia lost her tennis isurols here this
afternoon before the strength and rraft
of American challenvers Tho Davis ciIp.
the trophy rrnhlauatir ~ fhr world
team tennis championship. changed hands
when the last ball in the teufh gane of The
fourth enf was driven out ~ the court
Tins is tho fourth time America has won
the n'p Australasia hss won 4 siT 'iruea.
while the British Ielns have been fri-
urnphaut on five occasions
Vallviur after losing tho first set ~
foeIav'z doubles match. William n Til
den. "a ~ Philadelphia. and William
NJ Johnston. of San Francisco, revealed
fhe same tennis wizardrv thaf carried
them rIoriouslv through he singles
matches Yesterday Norman y Brookes
ard Gerald r Patterson. the Australasian
masters nf The game. fought desperately to
strm the tlde ri defaat but we're out
plaved ciearlv bv The Yankees
The ehaIlengRrs lost the first set ~
&. hait won the three remaining ia. 80
"a
The value of The service was demorstraf-
/ cd IN tho first SET which Brookez began n
/ splendid fashion The server carried nff
/ his garne until each sido had three 70 is
/ credit and then Brookes and Patterson
won the next twes They failed % make p
r0ilIf il he nn1fh g6nIF but caf,e tsar< n
/ the tenth and won the game and set
i When the Americans won on Bronkee
/. service a. three all" IN the SECOND set /,
the power If the Yankee PAIR hecame ap-
parent They followed bv winning two
straight and after losing one, ran out the
/ set
In the third Johnston never missed a
point N the struggle and he and Illden
dominated fhe court, carving The at-
tack to their opponents every step ni the
way Brookes uulled sone apparently
easy voIIovv. while Patterson reverted 70
fhe medley ri errors he committed n
the sinRle. an Thursday TIlden was an
ldetl partner 10 the dsshing Johnston. and
the Americans went through - victory
without losing a single game.
The Americans gained a big advantage
At the. OPENING of the fourth set bv wIn-
ning the first game on Patterson 5 service
Then Johnston and Bruokes served and
won Tiiden lost his service but Patter-
son lost bv his wesk. hesitatinz play
Tllden and Johnston then went ahead
and ueeded but one game for the set when
Bruoke4 won a love game on ms service
amid the applause of the great crowd
Johnston. however, came through with a
wonderfully served game which was
savagelv met bv the Australaslans he
game stood 40-l5 when Brookes scored
with a fine smash and II seemed the de-
Tenders would be able 70 weather the storm
Brookes. however was beaten by the next
served ball returning Il across the basc
line
Throughout the entire match BrO0kss
was below his usual doubles form. He
PLAYED well but never reached the heights
he attained IN past tennis battles Johns
ton deserves the most credit for the
American victory His service game.
were won b. lightning shots 20 the weak
spots n his opponents armor. AMI IN,
drives were certain winners where Their
was the slightest chance.
Tllden did not show as severe servic,
as he flashed in the singles yesterday az c
he was not At his best NJ doubles III
often was out OF position but eNtricatec
himself from bad situations by the bril-
liancy Of his strokes.
Patterson was frequently caught n fh'
back court during rallies and this weak
ness was seized upon BY the challengers
Patterson undoubtedly won the frs
set. but beyond question his poor worl
lost the next three
Tilden meets Patterson and Brooke
meets Johnston in singles matches 70
morrow but the result of these cont est
cannot affect the Possession of th'
Davis Cup.