The New York herald., 1922-07-02
AMERICAN GIRL IS
VICTOR AT g. 6-3
Reaches Fourth Tennis Round
-KingscOte Bows to
Patterson.
By STANLEY N. DOUST.
Veteran Interndtionultst.

Veteran InterndttonuLtst.
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright. 1929, by THE New York HERALD.
WIMBLEDON. Eng, July 1.-While from
an American point Of view the victory
of Miss Elizabeth Ryan Of California
was the outstanding result in the Brit
ish lawn tennis championships to-day,
the real features were two well played
mems singles, both of which had an i'm
portant bearing as to who ths fnalists
are to be. One was an Anglo-Frrnch
affair between Randolph Lycett and
Jean Brugnon, which ended in the ENG
lishman's favor after four hard sets.
In the other A. r. +. Kingscote. on wnom
England has been counting heavily, went
down to defeat at the hands OF Gerald
l.. Patterson Of Australia.
The crowd was not nearly as large to-
day as yesterday and there is no longer
any doubt that Mile. Lenglen Is the real
drawing card There ale many thou
sands uneducated to the fine point OF
tennis who come merely to see Suzanne.
1t is these people mainly who applaud
errors ard place nationalstic feeling
above sport
Lycett's return of Brugnons service
was the most prominent feature or their
match. Otherwise 1t was patchy az
fair. Errors were 50 frequent on Bru-
gnon's part that Lycett had little op-
portunity to show how well he really
could play. With the exception of re-
turning service to Brugnon's feet, Lycett
had little to do. Brugnon netted his
returns or hit the ball yards beyond
the baseline. The score was CO, 1-6,
rs, 6-3.
Difference I'm style.
In the second set Brugnon improved
backhand. The Frenchman's game was
the acme of grace and ease and ap-
peared doubly so compared to Lycett,
who used every ounce of strength In
making his shots. In the third set
Brugnon played easily and brilliantly,
but after taking lead Of 3-love had
an unaccountable lapse and became as
erratic as in the first set while Lycett
remained steady. The fourth set was
even easier for Lycett. The match saw
the Frenchman going from one extreme
to the other.
The second star match between vet
eran internationalists was nearly an
oven thing. Patterson just winning In five
sets, Ga, &c. 81, 6-4. 6-3. At one
stage II looked like Kingscote. He led
two sets to one and Patterson, despite
his victory, failed to impress critics that
he possesses anything dangerous apart
from his service and overhead smash
ing. Yet he won the match with these
two assets. His forehand ground strokes
were good, but he was never sure about
them. On his backhand he certainly Is
better than the last time he played at
Wimbledon, two years ago II is still
very vulnerable point for attack, how
ever.
kingscote made valiant effort to
win, but was very uncertain of himself.
The center court Is wearing badly AMI
the false bounds undoubtedly had lot
to do with the bad errors both men
made off easy returns
In the opening set Kingscote dropped
his opening service after being 40-30
Then he won Patterson's service, but
lost his own again. Patterson then
made the score 81 In his favor. Neither
seemed able to make winning returns at
this point. AS the match advanced the
tennis improved. In the fifth set Pa
terson. whose condition Is perfect, made
great effort. while Kingscote fell
away, the speed gone out of his shots
The players now left In singles are
r. Lycett, p. NJ Dawson, T. Mavrogor-
dato J. b. Gilbert, James o. Anderson.
Henri Cochet. M. Flaquer, Pat O'Harl
Wood, Gerald l.. Patterson. Campbell,
Tindell and Green.
Awaits Mile. LengIen Match.
Miss Ryan won easily again to-day
from Miss Harvey. 6--3. 6--s. She is
to play the winner OF the match be-
tween Mile. Lenglen and Miss Colyer
of England. The latter IN only 10 years
old. but Is a prospective champion. Miss
Ryan, however. has been defeated 80
often by Mile. Lenglen that there Is
little doubt felt over the result.
Mrs. Mallory played only in mixed
doubles to-day, a game at which she
does not shine. Never has there been
SO much interest in womens sngles
Everybody seems to be hoping now that
Mrs Mallory reaches the final round
The American champion Is very popular
on account of her sporting instincts and
we all want to see her against that
genius. Mile. Lenglcn. We believe Mrs.
Mallory stands a better chance against
Suzanne than any English woman still
left In the tournament.