Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-26

aiter beating Brookes IN challenge round
S nchs Ssins 'fH %meqlss q a0sS's: sS
peted n sinsles chsmpionship and was
beaten m by Johnston tsubsequent winnerl only
double. ehsmpionship with Brookesi returnina
to australia. Aus, won Victorian championship By
cp syssS ans
ship TO T!!den at Wimbledon. but won MIXED
also won Victorian championship at Mel.
bourne; represented Australasia vs.. America
IN IN neys iaSi & cup Snaiiense round at auckland
ship Of Victoria. New South Wales. and
other Australian tournaments"
DATTERSON was prevented from
competing in the Davis Cup four
ndment last year BY the pressure Of
business conditions.
AndersOn's Forehand Strong
Tn THE national championships al
L Mannheim last year. Anderson sur.
vived to the semi. final round, in which
he was eliminated by Wallace +. John.
son. Local followers of tennis were
impressed with Anderson's play here
His terrific fOrehand stroke Is one OF
the best in the game.
Anderson's weak spot was his back
hand stroke, and IL was through this
that Johnson climbed, to the final round
The Cynwyd athlete, n master of ac-
curacy, kept shooting his chop to thu
left of Anderson.'s feet. However, 1t Ia
said TINT the tall Antipodean has i'm
proved in this department. Last yeai
he was ranked sixth among the world
best tennis players.
The record Of Anderson Is not at
brilliant as Patterson's, but, neverthe-
less. 1t contains several notable achieve
ments. 1t follows:
state s0En nE N w @ WSn ntss
Brookes in Interstate match. 1919: repre-
scented on DaSs Gpp
nsiS seacseS semi.f%ai h united states single.
Sss s7 IN h Fl N se, wss IN sas, H"s
Wes. match at Chicago. 1921
ANDERSON'S pictory orer Tilden
~ wds scored after the nationals
rhen tie champion 1cds trtfe stale.
Howeper, a triumph over 1flden, In
condition sor stale, is quite .dn ac-
complishment.
y" Woods First Visit
T IKE Anderson and Patterson, Wood
II the third member Of the team
served with distinction during the war
He reached the rank of staff captain.
During the Wimbledon tournament
Wood hurt his shoulder, and 1t is said
he has not entirely recovered rs vet
If he Is not in condition to play against
the French at Boston. Patterson and
Anderson will take on the battle alone
However. he has had long rest and
will most likely compete.
Woods record follows:
"a former champion of Victoria and Aus
ralia: In 1918 competed with marked sue
cess In British and French tournaments
championship; doubles Championship at Win
hsSoHe. w .Sfs 1sr
doubles with Mrs. Chambers at Eastbourne
in 1920 shone in Interstate matches in Aus
defending team al Auckland"
THIS is Woods first visit to this
1 country and Americans are
GnTi0us to get line on his game.
II he does not play at Boston in the
Darts Cup semi final, he 1cW shOp
in the national doubles nert month at
LOngWO0d.
Play in Nationals Here
PATTERSON already has signifiet
L his intention of playing in the ma
tiOnal singles. which begin at the Ger
mantown Cricket Club September 8. l
is believed that Anderson and Woo.
also will compete here. -.-.
Patterson has said If he is eliminate g
in the nationals he will be willing :,
meet the winner for the worlds title
This match would be unique in tennis
annals and would be on II par with tn,
proposed match between Walter Hagen
the British open champion, and Gen,
Sarazen, the United States open title
holder, for the golf championship o
the world.
THE ninner at Wimbledon is rec
1 09ni:ed as the cords champi