Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-02
TILDEN AND JOHNSTON WIN FROM
 AUSTRALIANS IN DAVIS CUP MATCH

t4 B .s had something lnsreserve. This ap- peared to be borne out by the fact that when he turnd on the full mower of his offensive, his ability ito immediately check the rallies of Patterson became clearly evident. Whffe Patterson uTlr covered a tremendous amount of bo- ally power in his battering of the ball he did not have the perfection, change of pace and finesse that the Ameri- can disclosed in the Teal- pinchess ot the play. A study of the stroke analy- sis shows that Tilden made approxi- mately third less errors than Pat terson and almost twice as many earn ed points. Patterson's percentage or earned points, as compared with his opportunities, was less than twenty five per cent. while Tilden's was bet ter than 33 1-3 per cent. Patterson depended for many of his points on his terrific service which was the won der of Wimbledon last June, but de- spite the terrific amount of power he put into his strokes he served by eight aces to .Tilden,s ten and made 13 dou- ble faults to the Philadelphian's l. Tilden also showed far better cor trol and conception of Stroking all ternating hard driven deep court | drives, delicate slices and sharply cut balls which barely cleared the net and | this change of pace repeatedly caught ] Patterson out of position and unpre- pared for the unexpected stroke. The | Australian depended almost entirely on hard driving and many of his re- | turns were too fast and well placed l for Tilden to reach but he failed la l mentally when he endeavored to ad- vance ito fore court and slice back | soft returns. His only advantage in l this position was when he could reach i high ball with his overhead smash | which put finality into the stroke beyond question. Neither player show any particular tendency to lob and Tilden was able to maintain a more sustained net attack than Patterson. due, in part, to this lack of lobbing at critical moments of the play.
 Johnston Has Easy Time
 r. The Johnston-Anderson match was more or less much of an anti -cli- I max following the sustained struggle l which preceded it. 1t required one hour and ten minutse for Tilden to defeat Patterson whereas Little Bill raced through his match in a trifle less than forty minutes, Just how | much effect Anderson's recent illness had on his play will perhaps never be known, but certainly the Australian | was no match for Johnston today.
 Anderson could not match Johnston speed afoot, his wizardry with the rcquet or his generalship.
 The Californian raced him from side to side of the court, pulled him up toto the net with soft shots and then drove him back with lobs until al most every rally ended in a wide op- ening for the winners finishing stroke Anderson improved at the rate of one game a set but never was in a posi- tion where, he appeared to threater his conqueror. He occasionally uncov- cred some pretty nice line passing and a few times from close to the net angled off ungettable strokes. During a great majority of the match. ht was on tEe defensive end and pilcC up many errors in his efforts tC stroke Johnston's fiercely driven anI Chopped returns. The Austrs:liaI made S1 errors, more than half o which were outs nd earned but I points Less than one fifth of tn, opportunities presented to him. John. ston, personification Of steadiness made 39 errors and 13 earned points His percentage being exactly one thir, of earned points to errors.
 Anderson's Showing a Surprise Anderson's poor showing was a sur prise to Johnston and other leadinl tennis players who had watched hin in workouts before today's matches His game in practice was far bette . than that of his brilliant team mate Patterson and he was expec ed t force Johnston. to the limit. Anderso
 himself could not account for the sof
 game he displayed against Johnstos
 T just could not force myself to m : best game in the rallies" he said.
 The only comment made by Pat terson after the matches was:
 'Rattling good tennis, eh ?''
 Pat O'Hara Wood, who will tear
 with Patterson in the doubles, said
 Better luck tomorrow, maybe. W
 hope to delay the cup game until Mon
 day."