Evening star., 1922-08-27

patterson won the singles. Jim
Anderson and Lycett won the dou-
bles from Patterson and Pat Wood.
ana Pat wood came through in the
ihiheo doublts. Pretty near a eiean-
up. wasn't it? And the Australians
hate the rain they had in England
%. civ. en- u N LBS ., II,
weather and see what difference il
I makes.
Then they came over here having
won couple Of Davis cup matches
on the side. They got Of the steamer.
went to Seabright and promptly were
| beaten in that tournament No one
heard a peep from them: they just
kept on playing tennis. getting ready
for their match against France at
Boston. They went UP there and
Anderson had to go to bed He lust
missed having pneumonia Pat Woods
shoulder was stifer than "A stake
but he and Patterson never batSea
an eyeiash. They went out and beat
I 'Iobert and Cochet. winning two
matches that they had lost by all the
commonly accepted standards Every
one SAID at Boston that they were nof
UP 10 form. Maybe not. but they won:
ana the scores count In this game
JUST as theE do in any other sport
Patterson Took Long Chance.
Then Patterson took long chance
that most captains would not hayn
down with Wood and reasoned our
that Wood and he probably could get
by their final match against Spain
and. therefore, they had better send
emerson to the mountains SO he
, would be in tip-top condition for IN.
challenge round. They've Travelled
some 10000 miles for that particuIar
natch and they are not running any
r!sk OF being in poor condition for it.
.No~ they nave Anderson in shane
again ana my guess is that they will
play their heads off 10 win at Forest
Hills when they start there Septen-
per l. They're great match players
those Australians. They come from
a hehting race and they never admit
that they are licked. So think any
one who figures that the United
states can take things easily in thar
match is likely 10 be fooled Those
austria iians finish anything they
st'rt. Taey started out last Nav 10
win the Davis cup and up TO date
thes , nave made good on their plans
ana mat why I think the challenge
round will be a regular match"
Germantown Draws Stars.
Eight Of the worlds first ten tennis
| payers Will compete for the singles
championship Of the United States o.
! t,e courts Of the Germantown Cricket
Club az Ph'la ladelph'a when the fortv-
nrst tournament for that title begins
on September 6. IL ~ o.,.Ia, % ,,
ranking. as made by Wallis MYERS Of
the London Field, who saw thAn all
| in action last year. they are: William
q. Ti!1nn. 9d. Willr.,' " -.
Vincent Richards. zenzo shimizu.
Gerald L. Patterson. James O. Ander-
SOW; SOW, Man""' Alrnsn a~d Rlchn~d -
I. c. Iorton of South Affica and
absent
THUS i; is certain that at least four
nations will have their strongest
representatives trying FOR the tf-Te
winch represents the highest iudi-
vidnal honor of American courts. II
ad6ition'. TO the United States Aus
tra'ta. JapPn and Snain will have
players m acton there. and coree-
nuentlv the tournament takes on real
international significanCe. Shimizu'@
place IN international tennis is so well
osta hlfshed that there can be no
doubt of his right to con sid ideration
whenever the worlds hest r1ayers s-e
heing discussed. 1t was only an un-
fortunate turn of fate that kent him
out of this years Davis rIp ro-tAe;.
hut he WIZ he in 'SDlendid condition
for the singles championship and
should do we'll there.
Snan'sh Players Popular.
The decision of the Spanish team
TO remain here for both the doubles
and singles tournaments is welcomed
by thouS" nds who missed the rhan"o
20 see their sDecta cular Davis Gun
matches against Australia Manuel
Alfonso was tho particular sta ir
that event. but his teammate Count
Manual Dc C"-1ar "lro di-.i-,o,ri-'.
. himself Their ability has heen well
known abroad. but this being thei~
first trip to America. thev were not
so well known 70 the tennis nlhliI'
here Praise of their Dlay at Philn-
delphia shows how popular they he
came in their short stay there.