New-York tribune., 1922-08-15


Both French players displayed pretty
isrm, bad q number of strokes that
bfsusht forth ripples of applause and
sssssionaily scored q pretty service
shot, but neither. at any stage, dis
played the vim and pep shown by HE
sysoneat, nor did either at any stage
Il .he matches show that do-or~die
sirit 90 characteristic Of the American
vsrs. Tho Frenchmen play delicate,
,-seeful game, while the Australians
I'D moro OF the "slam-bang" that SO
otsen wins through sheer force.
Colbert was distinctly disappointing
dis afternoon. 1t is safe to say that
,srhsrs aine out Of ten in the large
.s,,ery felt sure the Frenchman would
% through Wood in straight sets. In
s.ed. Colbert started off as though that
sere to he the result. He played daz-
&.n, tennis In the first set. He not
yutplayed the Australian, but out
oeraled him. But that was the first
set.
Frenchman Makes Many Errors
IN the second set Wood showed that
Ia had sized up Gobert's game and
proeseded to beat him at it, leading
the Frenchman into the most exas-
uersting errors. Now and then Wood
would slip up to the net for winning
shot, whereas when he tried 1t in the
Srss set Colbert was the one to get
the point. BY changing pace, cutting
his returns and adopting IN general
tactics tending to puzzle his antago-
mist, Wood threw Colbert completely off
his game, causing him TO net easy ones
and drive out of bounds balls that
should have been easy placements.
The third set was largely repeti-
sien Of the second, with Colbert now
and then showing flashes of real ten
mis-, but never for any continued pc
nod. Wood, on the other hand, kept
plugging along, fighting for every
point, seemingly never tiring and ever
taking advantage of every possible
opening. Colbert too often let the
ball go, as though he did not care to
try for the return, or was too tired
10 make the effort.
Gobert's admirers were hoping when
the players left the court at the end
d the third set that the Frenchman
soald recuperate sufficiently to make
tas rest of the match at least inter
siIg. Indeed, when the players came
beck after their fifteen minute rest
ksAar% az ~ cd in fbnn~b Io sp+o
ed TO make good. He swept into a
lead OF 80, almost before the gallery
nal!Ied the game was on. The eff
!ert, however, proved q dying one, for
Wood steadied, plugged right along
and took the match, running up six
games, while Colbert could add only
one to his first three.
Both Patterson and Cochet were
loudly spplauded when they came on
the courts for their match at the close
Of the Colbert W ood contest. While
nothing depended on the outcome, all
wanted to see the Australian and the
young French player in action once
more.
Patterson Starts OFF Well
Coehet's youth and gentle strokes ap-
peal to many. He strokes the tennis
ball as though carresing it. Patter-
son, whose forceful fame, notably his
eannon-ball service, reminds one Of
filden, started in as though he intended
to make it straight set match, taking
the first set 60, in spite of many
atrocious double faults. He was plain
ly puzzled, however, by Cocket's soft
service, whipping the return often into
the net and more often out of bounds.
Inf act, the match was well under way
before Patterson discovered way of
meeting the gentle game. Once he dis
covered that way there was nothing for
Cochet to do but take his medicine as
gracefully as he could.
Cochet, on the other hand, while
puzzled at first by the speed of Patter-
sons terrific service, so much so, in
TACT, that the latter scored several aces,
was quicker to size up that service
than Patterson was to size up that of
the French player. Once Cochet got
the hang on Pattersons service he man
aged to get the ball back and within
neands. Then he gradually got so he
'uid not only meet the service and
10 the ball back, but also place his.
-ndede. near the close of the match he
more 'han once scored the point on re-
turning Pattersons first service.