New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
By Fred Hawthorne

IiLADkLPHIA, Aug. 13.--Austral-
asa advanced step nearer to the
D@y;s Cup challenge round this after
a2en when Gerald L. Patterson and
Patrick O'Hara Wood defeated Man
/ 4 Alfonso and Count de Gomar in the
ubles, by a score Of G--3, 6--3, Ga,
The final roGnd matches between
lstyGlasia and Spain, On the courts
4 the Germantown Cricket Club at
Manheim BY winning only one of the
ITO singles matches tomorrow the
a,st.alsian team will gain the right
10 meet TIE United States in the chal-
snye round at Forest Hills two weeks
!. n to-day. Spain, in order to achieve
st goal. mrst win both matches, and
chances appear very slim.
1t no tine to-day was the crowd
tired es it had beea yesterday, when
slsnso, the magnificent, was staging
fa tremendous uphill oartle to pal
nv rom defeat c'-eirst Woods IN
tae singles. After the first two or three
ss-s u IS afternoon it was evident
oatteIs n and Wood had matters
her own hands. They were con-
Tally en- the aggressive, their shots
,nied ore sting and they had the
"a under better control than the
Spaniards.
The order OF service to-day went
Jus: De Gomar, Patterson, Alfonso
gad Wood, and the Australasian pair
vet awi1tly into the lead, winning
@e first two games with the loss of
IL one point. Patterson was play
far stronger came than he had
aown in the singles on Thursday. he
40 tremendously severe overhead and
is ground strokes were much more
fghabe, while his volleying was gen.
sally sound and at times brilliant.
Pa.tcr-on Makes Opening
o'Hara Wood, while never as de.
nc in h S treatment of overhead
ats as Patterson, actually scored
ur more placement aces in the
se.ch than his big team mate. This
sAs largely due to the fact that it was
ttcrson's powerful forcing shots.
battering ram service, notably,
nat rave O'Hara Wood the openings
the finishing shots With a less
aggressive partner, O'Hara Wood
uld not nave made such q good
hrwing in the stroke analysis.
The Spanish team won the third
me on Alonso's service. forcing
heir opponents into errors, and a
leyrihc struggle for the fourth game
as fought out, Patterson and Wood
finally winning after deuce" had been
called ak times. The last four points
won by the Australians were gathered
IS result Of errors. Alfonso making
IN "out" and met" and DeGomar
two nets all of them under pressure
OF the attacking pairs aggressive
,acties
Another prolonged struggle followed
~ the fourth game before the Austria
asian team won. The catlike agility
of Alonso was responsible for the
keenness of the play at this stage. TAe
young Speniard was stabbing in his
ghtning volleys occasionally during
me rallies with the speed of rapier
thrust. He was veritable tornado of
energy, by far the quickest man on the
court, and yet it was this excess of
speed that was responsible for many
Of Alonso's errors. DeGomar looked
better to-day than in the singles or
Thursday, but he is evidently not
gifted with finishing shot on turf
courts, and many times he failed to
fut the ball away when he had the op-
portunitv.
Patterson made it 81, and then the
sspanish team took the next two GANGS,
lot 6-3, Wood making series of err
Tors on the volley. Patterson and Wood
won the next game, however. for the
set breaking through Alonso's service
Is they stormed the net.
In the second set the Australasians
hn into lead of 5--2, both Patterson
ana O'Hara Wood alternating in smoth-
sflng returns at the net. Patterson
vas hammering his points out with tre-
mendous clouts, as a rule, although
sometimes he scored with dazzling low
~ ssspsleys, the ball angling so acatelly 31at
!ne spanish pair could not make the re-
sasn. o'Hara Wood, while less violent
e e MS methods, put the ball away neat
enough. his partner generally hav-
Jug paved the way with shot that
s0'ced the Spaniards on the defensive.
Australasians Win Set
The eighth game went to Alfonso and
=. ~ Gomar at "love," Patterson making
sassee errors in q row, but then the
assslraiasians won the ninth, for the
ssssond set at 6-3. The Spaniards
iiAoWed that they could not successfully
hall H"At PAoy Cs W taCll lSEtf dHQ
oo.n Patterson and O'Hara Wood were
sSs.cx to realize this weakness and make
We most of it.
0.;. Inc third set began with the Spanish
s taxing the first game to "lovep on
gomar's service, the Australians
,sg susing three times and De Gomar
sSSa1ihg over perfect service ace on
p..la ps last point. On the next two games
,ssn ss.erscn and 0'Hara Wood started a
isage assault at the net, Wood scor-
sssr;f iouf Placements and Patterson one
IN iltssce ace and a placement ace on an
powerful smash of short lob.
uonso and De Gomar could do little
ssas lsae than offer up weak defensive
tbs under this battering, but when
srs.A Antipodean hurricane had spent it's
tprs gynamic force, the Spaniards re-
AIa@.esu 70 the fray with gssSfl energy,
so making many 5sSMsling recov-