New-York tribune., 1922-09-03
h. s. Stars Crushed o., 90, 6-3
81 Patterson and O'Hdra Wood
c.I,sry TIaunders Stirring
1I,eers as Visitors VIII,
I,us,rxssive Court Battle

s.s gast must be laid at Tilden's
F WIN the points at deuce" the
i s'@ -, singies champion served q
u sss, s.u,S and on the next exchange
s.. had an easy volley to nego'
Appearing over-ansious, how
4 'a'e . ssns the ball far out Of court,
4 esa esas isfendsrs lost lead that they
~ e. s. ssersinad during the matea'
Australians Begin attack
.seterv was won right there,
4 .. s tsstsd blood, IS it were, the
hssst,sns hss.sst started en- attack that
s.ssisive,v devastating IN its efsects
2 M "a ths next four games wsns
4 she ehallsngers, giving saens ,h;,, Iii
s,st set after a magnsneepS a,s ps
s..tls against the pair that nag pssaeh
Ssr, decisiysiy only four Gays pslote. So
is accomplish their triumph e saS
,.st four games. Patterson ana "oeu y,
son @ on the latter's service "a 1ns
,svsrsh and made their second nreas !
.Sycaeh Tilden IN the ssnth ana iass
.sxssga m fhe fruits Of series OF
n sy;ilisnt placement aces, five OF their
.sints besng esrned--two by Fat
- ..s.dn and three by Wood.
80 49,. shs moment the ahallengers
.sIa,swn level until the arst set had
sss ~. warxed up TO their credit, the
80 vs....a q fs,000 in the stands thun-
s...i a1,.i u accompaniment Of hand clap
q ss IA cheers. Mrs. Patterson, who
& ;g Wrs. Anderson and party. oi
Il sssss.ssvsIasjans ~ sat In one of the boxes
& asb = ~ clubhouse veranda, greeted
q " ma Of her stalwart husbands
q ,.s;rr xmashes or severe eross-court
q s.isps s1as, with feminine shouts of Good
4 Il you Pat, ard she was quite as en-,
4 tsusiastie in her appreciation Of
Woods successes. Beauty, Fatsy'
sas hsr usual manner of acknowl-
.igine the wigsrdry of Woods earn
rg shets, In spite of their very
.atural and undisgaised keenness to
sss tbs Anzac team win, these fair
yaitors from overseas were quick in
sssif appreciation Of good play by
Tildan and Richards.
Patterson and Wood had Unbiased
tbs main fury of their attack on Rich
sras, and the latter did not stand up
sndeg the battering as it was expected
Il weald. His returns were too lack
Isg ia speed and pace to bother the
,halknEers,, Wood particularly step
yIng is and smothering these shots
r;tE marvellous skill There would1 be
B asshing in the sunlight of Woods
rascaet, the dive of the ball into the
+ sppssite court and Wood had scored a
4 ,isan placement ace.
etstn. %La
4 ssssahle, In this erisis2 He was fully
\ Is srrstic In bis play as Richards, and
& 10 shese who have become accustomed
to sesing 4Big Bill" pull out Of des-
psrste situations with blaze Of amaz-
lhe shcts, his showing looked even more
dseeuragiug than would ordinarily be
the ease. A
Ps.tsfsop's tremendous overhead
snsshes were cannonading into court
vfk cunning force and deadly aeca-
racy, and Tilden despe iarsso rted.
ID tossing In the effort to drive the
Australian hurricane" back from the
sst--anyshing to escape the Blasting
I Ssstsustioh Of the chailenger's attack.
1 But these iobs were pitifully short,
I md Patterson simply murdered" the
1 Mll in the second set and through TO
s lac finish
4 Tilaen and Richards had lost their
b scnadsnee, and at the same time their
aslehse crumhled under the resistless
sanding of the Australians, who rode
mpefiapsly through the six games for
4 love" set It seemed unbelievable
hat our national champions could be
Aatsn by any such crushing margin,
snd yet there was the score and there
] mat magnihcently applauding crowd to
sanhrm the truth Of the thing.
4 Pastegson and Wood were reeling off
Z 9sir polnsa in an ever-increasing crowd
y tennis efficiency that overlooked no
saanees, gave no quarter.
easements rippled off Woods racquet
wa taiapulted from Patterson's, and
J as Ansrlean team was being literally
sfashed under the avalanche of shots
Iaat vac ripping the last vestige of de-
l tense to shreds.
Alihongh they were trailing two sets
1 y tas hole. Richards and TIlden still
ah good chance to pull the match
~ Tbs appeared to be the feeling
I q many persons in the crowd. 1t was
~ Mat filden would finally find hinl-
ala sna launeh into one of his amazing
xsaSs q play, carrying Richards
sshs WIN him to triumph. But this
@.lesh nope went glirnmering when the
LIN SET was not yet half over. 1t was
saily Necessary for the defenders to
ssaA through service, but as the games
sns On and there was no sign of weak
anS on the part of the Australians,
feallzad that Americas cause on
" gay, at least, was lost.
asttefsaH began the service and won
Il zane easily, Wood mailing every
VIZ that came over the net.
aAueh took his own service In the
s~ena game and Richards his in the
sslss, but IN each case our men had
~ g.asslaggie desperately for the points.
saas PATTERSON and Wood tore off
~. n games quickly and with forbid
las hrst break came in the eighth
rMe on Richards's service. after
ass had been called by Clifford
as ss me umpire. On the last two
81 ss Iiiden netted two easy "setters,D -
8 nus the Australians stood at So,
ssas end was now in sight. The last
ssa a. to the ending of the match
4 been removed.
ii ws,s was fatterson's feroclous service
#ksl s.,aen and Richards faced in this
II. sane, and the hurricane turned
sss..ass ass ilil power In these closing
~. Richards returned the first
hssa o. court and Patterson crushed
III. snort defensive return with a
3 s,y smash for the second. The big
sTA;sh netted Richards's return on
slo point, and then moved a step
70 tse fast-ceming victory when
1870 q siszling placement of Til
4 tspiy for 40-l5. Richards re-
nss sne hnal onslaught of the Aus
war cry, "0oo-eelr and the
8 ~, ana the battle was over. From
8hs OF the stands came the Aus
war cry, "Ceo-eein and the
lsss saneok hands as the applause thun-
8t -ei4d OIat AZ Np ssse