The New York herald., 1922-08-24
Patterson and Wood Shade
Hencssy and Wesbrook
Us, SO, 3-6.
-ANZACS IN BEST STRIDE
Daring Of Middle West Cham
pions Factor i'm Produc-
ing Surprise.
BY SAMUEL J. BRoOKMAN.

Australian Davis Cup team of Gerald
Patterson and Pat O'Eara Wood in
the national doubles championship at
Iongwood to-day. Two youngsters
from the Middle West, John Hennessy
OF Indianapolis and Walter Wesbrook
Of Detroit, who, according to general
prediction, figured to give the vet
erans internationalists a good work
out and nothing more, came through
with an astounding exhibition OF de-
cisive hitting and court craft and car
ried the antipodeans through three OF
the hardest fought sets the visitors
have encountered since they opened
their tennis campaign on American
courts this season.
The score, which ended rs, SIS,
Sc in favor of the Australians, tells
eloquently of the tussle the stars from
Down Under had lon their hands. It
was hammer and tongs tennis from the
start with slxlllful maneuvering and ver-
satile play on both sides. but with de-
csiye smashing and volleying the out
standing factors from start to finish.
And through every set the Australians
advantage was at all times so meager,
so unconvincing, that the youngsters
were conceded a chance to win right up
to the final game of the sensationally
contested affair.
There was never a moment in the tus-
sle that the veteran pair did not have
10 call on its best speed and it's entire
repertoire OF tennis tricks; there was
never a moment when the winners were
absolutely sure of their victory, and it
was not due to any falling off in con-
troll or generalship on their part. On
the contrary, the doubles they flashed
was equal in every way to the doubles
they showed against Andre Colbert and
Henri Cochet of France on the same
court less than fortnight ago. Neither
did they underestimate their opponents
in the least and play carelessly at any
stage.
Wide Open Speed Throttle.
The answer lay in the fact that Hen
championship of the middle West section
and having come through the first three
rounds in impressive fashion. were a far
stronger pair than the critics had fig
ured. More than that, the Western
youths, with everything to gain and
nothing to lose, opened the speed throt-
tie wide against the Australians and
played with daring and dash that
amazed.
The point score of 12S for the Aus
tralians and lie for the Americans
gives an idea of how sharply contested
the match was. Four times in the Sec
ondN set the youthful pair, by dint of
spectacular smashing and volleying, a
surprisingly effective and varied attack,
moved up to within one lone point of the
set. Each time overanxiety on their
part and the experience and steadness
of the Australians turned them back,
but they were SO near accomplishing
their purpose that on cne occasion a net
cord shot was all that stopped then
In another instance a ball driven out
only an inch or two beyond the base line
was the shot that failed.
And then, nothing daunted by the
loss of the first two sets. Hennessy and
Wesbrook came back with renewed dar-
ing and dash in the third. division Of
play, and again threatened seriously
Again the Australians were forced 10
a.
again one or two fortunate breaks stood
in their stead as they fought off the loss
OF the set One thing that showed in
fayor OF the Australians throughout the
thrilling encounter was the fact that at
the critical stages they seemed to find
their steadiest. headiest tennis, while
the youths on the other side of the ret
We're prone to lapse in the matter OF
control when they needed 1t most.
In the long run O'Hara Woods crafty
maneuvering and wonderful anticipa-
tion ana the deadly smashing, tremend-
-ous service and severe driving OF pat
terson brought them victory. but n was
a narrow squeak in each set. Hennessy
was perhaps the more dependable OF the
two on the losers side of the net and his
service was more effective In fact be
won all but one OF mis- service games
while Wesbrook dropped six. but In the
finality OF volleying and daring. sharn
angled placements there was little 10
choose between the young men.
Champions Lose set.
In the only other doubles match PLAYED
within the grand stand area another
youthful combination. Arnold w. Jones
ana w. w. lngraham of Providence.
freshmen respectively at Yale and Har-
ward. furnished a sensation by taking
set from the playing through cham
p!ons. William L. Tilden and Vincent
Richards. and by coming pretty close to
winning another. but in this contest II
was apparent that Tilden after PLAYING
scintillating tennis In the first two sets
! let down In the third and contributed
70 the loss of the set by his careIessness
Nevertheless the collegians deserved
great credit for a clever, hard hitting
performance that stamps them as
ccmers.
In the other two contests decided In
the doubles championship Robert and
Howard kinsey, Pacific coast champions.
triumphed with comparative east over
Hugh g. M. Kelleher and Leonard Beck
man. although they yielded one set. the
score ending 6-1, 6-1, 3-s, 6--f and
X. Norris Williams and Watson NJ.
Washburn defeated r. BidweIl and u.
w. Porter of Longwood 6--2. 60. s--f
The only other surviving teams are
William NJ. Johnston and Wallace r..
johnson and Nathaniel W. Niles and
Jean Berotra, who did not get into ac-
zion to-day
Hiay In the women's invitation singles
narrowed down to eight entrants in the
rcund before the sem-finaI. favorjtes
coming through In every case. In the
junior national championship w. w
1ngraham and Arnold Jones, both OF
Providence and Lewis NJ White OF Aus
tin. Tex, and John +. whitbeck of New
York reached the semi-final round. In
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