The Washington times., 1922-09-03
AUSTRALIA is
VICTOR OVER
YANK NETN1EN
Invaders Land Straight Set
Victory at Westside in Davis
Cup Match Yesterday.
BY DAVIS J. WALSH.

Cup Matcn YesteIudy'
BY DAVIS ). WALSH.
ryoREST HILLS, L. l., Sept. g..
The world of lawn tennis
= rocked on its complacent
heels as the Australian doubles
team of Gerald L. Patterson and
Pat O'Hara-W Wood scored most
impressively over William i. Til
den, I'd, and Vincent Richards,
the American entry, in the
challenge round of the Davis cup
matches today. II was straight
set victory, Cd, 60, 6-3,
with the promise Of an American
rally ever present, but never full
filled.
Ten thousand persons sat in the
stands at the West Side Tennis Club.
drawn to the scene by the morbid
curiosity that human nature always
exhibits at the death Of someone's
ambition. They came there with the
expectation Of seeing the Austria.
lians wage a game though losing
battle in match that was to decide
the fate of the famous trophy once
and for all. They remained to watch
the Anzacs play the most wonderful
tennis ever exhibited In International
competition on local courts and thus
leave the outcome of the series
clouded In doubt and uncertainty.
Two Matches to One.
The series now stands two matches
20 one In favor of the Americans.
and Were II not for the fact that
TiIden, who looked so wonderful
against Patterson, Is to play Jim
Anderson, who looked 80 pitiful
against Bill Johnston. Mondays pro-
gram might present all the uncer.
tainty Of q lady about to make up
her mind, As Il is Tilden, barring
miracles, should win, and when he
does that little thing the cup rests
in America for another year, regard
less of whatever Patterson may do
to Johnston.
The crowd at today's match was to
be nothing more than a formality.
The Tilden-Richards team had dis
posed Of the Australian team as late
as last week. and the Indifferent
showing Of the Australians in the
singles yesterday to fortify this be-
lief the popular idea was to 60 10
the West SIie courts today, merely
to be In at the death.
Not Bad Idea.
II wasn't a bad idea at that. Those
who came certainly were In at the
death. although the identity Of the
corpse was slightly confused in the
pre-match calculations. They simply
witnessed the demise Of the hope
that a nineteen-year-o boy, with q
cut-stroke forehand, could get by
against experienced internationalists.
Richards was the goat of today's
proceedings. They are going round
tonight. telling one and all conc stn.
ed Of what might have happened had
Johnston been used with Tilden.
They point to the fact that the boy
wonder made thirty-five errors. and
forgot that, at the same time, the
great Tifden was more or less blame
worthy.
He had twenty-five errors and
scored exactly four placements, q
nbtoriously bad average for a ma.
4ional champion. Richard outscored
him In this respect more than two
to one, but IL one must select an
angora, the choice would fall upon
neither. Both were consistently
inadequate, not only In stroking
, hut In team play, a strange deretic-
tion, In view of the fact that they
have played together for years.
No Cost In Match.
As a matter OF fact, there was no
particular goat In the match. Mere
ly two heroes. Oldtimers of the
courts shook their lerizzied heads and
vouohed for the fact that they had
never witnessed such tennis as the
Australians played today. In other
words, no goats and two heroes.
The individual halo fits snugly
atop the weil-groomed thatch OF
OIIara- Wood. known as the greatest
doubles player in the world. He more
than Justified this Characterization
by his truly magnificent volleying
and placements that left the Ameri-
cans standing on their fiat feet with
mouths agape.
His was the dominant figure Of
al three sets, and with the aid of
Patterson's severity OF service, the
affair was carried off with the ease
OF champions working out with a
couple OF schoolboys. In all, Wood
Patterson, nine for Richards and
four for Ttlden. He also was low
man in errors with "a.
But figures never tell story.
You had to see this Anzac marvel,
acting on hair-trigger sixth sense,
return all shots no matter what the
acrobatic consequences might be. II
Was simply wonderful to behold.
Crowd Enjoyed Itself.
He started doing II In the first set
where the crowd settled down for a
good time and enjoyed itself
thoroughly as the underdog
managed to pull out victory. That
made the thing more sporting, &C.
cording 20 the popular theory.
He continued TO do it In the second
set and an ominous feeling OF dis
quiet took possession OF the throng.
This was making It almost too
sporting.
when the business continued right
through to the end, the crowd be-
came distinctly partisan and cheered
American points vociferously when
Il had chance. This was not often,
the Americans scoring exactly nine
points In the second set and twenty.
five In the third t ~ tN