New-York tribune., 1922-09-02

Davis Cup Defenders
gea. Australasians in
Forest Hills Singles
Without Losing a Set
Patterson Brilliant,
Starring in Defeat
Anderson's Play Woefully
Weak; $4,000 Witness
Bitterly Fought Matches


,ng team made clean sweep OF the
.ogrts st The West Side Tennis Club,
~ Forest Hills. yesterday afternoon in
Il. srss two singles matches for the
ssssoric world trophy, William 7. Til
a. ID defeating Gerald L. Patterson,
4 AastraIasia, by a score of To.
,o--e 90 aud William NJ. Johnston,
Il California, crushing James O. And
.x.aa. of Australasia, by margin of
Ill 6--2, e--s in the second match.
Tbis afternoon at 2:3o o'clock the
sh;rd match OF the series, the doubles,
viii be fought out on the championship
,uyf with Tilden and Vincent Richards,
for America, facing Patterson and Pat
oHara Wood Of Australasia. Should
Tiiden and Richards come from the
arena vietors it will mean our players
have once mere demonstrated their su-
prsn,acy over the rest of the world.
Last of Singles Monday
On Monday afternoon the last two
matches of the series will be played,
irrespective of the result of the doubles
battle to-day, and this time the op-
Moments will be reversed, Johnston
facing Patterson and Tilden taking the
court against Anderson.
IN connection with the program FOR
today the West Side Tennis Club has
arranged two extra matches. Imme-
diately after the finish of the Davis
Cup event the final round match for
the veterans national championship
doubles will be played, with Dwight F.
Davis and Holcombe Ward, champions
Of 1898 ard 1899, meeting Arnold w.
James and Arthur Ingraham, of Provi-
denee
The third match of the day will be
an exhibition singles between Manuel
Aloaso. the brilliant Spanish Davis Cup
player, and little zeRzo Shimizu, of
japan.
$4,000 Present
There was brilliant crowd of close
TO 5000 persons in the stands a few
minutes before Tilden and Patterson
began the first match of the day, just
before o'clock. This number would
hags been considerably augmented
had there been room for extra seats.
Several hundred disappointed fans
thrapged all entrances striving for ad-
Mission, never abandoning hope that
some turn of fortune would obtain
item entrance. Most Of them remained
outside until the play for the day was
seses. Not only those who sat in the
sests Of the lucky, but those whose
nearest approach to that goal was
Bearing the re-echoing waves of ap-
plsuse that drifted over the tops of
ms stands, formed a remarkable tribute
y the tremendous appeal that lawn
uaflis has taken on the feelings of the
general public.
!, inside the vast green swarded arena
tne scene was stirring one. Row on
soN, In a square phalanx, the stands
mWsred, the brilliant hats and parasols
q ihe women transforming the serried
!'hks INTO what appeared huge win
WV COX OF growing flowers, tilted for
Saie, the flowers moving and swaying
ss,Aaough animated by the light breeze.
aaso this arena finally trotted the
gsaht hgure of Tiiden, most brilliant
saa most famous player in the world,
sao py ms right side strobe the stall
sa.5 Droad-Bhouldered Patterson, his
ssssa,eager in this first sporting battle
- e1e nations for the worlds team
sehals championship.
Players Eye Cup
on table midway between the first
saa thlfd courts something glistened
ss sal spasrsied in the sunlight and sent
~; Nh SILVER beams. 1t was the famed
ss DaWs eup, that emblem of tennis SUI
s.ssnacy sy Tor which the nations of the
ssa s.1a nave struggled through the
tssats. bosh Tilden and Patterson gave
4 ~ sup q passing glance as they went
.,,s. soaIe. 1t was for this bit of the
ss159sfsinith's art that Gerald Patterson,
~ ~. anderson and Pat O'Hara Wood,
sss sss gallant foemen from the other
ss ~, ~ ~ sne world, had fought their
js,s H. through the lists to stand as chal-
ssss ssssis q me United States defending
Is. 4a now the hour was at hand when
sss;spa ;syuession of supremacy was TO be
asss s,assn, g! keen to begin, paced up and
1sssa.s sssa aus base line, glancing nervously
ssssa ssfa az the stands, then across to
49, ~ fatterson was eoolly adjusting
b,s1s' bss'e handkerchief about his bronze
Lsys Lsa, "a. as gladiator of old might
Patsss.ssna ssssn tossed his racquet in the air.
tbs tb1'ssson sas Won, and elected to start
ssss'ce, and as they stood poised
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