The New York herald., 1922-07-11
Australians Virile Style
ssa Crushes Lycett, at 6-3,
90 6-4, 6-2.
MRS. MALLORY FINISHED
Completes Her Programme
u With Defeat by Lenglen's
- Mixed Double.
BY STANLEY H. DoUsT.
Veteran Intermationalist.

4 BSeciaf Gable to THp New YORK HERALD.
EcpyrNOht, 1929, by THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Y HWIMBLEDoN. England, July 10.--Play
ing with whirlwind speed and tre-
Mendous improvement in his back
hand. Gerald L. Patterson of Australia
to-day won the British lawn tennis
championship by defeating Randolph
Lycett of England in straight sets.
The scores were 6-S, "a. 60.
M 1t was a Patterson with sounder
tennis than he showed in 1919 who
hewildered Lycett and trounced him
With startling dispatch, but Patter-
sons general style was not quite as
Impressive as it was three years ago.
The Australian was brilliant, SUI
Fremely confident. and never extended.
Everything worked for the winner,
who played with a dash which seemed
1T times to stun his opponent.
NPatterson sent his cannon ball service
smashing down the court with tre-
mendous speed and remarkable effect.
I.ycett attempted to take the service
from behind the base line and managed
To- make some clever returns, but these
tactics made matters easy for Patterson.
The Australian came up with rush to
make a great attack at the net and
confused Lycett with passing shots and
uncanny chops to the corners.
Lycett Takes Lead.
Lycett sent his adherents into q
frenzy with fine rally In the second
set. in which he assumed lead Of 4-2.
It looked as IL Lycett would take the
set and make the match all square. He
was playing pretty tennis and I.had an
idea that he would continue long enough
to take two more games before Patter-
son could win four.
But Patterson suddenly became a
$eritable whirlwind. He began to smash
harder than ever-and his drives found
their mark. AS the Australian sent his
attack to the highest pitch Lycett found
the pace just bit too warm for him
and began to fall back. Patterson con-
trolled his service in fine style and he
controlled everything else that way One
game. two games--three, and then four
went to the fighting Patterson--four
games in succession and the set.
This broke Lycett's game. England's
hope faded. for in the third set 1t was
all Patterson from start to finish. Pat
terson was stronger than ever. while
yLycett kept falling back, sometimes in
confusion, somestimes in all too appar-
ient troubles. while his relentless foeman
piled up his points in rapid succession.
MolIa Beaten Again.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory ended
iher program here in the tournament
with a defeat. Playing with Dean
Mathey. the, American. as a partner the
disappointed Molla was forced to take
ganother beating from Mile. Suzanne
Lenglen. The French girl and Pat
3OHara Wood of Australia won over the
Americans at 60, 6-4.
\ 1t was apparent from the start that
Molla's interest in the match was not
particularly keen, Mile. Lenglen.
1naking her appearance after a sensa-
fional triumph, seemed to revel in the
winning, put Mrs. Mallory played only
fair tennis at the start. She improved
greatly as she went along.
n Wood played splendid tennis. His fine
overhead play was the feature of the
match. La Belle Suzanne also was very
active in making the victory possible,
for she flashed her usual polished game
Mrs. Mallory brought off some fine
ground strokes and after the first few
games played consistently we'll. Mathey
WAS not up to his best in the first set.
but improved in the second. However.
he was not equal to the superior form
against which he was arrayed.
Mile. Lenglen also was winner in
the women's doubles with Miss Elizabeth
Ryan of California as a partner. They
reached the semi-finals by defeating
Miss Rose and Mrs. Youle of England.
7--5, 6-2. The beaten pair gave a
fine account OF themselves. particularly
In the first set.
Mile. Lenglen. already in possession
OF the singles title, has a fine chance to
share in two more championships.
For the first time since the tourna-
ment was started II did not rain to-
day. but the crowd was much smaller
than II had been and no very keen In