Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
PATTERSON GREAT
F|GHTER--T|LDEN
Australian Shows Poor Tennis
but Great Courage in Over
coming Andre Colbert
coCHET SAVES FRANCE
nv WILLIAM T. TILDEN. I'd
National Tennis Champion

krrod thc nrSL OHy PA! D" '"e ''
am, round Of the Davis Cup compett.
aon when Australia and France tied
=, ono match each on the courts or
,.hs Ionpwood Cricket Club. 1t was
Nv the narrowest of margins that the
tvorites for the challenge round, Aus
.ral,o. did not find themselves facing a
On defeat the opening day. for 1t was
.r,v. bv the score Of 4.6. 3-6. 6.3. 6-4,
40 .bo. Gerald L. Patterson. Aus.
...,,o defeated Andre II. Colbert. Of
rrance. while Henri Cochet.~ France,
.anh tbe measure of Pat O'Hara Wood,
Iustraliq. in five sets, Ga, 3-6. 60,
10. Ga.
Misfortune fell on the Australian
.sam Yesterday. for J. O. Anderson. the
reo,,lar second string singles player. Is
nou. confined 10 his bed with an attack
20 rrinne that NAV keep him out of the
.ntirc meeting. This nccessitated using
o'IIara Wood in the singles.
plov opened with Colbert serving TO
p,,tcrson George w. Wightman in the
chair and a goodly sized and enthusi..
astic gallery in the stands. l cannot
ssy the match was great tennis. put it
again emphasized what splendid
fighter Gerald Patterson is. The Aus
italian star drew first blood by break
Inc Gobert's service and ran into the
lad which he held to A.. The world 8
rhOmnion gained 1870 point for o..
Nt Colbert lifted his game to splendid
height and pulled out that game follow
ing this by running out the set "a. 1t
was spendid tennis on the part OF the
h,e Frnchman while Patterson was
erring badly.
Patterson Upset
The loss Of this set upset the Aus
tralian and before he recovered his pose
Ne was trailing ut Al. Here he braced
and by hard work and a rushing net
attack drew TO A and n point for 4
ALL Colbert was not 10 be denied and
broke Patterson service for 5-3. the
French star had sct point at 1910.
but nettrd an easy volley which delayed
the ultimate victory for a few minutes.
Patterson was over r-anNiOus and his
i errors cost him the game and second
set. 6-3
Certain victory seemed Colbert
portion Patterson bravcly faced ths
tremendous handicap Of two sets down
with his always fighting calm. The
early stage of tho third set found
Patterson slightly in the ascendcncy
With the score "a Patterson leading on
uoD"r' service inc re'lrnh'"n or"ppc,.
an easy vo'Iey III me hct Whirh cos'
MN the game ana "itiiii",e'T the set
IN lact ms error may wen nave Deei'
tDr ,urn'hs pom, Z" me i'a''ni ~ trr
tahiE II ShNr Int'erson nte lnal
he shon'd hardiS nave had. ia''erson
Following the rest Colbert opened
with n rush He dashed away to n
"'' l'hl uHn was W''hin po!n' "l
vail '"T' was frhtjnr d"sncpntsv "sS pnt " nnd r
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paEins 'hc pes, lr''niS ne ham Mi
n.SP,"S'". ' rn''e' 'srh W ":n'' ~,
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MN wv" Ioup'e ihuitS anu ''''sSe''
."t'H MH.rn guy nooe, NAM 'oI
tai nit"N 'nlousn m's ur','s, uut
ss,ilns"ImS sn Srr'ice nl' sh,r" INN """ h'
"e" "'' even at '"' sets All
Colbert Tires
The fnol set found Gobert firing b,,t
still nlnvinc fiuc tcnnis p,ttarsnn was
steadily imnrov;rs onl tLis v,s tbs
fines, norioG If rho wbo,c ,notrh Co.
bert broke pattersnn's dnlivnrv for q 4
when tho Australian mnde wh,t migbt
well have nrovcI - fntnj Jomhl. fa,lt
at 30. 40 and y The Trcnchmon
himself threw AWAY a rnIJcn onnortmn.
itv with two ,Innccs for II % hnt p,t % :
terson finally took the game, aided by
in =" jo,noro,o o'" t. S," ,'oora, . iur''Hs y
Thai n"oyod tho turnimn p. o;,t ~ 'e''to Eoh. ~
mainly Lisc,ur,a,I r.as ,oia.I ,';.t :,
mad cromn In his ricbt honJ pa,,a,,an ,n q
steadily ;mnrov;ng hro.so,, on 80
well. .meritcd md bn ri ric,or, ~ o' az
Han; C,,ah"t 'ai '
ssrroJ h;s ," sn,'u, 49, ;rto..;n, hn,
by his mopn;t;cont Nav a.a;rst ', na,
O'IIoro WooI To p,"H ,"a ,In WV
Cochot hottlo wos Gnor aro,', -
tennis tbnn tbe i,nt,.rsnniTn wnnn,Tt'Ih -,
match oltbnn,b IL All not nun,i,io ,oort. ,h.
pyrotechnics nf tho ti,,st ,notch ri'' ''e 'ne
Cochet who Is n stylIst MA ovip, ,ri,,,
the ease and grace So rharnctsriH,ic,l i !,
French, ran off ,be frst four ,,a"m, aa'nn.
before O'IJaro Wood I. nros ,"ol gam,
was honnoning Tho AnstrnI;" s""pi" WIZ n
denly came 70 lifc and hv r"rron. "r,nn Suu ,oi
lcyiny n,,I,ol a,',, "''u ~ r''''c' VOL
Inv" Cd"hn, pT'"" u''n TO 4-aIl' only to
sories ~rI' of ,Tooa ,u, w. 'wo EnmcS py Il
TtH VI p'a'eh'hts ns brilliant ns any
n "orions 'S'' sv'n; y nara wood FACED
snoolo H'""t'"''' re changed the
sniI". "'S nc hhh pech wearing for
fpr f'o "nu opened Il net attack that
A Az a IIi'e upset Cochet. The set was
HuS'ralIa g. 6-".
Cochct Delupe
Thon
tho a",h ,ht, came Meluge' 'ochrt played
plooonn "orn S's lik" man possessed,
tr"n p''nrn'S n,n on drive or vol"ys rained
w.ono WOW MS ra'lue'. Nothing could 60
Fr.mS, FranS, HN games in row went to
ata,n S,n", While Wood fighting d"sper-
bad hon "m'' riay'ns quit" ns we'll as he