The Washington herald., 1922-09-03
ANzACS SPRING BIG
SURPRISE, WINNING.
in STRAIGHT SETS
Wood Bears Brunt of
Australians GA, 60,
6-3 Victory.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.


pected happened with dramatic
swiftness this afternoon at Forest
Hills. when the Australian pair,
Gerald Patterson and Pat O'Hara
Wood. defeated our national doubles
champions. william T. Tilden and
Vincent Richards, by a score Of
s4, 60. >s-3, in the third match
of the Davis cup series.
when the final point of the match
had been Tailed. as Richards sent
his return of Patterson's batterins
service into the net, the gallery rose
in a body and thundered a stirring
paean of praise to the victors. And
well did Patterson and Wood de-
serve 1t, for in crushing Tilden and
Richards they gave one Of the most
impressive exhibitions of the
doubles game ever seen in the
country.
wood Beats Amer cans.
Both the Australians were bril-
liant in the extreme, but 1t was
o.Hara Wood who was entitled to
the lions share of the honors. He
was here. there. everywhere on the
court, his anticipation being abso-
lutely uncanny, and, to Tilden and
Richards. he proved an unassail-
able barrier
The national champions, who had
defeated this same team in the final
round of the national doubles at
Longwood last Tuesday, were pitt
fully inadequate yesterda- In ths
face of the savage. unrelenting at
tack of the foreigners.
The stroke analysis shows that
Wood had a remarkable average of
earned shots as compared to his er-
rors. Twenty-three earned points
and twenty-four errors were the
figures. with Patterson next at
twelve and twenty-nine, respective
ly. Tilden's tally read only five
service aces and twenty-six errors.
while Richards made nine earned
points and thirty-fve errors.
Wood should not be given all the
credit. however. for his unusual
could ask more of the genial Pat
than he gave, but 1t was Patterson's
tremendous force that blasted a
way for many of Woods finishing
shots.
o. 8. Starts I'm Lead.
The so-called Australian dou-
bles formation" with one man up
at the net on his partners service.
worked with deadly effectiveness
yesterday. 1t left both Tilden and
Richards with only the narrowest
of openings for their returns, and
hardly anything escaped the sweep
of Woods wizard racquet or Pat
terson's dynamic weapon, for it was
literally that.
Our champions. after running
into lead Of 81 in the first set.
the result of a break through
~eod's service. appeared to be go
mg 50 well that a repetition of the
previous meeting between the teams
was expected.
Richards was getting well inside
the service court lines with great
speed and "killing'' overhead with
splendid finality The youths low vol
leying was not only dazzling. but 1t
famed an aggressive element In the
defending teams attack. Tilden was
going sensationally at this period, US
ing a battling change Of pace as he
alternated bullet" drives with soft
trap shots. America seemed on the
high road that leads to victory. even
though Patterson and Wood were
playing magnificently.
A sudden change came over things,
however, within the next few minutes
Patterson unleased the full power of
his service in the fifth game and made
the score 3-2 Richards could do
nothing with the ball as it catapulted
into court. making a met" and an
"out" or service. Tilden had little more
success, returning So weakly that both
Patterson and Wood scored spectacu-
lar kills" at the net.
Anzacs Take Lead.
A furious struggle followed in the
sixth game on Tilden's service, but
Patterson and Wood finally broke
through to square the match. all on
the American pairs errors. The last
two points lost must be laid to Til
denis door. With the points at deuce"
the national singles champion served
a tragic fault, and on the next ex-
change Tilden had an easy volley to
negotiate. Appearing overanxious,
however. he sent the ball far out of
court, and the defenders lost a lead
that they never regained during the
match.
The victory was won right there.
Having tasted blood, as it were, the
Australians started an attack that
was positively devastating in its
enect. Three of the next four
games went to the challengers, Civ
ing them the first set after a mag
nificent uphill battle against the
pair that had beaten them decisive
~ only four days before.
To accomplish their triumph in
the last four games, Patterson and
Wood won on the latter's service
In the seventh and made their sec
ond break through Tilden in the
tenth and last session as the fauIta
Of a series of brilliant placement
aces. Ave Of their six points being
earned-two by Patterson and thru.