Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-26
Boys Singles Championship
IAusfralasian Bid for Cup
Strongest Since 1914 Success
Patterson, Anderson and Wood Form DANGEROUS Con.
tenders and Rank as Odds on FaUorites to Reach
Challenge Round Play in Nationals Here
BY EDWIN J. POLLOCK

FORTIFIED with two Of the first ten
r.rt;np players Of the world. Aus:
...,as;a will make its strongest bid
~" Dwight F. Davis Cup this year
icr i.. ~" Tho season of 1914, when Nor.
sln,e n Brookes and A. F. Wilding
a.hod a.h The United States team on the
TUT. e..s of the West Side Tennis Club.
GU hmerica this year looked at the
.As,Isnve of the Antipodeans through
sn"s fiat were none too serious. but
y' snIendid showing of the Autrala-
~. ..rs nj wimbledon seemed to cast the
.h"nces of The islanders in better
mold ,.,,, team .ompo.ed NJ
c...il l.. Patterson, JamessO. Ander-
w. w.. snd Pat O'Hara Wood arrived In
, 81. ~ country this week prepared to
..rr .. lis way to the challenge round
ssainst the United States.
sAnstralasia is now in the semi final
.onnd and will meet the French players
- ' Roston on August 10. IL and II.
- thc final Spain will be opposed on
the courts of the Germantown Cricket
riub % August II, 1S and 10. provided
tSs Spanish players can raise sufficient
funds to make the journey.
ALTHOUGH these heo matches
n still block the path Of the Anti
oodeans to,rard the challenge round.
Iev are odds on tau0rites to toin
despiie the presence OF several
famous players on the French and~
Epanish teams.
n Swept Wimbledon Tourney
nHE Australians arrived in England
i lest spring and met with remarkable
lmccess. They won two Davis Cup
mstches. defeated Belgium and Czecho-
Noyakia. Then they entered the his
toric Wimbledon tourney and spread
me name Of their country in every
Championship.
Patterson was crowned in the mems
singles, capturing the title which was
held BY Bill Tilden for two years !;
Anderson won the mixed doubles cham
nionship with Randolph Lycett, of the
English team. and Wood, paired with
Mile Suzanne I.englcn, captured the
mixed doubles laurels. These sweeping
victories shine brilliantly in Austria
lasan tennis history.
II Is to the improved play of Pattcr.
son and Anderson that the AntipOdeans
look for triumph in their quest for the
coveted cup. Patterson is the sparkling
star of the trio, but Anderson and
Wood are formidable and dangerous.
DOTH Patterson and Anderson
u hare played In this country In
orerious pears, butAVood is a new-
ie6mcr. His strength Is mainly as a
doubles partner. The team Of Pat
tersom and Wood is one Which must
e considered seriously in any tennis
tournament. They mere beaten in
Nc Vim bledon doubles by Lycett
s aud Anderson. but 1t is said, that
their play irds aStrife bci0D their
Ssudl standard.
Patterson Twice Champion
PATTERSON leaped to fame after
l the war in 1919. when he went to
England and captured the Wimbledon
title for the first time. Spurred on by
this achievement, he visited this country
and entered the national singles. He
ws><lefeated by Bill Johnston. the
champion that season. after five ter
riac sets. However. his trip across the
Atlantic was not in vain. for he went
so'h "i'H INV SHittu HuOuulcs
Championship. He was paired with
Norman Brookes. .
.,.- After his play here Tilden said Of
Patterson that he never would be a
great player until he improved his back :
hand stroke. This has been his main
fault, but Dean Mathey. one of the
Americans who entered Wimbledon this
/. year, said the Antipodean had improved
not only his bankhand but his entire
repertoire. His create, asset is his
cannon ball serve.
Since the war Pattersons name has
been linked with many championships.
Last year he was ranked fifth among
the worlds best ten. Here Is his record
as given in Ayres' Lawn Tennis Alma
mack. British publication:
Born. Melbourne 1885, Learned gams
en fathers court; after serving In war (won
~ c. came to England in 1910 and met
with unparalleled success: reached final OF
covered court championship at Queens; won
Roehampton and SurbitOn tournaments with.
out loss OF set; won doubles at Beckenham m
Nd Queens with Brookes: won all-comers
singles at Wimbledon and became champion