New-York tribune., 1922-08-02

Australasian Davis Cup team, advanced
this afternoon by virtue Of his de-
feat of young Phil Neer, of California,
the sets going at 6--4, 60 Patter-
son, | think, is timing himself
methodIcally in his march through the
field. Each day we see him using a
bit more pace, bringing into use a
little more variation in his play. and
gradually adding to his speeding UP
process.
Neer played splendidly in the face of
the great opposition he faced to-day,
holding to spirited deep court driv-
ing, game until the opening was clear,
Snd then surging for the net to win or
lose on fast volley or a resoundinq
smash. Even in the second set, where
he was let down without winning a
game, he played Patterson closer than
the score shows. He might well have
added two or three games to his total.
had not the stalwart Australian been
travelling at an impressive pace in the
second half of the match and hammer
ing out his points with mighty blows,
The last remaining match played in
the mems singles saw William M.
Johnston. of California, triumphant
over Hugh G, Kelleher, of New York.
by score of 81, 4-6, Go A wide
divergence, you will say, between the
fryt and third sets and the second
but so there was in Little Bilrs"
paying. The former national cham
Ilon rarely ventured far toward the
net position, preferring to take as few
risks on the slippery court as possible,
and trusting to his devastating fore
hand drive to bring him through.
Alter running out the first set quickly,
Johnston took matters easy in the sec
ond session, while Kelleher played his
best tennis of the match in this pc
riod. In the last set "California"
opened up again in earnest and ran
out six games in row.
The result of the days play left six
men in the round before the semi
final, with the two diminished matches
leaving two brackets still unoccupied.
Williams and Colbert and Shimizu and
Kinsey will finish their postponed
matches tomorrow morning and then
continue with the field into the semi
final round in the afternoon.
Mrs. Bundy Wins Easily
The women's events, all played in
the morning, were not marred by any
such distressing weather conditions as
faced the men, and everything went off
smoothly and according to form, with
eIBHI Survivors SLlll IN the singles
competition. The doubles was also
we'll advanced, with six combinations
in the round before the semi-fnal.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. the
national champion, while playing bit
unsteadily in her match with Miss
Margaret Grove, had command of such
powerful earning shots that she won
at 6-1, G-3, unleashing the full fire
of her batteries in the last three games
of the second set. During this period
she drove furiously and yet with aston
ishing accuracy, and often closed in at
the net to bring off sharply angled
low volleys. Miss Grove played good
tennis all the way through, and against
almost any other opponent would have
made a better showing in. the games
total.
Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, of Califor-
MIA, defeated Miss Edith Handy, of
Staten Island, at 6-3, 6--1, with plenty
of good tennis shown on both sides.
Mrs. Bundy always held more power in
her shots, and from the time the first
ball was struck left no doubt as to
what the final result was to be.