New-York tribune., 1922-09-03
Champions Helpless
BEFORE the Invaders
A,,ack Concentrated ON
Richards, Who Fails to
Stand Up as Expected
Bv Fred Hawthorne

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept. The
unexpected happened with dramatic
sviftness yesterday afternoon at For
sst Hills. when the Australian doubles
pair, Gerald Patterson and Pat o'Hara
wood. defeated our national doubles
Champions. William T. Tilden I'd and
Vincent Richards, by score of Cd,
so. g--3, in the third match of the
Dsvis Cup series.
When the final point of the match
had been tailed. as Richards sent his
resurn Of Patterson,s battering service
into the net, the gallery rose in body
and Numbered stirring paean of
praise to the victors. And well did Pat
.erson and Wood deserve it, for in
crushing Tilden and Richards they gave
one Of the most impressive exhibitions
of the doubles game ever seen in the
country.
Both the Australians were brilliant
in the extreme, but it was O'Hara Wood
who was entitled to the lions share of
the honors, He was here, there, every
where on the court, his anticipation
being absolutely uncanny, and, to. Til
den and Richards, he proved an unas-
ssilsbls barrier.
Champions pitifully Inadequate
1 The national champions, who had de-
feated this same team in the final
round Of the national doubles at Long
wood last Tuesday, were pitifully in
( adequate yesterday in the face of the
savage, unrelenting attack of the for
eigners.
The stroke analysis shows that Wood
had q remarkable average of earned
Shots ss compared to his errors.
Tsenty-three earned points and 26
errors were the figures, with Pat
terson next, at II and 80, respectively.
gHder's tally read only earned points,
fAree Of these on service aces and 26
atfers, while Richards made earned
points and 35 errors.
Wood should not be given all the
dsdir however, for his unusual win
ming average. Nobody, in truth, could
ask more Of the genial Pat than he
gave but It was Patterson's tremen-
aous force that blasted a way for many
o. Woods finishing shots.
me so-called Australian doubles for
lmsslon, + with one man up at the net on
ls partners service, worked with dead
Ienectiveness Y yesterday. 1t left both
illden and Richards with only the mar
ieSest OF openings for their returns,
aae hardly anything escaped the all
eohquerlng sweep of Woods wizard
ssscques or Patterson's dynamic weapon,
'os u vas literally that.
Americans Take Lead
our champions, after running into a
saa Of S-l in the first set, the result
y ! oresk through Woods service, ap-
s.ssea .e be going so well that repe-
/ =. as.Vh ol the previous meeting between
~ teams was expected.
,,.a.-s al.eharcs was getting we'll inside the
ssa,;s ssr'se court lines with great speed and
h. fsVi'ag ~ overhead with splendid final
az. y ne youths low volleying was not
ss,s ky aazziing, but it famed an aggres-
ssss.s sss seiement in the defending team s
i ss'sS.. y: liiden was going sensationally
4 s s'is period, using battling change
Il. i sase o. ne alternated "bulieto drives
s s,'u !. soit trapshots. America SCENE d
ss.s + as q nigh road that leads to victory,
stsn sIs,;. snough Patterson and Wood were
pisying nagnifcently
~. sudden change came over things.
pss..ei' pssei' within the next few minutes.
IL hss'slsoh unleashed the full power of
tbs See sssN IN the fifth game and made
rotb;Sa s.ore %. Richards could do
M it,as ras. WIN the ball as it catapulted
a sss, svurt' making met" and an "out"
ss,s s'sslse. ra.. iilden had little more sue
tsssaa aesurning SO weakly that both pat
sIillsa iIpa :. ana Wood scored spectacular
sjssh iarious struggle followed in the
game on Tilden's service, but
sccntinusd on sape thjrtsen,