New Britain herald., 1922-08-03
'PA1TERSON'S DEFEAT
 A BIG SURPRISE
Winner of Wimbledon Tourney Is
 DoWned by Francis I. Hunter

Seabrisht. N. J.. Aug 3.-Yesterday
 was a day of sensational happenings
 in tho continuation of the invitation
 tennis tournament Of the Seabrigh,
 Lawn Tennis and Cricket club, with
 the defeat of the holder of n worlds
 title as the outstanding event Gerald L. Patterson. winner of the British championship at Wimbledon to which the International Tennis Federation attaches the title of
 worlds champion, wns beaten decis- lively in straight sets by Francis T. Hunter American indoor singles champion. The scores were even
 more astonishing than the result it. self. They were 6-2, 6-3. and. AS the
 two men played yesterday, the figures
 reflect accurately the difference be- tween them. Hunters superiority was sharply defined. At every stage of the
 match the American was the Aus tralian's ma ster. He had the adviln- tage in pace, in control and in the manoeuvering for position. He out volleyed and outsmashed him even Tn service, upon which the might of the famous Australian is supposed to de- pend so largely. The American wns the stronger player.
 This was only one of the spectacu-
 lar upsets that marked the days pro- gress. America triumphed over Japan when Robert Kinsey of California completed his unfinished match with Zenzo Shimizu victorously. Then Kinsey in the next round defeated q first-ten player in Lawrence B. Rice of Longwood. In the women's singles Miss Helen Wills of California. na- tional girls champion, who ranks in the second ten. defeated Mrs. Marion Iinderstein Jessup of Wilmington the No. player, in straight sets. s-4, IS, in one of the fastest exhibitions of women's tennis of the entire season.
 Invaders All Eliminated.
 Every last member of the Austral- ian and French Davis Cup teams was eliminated from the tournameH at the end of He play. 8 It was an unhappy day for the foreign contenders all around. Besides Patterson. James 0. Anderson of the Australian team tast- ed defeat He lost to William M Johnston of California by 6-2, s-6.
 Andre H. Gibert veteran of the French team joined his mates, Henri Cochet and Jean Rorotra, in defeat, losing his match with Richard Norris Williams 2d of Longwood by 17-15, 6-3. This match was continued from Tuesday at the place where the rain had halted it.
 T, $~i, l, oNAr France in one match and an Aus tralian combination plet disaster in another. Shimizu and Seiichiro Rash 10, who had been picked as this years Japanese Davis Cup team, but who were obliged to withdraw from that competition, beat Cochet and Borotra 1 with ease by 6-3, 6-1. Patterson was from the doubles as we'll | as the singles. He had R. c. Werthem | for his partner and they dropped two straight sets to the makeshift team of | ssh Embassy and Cedric A. Major of 1 he West Side club, Neither Yencken nor Major is supposed to rank in the same class with the Australians, yet l .hey won by 7-5 e-2. Colbert teamed ] n the doubles with Craig Riddle of ] Philadelphia and they were defeated | oy Williams and Watson Washburn, s-4 6-4.
 Besides the Japanese team, Ander- son was the only foreigner to ad vance in the doubles. He formed an mbination with John ston, and they eliminated the strong team of S. Howard Voshell and Sam lel Hardy by 26, s-2