Evening star., 1924-09-12

Even if Patterson and O'Hara Wood
emerge victorious today they would
have TO win both singles matches on
Saturday in order to lift the cup.
This appeared improbable If not i'm
possible, in the opinion of the experts.
The opponents of Tilden and Rich
ards in the remaining singles to-
morrow will be reversed, the ma
tional champion meeting OHara
Wood, while Richards plays Patter-
son, but the superlative form dis
played by the Americans yesterday
left little doubt regarding the out
come.
Two Other Attractions.
In addition to the Davis cup play,
two other interesting matches were
in store for the spectators today. The
final round of the girls national
championship. in which Miss Helen
Jacobs, Berkeley, Calf, and Miss
Alice Francis, Orange, N j., will
meet, has been shifted to the German
town Cricket Club, where the inter
national competition is under way
and ii doubles exhibition between
Howard kinsey, member of the
American Davis cup team, and Man
uel Alfonso, Spanish star. and Fred
halma and Richard Schlesinger, mem
Der of the Australian Davis cup com
btnation, also will be played The
girls match will be played prior to
the Tilden and Johnston Patterson
and OHara Wood contest and the
exhibition at its conclusion.
Clear and continued cool weather
was the forecast for the day Tilden
played through the entire match yes
terday with Patterson in heavy
sweater. and top-coats and furs were
much in evidence among the spec
tatorS.
Is Long Range Battle.
The Tilden- Patterson match yester-
day was battle at long range. Pat
terSon remained in back court
throughout. Tilden matched this style
of play and defeated the Australian
at his own game through superior
driving and greater accuracy
The champions service had suffi-
cient snap TO make it possible for
him to put his opponent on the de-
fensive after each delivery. From the
outset the American pounded his
rivals backhand and, keeping him in
the back of the left-hand court was
able to finish off the points by drives
down the side line unless Patterson
netted the ball.
Patterson opened the match by
winning three successive games. Aft
er that he never had chance. Til
den made a total of 16 clean place
mentS for points in the match, his
erring being confined mainly to net
shots from Patterson's high bounding
service.
Match Is Thriller.
Richards and O'Hara Wood fur
nished a sparkling match. After a
slow start, due to probable nervous
ness and a slight uncertainty, Rich
ards began charging the net. O'Hara
Wood, himself a master at the volley
game, was outmatched in this style
of play by the slender, youthful
American.
For two sets Richards ratified off
points on full and half volley shots.
His ground covering was brilliant,
his strokes forceful and sure and his
judgment splendid.
With the match in hand and with a
lead of five games to one in the third
set, however, he faltered slightly and
showed signs of tiring. OHara Wood.
quick to sense the chance, speeded his
play, kept Richards running and
scored frequent points with we'll
timed cross-court shots. AS a result
he won three straight games and
seemed on the way to victorious
set, when Richards made his final eff
fort, and with a stand at the net
rolled up the sixth game and the
match.
number of clean placements than
Richards mainly on thrusts off Rich
ards back-hand when the American
was at the net But Richards crash
ing fore-hand shots and his swift vol
leyS came with such cannon-ba1l force
that the Australian was constantly
hitting over the backline