Evening star., 1924-08-24

Robert kinsey struggled manfuiIy,
bupt Wood alone scored Is placement
shots and Patterson had IL. Patter-s
sons service broke down to give the
Americans an early advantage, but a.
double fault called by an umpire on
Howard, Kinsey gave his service
game to Australia to tie it again.
and although Patterson lost on serv-1
ice once more. the Australians cana
back with smashing strokes to upset
Robert Kinsey and take the set.
kInsryx Rally In Time.
An American doubles title for
Australia seemed likely when the
antipodeans ran away with the first
three games of the fourth set. But
the Kinseys were not beaten In
stead. they narshalled their forces
again, once more mixed lob with
drive and ran through six straight
games when the Australians yielded
to errors under pressure. OF the
Americans 20 joints, IS were On neiS
and outs by Patterson and Wood. :
The match was now tied. The
players. went at il with tennis ham =
tory for the kinneys. Ga. because
they were steadier under the straine
Robert kinsey sending 10 shots
across for points, to break through
Woods service three times. and
again compelling the antipodeans to-
roll up q score OF errors. =
The Australians were ffghting-the
fifth game. which Howard served, go-Z
ing IS points-and rallies were pro-
fonged by recoveries and returns.
The deadly lob again was called on
by the kinseys and it brought them
tho championship.
yx-Nrtr Ia V--pe~sSue
National mixed doubles play run
ming back &c years has seen no more
impressive exhibition than that OF
Miss Wills. in her 18th year. and Of
Richards. only year or two past his
majority, in the second and third
sets of their match with Tilden and
Mrs. Mallory, in the opinion Of vet
eran observers. Tilden in the first
set was the controlling figure
although Miss Wills returns of his
drives to her backhand were astound-,
ing for a woman player. In the sec,
ond set Richards took the center of
the tennis stage and held it there
after. but with his girl partner shar-
ing it with him as she neutralize1
the force of Tilden's volleys and as
sisted Richards in turning back TIL
den's redoubtab1e service. Richards.
faith in the girl was shown when has
set. although it went against her
The playing-through champion won.
the first set SIS. although Richards
scored IL placements to TildeHS la
The errors that Tilden forced were-
the result of play that saw him at his
best. except in one game. which his
served and lost. =
- Moila Fails in Test.
Through nine games of the second
set Tilden stroked placement after
placement. to gain lead OF -4 IN
games for his team, and within two
points of victory on the tenth game.
Then Miss Wills sent an ace spinning
across on her service; the attack was
directed against Mrs. Mallory andyshe
failed, the three additional points
coming on her nets. The next game
was captured by the youngsters on
Mrs. Mallory's service. and the set
went to them, IS. when Richards
made his service good.
The last 5 games, with the
that they ran off consecutively to win
the third set at love. made total of
10 straight games by Miss Wills and
Richards against the champions.
This last set was succession Of
supershots by Richards. Miss wills
and Tilden contributed plays that
brought applause occasionally. but
the manner IN "hich feichdiuS eoeSeo-'
off shots from all angles was ap-
plauded by Tilden himself afterward
AZ little short of marvellous.
Ffkures ON Mems Doubles!
Point score and stroke analysis of
the mems doubles: ,.:-.,
~ FIRST SET. -
Patterson and Wood
4 . 1-57-S-
Kinsey Brothers
O. i - 1 1 8 +4o-7
STROKE ANALYSIS.