Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-21
Tennis Doubles
Reach Semi-Finals
At BrOOkline. Mass.

Brookline, Mass, Aug. 20-The ma
tional lawn tennis doubles champion
ship took semi-final form today, with
the Australian team of Gerald Pat
terson and Pat O'Hara Wood surviv-
ing with three American combina-
tions-W. NJ. Johnston and Clarence
]. Griffin of San Francisco, three
times titlists; Vincent Richards and
F. T. Hunter of New York and the
kinsey brothers Of San Francisco.
They are paired in that order to de-
eide tomorrow who goes into the
finals.
At the same time, the national
mixed doubles championship play
was begun, with Miss Helen Wills
OF Berkeley, Calf, national woman's
champion. as partner of Richards in
running through two matches, while
Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and W.
T. Tilden, End, defending champion,
played once to win with some diff
Guilty, their match in the second
round.
The high spot of the play on the
courts of the Longwood Cricket Club
today was the five set match in which
Australia beat the veteran American
team of r. Norris Williams, End,
Philadelphia, and Watson Washburn,
New York. The other Australian
team Of Norman r. Brookes and r.
+. Schlesinger lost to Richards and
Hunter, 60. SIS, 6-2. Patterson and
Wood are the only remaining foreign
team. They fought hard and found
the Americans matching them set for
set. In the end they won, 81, As,
60, 3-6, so
1T was a match of tennis that
sparkled and tennis that ran to or
binary play. Williams was his bril-
liant self at times with shots of high
artistry. BY gaining more place
ments than any other player on the
court. he continued. although defeat
ed, to be n storing bidder for a place
on the American Davis cup team.
Wood was the star of the Australian
team.
In the other International match
of the mems doubles. the champions
of the Olympiad and of Wimbledon
put out Brookes and Schlesinger in
straight sets. Richards bore the
brunt of battle but Hunter shared
honors with him in the scoring shots
that he pushed through Schlesingers
back and, or at Brookes' feet.
Johnston and Griffin had a hard
fight on their hands at the start
with the intercollegiate champions.
Lewis White and Louis n. Thai
heimer of University OF Texas, but
after winning the first set, 81, they
carried off the next two more easily,
"a, 6-3.
The Kinseys had an Unexpectedly
easy match with Snodgrass and
Wesbrook. who eliminated the
French team of Borotra and Lacoste
yesterday. =
In the national mixed doubles
play, Miss Wills eliminated at the
start her sister Californian, Helen
Jacobs of Berkeley. This miss. plav-
ing with Frederick Kalms of the
Australian team, showed promise Of
future greatness. Miss Wills and
Richards won, 6-3, 6-3. then defeat
ed Miss Martha Bayard of New
York. and Henry Guild OF Boston in
the second round, 81. g..
The champions, Mrs. Mallory and
Tilden, who drew bye in the first
round. had struggle to win in
straight sets from Miss Katherine
Gardner OF Boston and the veteran
Hardy Of New York. The first set
went easily 81, but the second went
fourteen games before they won SO,
hey meet tomorrow Mrs. B. E. Cole.
md, OF North Andover, and Schle-
singer of the Australian team. Mrs.
q. w. WiShtman of Boston and Jean
Borotra Of France eliminated Miss
Eleanora Sears of Boston and Lit
ne BIZ Johnston in the first round.
o.4. s-6. and Miss Edith Sieournev
OF Boston. and Jacques Brugnon Of
me French Davis cup team advanced
through two matches that included =
lost set to meet Miss Wills and
Richards tomorrow.