Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-13
STAGES COMEBACK
! TODOWN BOROTRA
u, S. Star Beats Frenchman
After Dropping First and
Second Sets.

TOREST HILLS N Y, September
is.-Biil Tilden may be on the
outside looking In at the national
tennis championship now in its
ousrter-nnal round. but his
bosom companion and Davis Cup COM
rade. Francis T Hunter. is carrying on
In a fashion worthy Of the famous Phil
adelphian himself.
Two big assetS-the ability to hit on
The forehand with the force OF mule
left foot and all the courage ana nght-
tns spirit that Kipling assigned to Gun.
ga Din-stood out today as the chnel
factors in Hunters great victory yes
terdav over Jean Borotra OF France.
Not N the frmest supporters of the
tennis PLAYING newspaper owner from
New Rochelle. N. ". believed 1t possible
for the American to win after Borotra
mad rolled I'D A tvo-set lead How he
aid Il is the story of one Of the greatest
conebacks in the history OF interna-
tionAl tennis.
Hunter Is Confident.
II seems that Hunter has got it into
his head that he Is going to win TINS
tournament and he didn't see Mt 10
change his mind even when Borotra mad
him down by two sets to love: After
single earned point to his credit, Hunter
began to observe that his we'll placed
drives we're making life constantly
tougher for the agile Basque. His
shirt as dripping wet with perspira-
ton and an occasional glaring error be-
krayed a hand that shook from wearl-
ness ever so slightly.
Borotra, who has been combining his
tennis on this trip with his business
Of making and marketing pumping de-
vices. noticed it, too. So he chose to
toss away the third set and make his
bid after the intermission.
The set was Just the toe-hold the
scrappy Hunter needed. With Borotra
slowing down steadily, he steamed up
his own game bit by bit. Under the
steady machine gun fire OF those Whiz-
xing drives, BorotraS game began TO go
to pieces after he had led at four games
to two In what would have been the
anal set had he been able to win 1t.
But Hunter took it instead with burst
of four straight games. Then, cutting
loose recklessly, he tore the Borotra de-
lenses all apart to sweep the last set
with a loss of but two games and win
the match, '0-6, ST, 60, Ga, 60.
Faces Another Test.
Hunters strong game gets another
good testing when he meets Jack CraW-
ford of Australia in the Quarter-f1nal
round today, the Anzac having produced
an unusually steady and deceptive all
court game in upsetting Johnny Van
Ryn, one of the leading American en-
tries, by scores of As, O., Is, GO,
6-3.
In another quarter-final match two
Of the strongest United States players
must try to kill one another on. George
Lott Of Chicago. who YESTERDAY defeated
Christian BouSSuS, youthful Frenchman,
60, 60, Ga, takes on Johnny Doeg,
victorious yesterday at the third round
over Bunny Austin, last Of the English
survivors, Ga. ST, GO, SIS, 60.
Only two Franco American matches
are on the semi final card for the SIM
pie reason that only two out OF fve
Frenchmen survived NestepAax4splay.
For one 1f III Zee the
French revolution m the wof4d.s ten
mis- began, the Americans bested their
tri-color rivals. With the passing OF
Borotra, incidentally, went the danger
of an au-French final such as occurred
two years ago. The two Frenchmen
still in the running are both in the
lower half of the draw.
Mangin Also Scores.
Besides Hunter and Lott, young Greg
ory Mangin Of Newark, NJ j., tanned
on of the Frenchmen, topping Rene de
Buzelet by scores of IS, 6-2, 3C6.
60. Mangin has his work cut out for
him this afternoon when he encoun-
tiers Henri Cochet. the favorite for the
title held but not defended by his coun-
tryman, Rene Lacoste. Cochet received
something of scare yesterday when
Fritz Mercur forced him to four sets and
played him to Standstill for two OF
them, the Frenchman finally winning
by As. 11-9, O.. "a.
The other Franco American match
finds Frank Shields, national Junior
champion, opposed to Jacques Brugnon.
The latter defeated Frank King yester-