Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01

~ ROOKLINE, Mass September !.
- A confident pair Of Australian
tennis players. Gerald Patterson
IL and Jack Hawkes. was conceded
Just a bit more than an even
chance to defeat Americas greatest
younger stars. George NJ Lott. IT., and
John Hennessey. in The final match In
the national doubles tournament this
afternoon on the courts Of the Long
wood Cricket Club.
Neither Of the Americans has ever
appeared in the final of this tennis fix
ttire, held this year for the forty-seventh
time. but Patterson has played In II
three times and Hawkes. once.
In 1925 big Bill Tilden and Vincent
Richards defeated Patterson and
Hawkes. in the title round and before
that Gerald played for the American
doubles crown while teamed with his
great countrymen, Norman Brooks and
Pat G'Hara Wood
The Americans and the Australians
each lost but one of the l3 sets they
played this week to reach the final
round when the formers deadlocked
scn1i-fnal round with Henri Cochet and
jacques Brugnon of France is disre-
garded Lott and Hennessey, however.
met stronger opposition than the Aus
traianS,
Both Patterson and Hawkes.. who
have spent the past two DAYS on the
sidclines studying the weaknesses Of
Lott and HenncSsey we're confident that
they would defeat the young Americans
The youngsters however. performed
brilliantly yesterday In the replayed
semi final when they eliminated Cochet
and Brugnon, Go, 81, "a.
Victory Is Overpowering.
The victory Of the American pair
vas so complete, so overpowering, that
il was difficult to realize that the
Frtnchmen, regarded as one OF the
strongest doubles teams in the world,
were the same pair that had won the
aIl-England championship at Wimble-
don last June.
From the moment the match began,
Lott and Hennessey went to the attack
with a ferocity that completely swept
Cochet and Brugnon of their feet. For
the remainder of the match the French
aces were back on their heels and never
able to get worked up to their top form,
Cochet and Brugnon were figured to
have the advantage when play began IN
view of the great uphill struggle they
had made when they squared the match
at four-all in the fifth set against Lott
u.
sets when the third began. With the
benefit Of tits match as practice ses-
sion, it vas believed the French pair
would show even better form when the
matcn was replayed.
Frenchmen Of Form.
There is no doubt but that Cochet
and Brugnon we're terribly of their
game Their combined total of errors
was appalling. reading SO to the Amer
leans 26, while their margin OF earned
noints read only "a to Lott and Hennes-
sey's 30. But. Just as surely. the nste-
oric attack of the winners was directly
responsible for the complete blowing up
Of the Frenchmen.
There was honor enough for both
Lott and Hennessey. but II was Lott who
gained the major share of the applause
from the thousands in the grandstand
seats The Chicago youths severe
heavily topped service was good for re-
peated clean aces or else weak returns
that gave Hennessey many opportunities
to score the winning shots. and Lofts
return of service, shot with tremendous
speed squarely tn the feet of either
Brugnon or Cochet, likewise tended TO
disrupt the French defenses and blast
the path for the finishing shots from
the American racketS.
The recapitulstion OF the stroke anal
gsis shows that Hennessey made only
ii errors in the match, compared to
Lofts Is, and that the indianapolis star
also scored nine placements to Lofts
eight But Lott. besides scoring five
clean service aces TO the other three
players none. was also instrumental in
making 1t possible for Hennessey to put
across several of his finishing shots,