The Washington times., 1929-07-27

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Tennis STARS
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had the satisfaction Of scoring the
game-points In the. first with TIVE
pretty placements. Besides. It was
AIlfBOn's errors 1t the net, rather
than Van Ryn's service, that lost
the third game. In the second game,
BorOtra's double fault and Allison'G
voIleying were the decisive factors.
The Americans Immediately got
back IN stride after the third game
and ran through the next four, to
take the set at to /, winning the
fourth, fifth, and sixth games for 9
loss Of only three points. They
looked unbeatable at this juncture.
Crowd Ast0unded
Cochet began service in the fourth
game. and the gallery Immediately
looked for : turn Of the tide. But
the American. pair smashed every
thing back at the French and
stornled them Off their fest.I The
fifth was carried IN much the same
way. and there was an audible mur-
muir in the stands over the play Of
this kid" combination that thus
was making spectacle out Of itss
first appearance in 4 Davis Cup
challenge round.
The rest Of the set was for.
mality. and so were the first two
gaines OF the second set, both going
to the Americans at 4-2, Al. re.
spectiveIy. France won the third
game at love. but the Yankees came
right back to take the next two and
q lead Of I to /.
~ a. -
gan to tell on Borotra in the second
set. and he rapidly went 70 pieces,
netting and driving out Of court con-
| tinually. Cochet tried to overcome
his partners distress by ''paching,"
but the cool-headed American youths
kept shooting them at Borotra and
he kept shooting them into errors.
Van Ryn's cOurt-cOvering was q
feature OF the second game.
America got within q game OF the
second set when It won the sixth,
+2, but the French STAYED off
disaster, at least temporarily, by
taking the seventh and eighth, the
former after deuce was called.
ROrotra Steadies
Borotra continued his wild re-
turns through the fourth. fifth and
sixth games, the Americans SEEM
ingly doing as they pleased with
shots into his court. Then came
remarkable change on THE part Of
the French, Rorotra steadying
quickly and Cochet bringing off
shot after shot in the Cochet man.
ner.
Apparently galvanized into bril-.
liancy where before they had been
worse than mediocre, the French
rushed through the next three
games and then won the tenth to tie
the score at ball, this game going
twice to deuce before the decisive
points could be scored. Then the
French took the lead by winning the
eleventh, their fifth successive vic
tory. -
Then it was the Americans turn
| to rally and they made the gesture
count, for they won the next three
games and the set ait 8 to 6 at such
break-neck speed as to leave the
gallery gasping.
Sensational Game
The French had the set.point in
their grasp in the twelfth game but
these American fledgIings were
game to. the core and they smashed
at Berotra until they made him
drive into the net. Then they.
/ out.lasted the French to take the.
game at So and tie the score at
6-all. The game-point was highly,
sensational. Allison smashing a.
"kill" that bounded high inte the,
stands with Borotra in vain puI suit.
The latter again fell into errors
under the storm of the Americana
attack In the thirteenth and the VIC
tory came easily at s4-2. In the
fourteenth. the French were away to
lead of love.thirty but Allison he
gan serving as though his young
life depended on it and the Yankees
blazed their way to the win that
gave them the set.
France won the opening game OF
the third set at love, America win.
ming the second. also at love. The
third went to the French at 4--1.