Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
ALLISON, VAN RYN
CAPTURE DOUBLES
Take Tense 5-Set Match to
Give Yanks Three Out of
Five Titles.
BY FRANK H. KING,

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Young Johnny Van Ryn of Orange,
N. j. former Princeton tennis captain,
and his blond partner from Austin, Tex,
Wilmer Allison, finally triumphed over
the powerful British Davis Cup pair OF
j. c. Gregory and I. G. Collins to win
the final for the mems doubles cham
pionship by scores of Ga, 81, 6-3,
1912, Ga.
It remained for Helen Wills. serene
in the possession of her third Wimble-
don singles crown, gained in easy fash
ion Yesterday, to sally forth later in
the afternoon paired with the veteran
Francis T. Hunter and add the mixed
doubles championship to Americas list
of laurels. Miss Wills and Hunter won
in decisive fashion from Collins and
Miss Joan Fry Of Britain by scores of
6-l, Ga.
France and England divided the
other two matches today, Cochet over
whelming his French countryman,
Jean Borotra, by scores of Ga, 6-3,
Ga, to ascend the mems singles
throne, and Englands team of Mrs.
Phoebe Watson and Mrs. Peggy Saun-
ders Mitchell retaining its women's
doubles supremacy by downing Mrs.
Phyllis Covell and Mrs. Dorothy Shep--
herd-Barron, Ga, SIS, in the final
round.
Most of the tennis fireworks on this
rainy and wintry day came in the
memorable five-set fight in which Van
Ryn and Allison carried away on their
Youthful shoulders on their first in
vasion of Europe one OF the most
cherished titles known to the game,
the issue was in doubt until the very
last ball crashed into the net from
British racquet and sent Van Ryn and
Allison, exhausted but elated, leaping
over the net to receive congratulations
from the pair of rugged Britons.'
Gregory. built more like a heavy
weight prize fighter than the usual
tennis star, and Collins, a tall, lank.
black-haired Scot. presented great
whose polished strokes flashed bril-
liantly to give, them the first set fairly
easy.
But what the Britons lacked in polish
they supplied in fight, Collins, except
at the service. rarely presented the
sterling game that enabled him and
Gregory to defeat George Lott and John
Hennessey, the United States cham
pions. the other day. The burly York
shire man carried the brunt of the bat
tie, and, smashing his shots with all
the power of his huge frame, he was
an ever-present danger near the net
and almost proved the Americans I'M
doing.
Points. games and sets alternated
with such regularity that when the
Americans finally won 1t was difficult
to say just where their supremacy
rested. Doubtless the margin of victory
Law in the fact that they had youth
behind their racquets, for while the
Britons never tired nor surrendered,
the cunning of their shots and the
strategy of their teamwork was just
suficiently inferior to their opponents
in the decisive fifth set to bring de-
feat.
After winning the first set the Amer
leans lost the second as result OF
disastrous campaign of lobbing. Greg
ory smashed these balls so hard they
bounced into the stands
The third set went to the Americans
and then, with the invaders leading by
two sets to one, came the most terr1nc
doubles struggle in the annals OF mod
ern Wimbledon. The BritonS led at
Al, only to have the Americans rally
and carry the count to sail. Games
going with service, the advantage
swung back and forth across the net
until nearly 10000 persons were in
frenzy of excitement.
With the Englishmen leading at 7-6,
the Americans faced set point, but Al
1ison saved 1t with a steaming service
ace and then went on to win the game.
Spectacular rallies with the players
slipping and falling on the wet turf IN
frantic attempts to save s1dellne shots,
engaging in terrific driving duels, ngnt-
ing it out at close quarters at tne~net
or going in for prolonged defensive
tactics with the use OF high, archlng
loss, provided more thrills than IN any
match of the championships.
Then, with games at 1o-all, Collins
served a love game. The struggle was
beginning to tell on the slender ALI
son and in the next game the Britons
broke through his service and won the
twenty-second game and the set.
With the score standing at two sets
all and their advantage wiped out COM
pletely, the young Americans were I'M
dismayed. In the fifth set they crash
ed the Scotchmans service to take the
third game and lead, 81, and were
never headed from then on until nnal-
1y the title was theirs.
Van Ryn and Allison fully earned
their laurels, as on the way to the
final they eliminated Cochet and Jacques
Brugnon. French holders OF the title,
and Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter, VINO
won it in 1927.
The mems singles final was colorless
by comparison with Cochets eftortless
style easily mastering Borotra'S spec
tacuiar acrobatics. After STUBBORN
fight over the first six games OF the
opentng set, the Basque never seriously
threatened the subtle Cochet's chances
to repeat his victory of two years ago.
Now Cochet, Borotra and Rene La
coste each have won two Wimbledon
singles titles in a French monopoly
that has covered the last six years.
There are few titles Americas MISS
Wills has not held, but when she
shared the mixed doubles with Hunter
it was the first time her name hao
ever been inscribed on that particular
championship roll. Although England
managed to keep at home only the
Wonnen's doubles crown, she showed con-
siderable strength In this department.
and all four finalists are to be members
of the British Wightman Cup team
competing in America later In the
Summer.
Point scores of the mems doubles match:
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