The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-10
VINES, COCHET
 REACH FINALS OF NATIONAL SINGLES

New York, Sept 1o-Two .sensa- tions marked the semi-nnai round yesterday in the fffty-frst annual national singles tournament at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills.
 Ellsworth Vines, Jr, present champion, defeated Clifford s. Sut- ter, of New Orleans, 4--6, 8-10, 12-10, 10-S, 6-1, after Sutter had been only two points from win ming the match thrice in the third set and again in the fourth set. He took so long to 'clinch victory that the second match, between Henri Cochet, of France, and Wil- mer Allison of Austin, Tex, had to be called because of darkness when the players stood at two sets all.
 Cochet took the first set at 6--1, Allison the second and third at fourth at 6-3. The last few games were played in gloom so deep that 1t was difficult for the eye to follow the flight of the ball, yet about 10000 persons remained to see the contest through.
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 Because Cochet has made ar- engagements to sail for France on the Champlain, of the French Line at 6 o'clock this evening, the com mittee announced last night that the final set of the Cochet-Allison match will be started at Il o. clock this morning. In the event that Cochet wins, the final match C. hn ntH x~S n rvyi11 hAofvn O 2 o'clock. Should Allison win the starting hour will be o'clock. Only "Kills' Pass Suter At times those who were hoping Vines would win held their breath at the sheer daring of the cham pion's shotmaking as he aimed the ball through the narrowest of open ings when game point was up for Sutter. The New Orleans youth was 50 steady, so resourceful and 50 de- termined in his court covering that nothing less than g. direct kill was safe from the sweep of his racquet Vines had good reason to know this, for the ball had been coming back at him as regularly as though he had been playing against a brick wall.
 In the long and nerve-wracking third set, Sutter led at 6-5. and three times was only two points from a straight-set victory, with Vines holding the service. Twice he was beaten back by his own forced errors and twice Vines came through with a winning shot, the last time to win the game with a cyclonic smash of Sutter's desper- ate lob.
 The young Southerner had other chances to crash into fame, but each time the golden opportunity eluded his grasp. In the twelfth game of the fourth set Sutter. leading at 6-5, was again only points from victory. But Vines was improving and cutting down his as- tonishing number of errors. Each minute now was lessening Sutter's chances. He held the lead for the last time in the fifteenth game, for | S..
 Vines Makes 215 Errors | Vines, more aggressive every minute, drew level at S-all and then crashed through Sutter's serv. ice for the lead of 9-8, to follow with 8 love game on his own de- livery. In the final set Vines drop- ped the opening game on his op. ponent's service, then swept through the next six for the set and the match. Both winner and losers were worn almost to the breaking point by their long bat tie.
 | Vines was charged with the amazing total of 215 errors, while scoring 66 earned points on place. ments and eleven serving aces. So far as is known, this is the greatest total of errors ever piled up by a winner in the national singles tour nament. Sutter's errors totaled 1894. ment were only 16 and his service aces just two. It was the cham pion's four to one advantage on earned points that brought him one of the hardest fought matches of