Evening star., 1947-07-02
Title Assured for U. 5.
AS Pals and Patty
Go Down in Defeat
By the Associoted Press

of Australia. 81, 3+6, 6-1. 60
in the semiflnalS of the Wimbledon
tennis championships today, and
will meet Tom Brown of San Fran
cisco for the mems singles title in
the All-American final Friday.
Brown. University of California
law student, had reached the final
a short time earlier by turning back
gisnt-killer Bulge Patty of Los An
geles, 6-3. 6-3, 6-3, before a
packed crowd of $4,000 on the sun
drenched turf of Wimbledon s
famed center court.
Pals, who shares honors with
John BromWich as Australia's best
was Kramers second victim from
down under in the last two rounds
The top-seeded American champion
had eliminated Geoff Brown in the
quarter-finals, losing only four
games.
Cheer Kramer's Sportsmanship.
In the fifth game came one OF
those incidents which illustrated
Kramer's perfect court manners and
the craftsmanship which has made
him favorite with British fans and
writer's.
Pals seemingly aced him but the
umpire called fault. Kramer
stood still, turned his head to the
linesman and indicated that it was
good ball.
The linesman, who had not called
"out," then signaled to the umpire
that 1t was good. But the ruling of =
fetal refused to give it to the Aus
tralian. He called for another SER
vice, which Kramer purposely back
handed into the net to give Pals
Al lead.
That deliberate stroke by Kramer
brought a tremendous burst of ap-
plause from the galleries. which
again broke into a storm of cheer
ing as Pals passed his man with
backhands to level the match at one
set each. But that was Dinny's dy-
ing effort.
Patty Makes Good Start.
The 23-year-old Patty, who came
into the tournament unseeded and
unsung and eliminated such high
ranking stars as Bromwich and
Jaroslav Drobny Of Czechoslovakia,
finally met his match in Brown, a
semif1nalist in 1916.
1t was Browns brilliant backhand,
hit with deadly precision just within
| the baseline, that forced Patty away
from the net after he had made a
good start by vollying in the OPEN
ing set
Patty, who played with his right
thigh heavily taped because of a
pulled muscle, broke through
Browns service to take a 81 ad-
vantage at the outset, but that was
his only lead in the match.
Catching Patty at the net with
passing shots, Brown squared it in
the next game and then annexed
the set with ease. Patty got only
two points, both on Browns errors,
in the last three games.
Stream of Errors.
In the second set, both started
nervously and stream of errors
saw the first seven games go against
kseryice. Once Patty tossed his
rackev25 feet into the air, register
ing disgust at netting an easy smash.
Patty got only six points In losing
the first five games of the final set.
With the end so near, Brown slowed
down and Patty stimulated the GAL
leries to cheers by taking three
games In row before he bowed out.
After the match, Patty slumped
exhausted into a chair in the dress
ing room, borrowed q cigarette from
reporter and said:
Tom played really we'll. I just
didn't have the energy to make it a
real match. Those two previous
rounds took everything out of me,
but I never gave up trying"
Bulge had too many fve-set
matches under his belt" said Brown
as he came out of the shower. "He
didn't have any power to make me
run"
Osborne and Brough Win.
Meanwhile, Defending Champions
Margaret Osborne of San Francisco
and Louise Brough of Beverly Hills,
Calf, reached the semifinals in
women's doubles by eliminating
Mrs. Anita Ellis of Britain and Jad-
wiga Jedrezejowska of Poland, 6-1,
6-3
Doris Hart of Miami, Fla, and
Mrs. PAT Todd of Hidden Valley.
Calf, also entered the semi-fnals
with a 6-3. Ga triumph over Joan
Ingram and Ermyntrude Harvey of
Britain.
Mrs. Jean Bostock and Mrs. Betty
Hilton of Britain defeated Mrs.
Mary Muller and Mrs. Sheila Sum-
mers of South Africa, 6-3, 81.
The third-seeded Australian pair
of Colin Long and Mrs. Nancye
Wynn Bolton defeated Ernest Witt
man and Enid Middleton of Britain,
6-2, GO, to advance to the mixed
doubles finals.