HOW WILDING WON.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 130, 1 December 1908, Page 5

HOW WILDING WON.

MfelMol3#£E, lasl> night. In tho Wilding-Alexander match, with .eve ry tiling depending 1 on the result, the- crowd, .watched., in, expectant silence. .Wilding began as though free .from care, and. he carried off tho first two games, and after losing the third' established a .good lead r of four to one. From this the American never recovered, the set going to Wilding at $^-3. ' It was bright, straight-hitting* tennis, with an element of freshness in it that had been lacking in tho final stages of tho .previous matches. In the second set Wilding continued to play a 'fine gamo for his side. Ho. led at two to one, and subsequently at 4 — 3, then taking his own service to love, was ahead at 5 — 3. Every sliot was applauded, and the game" was.watched with tenso interests-.-. .-Alexander pulled up somewhat, but Wilding 1 was .not to be .denied, .and going .on pulled off tho set at 6—4. , The third set was all Wilding's, but it was not till he got up to 4— love that the public seemed to-be fired with. the idea that he must win. Alexander Avon his serve at 4-^-1, but Wilding, went right on, taking his ow-n service, and then Alexander s, eventually winning the match, and the Cup, amid immense cheering. "'■ •