LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18141, 2 August 1924, Page 17

LAWN TENNIS.

THE DAVIS CUP. MATCH WITH CHINA. AUSTRALIANS WIN SINGLES. •BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION" —COPTfIIGHT' {A L" STK A LIA X AND X.7.. CABLE ASSOCT ATIOK.) XIZW YORK, J-a'r Cl. Iu tho Davis Cut) preliminary- tie bctv.'oeri Australia, and' China, Patterson defeated Locke Wei, C-2, G-2, Tlicrc v.*as only a handful ol spectators I to view ;hc watch. The Chinaman wvs totally unable lo Landic Patterson's service, Jvrid first ran U>) (iO\2i*a?eou3i"*. but and then look to tho baseline "Wit».otit sucrcs?. Wei's ?mail stature was a handicap against the- Australian's great reach a.nd command o, the court. •. PaHerson bec:m:c temporarily erratic ann inaccurate in the Scocnd set, hut thi« mide little diffe!ence in thf sc-ore. In the Uuro set, "VVe; tri<ed to change the pace, pia'ypd intermittent'cross-court, shots, wii-.co m'idt: his opponent nice about » little, but did not curiously- disromfort him. O'Jlr.ra, Wood derated Paul Kori?, 6-0. C-!. C-i. Tho rr.atcii bpgan ?tnid lowering cioads, and rain sccinfl to '" e »■ n,al t« r c; Uionicnts. . ; s *v man than lits. t cani-rn«i* , cnd'slV played°h.'.s streets mor« vigorously 1! - vrs iearfuiiv ne.n'o-js and ei rsuc. aJ'a n I'ollv ima'w to touch Wooi - s service -vithout driviEg, but IU tho rrccr.d_scl.xie timet.uMs <scorea siiri)r:sin ? iy oy ,broking 'hioufh the serai with fine Daa.oaca or cross-court strokes. He made ".■j; V double litihs, however, both Bien W'.Md t uack-court came, in which 'the Auiti'il'i'i vs superior. In lho third «et. ",VooJ iieqnentlv passed Konj;. v.'ho, Hke'VVc!, a:tempted sporadically to play u? to the net.