LAWN TENNIS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18148, 11 August 1924, Page 11

LAWN TENNIS.

DAVIS CUP TIES. AUSTRALIA BEATS MEXICO. | (BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT) (ACSTKALIAN AND' X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) ■ NEW YORK,. August 8. • In. the .-Daiia Cup tic, P. O'Hara Wood and- ■ Gerald Patterson "(Australia) defeated Borboua and Gerdes (iiexico), 6-1, 6-4, 6-0, iip-d • woa ths maieh. in . tbo eefc Borbolla began eerviDg, and t'Ac 'Mexicans 'won the first game Tiiey ftlco -succeeded in thti third and fifth, and prolonged tho eet by taking the ninth vrbun on the vergo of defeat. The Australians • won • tho next pet and the game. In aecond sst the Mexicans showed* oonsTTerable doTiblea ability, serving with •treilgtii and returning tho hardest shots. Cierdea played accurately, and found open epots for placements. The Mexicans won the'tirst; third; fifth and seventh. setß. Thenservice proved too powerful and breaking through Crerdes'a sendee, the Au3-trftlia-ps won tho last three games. I:i„ third act the Mexica.nß wero apparency tired, and succumbed to PatUr•on's hard' hitting and Wood's canny placements. t J.hey ga.vc evidence of shrewd undei" standirg and to&m work* -but the Australians brilliance was too much even for powerful <i>tpon«nts, and they did not lose a game. (Heceivcd August IGtH,* 5.5 x>.n3.) 1 ' NEW- YORK, August 9. At Baltimore Patterson beat BorbolU/ 6-1, 6 Llano Taa indisposed snd'.Gerdea aubEtAUted against , Wood. Wood beat Gerdes, e-i/e-s, e-i. SOUTHAMPTON TOURNEY." ffieceWed Au^i 8 ' . , LONDON, AugtistSAt Sontiuimpton, in the semi-finals of the. doobles, , Brookes and Schkamger defeated Cnodgrass 3,nd Wcstbrook, 8-'w, C-U.

CANADA V. JAPAN. j (HEBTZE S TBLIGBAJtS.) | OTTAWA, August s. : At itf»aipe«l, in the Davis Cup lie* Canada ; 7 Japan, Crocker aud ' v to-day defeated Olomoto ar.d Harada. (J 3 -? 3 ®) in. tbc doobles, winning three Beta strai-at C^piaji' c o under ideal weather conditions, tfea'tluiadisM "stowed brilliant court generalshin. outwitting their opponents. The final decision m '-he singles -snll take oface to-morro-pj. , - " „i ~ Both teams "were accords a great Experts believe Canada has still a good chance of winnin S . yesterdays singles results having been due, U is tic Temporary unsteadiness, of Wrisht *n the final m&h V the o jorm ai Crocker m the decid:n S Bet ot l 5l rtn Cl "ttf firtf match . Okomoto ■ TCVWM- S»S G'i 7-5- In ma~ch Shun-uzn (Japan) defeated Crocker, i-«, €-1, 0-6, 6-l.| I A WIN FOR JAP AX. I fSectived August - 0.- 'c > ' m"2 „ . OTTAWA, August 9. I jinsn won the Davis Cup series,.Shmudiu I deiaSns Wright after a tense con.cnt, <-b, I fc'-o, 6-i, 6-0. ! * STANFORD TEAM BEATEN. (iuamius "isd H.=. cuix- Assoamor.) (cTeceiTed August ICth, 5.5 i>.m.} v SYDNET, August 10. \'*w South defeated . tha Stafford TTniveisitv texmia team by nine ruhbcr3, Sty «ia 159 to ribbElS ' &i_d H 3 2W£"»