LAWN TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS

(By "Huka.")

WIMBLEDON—ANDERSON, J. O.

Anderson, the Sydney player, was given a good run by O; G. N.. Turnbull in the championship singles at Wimbledon, and the colonial had to face two advantage sets before he got the upper hand. He won both at 7-5. Turnbull is an English player, and represented the British Isles against France in the 1919 Davis Cup conteat. He reached the 6emi-final of the Olympio singles in 1920. Last year the Jap player, Shimidzu, boat him in the third round of the championship at Wimbledon, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. .In tho second round, Anderson swept R. I. C. Norton, the South African, clean off the court, the. latter player only getting seven games in the throe sets. Norton is only 23 yeai3 of age, and began to play tennis in 1914. Last year he caused great excitement at Wimbledon by beating Alonso, of Spain, 5-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3; and' then, in tho challenge round, takin? the first and second sets, 6-4, 6-8, from the mighty Tilden. He appeared to have Tilden beaten, but "visibly eased up, and deliberately let the set go." In the fourth set, impertineut remarks of the spectators distracted the players, and Norton made no serious attempt to win a game in that set, which Tilden took at 6-0. In the fifth set Norton led 5-4, and was, in the tenth game, with Tilden serving, twice within a point of tho championship. He took a ball that was going well out, and that was his last chance. Anderson must have been at the top of his form to outclass such a player as Norton. In the third round, Anderson by 3 sots to 1 disposed of Dr. A. H. Fyzee, the Indian Davis Cup player. F. G. Lowe beat Fyzee in the second round of the championship iast year, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Anderson, by beating Cochet, the frenchman, is now in the fifth round, and there does not appear to he any player of strength to stop him in that round, unless O'Hara Wood springs a surprise. Anderson will meet O'Hara Wood in the fifth round, and then Patterson and the winner will play off in the semi-final. Lycett appears to be able to win tho top quarter, and will possibly fight out the semi-final with either H. L. Barclay or Gilbert. Barclay, the Tasmanian, has not been mentioned as winning any round so far, and, if he has gone out, theD J. B. Gilbert may be the winner of the second quarter. PATTERSON. G. L. Patterson, the Victorian, had an easy run in his first matoh at the new Wimbledon grounds against the young American player, Gravem, and'his match'against Barotra, the French Davis Cup representative, was just as easy. Then G.L. struck a snag in A. R. F. Kingscote, the British Davis Cup player. Tlie latter, who is England's best player, led by 2 sets to 1. The fourth set, which was played in a drizzle and bad light, must have been a hard set to win. Patterson just did it, 6-4, and, going on, won ifbe matoh with tho fifth set at 6-3. Patterson seemingly has not overcome his faults that he showed at Auckland, and will persist with too much force, which makes his play lack accuracy. With three sets gone, Kingsoote had 17 games to Patterson's 14; after the fourth set it was 21 games to 20; and on the completion of the fifth, set, Kingscote had scored 24 games to Patterson's 26. That shows just how close it was, and how near the Australian was to defeat. When Patterson lost the first game in the final set on his service, the set and matoh looked good for the Englishman, but he lost his ohance by losing his first service game. j OTHER VICTORIANS. Patriok O'Hara Wood, the Victorian, had easy wins against Degom and La Coste (the French schoolboy champion), but, had a four-set match again Hillyard, before winning. If tho loser is G. W Hillyard, of Wimbledon fame, then he is fifty-eight years of oge, and has been playing tennis for th_ last thirty-eight years. He was in his prime during the reign of the Doherty brothers. Possibly, it is Brame Hillyard; the player 'who pushed C. Campbell so hard last year.' WERTHEIM. Wertheim, the tall Melbourne player, ' was beaten by A. H. Gobert, the French champion player. The loser did well to get ten games in three sets. Wertheim had previously beaten R. H. Hotham, the English player. The latter gave Norton, of Africa, a hard match in 1920, and, last year, the Japenese player, Shunidzn, put him out. j R. LYCETT. ; | Randolph Lycett, another Victorian, although now in the British Isles Davis Uip team, beat Colombo, the Davis Cup player of Italy, after a hard four-set go, in which tho winner scored twenty-three games to nineteen. Then G. C. Goldring was the next victim. The latter was beaten m the first round last year by H. S. Owen, and then Roper Barrett outclassed Owen, 6-0, 6-1. 6-2. Lycett had a better win in the next round, when he put Lorpurgo, of Italy, out, as the latter had been spoken of as a comiDg cham-1 P, lon', Last year, Lycett was beaten in the fifth round by Shimidzu. The scores were 6-3, 9-11, 3-6, 6-2, 10-8. Lycett was done after-the second set, arid it-was only by resting after every game that die was able to_ complete the match. The spectators complained loudly, and the affair caused the English Association to put a new rule through at its last annual meeting, which compels players to play on without "resting," or be defaulted by the umpire. In tho third round of this year's championship, Lycett beat P. Brugnon, the French player, and the win is a-very fine one as Brugnon had previously beaten the Spanish wonder, M. Alonso. Lycett appears to have a groat ohance of playing in the final. NEW ZEALAND. F. M. B. Fisher, of New Zealand, was beaten by J. B. Gilbert, who is in the British Isles Davis Cup team this year, whioh is to play against the winner of the Spain v. India, tie. Last year, Roper Barrett beat Gilbert 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round, and for the All-England Plate, Gilbert beat Fisher in the final last year, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0. Tho Auokland player, Bartlett, has not been heard of in the championships. Possibly he did not enter. ■ A BOIL OVER. That great Spanish player, Manuel Alonso, was expected to give players from all- nations a great shake up this year. At the ohampionships last year, he caused a sensation by boating Kingscote in the fifth round, 6-1, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; and olinched! that win by putting Shimidzu out, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 8-6, in the semi-final. Ho led Norton 7-5, 6-4, and was within two points of victory in tho third set, but Norton took it, 7-5, and, going on, won the next two sets at 6-3. The cable news that P. Brugnon defeated AlonSo at first made ono think that it whs Manuel's brother, Jose'M. Alonso, who had gone down, but later news tells that J. G. Ritchie, the English player, beat J.M.; so it must bo the Spanish hope that has crumpled. Brugnon, the winner, is a French player, and was a reserve Davis Cup player against United States in 1920. He was beaten by L. Raymond (South Africa), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-1 (Raymond won the event),_ in the third round of the 1920 Olympic singles played at Antwerp, and was in the French Davis Cup team last year. From the above, it can be seen that Lycett must have a chance against' all comers in the championship. OTHER PLAYERS. Dr. A. H. Fyzee, of India, boat A. W. Gore, who was champion in 1901, 1908,. and 1909. Gore is 54 years of age, and this is his thirty-first, consecutive appearance in the championships at Wimbledon. Ho won the West of England championship doubles with F. I-. Riselv, at Bristol, in 1920, beating F. M. B. Fisher and A. H. Risoly, 6-4, 8-6, in the fimil. Gore has been a wonderful, player, and is one of Hie few champions who have beaten R. V. Doherty, and that, was in the challenge round nt Wimbledon, in 1901. Il'. G. Lowe beat A. A. Fyzee, and, strange to say, A. H. Fyzoo fell to Lowo last year. P. Brugnon, the French player, beat J. G. Ritchie, of England, a.nd as ho had Iwafon Alonso. t.h« Snanish cham- '

pion, was reckoned on as likely to get into the final, but he fell to Lycett. This matoh was another surprise. A. H. Gobert, the well-known Frenoh champion player, fell to Kingsoote, of England, and another Frenoh player in Cochet, was easily beaten by Anderson. Mathoy beat Washer. The latter is the Belgium player who put up such a good fight against Anderson, and also Patterson, in tho Davis Cup singles, but Mathey was beaten by Cochet, and the latter, in the third round, beat Mishu (Rumania). I Anden*>n must have been in great form to account for Coohet so easily. !If it were 0. G. N. Turnbull that Anderson beat in the first: round, then it must be R, K. Turnbull that beat F. G. Lowe. Both are English players. Lowe has been a Davis Cup player, and 0; G. N. Turnbull was in the 1919 Davis Cup team, against France. R.K. has only shown up quite lately. In 1920, at Surbiton, he was baaton in the championship of Surrey by Belgrave, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; then Mavrogodato beat Belgrave, 6-4, 6-4, and F. M. _B. Fisher won the championship by beating the Greek in the final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1. LADIES' SINGLES. Tho meeting of Miss Kitty M'Kane, the English player, and Mile. Susanno Lenglen, the French champion,, drew a splendid "gate" of 14,000 at Wimbledon. The French girl appears to have completely outplayed her opponent in the first set—6-1. The English hope found her feet in tho second set, and led three love, but was caught at five all, and lost the set at 7-5. Nervousness .may have had something to do with Miss.M'Kane's bad start. Mile. Lenglen has to' meet Miss Ryan yet—and that will be Her hardest match—before she meets Mrs. Mallory in the final. Mrs. Beamish is a very fine player, and may be just the ono to spring a surprise. Last year, Miss Ryan beat Miss K. M'Kane in the second round, 6-4, 6-2, but she was all out to •beat Mrs. Beamish in the next round, 7-5, 6-4. Then Miss Ryan beat Mrs.; Mallory, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4; and, in the semi-final, beat Mrs. Peacock, 8-6, 6-4. After winning the final easily from Mrs. Satterthwaite, Miss Ryan fell to Mile. Lenglen inUhe challenge round, 6-2, 6-0. Will history repeat itself? "Austral," in the Sydney Referee, classifies Mrs. Beamish as not in the first rank of lady players. Mrs. Beamish (nee Geraldine Ramsay) has been right in the front rank of English and Continental players since 1919. At the Queen's Club sho won the World's and London Covered Court Championship Singles, beating Miss K. M'Kane, 6-2, 6-7, 9-7, in the final. TODD BROTHERS. Clarence Todd, playing- lost month at Dubbo in the hard court tennis championships of New South Wales, is the be^t player the country has produced since H. R. Grossman and A. H. Windeyer. Todd is the youngor of the two brothers — Lindsay being the elder—who came to Sydney fifteen years back from the little town of Trundle, near Forbes. Lindsay got into the State's team before Clarenoe, but both represented New Sooth Wales several times at Brisbane, winning all their matches, and at Melbourne, whero. they took a set from tho then inviciblc pair, Brookes arid Dunlop. For many years they won all the .country championships in tho Country Week Carnival. Clarence has since moved up higher still into the highest class of all—tho Davis Cup —and he was a member of last year's team, in which he played in the doubles of four matches with J. O. Anderson. They won every match, beating the pains of Canada, the British Isles, Denmark, and Japan. Todd also won the doubles championship of Canada with Norman Peach. Clarence Todd is well over six feet in height, and is about thirty, years of age. He. married-just after his return from America, and went back to the land, where he has always been. SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP. At Grace Park, Melbourne, last month, B. and A. Dunlop (Melbourne Grammar Sohool) boat J. Turner and Hiewcod (Trinity Grammar School) in the final for the schools' double championship of Victoria, by 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. The tennis on both sides was very good indeed, the brothers' combination being almost perfect, as might be expected from sons of the old Victorian champion, A. W. Dunlop.