CROWDS AT WIMBLEDON

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 8, 10 July 1922, Page 7

CROWDS AT WIMBLEDON

SINGLES SEMI-FINAL.

(UNHID fBISB ASSOCIATION COPMiajlT.',)

(AUSTRALIAN - NBW ZBALAND CABL* ASSOCIATION.) V LONDON, ,Bth July. Despite the cold and showery weather, the tournament at Wimbledon continues to attract large attendances. Mdlle. Lenglen is stiil the greatest box-office drawer the game has ever known. Frequently when she was appearing 20,000 have attended, and thousands were turned away. It is agreed that no previous Wimbledon tournament ever had such a galaxy of talent, especially in the men's, singles, but the play would be more interesting if, as in America and other countries, the best men had been distributed over the various sections of the draw. As it is, Lycett had a comparatively easy run in the top' half, whereas Anderson, Patterson, O'Hara Wood, Norton, Kingscote, Cochet, Borotra, and Mishu in the bot T torn half had to eliminate one another in the early rounds.

The best-informed critics are nnanimous that the three Australians have shown quality above anything at present available in England. It is agreed that if the draw had been different Anderson and Patterson would have contested the final, instead of the semi-final. It is noteworthy that the press now claims Lycett as England's best, though as a tennis player he is essentially an Australian.

Anderson and Lycett, and Patterson and Wood are equal favourites in the men's doubles. Lycett and Miss Ryan and Wood and Mdlle. Lenglen are the favourities in the mixed doubles.