DESCRIPTION OF PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 31 August 1928, Page 11

DESCRIPTION OF PLAY

Australian I'rcss Association. . (Received 31st August, 2 p.m.) BE.OOKLINE, 30th August, Rain delayed the Patterson and Hawkes v. Van Ryu and Allison match for forty minutes. In the first set Australia took tho first game on Patterson 'a.sorvico after it went to deuce. Van Byn held his soryico, and the Americans took the second game to lovo. Tho games then alternated with tho service to the sixth, when Van Ryn scored a service ace. Patterson erred twice, and Allison smashed a lob from the net out of rGae.h, Patterson giving tho Americans the sixth game to love. Hawkes won on service, and Allison and Van Ryn made it 4 all by taking the eighth gaino with comparative ease. The Americans were unable to break through Patterson's service, and the Australians won the ninth, after which they forced their way through Van Ryn's service, winning the tenth game and THE SECOND SET. In the second set the Americans ■broke through Hawkes's sorvico to take tho first game, dropping ouly one point, after which the Australians retaliated by breaking through Allison's service to win the second gamo after deuce. Two. beautiful placements by Patterson clinched this-game. Both the Americans and the Australians were keenly contesting every point at this stage of the match, with brilliant tennis resulting. Tho next two games alternated with service, and Hawkes took the fifth game on his service, after dropping the first two points. The Australians increased their lead to two games, when they broke through Allison's service and won the sixth game to love. The seventh and eighth alternated with service, then tho Australians won the ninth on Howkcs's service after it had gone to deuce. THIRD SET LOST. In the' third set Van Ryn hold his , service and the. Americans took tho I first, game. Hawkes hold his service in the.second, the Australians running off four points after dropping the first. TUe Americans won the third game, dropping only one point. Then Pattersou won his,service at love, finishing oft' with a service ace. : Tho first break came in the fifth game, when the Australians crashed through. Van Ryn for four points in a row after dropping the first. The contest was now most spirited and- the Americans retaliated, breaking through Hawkes 'a service to an even score of 3 all. Allison won the seventh almoet single-handed, scoring one ace and two 1 nice placements, but the score was I evened at i all, when Patterson won his service after the game had been to deuce. Van Ryn held his service. When the Australians took the first two points and the Americans the next four, Allison scoring the final point on a terrific drive between his opponents. Hawkes held the tenth game on service, • although the' game went to deuce, but Allison hit outside. and j Hawkes smashed a lob between the Americans, making the score 5 all. 'Allison held his service in'the eleventh, ! scoring 'the last two points on hard drives. The Americans had set point I within reach of the twelfth gamo, amid tense excitement from tho stands, but tho Australians forced tho game to deuce and won on Patterson's service. The Americans took the thirteenth game, but in tho fourteenth Van Ryn drove outside three times and [ the Australians made the score 7 all. Allison theii held his service and the Americans broke through. Patterson'B service on the sixteenth game, taking the deciding game.- The Australians had led this 3-2, but Allison deuced on a beautiful cross-court drive, after which Patterson double-faulted and then netted. THE FESTAIi SET. In .tho fourth set Van Ryn held service in the first game and the Americans took four points straight, after dropping the first, Patterson erring three times. The Australians won tho second game after twico going to' deuce. Allison hold'his servico in the third and the Australians took the fourth, after Patterson had brought it to deuce by a double-fault. Allison was erratic, driving outside thieo times. The fifth and sixth games alternated with service; then Van Ryn won his at love. The Australians took tho sixth, making the score 3 all, after which Allison held service at love, Patterson netting twice and hitting outside once, and Allison scoring the final point on a smash to tho farther corner. After a long rally which brought cheers from the spectators the eighth J game wont to deuce before tho Australians won on Patterson's service; then overcoming a 3-point lovo lead. The Australians broke • through Van Ryk's service to win the ninth game. I They followed by taking the tenth at I love on Hawkes's service, and tho match. All tho points in the last game were scored on American j errors.