THE DAVIS CUP.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19270, 6 September 1924, Page 9

THE DAVIS CUP.

AUSTRALIA v. FRANCE. ______ .■.KfLACOSTE DEFEATS PATTERSON. -- Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright.^ NEW YORK, September 4. In the final of the Davis Cupcoste (France) defeated G. L. Pattersoaj-f (Australia) 6—3, 6—2, 10 8. , T .jt ■ P. O’Hara Wood (Australia) defeated, Borotra (I ranee) I—6, 6-4, I—6, 0-4, c Q LACOSTE v. PATTERSON. " ’ _ , In the first set Lacoste, serving, t an opportunity for Patterson iy through in the third game and the ,» . tralian immediately took the The Frenchman’s inability to return P ‘k terson’s fast service seemed to shake tata., . and the contest quickly a battle between an exponent of back-hand and ground hitting. Lacoste, breaking through Person’s service, won the sixth love, and, winning the seventh. took the lead, 4-3. . Patt< TuwS^C ; - to mix his game, slicing and lobW, the Frenchman’s unerring return backhand, and hb keen drives to P«tt«h.--> son’s back-hand quickly brought ymtor^._

in the first set. : .ii' .-n.frH' In the second set the games with the service, until ;^ ,co^ 9 b S£?.:!S through with the fifth, leading fe*. /te - Frenchman sought always to advance to the net, the Australian makmg efforts** lob or drive him away, but lafiostfe • canny accuracy, Ins apparently tttmflato ; knowledge of how to develop. ponent’s errors, and his driving - terson’s back-hand, were points. Patterson again lost the eepSTWtv? in the seventh game, and he now mined to receive the Frenchman at mid-court. This did not coste, who ran out six . b Tn the third set Patterson strove < to pull himself together. ; ; had suddenly weakened, and to jj faulted continuously, and one cooid see .5 that he was making a heroic effort to regain control. It seemed a day of bad luck for him. He could tunities for neat net or ■ The games now alternated m a tcubb’ struggle, most of the game? going to I deuce. The Australian, by might and . main, pulled his service out standing 50—40 in the tenth again attempted to receive the FrehctFw man’s service in but u^ccesfr fully. At the fourteenth game thie man stood twice within a ' the set, but he pulled up from ; at the seventeenth game q Patterson’s service, also eighteenth, from 40—15, and the. , ij.o games against eight. i WOOD DETEATS BOROTRA* . In the first set Wood,, serving;’ ' third and fifth games, giving man a quick lead of 3—l, Th® Australian lost the service also in the seventh., and the Frenchman took the set--at~m|to ; ease—six games to one. Wood shaken by his team-mate s > was unusually inaccurate, netting •- softest shots, and offering Borotfa, Jwept , opportunity to cross-court his shots, f placements, or to pass the - when the latter ran up to the net.*. * y*. - In the second set Wood offered an ex- - hibition of indomitable courage and- afca*s. under adverse circumstances. He l ove —4o when serving in the second . and he pushed his way through masterly shots, taking the following • points. He broke through theman’s service in the third game,- and . 2—l. His service was perfect, chppmgMSe|* edges of the court. At 5—2 listed his control beyond question, fjma®. - the returns close and parallel nne ;j; of the court in which he ~ service, and he took the set thealternate,gamer-six to four. !’ 4 Irf-the third'sM, -his play agap*eeoßfcrf» ine patchy. Wood lost the service lU'Sfc#*; second game, and Borotra quickly, amaeto*’ a 3—o lead. The Frenchman- wag., high-grade tennis, his work : a| being faultless. He volleyed sion and showed an, instinct for his shots into placements . lost the service in the fourth game at but he retaliated, and the Frimchman atio lost the service in the fifth at 6—4. Wood again lost the service, and Borotga" 16# eventually winning the set—six pah-w on in the fourth set the games . without great incident until the, when Borotra lost the service at 2—6. It . was a vital game, the loss of winch might • spell the Australian’s victory; but? tte Frenchman showed well-balanced,'’ round tennis, and pulled up, tuer' scortrf’ standing at 4 all. The Australi|fi*, v Ji<S^.^ ]_■ ever, bided his chance, and,, lobbihjj.• Frenchman into errors, broke latter’s service in the tenth game/andavpßMf' 6—4. ' : - s In the fifth set Wood again playedi . tennis. The Trenchman’s cleyer ments left the Australian losing the thajf -y game on his service, but Wood last five points, and saved the Frenchman in the fourth game ally the same thing, winning from 30—40. " ■ Woods was fighting his hardest when the odds were the greatest. He invited Jj# • opponent into a volleying duel, .inhe broke the Frenchman’s defences sixth, and led 4—2. He was now . hot-,toy be denied. Overwhelming Borotr# * 'Jad'as tearing through the latter’s won the eighth from 40 —15, and 6—2. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

DRAW POII THE DOUBLES.; 7 NEW YORK, SeptdWßefi*^ In the doubles draw Biugnon 0, costo will olay Wood and Patterson and N.Z. Cable. . »fob.