DAVIS CUP CONTESTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15120, 20 January 1920, Page 5

DAVIS CUP CONTESTS.

;vElec. Tel. Copyright-Unitoa Press: Assn j j _. . SYDNEY, ijS*ll-*' : r^- eeC^ d Stage of aie-Davui Crip challenge round was played m dull^aMUrl weather, but perfect for tennis The*S wa 8 exce lent and the. court was if snlen- ' did condition; , Seven thousand I as«mfb?ed contest ffl bu t lo fh« of A a ?*s* great ■***£! contest, but the Australian team -proved too formidable -for the Britons. Brookes with ma paf K P J adn s ctics ' coSned « Ayjth Patterson's terrific . service and " snfashes, completely outclassed the visi_Kingscote commenced serving for the Englishmen, and created a sensation -by foot-faulting five times m the first game and.samilarly;tAVice, m a late* .match, through swinging back his foot into -the court before Ho struck the ball. These faults seemed to upset the balance/of the Bwtish combination. Beamish appeared particularly weftk, both m his service and his drives, Which lacked pace, and he constantlyput the ball out or m the netting Against the Australians' forcing Cities," Kingscote, despite his foot-f aults, played the more brilliantly. But neither coinparhtHh^l"^ ard8 ''' who wo- the ... nrafc-.twoi sets , to love.-- r - * Th#<#emng'gam#of the third set' proved a most exciting msitch. On Beamish'a servjee; , the gattefwith well-placed drives^a)id . fine net play, the English team:: securing* the first game of the match. The Australians equalised m the second game, and then carried the scores 'to '-5-rri;.J when the challengers notched their second game. Kingscbte used every endeavor to stave off 'defeat,^ but tho Australians incompletely. . oUtgerierallod the visitors 'hi every ' depart_teht of • the game, and won by 6—2. : v- V ■ The scores ndw£ stand: Australasiai f two reiatches, six sets, forty-nine games-Briti-sh: Isles, one 1 match, four sets, thwiy-six-games. ■• ' iff;-* The destination of the Davis, Cupjnow hinges' on to-riiorrow's singles,"'wherijjjingscote meets Patterson and Lowe plays Anderson.? The visitors will need to win both, marches t© secure the Cup. ; A "remarkable,- and as far. as spectators were, concerned, a , somewhat disappointing feature to to-dfty's tennis was' the quickness Avith which the decision was " reached, the" -.'play, lasting just Under forty minutes.'- :- i The reßult unflStibtedly is largely due .to Brookes' ; unmatched 'generalship 1 arid finely judged 'phiy.'. The general verdict of the critics, is that. he never proved himself a greater master of the gftme'' than to-day, • ' '* , . Though- there has "been no rain since the early -toionring, the' weather to-nighfc Is threatening, and rain is- hanging' about. The Englishmen still . have' a fighting chance,,' but the opinion appears to.be/that unless thoy -display better, form than they hayeso : far shown, Australasia will have a good- chance of retaining the Cup. (Received Jan." 20, 10.5' a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 20. The -Daily Telegraph-' desoribes the doubles . contest as a wonderful perforniance. 'It seemed too. easy,' really, to be intorriationalKtennis. The Britishers were not merely-outplayed -but. outgeneralled and frequently placed m a position of not knowing who was to go for the stroke. Mirth, was an .outstanding feature of tho public expression induced by the absurd , positions m which the genius- of Brookes placed 1 ; the -visitors. It was. Brookes' rediyivus. Whht he did not do with the baU* no .one lias ever ,qeeh done, with it. Among. 1 all champions., and, 'followers of • th.Q game, .one 'Cpinion Avas that Brookes played ~*a most brilliant game. His life was helped by ,v Patterson^ . extraordinary service. -The team : work was wonderful and sums up the secret of the English-, men's defeat. 'They were "too. slow to net. There was not one of the games m which 'they 'wer6• v notroutAVltted.:' , •" " '."' "-" The Herald says : Brookes was supreme. This match iwas * treat which all xvho saw, will remember. The British pair were never . able to get their heads up, though ,thoy persevered \ throughout. Kingscbte" was. fairly 'certain of a -return off the ground and 'was quick on the volley, but with Beamish was almost always . on the defence.