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Show Patterson and Brookes Meeti Johnston and Griffin for ! i Title Today. NEWTON. Mass., Aug. 13. As a result re-sult of victories today in two long, hard-fought hard-fought games, bo;h of which developed exceptionally brilliant tennis, Norman E. Brookes and Gerald L. Patterson, the ; Australians, will face the San Franciscan pair, William M. Johnston and C. J. Griffin, winners of the northwestern sectional sec-tional title, in the final round tomorrow of the national doubles championship tournament on the Chestnut Hill courts of the Lone-wood Cricket club. Brookes and Patterson defeated F. B. Alexander and S. Howard Vosheil, the New Yorkers, who hold the tri-state championship, in straight sets. But they were long enough and hard enough fought to constitute five sets of usual tournament pio.y. The score was Iif-6, 6-1'. 14-12. Johnston and Griffin defeated Maurice E. McLoughim and Thomas C. Bundy. both of Los Angeles, who hold the Pacific Pa-cific coast title, 4-6, 14-12, 6-0. 8-&. At times it locked as if the coast cham- , pions would staee a comeback and take I the matcn. McLoughlin, in particular, showed better tennis than he has played at any time this year, and, while the first set was on, the San Franciscans seemed to be outclassed completely. Plays Brilliant Tennis. "The comet" made six placements' In the first set, sixteen in the long second set. nor.e :n his bad third and ten in the last. Nearly all of h;s placements were J won on smashes. Curiously enough, Johnston's record was almost identical, except that he made five in the third 1 set. He had s:x m the first, sixteen in I the second and eleven in the last. Although Al-though Bundy made some beautiful shots, a majority of the errors for his team must be charged to him. The point score reached the remarkable ttai or for the winners to 1.3 for the losers. Johnston and Griffin were p'-ayir.g tennis that was well r.-.gh perfect per-fect after the first set. with Johnston's w o rk showing just a tr if : e better than that of his partner. Good Teamwork. In the other match. Patterson played a smashing game, whereas Erockes, as u uai, depended more upon his cut and j h:s accuracy in pl-cing shots. Erookt-s i never allowed the ball to touch thewo:-d j of his racquet and had marvelous ability to sense where there would be an open- I 1 :ng in the'cpposir.g team. Patterson did j nut lose a pr.e while he as serving, j Several t:mts hen one of the Aus- ' trahans tried for a lob and misled, the other ran back and. placed it safely. Vosheil piayed a smashing came and '. when he had time to place himself his shots were imi-ossibie to handle. Alex- , ancer depended upon a softer game, with 1 a severe cut on every ball. His service ; ) seemed to be particularly hard for Fat- 1 : tersn to manage. This was illustrated . 1 in the eighteenth game of the third set. j i when Alexander made Two service aces. ! The point totai for the match was Ilf . for Brookes and Patterson to ii7 for Al- i ; exar.oer and Vosheil. 1 : In both matches fspooial care was ex- ! crcised by the officials to watch for! I ft f.vulis and the result wr.s that a , , r.umbfr of couVle faults were called. I At times the players seamed s.ightly dis- ! concerted by this procedure. Invaders Win. CFPAF.KURST. N. T.. Aus :3. Har.-d'-'lrh Lycett and K. V. Thomas of the i Australian tennis team made their sue- cessful debut in trie s nples and doubles i on th? turf of the R-n-kaway Hunting j club hre today, Lycett n the sing er ! defeated Arthur S. Cracin. 6-4. 6-2. Thomas scored aau.st Wai-.er Wes brook, the western star. 6-2. The matches were fought out In n rain, which com pe. led long clr:v;;.g sessions. Th's favored tue Austrahans. who played with rare s-tcadu.ess through all the rallies. Lvcett and Thomas scored ere match in the doubles. They faced H. Gruner and Ben Yamasc.ki to win. 6-3, 6-0. |