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Show IU.S.PAIRME i SEHSATIONAL I - MATCH $ Remarkable TennU Seen in CIaic Battle of -, Decade . ; ' rm MT HILLS. N. T. Kent I I Br A. P.) Conquerlnc Aoetralla today la a aruslllnc. apeetaoularljr f -retiSBt doublee raatck that takoe " rank among; the moet tltanla atruv-.. atruv-.. k lea In the history of Internatlen-: Internatlen-: ll tennla. the United States salnsd .a enmmandina' poaltlen In He e-nee e-nee ot the Davie cup a I 1 lead f.ihat aeemed tee formidable (or the i. haileasara te Tereema. . ' BMI.UA BT - j CJfULt or DBClDaV , . JIZ William T. Tlldsn, natlsnal eham-1 h-len. and R. Norrls Williams, team -eiaptaln. ware the heroes of Amer-s-tre'e thrlllln triumph. atakiac -dhslr debut aa an International com. V Mention, thev vnnquishad the brll- , Hant Australian pair. Jamae Ot An-i- arson and Jehn B. Uawkee. 17-11. 11-11. I-I. -. 1-1. la five arlpplna, f-hlrlwlnd sets that tar aheer das. - --El Ins; brllllancr ef etroke. eieou-tlea eieou-tlea and atratecy have, aeldom. If aver, neea equalled on tha courts '"enysrnsre. Comlna from aahlnd art or dropping two of the first three Caste. In which the tide of battle wept back and forth In an ames- Ira teat of stamina and course a. t the Americana rose to auper helahts J in tha Uat two seta and crushed . their rlvale with at dashlna". Invln- Bible attack. V.-e Por two Hours and thtrty-elrht trtlnuue tha atrurale. aa It awayed ! frtim aide to side, kept a sraMery sf aaerly l.0 ta the new West side etadltua la tense nesr- lalatr. . . ' "'JlsHTIOSlt WTVW9 ' KAPUtS MATCH. r. Flaak after, flash f tha moet bVawneatlonal eort ot plar brsusht spontaneous outbursts from the aolortul alherlnf aad as the Amer-i Amer-i trea pair, put thslr opponents to t rout at the eloae the erowd threw Teetmlnt te the wlnda and theered i the vtctore. as wsll as vanqulahed. ; to the echo. At the finish of ths match the throne; thst scarcely hal been able te control Ita enthuelasim tnrouahout. wan as limp aa the nuextet of pleysra who walked from - (he oourt. weak from the reacUoa . f their terrlflo flsht. - Auatralla. whoee battle sveti la Hefeat today but served to erapha-i erapha-i else the aneapeottne; formidable ; character of Ite ohallenfa to Amer- l a a teanle eupramacy, faoea onlr a -i AB Miv aae In st 14-11, Tllden nut all tha blinding epeed he eould mueter Into hll cannon-ball cannon-ball eervlce to squars the count with a love game. Then he and Wllilama spurt sd to breek through Hawkes delivery de-livery and In the next game Wllilama atoned for tha previous Lapses In his eervlce by leading hla side to set vie- Va. second set found no letup In the pace aa the closely matched struggle wss deuced egaln and ara In. But this time the Auetrallana flunked the decld. Ing punch, aad. taking advantage of some loose pier by Wllllame. broke through the American enpteia'a eervlce eer-vlce In the twenty-fourth game to take tha eat, 11-11. TIOS TURNS TOWARD U. . Starting tha third eet confidently, Hawkee and Anderson uncovered their moot sparkling aasortmsnt of shots, the tall captain booming acmes his powerful forehand shots while, hi. - the InternaUoual series. To life ' this hlelorto trophy, the team from "down under" must capture both of 1 tha aiagle metchea that conclude - the piny en Monday. With Tlldea and William Johnston, however, to bear -the brunt of defenee In the ! final tents, critics tonight regarded - triumph for the United States as virtually certain. V. s. at nsi . 4r VICTtJaeT. - Onlr the moet spectacular f P-tr P-tr aeta, a reveres! overehadowlns the - defeat of "Little Bill" Johneton by Andareon la flv aeta yeaterlay. h could eccomplleh the trick for Aua--s tralla. Anderaon. the ac of the -el,allenElng forces, will oppose Ttl- - den. w bile Hawkea will play Jokn-' Jokn-' aton tn the concluding malchea, vlo-i vlo-i lory In but one ef which la necea--' eery to clinch Uncle Bnm'a poeeee--ajoa of the cup for another yea. Today'a victory for America not i only eetabllshsd a nsw mark for duration In International play, but, , tn the flrat ast. equalled the record ;.for length mede la 111 when Maurice Mau-rice McLnughlln, the California -comet," turned back Normaa 1k. Brookes, Australian Jlsard, ay a score of IJ-U, la the first set. then i Sweeping on to a etralght set vlc- - tory In one of the hish spots ot bavla sup en Bala, ' attlllTORIO BATTLH 1 etSCPK-ATS 1TSKXF. - That first aet tadar was straaga-ry straaga-ry reminiscent to veteran tennla fol- -' lowere of that hletorio battle nearly - a decade ago between McLaughlin end Brookes. In both of which "- America and Australia fought for , eupramacy. Oddly enough toe ver-; ver-; met both time, went to this country coun-try s stars. ' - No eleeer, mar evenly matched .Struggle could.be pictured than that waned tn the first two aeta this '-afternoon. Back and form Asa. rTralla aad Yankee fought, conteet-a-lng for ery point, with das. ling Ipiay from bollt fore and back court. lAchlevlag roarveleua "seta- and iTaklns each other-e- ground with -stroked mat ahot back and forth a with blinding speed. ..Then, In the -third set, the Auetrallana awept to -the fore, aa the defenders aeemed rto weeken, under s relentleaa, drlv-, drlv-, i. attack. But. Just aa ewlftly. . .tier a rest of several minutes, .a . da ewung back to Americas fa- . - i-- -i "., tl lTllAUAl WftlAKES IJOWAMD "ths a. Tke Tankee pair, playing as If tn-rplred, tn-rplred, carried all before them la e noae laet two Beta , The Auatral-e Auatral-e ns caiied oa all thsrr reserve, era-v- ioyed the moet reeourceful of tac-e--.ca In an effort te stem that crneh-r'-.g aeeault, but In vain. Evsntu-e--.ty thsy weakoaed under tha paoa. Tut it waa the unswerving confluence, confl-uence, deadly accuracy and eraeh-Tiii eraeh-Tiii power of the Amerlcene1 game "that gained them their trmmph. Tllden and Wllilama ens red about - equally in th laorele of victory. The teamwork of the Auatrallaa pah tor ."The snoot part proved far auperlor to ' that of the cup defenders, but when '. pressed the hardeet. the American I pair br the aheer krllllanep of their Individual play, ware able to check the . better organised attack of the chal- lena era. Hawks, proving a bulwark iof etrength for the Invaders with hie feeneatlofial nst pisy, vlsd with hla 5 mere rcdoubtabls partner for honors In tho flrat three acta, but he weaa- - saed hn the final two aeta and eoat hia team anany polnla with his erratic eretuma. 4 The Americans were the flrat to rraln an advantage In the first net, reeking through Andereon'e eervlce In a the fifth game after the first four bed rbeen divlaed. But the challengers ro--trrted by taking the next game oft Tnden'e delivery. The next break oo-'rurred oo-'rurred In the flfteenlh game, when the 'Americans plercsd Hawksaf eervlce. 'hut asaia the Auetrnltane rallied to tno count by taking Wllilama' den vary at love, -T ooe ' - htCOHO DISTANCE' ' Axatn America aeemed near victory 'W laamg a lesd Of 12-11. but Wll--i an a- iw-rvice once more proved vul- n-ra'fle end the Invsders eQuered the . co. mi. A few sanies Ister. the tide ' irned once more end this time the eA-.ee peue t-ame threusa, Xr ailing . " f t southpaw partnsr scored With telling effect at the net. The Australians baffled th defenders repeatedly with pussllng chop-stroke. The break came In the elxth game whea the Austin Aus-tin liana. In a masterful exhibition of driving and strategy, captured Til-dsn's Til-dsn's eervlce. Fortified by a lead of H only was neceeeary for ths nsxt three games to go on eervlce for the Auetrallana to win. The ydld It In moet Impressive fashion by taking Andereon'e An-dereon'e service at love In the deciding game of tha match. The story of the victorious march of Tllden and Wllilama In thoae laat two aete wee a atorr of IrreeleiiMe epeed aad power, The entire plar of the American pair waa altered after the Interval of reet and they went at their task wltk a finality that could not be balked. TILOEN PLAVS ,'.v OR SAT TCNNIS. -I Williams, particularly, reae w a-ee. taculsr hslghta at the net, while Tll-dea'a Tll-dea'a bullelllke eervlce also wss a big factor la America's favor. After Anderson's An-derson's eervlce bad beea broken la the elxth gams of the fourth est, the Australians rallied to penetrate Williams Wil-liams delivery, bat It waa their laat etand- Hawkes loot hie aervtoe In the eighth game and rilden clinched the1 set with a eueceeeioa of riflellke drive thet hla opponent were unable to handle. I Three dssxllng plscementa by Williams Wil-liams enabled the Yankeee to break Anderson's eervloe at the start of the final set. It waa the beginning of ths snd for ths lnvadera. They managed ! to aav the third game after R had I gone to deeoe. also winning the fifth Same, but that was tha beat they could o. Hawkes. wUtlnk under the pace dropped his owa eervlce at love In the eeventh game -and the Americana smashed their Way to triumph In tha eet and match oa Willisana' service bombardment. In two exhibition matches after the cup conteet, B. I. r. Norton, Mouth A fries n star, defeated Monuei Alonso Spanish Davie run player, ft-I T-3 while Vincent Richards, the fourth member of the American Internationa team, with hie Wimbledon partner, Francis T. Hunter, vanquished the Australian reeervJsta, Klcbarrl 6c h rasing ras-ing er and Jan Jdclruiea. ft-2, 4-C, ft-j. |