CHAMPIONS MEET

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2194, 6 July 1914, Page 5

CHAMPIONS MEET

GREAT tENNIS STRUGGLE

BBGOKSS AND WILDING

THE AIISTAAUAN WINS

3y r«iccrnph- Presi Afoocimlo'i-Co^yrls'it

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London, jnlj ">. At tlio L.itta Tennis ClKinnio'isliiii touriianient et Wimbledon, tlio chaflongo lound ot tho Eagles v. as pla\ctl ocMicc'i 'he New Ze&la.ide: A. K Vildiii'; (holder) nnd ,ho Australian N L. Lrooles (challcngei), the litter having pl.'jed through tho qualifying tests > Jthout defer* The mnt/"l. resulted in Brookes heating Wilding, C— 1, 6—4, 7—o.

'J here was bn!''ant weather, ai.d tho spectators .lu'iihc-c'l IOOiX), including main Australians. Wi'di'ig, who won tho tos3, iiai grcaMj trouble?' hj the strong >!iin, nnd iailcd with many casj smashes It was a mitch of lard druing against 6 cientifip \olle»mg. Prcokos was almost mpe.ictraolc it tho net, and Wilding pftor a wlub abandoned bis scheme of back-line d:nng and tned lobbing, in lrch be w.is (ou'ty Tho Austral.an's victorj was KTiiod with a hiuncaiio of choera.

llrookes, r. tho fust set, led I—o. string repratot'lj with Leauuful n'tio push sliok—jjsi. o\oi tho not—uliich \Vildri(, strote m io!n to icach, \iy jvn'cri'i 1 , finished d'Ning, tho Ncv /ealandor s.xurcd tbo next thrco g.'ines. llrookes leu j—3, and Wild'ig wai within a point of sr.uinsig .1' S—4, but Rrookes *ook tho 6ct with n net-cord ■.troko

I.i tho ercor.d se*, Wilding obtained tho first lead. 3—'.'. Tho ph} was square 'it I —l A kcon stn'pi;'« to-j 1 : ['Ifi 1 m the next garc of tho eo*. Deuco was called Eicn then, V'lHimi noa'U sited bv picking up frou 0-10 to 20-10 in tho tcath gi'ine. Tho Mnrd sot wai a battle of p.ants Wilcliutx led I'— 0, but he Vi Brookes in '>y lo«nifi In* seme. "llio Jatle liau .londtrful luck with bis not-con' strokes, though o\or> itiiimni; sliot tas Mgoroi.slj contested Wilding led 3—2 3rookps showed fiiio ludivmi't in handling tl"» ch.v.'ip'on's 'obi, many if \, bich «to <;]iort Hroo'ics's ow voile-s Tore msr\pilous, and 'Wilding, vbo rilicd !>o rmicb on tho strength of his d r ive r Biook.es bd 4—3. hut io-i the si'ivir« from 10— 30 ■\\:ldini; li>J o—l, <:id tli»p Brcokci sc;uarcd and cnjilurod Wildu r's n->\t f on ice.

''ho Inst ciiio wa- the niost thiillinj; e,cr soon at the contro court at Wnhlcdon Prookcs led 30-0. Wilding squaicd tlnrtv .ill. In ice Brookes tamo iiitliw a point of tho set, and twro Wild'ne saicd, bat then netted the I ill. Biookes ch.ichcu tiio,n.at'-h with t.r uptakablo drop "oll"\ of! a swift drue Brookos's inttciniiion of tho clnmpion's rctvrns was lmsterly It wis t!ie skill of " tactiran velsus tli« never of an ntliieto Tew of tlio latter s times got bejond EWcs

press comments on the match

(Rec. July 0, 0 30 a :n.) London, Jul} C Tlio "Obscr.-or ' -.jjs t> at HrooVs'i 'olloviiiK s-ttlce' ilio match Ho ri\o liii i;uatpst exposition of ternh to drta

OTHER CONTESTS (Rcc. Jul} 0, 0 .:0 a m.)

London, Jaly ~>

I'l the Ladies' Sninles Mrs Lam'ocrr Chambers bMt Mrs. Lsrcomoo, 7—o, 0-4 Ii- *ho Coir.binori DouWes, Wildir.fi and Mdllc broquedis bor.t Allien and Mr", haanaii i" tho scpu-fmil, S—J. i-0