France vs Australia

Mourning thousands stood tense and sorrow-stricken in the rays of the setting sun. All eyes were bent upon impromptu catafalque where lay the body of a young French ex-soldier; his rigid limbs were garmented in white; beside him reposed his "Blue Devil" Tarn O' Shanter. He, Jean Borotra, French Davis Cup competitor, had just been smitten unconscious by a tennis ball rebounding from the racquet of the Australian Gerald Patterson in the fourth set of an international doubles match at Forest Hills, L. I. On the day previous, Patterson had beaten Lacoste in the singles, Borotra had trounced Anderson. Thus, with the team score tied, much had depended on the doubles, and the chances for French victory on the work of brisk Borotra, who now lay still and pallid on the ground was all

lost?

Kind hands massaged his temples; sprinkled water on his faint cheeks; after two minutes he bounded to his feet. The crowd huzzahed. Encouraged the Frenchmen ran out the last set which gave them the match--6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 10-8.

The next match was Borotra against Patterson. A drizzling rain fell during this match--and so did Patterson. The fifth match was not played; for France had won the necessary three out of five and the right to meet the U. S. team at Philadelphia.