Evening star., 1938-09-06
AUSS|E IS UPSET
AT PEAK OF PLAY
Official Declared to Have
Waited Too Long-Riggs
Bows to Br0mWich.
by GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.-The
slittering Davis Cup, symbolic Of
world team tennis supremacy, remains
in these United States for another
year. and the maligned foot fault has
reared It's ugly head again.
When Donald Bulge had finished
polishing of Adrian Quist of Aus
tralia by scores of 8-6, 81, 60 In
the match that settled the challenge
round out at the Germantown Cricket
Club yesterday, Frank Hunter. an old
American internationalist. said, Gee,
IT made me feel like 1 was In Paris
again"
Hunter had reference to the fact
that after the French had won the
big trophy from America IL years ago
ing 1t loose again. Visiting Ameri-
can teams complained that French line
judges were extremely valuable in
the French cup defense, and inter-
national black looks were exchanged
one year when Wilmer Allison thought
he had defeated Gene Borotra Of
France in the deciding match but
couldn't make it stick.
Throws Quist on Game.
What happened yesterday was that
an American line judge, one Harold
La Bair OF New York, called series of
disDncerting foot faults against Quist
at the exact point in the opening set
when the little Australian was blazing
hot and threatening to give the worlds
top amateur a trimming.
Whether Quist in any circumstances
could have licked Bulge and carried
the challenge round to the final match
between Bobby Riggs and Jack Brom-
wich is subject to serious doubt. but
the decisions cost the invader whatever
chance he had and made the crowd
of over 5000 fighting mad.
The referee had to calm them down
twice.
Harry Hopman. captain of the Aus
tralians, didn't complain. He said he
thought Quist was foot -faulting. What
the crowd and several prominent
American tennis officials complained
about was the way La Bair waited un-
til the most crucial points of the all
important first set. 1t broke QuiSt's
confidence so completely that he pro-
ceeded to lose his service eight straight
times. possibly a record for big-time
tennis.
Bulge Great in Late Stages.
Once he quit using his natural serve
and dashing behind it into the net,
Bulge had his number. The big fell
low. playing his last Davis Cup match
before he turns pro this winter. was in
magnificent fettle the last two sets.
running his discouraged rival ragged
with blistering drives into the corners
and numbering his weak returns at the
net
Budges tennis had been so indiffer-
ent on the previous day, when he and
Gene Mako lost the doubles match to
Quist and Bromwich by 0-6, 6-3,
Ga, 60, that there was active fear
he would lose to Quist Some experts
still thought after the match that
Quist might have pulled 1t of but for
his service lapses
As things turned out. Budge's victory
was the vital one. because Bromwich
beat the tar out of Riggs in the con-
Guiding singles match, "a, 4-6. 60,
So, giving America a final winning
margin Of only 3-2 over the scrap
ping Aussies.
Rockies Play Gives Thrills.
The scores scarcely show 1t. but the
two aby members of the teams played
the most sensational tennis OF the
entire series. Whether the result
would have been the same If Riggs
had needed to win the bout is proble-
matical. but there no longer is any
doubt that the 19-year-old Bromwich
Is fine player now and that he will
be a serious threat to the cup next
year.
In the flrst five games of the final
win only points. and he was playing
his customary steady game at that
Bromwich was steadier. They had
frequent exchanges that saw the ball
cross the net 80 or more times Brom-
wich is very likely to reach the finals
against Bulge in the national cham
pionships starting Thursday at Forest
Hills.
Unless another singles star at least
the equal of Riggs is uncovered before
next summer, Americas chances of
holding off the 1899 Australian chal-
lenge will be simmer than drug store
ham. Such player isn't In sight
now, nor does any one know who will
replace the Bulge Mako doubles team
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