Evening star., 1938-09-04
RIGGS SURPRISES
IN R0UT OF QU|ST
Australian Vet Is Helpless
Before Youth-BromWiCh
Easy for Bulge.
Continued From First paae)

ing out the program and adding
nothing to the entertainment.
The poor quality OF the tennis cams
as no surprise to higher authorities.
The matches were played on turf
courts which were far from being in
nrst-class condition. The turf was
damp and bald in spots All four Of
the players wore spiked shoes and sue.
ceeoed IN carving out thick divots.
t2ulst, short, 25-year old veteran of
Davis Cup play. dropped his perpet-
ually bored look long enough to cast
spurious scowls at the pock-marked
turf. although Bulge, Riggs and
orom"ich did not seem to mind.
Riggs Up~ets Dopesters.
Ihe Australians, who whinned
Japan. 3 to 2, in the American zone
and then routed Germany in the in.
ter-zone final. S to O. sustained a tor.
rinc blow when Riggs, the unwanted
cnild OF American tennis, defeated
Quist. The Australians professed
great JOY when the luck of the draw
pltted the newcomer. Riggs, against
the veteran Quist They counted on
boooys nervousness and figured Quist
the winner. They looked for an even
ofeak on the first day, a doubles VIC
tory and then a win for Bromwich
over Riggs in the other singles pro.
gram
Riggs failed to fall in with the plot.
Inc young man whose record forced
MIN onto the Davis Cup SQUAD al.
though the net fathers easped at the
Hems on his expense accounts, out
1umoled Quist and the Americans. on
the strength Of this match alone.
became prohibitive favorites. In
sense Riggs victory may have ac-
counted for the length Of time it re.
Qulred Bulge to polish of Bromwich.
Riggs and Quist. attired in shorts.
were we'll matched in the first Get
Ihere was nothing brilliant about
either of them. Neither hit verv hard
and the game revolved itself into a
series OF lobs and semi-soft volleys
and the necessary footwork did the
NANCY turf no good. Riggs. serving
nrst, won the opening game and O,list
eVened 1t on his service Again thev
won their own services. but in the
NTH game Quist broke through Bob
bys service to take a 30 lead and
then won his own and made It A.
Bobby Rolls Up Lead.
The jaunty young Californian.
sprlnglng about on pair of legs like
Cllf1 Battles. braced at this point and
won the next two games to even it.
but with the score standing at A
Quist again broke through Rigs
service and then won his own again
to take the first set. 6-4.
Qulst. whose forte was supposed 10
be stamina, wilted completely in the
second set and Riggs confidence
reached new and apparent high,
Bobby took the first game and broke
through Quist's service to take the
second. Then he ran of the next four
games in remarkably handy fashion
taking the final game at love despite
the fact that Quist was serving
Bobby's momentum carried him to
80 lead in the third set. running
his streak OF consecutive games won
to 10 in a row. Not until the fourth
game did Qutst get a grip on himself
and threaten to make it interesting.
The Australian. calling on his re-
serve, almost pulled this set out Of the
fire and, If he had succeeded, the
Davis Cup might have been a different
story. Quist, on his service. cut the
score to 81 and then he dropped two
in row. Armed with 81 lead
Riggs looked to be money in the bank.
Quist's FOrehand Fades.
Then suddenly. Quist began to out
maneuver Bobby. He set up shots
and made them. He won the seventh
game. despite Riggs blisterine service
and followed by taking the next three
too. As result Riggs lead vanishe,
and the score was SIS.
The crowd partisan at the outst
to the Americans. began to pull fI
the placid Australian whose only emo.
tional outlet appeared to be the divots
before him on the court. The sympa-
thies OF the throng did Adrian no good
In the eleventh game. which Riggs
won on his service. but Quist bounced
back and tied it again. SIS.
Some time during the course OF this
twelfth game Riggs discovered that
Quists forehand, which had been
pronounced good by the majority Of
experts, was not so good. Bobby con-
centrated on this stroke and at time,
Quist revealed glaring weaknesses.
They Sufficed to permit Riggs to win
the next two games and the set, as.
Thrice Bobby was at set point before
he finally won
The badge-wearing tennis papple,
worked up mild furry OF excitement
when they papared to the court during
the rest period and stomped on the
divots. They commanded the net be
taken down and a steam roller put to
work When play was resumed the
field again was fiat and fairly smooth
for about two minutes. Quist again .
expressed annoyance at the rough
surface OF the court. but Riggs was in
no mood for dillydallying. He took q
40 lead, dropped the nth game on
his own service, and then came back
to win the next two games and the
set, 6-l. This gave America . 10
lead.
Bulge Gets Fast Start.
Bulge and Bromwich came out
next to offer several varieties Of con-
trast. They wore trousers. to begin
with, and they did not have the
strained look about them that had
marked the appearance Of Riggs and
| 0,,; et
playing his last Davis Cup tourna-
ment before turning professional, made
hit with the crowd during .hs
warm-up when he initiated Bromwich,
who has the queerest assortment Of
strokes in tennis. Bromwich usei
both hands when he hits a forehand
like a ball player swinging a bat. IL
has no backhAnd. Instead, he shifa
lsee TENNIS. Page A-I2.)