Evening star., 1938-09-05
NET ACE FAVORED
TO T0PPLE QU|ST
U. S. Needs One Singles Win
After Australians Take
Doubles in Upset.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 5.-n noth-
ing serious happens, the Davis Cup
should be all wrapped up by about
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon and ready
for storage for another year in New
York jewelers. strong room.
That is the approximate hour at
which j. Donald Bulge Of Oakland,
Calf, figures to put the finishing
touches on Adrian Quist Of Mel
bourne, Australia, in the fourth and
deciding match of the challenge
round which has been raging on the
threadbare turf Of the Germantown
Cricket Club for the past two days.
At the same time, 1t probably Is
Just as well that the defending Amer
lean team won both Of the opening
singles matches on Saturday, be-
cause the Australians are getting
tougher by the minute. They were
pretty sensational yesterday as Quist
and his 19-year-old doubles partner,
John Bromwich. slapped out an 0-6.
6-3, 6-4. 60 victory over Bulge
and Gene Mako.
Riggs Proves Great Help
Bromwich in particular turned out
to be 4 spectacular doubles player,
and no odds. were being given that
Bobby Riggs would trim him in to-
days concluding singles match. Young
Bobby, however, already has done
enough for his country by beating
Quist in the first singles encounter Of
the series
The experts were agreed that things
would be looking ticklish for Uncle
Sam If Riggs hadn't come through
in the first Davis Cup bout. because
Bromwich has proved to be the better
man Of the two Australians at the
moment and would have been a very
stubborn customer II he and Riggs
had met in crucial match this after
noon.
All that is presumed to he con-
lecture, however, for Bulge is consid-
cred certain to score the deciding
point against Quist. The redhead was
something short of a world beater
in yesterdays doubles, but there is no
amateur around who can head him
of in singles. QuSt isn't the singles
player he was two seasons ago. An
extended illness last year appeared
to have sapped his stamina, for he
tired badly against Riggs.
Quist SparkIes in Doubles.
In doubles, though. he still is a
beauty. His unerring overhead game
fitted in perfectly with the terrific
all-round performance Of Bromwich
yesterday. Bulge and Mako didn't
play bad tennis for the most part,
but once the Australians cranked up
and started going to town in the
second set they had the match in
their pockets.
Some of the play was sensational
and had the crowd Of 5000 yipping
for long periods. Bromwich and Quist
reached the net more consistently
than their rivals. and once they got
there 1t would have been hard to
slip buckshot past them. much less
a tennis ball. They were so nearly
impregnable that the strain finally
got Bulge toward the last, when he
lost the range of the backline and
dropped his service three times.
Not only was Bromwich remarkably
steady from the baseline, but proved
himself volleyer almost as adept as
Quist. He broke up a dozen light
ming exchanges with sharply angled
shots that clipped the sideline only
a few feet from the net, and won
several points with perfectly con-
cealed drop-shot that just crossed the
net and left the Americans standing.
Next Years Outlook Drab.
1t probably was the last big match
the Budge-Mako team ever will play
together, unless Gene should decide
to turn professional when his famous
partner does this winter. And today
doubtless will see Bulge in his final
Davis Cup match.
The tennis fathers are wondering
what the American Cup team will look
like a year from now. Riggs looks
the only holdover Joe Hunt, spare
on this years team, was considered
certain to win the other singles berth
next summer, but he has been ap-
pointed to the Naval Academy at An
napolis and will not be available for
big-time tennis II he passes his exam
ination.