The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-06
UNITED STATES
 SCORES HOLLOW DAVIS CUP WIN.
Foot Fault Judge Calls Two Violations at Cru-
 cial Moments
By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent

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 Germantown, Pa, Sept. 6-(UP The United States still has the Davis cup today but there is . touch of tarnish on 1t.
 No amount of polishing will re. store the liEter 1t lost yesterday II the match that saw Don Budge oi California humble Adrian Quist oi point needed to make the cup safe for the land of It's donor.
 Bluntly, thousands left the stands convinced that on American officiai had contributed as much, if not more, to Quist's downfall thar Budge. And there was hardly spectator who did not feel thai the official-a foot fault judge-hae deprived Quist of whatever chancea he had of winning.
 Hollow Victory
 Quist was not the only loser either. The action of the official-- Harold Lebair of New York-upsei Budge's game, placed him in a thor. oughly uncomfortable position, and made 1t impossible for him to score Q clean, satisfying win.
 Today, there was agitation to rid the books of 6 rule which made it possible for a minor official to coin- pletely spoil a fine international match. both from the standpoint of the players and the spectators. That is exactly what Lebair did when. holding rigidly and unthinkingly to the printed word of the rule, he called three foot faults on Quist in the 10th game of his first set with Budge, and two more in the crucial l4th game.
 These drastic penalties, which brought such booing and whistling from the stands that the empire re- peatedly had to ask for silence, broke Quist's morale and made him easy prey, even for badly upset Budge. Up until these faults were called, Quist was outplaying the Californian and seemed to have a sound chance of winning
 Had he won, the 6-4. 4-6, 6-2 vic. tory of Jack Brolnwica over Bobby Riggs ofb Chicago in the conclud- ing match of the tic would have given Australia the cup for the first time since 1919. As it was the U. s. won 3-2.
 "Black Eye" for U. $.
 Three former American Davis cup players were bitter in their condem- nation Of the incident.
 Vincent Richards said 1t gave American tennis the blackest eye 1t had ever had.
 Francis T. Hunter said 1t was outrageous, and George Lott said he would not have believed such 6 thing were possible.
 No one denied that Lebair was technically correct. He was. because the rules say that 6 server must not have both feet of the ground at the moment the racquet hits the ball. And Quist was In the air at the moment of contact. However, foot fault judges usually temper their rulings with common sense and penalige . server only when the violation gives him an advantage.
 Quist's violation gave him no ad- vantage. Ise didn't use the jump as q head start for the net because he played baseline game. And 1t gave him little if any added height.
 Moreover, Lebair waited until & most unfortunate time. QuiSt served the same way in the first. second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth games, but 1t was not until the 10th game that LeBair penalized him. And after Budge had won the first set, and Quist slumped there was not another foot fault called.
 Quist did not have foot faults called on him In the doubles of Sun. day, and the judge at the other end of the court from Lebair did no, punish Quist once yesterday. Il was the opinion of the crowd that Lebair, if he were going to punish Quist, should have done 50 at the outset and not have waited until he was running neck and neck with Budge. The Californian, let 1t be said. was just as upset as Quist and played with 6 "what does 1t mat ter?" attitude during most of the match.
 Quist had nothing to say during or after the match.
 But he wept as he took Q shower and pulled on his clothes.