AFTER THE BATTLE.
"WONDERFUL," SAYS HOPMAN
CLP TO BE LEFT BEHIND. ( K«'('piv«Ml 12 noon.) NEW YORK. September 4. Mr. H olcome Ward, president of the I'nited iStiites Lawn Tennis Association, in presenting the Davis t'up to Harry Hopman. the Australian captain, said: "We put our J>est team in front, but it was lien ten i>.v a lietter one." Hopman, in an interview with the Associated Press, remarked: "It is wonderful that the hoys could win the Cup that way, after being two dr-vn. The boys deserve all credit. Quist showed wonderful courage in defeating Riggs. We are sorry that we cannot play in the United States singles championship at Forest Hills, from .September 7 to 10. lint the war is more important than tennis."
The Australian players h s tve virtually deei'ded not to take the Davis Cup back with them, as they do not wish to risk it on the high seas.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 209, 5 September 1939, Page 14
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