Quist Defeats Make for Boston Title

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 173, 25 July 1939, Page 8

Quist Defeats Make for Boston Title

EASY VICTORY Australians Win Doubles by Default tHr Telegraph Press Assn.—Copyright.) BOSTON, July 23. The Australiaii Davis Cup players won both the men’s singles and the men’s doubles at the Longwood Bowl tennis tournament. Results.— MEN'S SINGLES Semi-finals. A. K. Quist (Australia) beat R. A. Low (Unite*- States), 6-0, 6-3, 6-3. C. G. Mako (United States) beat J. H. Crawford (Australia), 8-6, 3-6, G-2, 6-3. Final. Quist beat Mako 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. MEN’S DOUBLES. Semi-finals. Mako and F. A. Parker beat T. H. Doeg and G. Mulloy 6-3, 6-3. Crawford and Quist beat Bill and Chet Murphy, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4. Final. Quist and Crawford beat Mako and Parker by default. Mako is suffering from a cold which ha - settled in his bade. Quist is the first foreigner to win the historic Longwood Bowl tourney since Gerald Patterson won it in 1925. Quist was never in danger as he ran Mako round the court, scoring placements at will.

Quist’s chief strategy was to go to the net on shots from Mako's backhand and then chop and volley down the forehand alley for clean aces. Quist raced through the first set in 13 minutes, winning five games in a row with the loss of eight points. The second set was a replica of the first.

Mako braced up briefly in the third, and his shots temporarily were as accurate as Quist’s. The Australian broke out in a rash of errors in the third set, and Mako led 3-2, but Quist rallied and started rushing to the net again, volleying past Mako and angling overhead shots accurately. Mako played his best tennis of the tournament, but Quist was far too good Mako announced shortly after the singles that he would be unable to play in the doubles owing to a lame back, which would require two days’ treatment before he would be able to play again. Instead of the doubles final. Quist and Crawford played an

exhibition against Parker and Dave Freeman (California). The Australians won, 7 —5, 6—2. In the combined doubles semi-finals, William Murphy (Chicago) and Miss Mary Arnold (Los Angeles) defeated Crawford (Australia) and Mrs Virgini? Rise-Johnson (Boston), 7 —5, 3 —6, B—6. DAVIS CUP ZONE FINAL CUBA. TO MEET AUSTRALIA HAVANA, July 23. Cuba will be Australia’s opponent In the American zone final ol the Davis Cup. Morales (Cuba) defeated Tarshis (Canada), 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 0-6, 6-4, in the first of to-day's singles, giving Cuba a 3-1 lead. Morales, the Cuban champion, yesterday convincingly beat Bruce Hall, a Toronto divinity student, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Hall lacked control. The second round singles between Ellis Tarshis (Canada) and Jose Aguero was suspended because of rain with Tarshis leading 7-5, 5-7, 2-0. When the match was resumed to-day Tarshis won 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. In the doubles, Morales and Lorenzo Nodarse (Cuba) beat Bill Pedlar and Phil Pearson 9-7, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. A message from Vancouver said that Mr H. Hopman. manager of the Australian team told the Australian Associated Press: “The long trip to Havana is out of the question, particularly as Havana has hard courts, it is almost certain that we shall play Cuba at Montreal on the same dates as already arranged, or, failing that, somewhere in the eastern States.”