Votes on the News Quist And Foot-faults

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 8 September 1938, Page 10

Votes on the News Quist And Foot-faults

j There is a tendency to regard Au» tralia’s defeat in the Davis Cup dial lenge round against the United States l of America as being due to tlie foot I faulting of Adrian Quist. He. himself. I says: “How can 1 be expected to play j tennis if 1 am not allowed to serveV" Spectators showed tlieir disapproval ot (lie foot-fault judge, and commentator? have adversely criticised him. Quist has been for years a persistent foot-faulter. Not only does he cause both his feet to leave the ground ind'ore he hits the ball in service, but he D often guilty of swinging one foot over the line. lie lias been warned, time and again, that his violations ot the foot-fault rule would cause him to lose important matches. He wa* warned in the United States before the Davis Cup tie, Australia v. Japan, that all foot-faults would he called. There fore, he knew what lo expect. Quist’s foot-faults are brought about by bis endeavour to impart more speed to bis service, or to obtain greater spin on the ball. The result is an unfair service. The rule of lawn tennis governing foot-faults is No. 7. It says: “The server shall throughout the delivery of (lie service: (a) not change his posi tion by walking or running: (b) maintain contact with the ground; (c) keep both feet behind the base-line.” It is (b) that Quist was violating. The intention of the rule is to afford much-needed protection to the receiver of the service in these days of “cannonball” deliveries. It is an extraordinary fact, however, that spectators, ip general, appear to side with the footfaulter. the violator of the rule. Maginot Line Numbers of French reservists have been called to the colours for the pur pose of manning the Maginot Line. The famous Maginot Line, which defends the frontier of France against possible German attacks is regarded as impenetrable. It takes its name from M. Maginot, its originator, who was a former Minister of War. In some eases the fortifications art on such a scale that concealment is neither possible nor necessary, if even desirable. In others, the very maximum of concealment has been sough: and, it is believed, attained.

Mile upon mile of peaeeful-looking fields, of gentle slope or rugged hill have below their surfaces nothing less than underground villages, sunk a’ such a depth that no gun could threat en them. Some are even equipped with light railways. Many of them resemble nothing so much ns battle ships, with electrically-operated arninu nition hoists and armoured doors, which can be shut against a human in rush much as the steel doors of a shir are designed to shut off fire or water Underground barracks with electrical lighting and cooking equipment com olete the analogy. Ventilation, too, is assured by pow erful electric fans, and an alarm of gas is enough to raise by the some means the internal pressure to the point necessary to keep it out. Unlike his predecessor, the French soldier of to-day will no longer have to endure Ihe horrors of a sustained bombard ment before being called upon to •repo 1 tlie attacker. The forts are of varying depth and make a line which, in some parts, is many miles in width. There is no pos sible chance of the enemy getting through without being brought within range of some or other of the tremen dop sly powerful guns. The defender? are specially-trained men who, living in file locality, know every inch of tin ground.

j Holy Roman Empire Regalia i It is announced from Nuremberg tbur . the regalia of the Holy Roman Empire , are being transferred from Vienna r« Nuremberg. On May 14 last a Government spokes man In Berlin said Hurt Vienna’s coronation insignia of Germanic emperors, dating back to the eleventh century, had been declared the property of the greater German Reich following the March 13 Austro-German Anschluss. The insignia includes a sceptre, an Imperial crown, a sword of gold or gilded silver, ar sword belt heavily set "’ith jewels, a pair of sandals, a purple robe with gold embroidery, an alba or white robe, gloves, and a jewelled cape Hitler’s Double II is reported that Herr Hitler’s proclamation at the Nuremberg congress ws, « reird by bis “radio double.” Adolf Wagner. Herr Hitler is supposed to have a double who deputises lor him at various public functions, so remarkable is tin* resemblance between the two men said to be. Ills name Is Ritter von Epp. mid rumour has it that h e is the high-est-paid mam in Germany. H e is said to have impersonated the Nazi dictator on scores of dangerous public occasions. He is, however, not the only ruler who has had a double to run risks for him. A ltd el Kritn. the lUff leader, was twice “assassinated.” Actually those who lost I heir lives In his stead were his doubles. King Zog of Albania is another ruler whose double. Major TopalJy, was as sa.ssinated in the Itolief it was the King himself. President Hindenburg had a Jon bit who often deputised for him. King Edward VII also had a double, Hug/ Gorlltz. a musician