Word: cupped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defeated Australia in one fell swoop in the challenge round for the Davis Cup, great silver symbol of international lawn tennis supremacy. Last week, on the same courts of the Germantown Cricket Club, a 1938 crop of U. S. and Australian Davis Cuppers met again in the challenge (final) round...
When, in the opening match of the series, cocky Robert Riggs turned himself into an exclamation point by beating seasoned Adrian Quist (4-6, 6-0, 8-6, 6-1), experts agreed that Australia had little chance of winning the Cup. Except for a brief shock the following day when the Australians took the doubles in a sensational reversal of form, the 9,000 spectators who filled the stands each day saw just what they had expected to see. Budge beat both Quist and Bromwich in routine fashion, clinched the series before the concluding match, lost by Riggs to Bromwich...
...years when the Davis Cup is held by the U. S., the coffers of the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association swell some $50,000 from gate receipts of the Interzone Final and Challenge Round, always played in the country defending the Cup. This year the tennis association got out an extra coffer when Helen Wills Moody decided to try for a comeback in international tennis. A meeting between Helen Moody and Helen Jacobs in the U. S. championship would add at least $25,000 to the till. Thus the U. S. L. T. A. was very glad...
...Davis Cup Challenge Round (Sat. 2:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 3 p.m.; Mon. 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m., CBS). Between U. S. Tennists Donald Budge, Gene Mako, Robert Riggs, Australians Adrian Quist, John Bromwich, at the Germantown Cricket Club; described by Sportscaster Ted Husing...
When Riggs makes his Davis Cup debut next week, international tennis will witness a display of court histrionics reminiscent of the days of Tilden. Riggs mannerisms include a Charlie Chaplin walk, laughter after a good shot, clenched fists after a bad one. Because he often moves his lips when in a tight spot, a sportswriter asked him if he prayed as he played. "Heck no," he answered. "When I find myself letting down, I give myself a pep talk. I say 'come on now, for cripe's sake, snap out of it. Quit playing like a dope...