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For the next three weeks Low was up at daybreak, banging away at the Premier - always with the same result. Groza, a wilful old man who had to win, brought his own umpire, a burly sergeant of the security police with an outsize Luger on his hip. If Low aced...
He had to do it the hard way. First there were the qualifying matches, and he breezed through them; then Pancho liquidated two opponents who had been considered good enough to sidestep qualifying matches. His usual lethargic, mañana attitude was gone, replaced by a calm, white-toothed grin...
Superficially, they were almost as unlike s two young people could be. Square-aced, serious Ed Willock, 30, a Boston Catholic with a high-school education, supported his wife & four children as a shipping clerk, studied commercial art on the side. Thin, big-eyed Carol Jackson, 35, was born in...
That left the tournament open to the best field of the last three years. Tall Frank Shields, now 21 and heavier than a year ago, was the favorite. George Lott Jr. of Chicago was playing badly. The dark horse of the tournament was Gregory Mangin of Newark, a graceful player...
Knowing well that he is past his prime, that oncoming years will not add to his stamina, Tilden was out this year to break the record established in 1887 by Richard D. Sears in winning the singles title seven times. John Doeg, having beaten Tilden's friend Hunter, thus...