Word: allison
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Francis Xavier Shields, No. 5 ranking U. S. tennist: a match from National Champion Ellsworth Vines, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, in the semi-finals of the Newport (R. I.) Casino Cup tournament, which Shields then won from Wilmer Allison, No. 2 in the rankings...
...Perry v. Allison- If Austin, England's No. 1 singles player, could outclass Vines, who blew him off the court in straight sets at Forest Hills last year, it was clear that the mysterious influence which Roland Garros seems to have on U. S. Davis Cup teams was still at work last week. In the next match, it became clearer still. Perry won the first set, as his teammate had done, 6-1. Allison made him work in the second and at 4-5 on his own serve pulled out a game that went to deuce eight times...
...alive for one more day. George Lott and John Van Ryn played magnificently against Perry and George Patrick Hughes. With Lett's service dominating the play, they won their match 8-6, 6-4, 6-1. The first of the two singles matches that followed, between Austin and Allison, was close and exciting but Austin, against an opponent who seemed worn and overtrained, had speed enough to win 6-2, 7-9, 6-3, 6-4. That decided the series and Perry's match against Vines would have been an anticlimax if it had been less desperately, less...
...Davis Cup team last week would have been more remarkable if it had not happened so frequently before. In 1931, the same English team even more unexpectedly beat a U. S. side that had Sidney Wood, Wimbledon finalist, and Frank Shields, Wimbledon runner-up, in place of Vines and Allison. Last year foxy Jean Borotra won singles matches against both Vines and Allison to keep the Cup for France in the Challenge round. Explanations for last week's surprise were as numerous as they were inadequate. Most experts suggested that Vines and Allison were "over-tennised." John Tunis...
...Indianapolis Speedway was built of a dirt, sand and tar mixture in 1909, rebuilt of brick in 1910 by Carl Fisher, later famed for his promotions at Miami and Montauk Point, and the late James Allison of Allison Engineering Co., to accommodate a top speed of 80 m.p.h. Automobile speeds have so increased that no car may now race at the Speedway unless it can go 100 m.p.h. The track is graded at 45° on the turns, 20° on the short straightaways, flat on the stretches. The only attempt to improve it since it was built was just...