Word: backhanded
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...Preston was top scorer for the Crimson and played his best game since the BU contest. In the second period, he beat Tiger goalie Bob O'Connor on a beautiful backhand shot. Earlier he had popped in another on a pass from Dave...
Dogged, deliberate Quist beat the erratic No. 2 Czech, Vladimir Cernik, with little trouble, 6-2, 13-11, 6-0. Then wiry little Billy Sidwell, 28, went up against Jaroslav Drobny, 27, Europe's best. Billy's backhand was in perfect control, and he tantalized the left-handed Czech with frequent line placements on his left side. Between sets, Sidwell sat down to catch his breath, keeping Drobny waiting, and picked himself up with great deliberation whenever he slipped on the dewy grass. Uncharitable spectators figured that the Australian was just grandstanding; but insiders knew that Sidwell...
...bookish but unpretentious sort, Allen likes to play parlor word-games, cowboy pool and the snare drum, clock track meets, paint in water colors, study his fellow man on street corners, and trade ideas about everything from college-girl fashions to Jake Kramer's backhand...
...Horn. After five grueling sets, Big Jake wobbled to the marquee none too pleased about his narrow victory: "My racket felt like a baseball bat." Two days later he squared off against ex-Champion Don Budge. Again Big Jake was carried to five sets. Budge's famous backhand was never better, but at 33, his stamina was not so good. Despite all the tea and sugar he consumed, Budge collapsed in the fifth set, won only one point...
...slammed back Kramer's seemingly unretrievable smashes. Though he once declined all invitations to the net, he now rushed it incessantly. He had found that Kramer's weakest spot was his backhand. When Riggs won the match in straight sets (6-3, 6-3), there was little doubt in 6,529 minds about which was the better player. But next night everything was different. Riggs did not have the same zip; Big Jake won the first set at love and the second one 7-5. As the crowd milled out, there was considerable mumbling & grumbling. What was going...