Word: backhanders
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...Referee Arthur Donovan warned him for hitting low, awarded the round to Schmeling. Then followed round after round of the kind of boxing which Schmeling-who usually plans to wear his opponents down slowly-likes best. But Baer's demeanor -his confident grins whenever Schmeling hit him, his backhand punches that made Schmeling frown and look at the referee- caused the crowd of 60,000 to wonder whether Baer was waiting rather than wearing down. In the tenth round, the crowd found...
Harvard came back six minutes later to tie up the count again at 2-2. The second line contributed its bit to the evening's scoring when Pell skated down the ice with Wolcott at center, overskated the goal, and passed out to his mate in scoring position. A backhand shot finished off the work...
...Australia last October for a tour like the one which Tilden & Johnston made in 1920, knew about Jack Crawford and Harry Hopman, mainstays of last year's Australian Davis Cup team. But all they had heard about McGrath was that he is a boy wonder who hits his backhand shots with both hands. As soon as they started to play, they found out more. In last week's quarter-finals at Melbourne, Vivian McGrath played Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr., U. S. and Wimbledon champion, who had beaten him before. Whacking Vines's hardest serves with...
...good one. Unable to give eye-witness reports of McGrath or to publish adequate photographs of him, U. S. tennis writers had to rely on descriptions by U. S. players who had seen him in action. Said Wilmer Allison: "McGrath will go right to the top with that funny backhand. I don't know who is going to beat him in a year...
...before Cochet won. 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2. In the doubles next day, Allison and his partner John Van Ryn won the first match for the U. S. against Cochet and Jacques ("Toto") Brugnon. but not until Brugnon and Cochet, playing Van Ryn's weak backhand, had evened the match twice. Score...