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...Monte Carlo, between matches, the tawny-eyed queen of U.S. amateur tennis got her first hint of trouble back home. The rulers of amateur tennis wanted to know whether Pauline Betz had turned pro. She ignored their cable, went back on court and proceeded to lose unexpectedly to Rumania's Magda Rurak. Pauline did not alibi; she said offhandedly: "Maybe I brought a little happiness to Rumania...
...Paris last week, with the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association's cable still not answered, Champion Pauline Betz was outlawed from amateur tennis. "I'm not going to sit in a corner and cry about this," she said. But an hour later, at a sidewalk café on the Champs Elyseés, her little glass of jus de fruits was still untouched in front of her and Pauline seemed undecided what...
Facts & Figures. She had been found guilty, not of succumbing to the temptations of professional tennis, but merely of inquiring about them. A month ago in Manhattan, Pauline Betz had asked friends how well a pro tour with ex-Champion Sarah Palfrey Cooke would draw. Sarah's tennis-playing husband, Elwood, wrote a brazenly open letter to 1,200 tennis clubs here & abroad, suggesting that Pauline and Sarah might be willing to play on their courts for a small fee-say, $350 on weekdays and $500 on weekends. In natural bewilderment-for even a tennis amateur is not allowed...
...Women's singles: steady Pauline Betz (TIME, Sept. 2), repeating her last fall's victory at Forest Hills over No. 4 ranking Doris Hart...
...thirds off the backswing and adding it to the follow-through. Her service was none too robust, so Eleanor Tennant concentrated on placement. When Pauline took her revamped tennis game on tour this summer, the egg was off her face. Teacher Tennant, who has taught them both, glowingly rated Betz above Alice Marble. Most tennis experts are content to call Pauline the best in a year which has no greats, and wait for the rest of the returns to come in before saying more...