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...skyscraping Yvon Petra of France, Wimbledon winner; 2) solemn Frank Parker, the U.S. champion; 3) brilliant but unpredictable ex-Coast Guardsman Jack Kramer; 4) jugeared Bill Talbert, best of the wartime tournament regulars. Among the women, there was one whose name led all the rest-California's Pauline Betz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Way of a Champ | 9/2/1946 | See Source »

...Osborne and Brough, who have not lost a national doubles championship match in four years, beat Betz and Doris Hart. Score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ladies' Day at Wimbledon | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...player she once was but still the prettiest thing on the courts. Freckled, pudgy Margaret Osborne, a hard hitter, and Louise Brough (rhymes with rough), a big doe-eyed blonde, inseparable off the courts, were unbeatable as a doubles team. Best of the California four: hard-driving Pauline ("Bobby") Betz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ladies' Day at Wimbledon | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...Francisco-still had a chance. He upset Ecuador's flashy Pancho Segura last week, now had to get past (among others) Czechoslovakia's sizzling Jaroslav Drobny and France's veteran, 6 ft. 7 in. Yvon Petra to win. The U.S. women, led by Pauline Betz and Margaret Osborne, were still going strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kramer Goes Down | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

...Wimbledon, red-haired Pauline Betz of the U.S. Wightman Cup team slammed drive after drive past 23-year-old Jean Bostock, best of Britain's women players. The U.S. team did not lose a set in seven matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Out Go the French | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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