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...were going out to movies together; finally, they drove up to Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, and got married. But three weeks after the couple returned to South Africa and set up housekeeping in Durban, two detectives knocked at the door and took them off to the police station. Reason: Charlotte Bloem, 22, was white, and Syrub Singh, 28, was an Indian...
Tilden was not invited to participate in the East-West matches. Fretted, Friend Hunter refused to play, said a Tildenless tournament was "not representative." Said P. Schuyler Van Bloem, vice president of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association: "It would be unsportsmanlike to use a player against whom charges are pending." Thus the player-writer rule rapped the fingers of Tilden. Ready commentators said Tilden will play no more tennis, will go into vaudeville. The first prediction was wrong; Tilden accepted the bid to play in the Newport Casino tournament, on whose cup he has two legs. The other prediction...
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