Word: bromwich
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Newcomer. Australia had reason to be cocky. Though brilliant Adrian Quist was a little past his peak and suffering from recurrent asthma, two-fisted Jack Bromwich was better than ever. Aussie ace in the hole: a 24-year-old wonder who sometimes plays barefoot, named Dennis ("Dinny") Pails...
...talent. Talbert and Parker seem certain team choices. Their fellow-travelers may well be Champions Lieut. Ted Schroeder and Ensign Jack Kramer, if they are out of uniform by then. Such a foursome seemed a poor bet to win the cup back from the Australians, who have Veterans Jack Bromwich, Adrian Quist and Pat Crawford, as well as an 18-year-old wonder boy named Ducky Pails. The Australians can hardly wait to spring Ducky on the world...
...Europe's Davis Cuppers have already been killed in action: England's Ronald Shayes, Belgium's Andre Lacroix, France's Christian Boussus, Martin Legeay and John Lesueur. Other popular foreigners who may never again be seen on U.S. courts are Australia's Jack Bromwich and Adrian Quist (suffering from jungle diseases that may finish their big-time tennis careers), Poland's Ja-Ja Jedrzejowska (unreported since the Nazi invasion of Poland) and Germany's Baron Gottfried von Cramm, whose capture in Tunisia was reported, then denied...
...handed tennists are no longer a novelty to U.S. galleries. Australian Davis Cuppers Vivian McGrath and John Bromwich both held their racquets like baseball bats. McGrath used a two-handed grip for his backhand. Bromwich served with his right hand, switched to his left for shots on that side, used both hands for shots on his right side. Pancho Segura's two-fisted attack is less complicated, more spectacular. He uses both hands for both forehand and backhand (with a singlehanded follow-through on his backhand). Instead of slapping the ball, as Bromwich does, Pancho swings like...