Word: cochet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...haired Maurice McLoughlin was obviously a "comet." Sad, sly little Henri Cochet, with rings under his eyes, is a "wizard." Tilden, tall, thin, dramatic, made an almost funnypaper contrast with William Johnston, short, thin, efficient: they were "Big Bill" and "Little Bill." Last week the galleries at Wimbledon, after watching some tennis as great as Wimbledon ever saw, felt around for a nickname for its exponent, a lanky, lazy-looking California boy who had come over to play in his first "world championship...
...without vehemence, the way he won his other early matches. He slouched about the grounds, sprawled in locker-room chairs, apparently forgetful of the fact that he was the U. S. singles champion and therefore the most exciting entrant in the tournament with the possible exception of Henri Cochet, who was put out in the second round. When all the other U. S. players including Sidney B. Wood Jr. the defending champion, had been eliminated, Vines strolled out to play his semi-final match against Jack Crawford of Australia...
...Wimbledon last week, every one wondered who would play Henri Cochet of France in the final. They stopped wondering in the second round when Cochet, playing a sleepy match against an unseeded Englishman named Ian G. Collins, lost...
...Henri Cochet: the French men's singles championship: 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in the final against George de Stefani of Italy; at Auteuil...
...Helen Wills Moody & Miss Elizabeth Ryan: the French women's tennis doubles championship; at Auteuil. C. Henri Cochet & Jacques Brugnon: the French men's tennis doubles championships...