Word: cuppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Captain Hopman accepted congratulations with customary modesty. "We expect to keep the cup awhile," he said. If the Yanks wanted to win it back, they had better "get someone like me to take charge." That was enough to make any aspiring U.S. Davis Cupper shudder. Hopman runs his team like a Marine sergeant bossing the brig. He puts his players through punishing four-hour practice sessions, fills their spare-time hours with such joys as cross-country runs and weight lifting. With younger players, he dictates menus, bedtimes, social activities. "Don't forget," Hopman explains, "these boys...
...last three years, Eli squads led by the Howe brothers and Bob Hetherington have been among the top powers in Eastern tennis. Before that, Donald Dell, now a Davis Cupper, led the Ellis. Yale teams lost to Harvard during the span, but never did a Bulldog squad get beaten badly...
...After eliminating defending champ Joe Carr and U.S. Airman Ralph Morrow in the British Amateur Golf Championship, grizzled Scot Jimmy Walker, 40, ran out of steam, lost to husky British Walker Cupper Michael Bonallack...