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Dates: during 1960-1969
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JEFFERSON DAVIS by Hudson Strode. 556 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World. $7.50.
"Get Someone Like Me." For a while, it looked as though they were right. With the match tied at two sets apiece, Ralston broke through Stolle's service for a 2-1 lead in the fifth set, needed only to hold his own serve the rest of the way...
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...
For minor infractions (unshined shoes, using the wrong fork), Cap'n Hop's punishment may be a fine. But for big ones, it's often off to Coventry: Ken Rosewall, who played on four Aussie Davis Cup teams, says that Harry has not even said hello to...
Arguing with Success. Hopman's testiness does not endear him to his players -or to anyone else, for that matter. There are some, even, who claim that his reputation as a tennis tactician is grossly inflated. "The only instructions we were ever given were 'Go for the lines...