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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In August 1914, as German troops were slogging through Belgium, the eyes of the sport world focused for a moment on a tennis court at Forest Hills, N. Y. There, in what was probably the most dramatic tennis match ever played, Australasian Tennists Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding, on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Sep. 11, 1939 | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

>Australian Davis Cuppers: the Interzone Final; defeating a team of Yugoslavians ; four matches to one; at Chestnut Hill, Mass. This week the Australians meet U. S. tennists in the Challenge (final) Round at Haverford, Pa.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Sep. 4, 1939 | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

In an old file case in a Nashville, Tenn. building was found the insurance policy of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis. It stipulated that he could not travel west of the Rocky Mountains.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 4, 1939 | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

Facing one another in the final last week, Newcomer McDaniel and Oldtimer Weir, matching aggressive play with brilliant tactics, kept the partisan crowd of 1,500 in seesawing shrieks of delight and dismay before young McDaniel won the match and title, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Besieged by dusky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Jim Crow Tennis | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

Julius Richard ("Dixie") Davis and Bride Hope Dare were invited to appear as sideshow freaks in Believe-It-Or-Not Ripley's Odditorium in Manhattan and at a New York World's Fair concession.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

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