Word: davision
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In the endless gossip of the lockerroom, where the players dissect their matches with the fanaticism of shot-by-shot golfers-and remember the precise scores of each match for years-several theories are advanced on just how to beat Savitt. Bill Talbert, 32-year-old Davis Cup veteran and...
In his European campaigning ("minor league stuff"), Savitt had only a so-so record, actually lost six of seven matches (on clay) to Jaroslav Drobny, ex-Czech Davis Cup veteran. The losses did little to shake Dick's new-found faith in his ability to win, but they did...
From there to jingo journalism was an easy step. To whip up U.S. sentiment against Spain, Hearst sent Reporter Richard Harding Davis and Artist Frederick Remington to Cuba to "document" Spanish atrocities. When the artist complained that there were no signs of strife and asked leave to return home, W.R...
¶ The U.S. Davis Cup Team, over Canada in five straight matches; in Montreal. After Dick Savitt and Tony Trabert won their singles matches in straight sets, Trabert and Budge Patty clinched the title with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory in the doubles. Next day Patty and...
No Limit. With the big-scale facilities at Henderson, and plenty of power from nearby Hoover and Davis Dams, Batcheller believes that Titanium Metals can bring down the price and boost U.S. production to 4,100 tons by September 1952, more than eight times the present world output. The immediate...