Word: davision
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶Blond, crew-cut Herbie Flam, 21, U.C.L.A. senior, and victor in the 1950 Clay Court Championships where he defeated the U.S.'s No. 1 Davis Cupper, Ted Schroeder.
¶I Tall, dark & handsome Gardnar Mulloy, 36, of Coral Gables, Fla., the only member of the U.S.'s Davis Cup team to reach the semifinals.*
Theoretically, this should have been Australia's year. The Aussies had just trounced the U.S. (four matches to one) for the Davis Cup. But in the National Singles last week, the Aussies played like men still in a happy trance over winning the international cup, and as if anything...
¶Taffy-haired little (5 ft. 9 in.) Lefthander Art Larsen, 25, of San Leandro, Calif., No. 6 in U.S. rankings. Larsen, a steady, unspectacular stroker who had wanted to play on the Davis Cup team himself, had had the satisfaction of putting out Davis Cupper Tom Brown.
*Schroeder, who might have done so, packed his bag and returned to his California job (refrigerators) after the Davis Cup matches.