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...players in the world, has never managed to win the Court Tennis Championship of England, but he went after Frank Frazier coolly last week in the Racquet & Tennis Club, Manhattan, for the U.S. title. More experienced, Lord Aberdare out-placed him and Frazier, coming in close to get the Englishman's cut-shots, netted repeatedly. After being set-point three times, Lord Aberdare won the first set 6-3, took the next quickly, then began to net shots on his own forehand. But Frazier let him have some on his backhand and Lord Aberdare, cool, dark-haired, unhurried, gained...
...without opposition. Their White Cargo is an uninspired photograph of the stage play acted by a fair stock company. Early in its proceedings you realize with a shock that it was this play that brought the useful word "acclimatized" into the current argot. There is also, as the young Englishman, new to Africa, proceeds toward moral degeneration, frequent mention of "damp rot." Its novelty is gone, but White Cargo is still an effective piece of theatre, ironic in spite of its loquacity. Best shot: the Englishman whose undoing has been traced being carried out to the ship to be sent...
...referee's signal he rushed out of his corner and met Scott, chasing him around the ring. For a round Scott boxed nicely. In the third round Sharkey, overanxious and savagely aggressive, swung a left hook which landed on Scott's hip, below the belt. The Englishman slid quickly to the floor, screwed up his face, claimed a foul. Referee Lou Magnolia ordered Sharkey to his corner, helped Scott up and examined him. Because Scott has claimed fouls in eight previous fights it was more or less taken for granted that he would try it in this...
...occur on the old Winter Garden stage before the lean years fell on the spangle manufacturers. Among the show's subtler assets are a waltz by Moss & Fontana, a bedroom scene in which Gertrude Lawrence creates considerable foolishment, and the spinning, leaping rhythms of Anton Dolin, a swarthy Englishman who once led the Diaghiliev Rus-sian ballet. Jimmy McHugh has written pleasant songs ("On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Exactly Like You") which are plugged by Harry Richman. But the revue is in general gaudy, vulgar, and provides little opportunity for the best efforts of its best talent...
Author Wodehouse, 48, has published 20 or 30 books, he cannot remember which. As well known for his musical comedy librettos as for his books, he once wrote five at once, which were produced simultaneously. He is an Englishman, lives in London. Other books: Fish Preferred, Money for Nothing, Divots, Meet Mr. Mulliner, The Small Bachelor, Carry On, Jeeves...