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Word: fishbach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...good instance of how closely the old men of tennis keep their juniors tabbed when the four top-seeded players cleared to the semifinals. But there calculations began to go amiss. Opposed were Isadore Bellis, seeded second, and Joseph Fishbach, seeded fourth; William Gillespie, seeded first, and Marvin Kantrowitz, seeded third. Fishbach and Kantrowitz trounced their opponents in straight sets, prepared to face off in the final. Both slim, dark New York City boys, they learned their tennis together on a concrete court back of the De Witt Clinton High School in The Bronx. Two years ago when they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Future Cuppers | 1/10/1938 | See Source »

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