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...after getting three up on his lanky rival, energetic Smiley Quick ran our of gas. They were even-Stephen after 36 holes. On the 37th Quick's trusty putter betrayed him, and he blew an easy two-footer and the match...
...chose Java, and the Indonesian independence movement, for his first major assignment and, in the process of reporting that story, made two trips through territory forbidden to white men with Sjahrir, Indonesian premier. He also spent some time with rebel leader Soetomo, a fiery five-footer regarded by the Dutch as a most dangerous enemy. Soetomo's chief lieutenant was a pint-sized woman, about 50 years old, who said she was born on the Isle of Man, claimed U.S. citizenship through one of her marriages, and was variously known as Miss Tantri, Miss Daventry, Miss Merdeka (freedom...
...cost him a stroke when his caddy accidentally kicked his ball). His toughest competitor all winter, Ben Hogan, the little man with the deadly grin, had also looked like a winner, storming up the fairway to the last two holes. Then his putter went cold; he missed a two-footer on the last green. That finished...
Amiable Don Budge, a freckle-faced six-footer, whose strong point on the court is his backhand, expertly backhanded: Bobby is "amusing, acts awfully young for his age [28] and doesn't mean half what he says." Not yet in prewar form, he was still confident: "There's no doubt about the final outcome of the tour. When I play him, he can't control the game at all; I'll either win or beat myself." Usually no self-bettor, Budge had his dander up this time, made a $1,000 side bet with Riggs. Said...
...performance, while top-hatted "Secretary Seward" squatted crosslegged, eating rice with chopsticks, "President Lincoln" went busily to work rumpling his trousers. Then President Lincoln-who in real life looks more like Field Marshal Rommel-put on foot pads and high-heeled shoes to shamble onstage, a real, live six-footer...