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Bandy-legged, Ecuador-born Pancho Segura had Jake's number from the first. He covered court like a bird dog in a chicken coop, took the sting out of Kramer's big serve, whacked his own two-handed forehand drives into the far corners and outguessed Kramer in nearly every rally. It was all over in less than an hour. Score: 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Explained a somewhat surprised Kramer: "Pancho knocked me down in the first set and never let me get off the floor." Pancho, who gets only a salary, to Kramer...
...scouts might not be ready to go so far, just yet. Nonetheless, as Ham Richardson raced through the National Junior field at Kalamazoo, Mich., there was plenty to watch. Slim (155 Ibs.), tall (5 ft. 11½ in.), and still growing, Ham had a solid service, a clean, running forehand that took the ball on the rise, Fred Perry fashion, and a flat, whistling backhand (at present, his best stroke), apparently so effortless that his placements with it seemed almost accidental. He could volley and drop-volley with a skill that juniors seldom have had time to learn...
Drill the Forehand. Ham Richardson has been playing serious tennis for four years. He picked up a racket one day, while his older brother was taking a lesson from a Baton Rouge pro named Jim Bateman. Bateman took one look at the twelve-year-old's swing, declared him a natural. After that, Ham gave up baseball and settled down for a few tennis lessons himself. After five lessons, Bateman packed him off to Chicago to play in a "13-and-under" tournament; Ham was runnerup...
...year after that he won his first national title, the boys' doubles. His engineer-father sent him to Tulane Coach Emmett Paré for more drill, with special attention to his forehand. The drill paid off. In 1948, Ham entered six singles tournaments, won them...
Dyed M. Foulard, forehand...