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...final two cup matches, which didn't matter, were won by U.S. second-stringer Gardnar Mulloy (over Pails, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4) and Kramer (over Bromwich, 8-6, 6-4, 6-4). It was the first Davis Cup sweep since 1935, when the English trounced the U.S. team...
...hitter, Bromwich is strictly a baseline hugger. Says Kramer: "I have the kind of game that can beat him if I am absolutely right." On their match would probably turn the Davis Cup of 1946. Experts agreed that none of the other three Americans-Frank Parker, Ted Schroeder, Gardnar Mulloy-nor Australia's Adrian Quist, Dinny Pails and Newcomer Colin Long were any match for the Jacks...
...other three: Ted Schroeder, Frank Parker, Gardnar Mulloy. Just who would be in the singles or doubles was anybody's guess. Left off: San Francisco's brilliant but erratic Tom Brown, unpredictable Billy Talbert (see PEOPLE...
...crown. Last week in the interzone final at Forest Hills, the U.S. squad blew the Swedes off the court, 5-0. U.S. Singles Champion Jack Kramer and ex-Champion Frank Parker breezed through their singles matches with the loss of just one set; National Doubles Champions Bill Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy just squeezed out an 8-6 fifth-set victory...
...days later, the U.S. named its Davis Cup varsity: Parker and ex-Navy-man Ted Schroeder (former U.S. singles and doubles champion) in singles, jug-eared Billy Talbert and calm Gardnar Mulloy in doubles. Kramer's conspicuous absence was all part of the long-range plan; he would go to England, play in the famed Wimbledon tournament, then rush back to become No. 1 on the U.S. squad...